Saturday, 8 May 2010

Craft Barn Mini-Album

Hi Guys, hope you are having a lovely weekend. I'm sure that you have seen that The Craft Barn have been doing a fabulous mini-album tutorial and competition with sketches to follow and fabulous inspiration from the DT.

I've never done a mini-album and have wanted to have a go for ages so this was perfect way to ease me into it, LOL! Thanks The Craft Barn!

So here is my attempt! The Craft Barn gave us a sketch for each page of the mini-album to play with, one sketch per day. I've used Japanese book binding on the finished piece, threaded with fibres and calico, and you can see it on my picture for Day One. The rest of the pages where photographed before binding.

I decided to use as my theme photos from our various wanderings around our home town London, which I've taken over the years. With a rough and ready feel and lots of distressing.

Day One - The cover

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four

Day Five

Day Six

Day Seven

Day Eight

Day Nine (I've swapped the sketch around slightly)

Day Ten - there wasn't really a day ten but here is my back page :)

You still have a chance to join in the competition as the closing date is 15th May so get cracking!
Have fun!
Kim


Materials:
Stamp - Paper Artsy; Prima Marketing; Studio G Alpha; See D's Alpha
Inks - Ranger Distress inks; Archival inks
Papers - Basic Grey Ambrosia
Usual Suspects - Paper trimmer; Double-sided tape; Silicone glue
Other - Seam ripper; Fibres; calico; Acetate; Brads; Crop-a-dile; Photo-tags; Buttons; book plate; Underground map

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28 comments:

  1. The Crafty Goat Girl8 May 2010 at 14:51

    Hi Kim, wowee thanks for sharing your lovely book, it is just fantastic!I love making little books, am doing one at the moment on my russian dolls, may enter it, lol! Love the colours, those papers are beautiful! Good luck! hugs Heidi xx

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  2. Margreet8 May 2010 at 15:30

    love your minibook, Kim.....I love page 8 most!
    Have a nice weekend!
    xxx Margreet

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  3. Dominike8 May 2010 at 15:33

    Thanks for the word on my blog and congratulations for your mini. Very nice.
    Sorry for my pour english ;)

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  4. Saskia8 May 2010 at 17:22

    Lovely mini-book... so fun and so creative!

    Saskia :)

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  5. Poppit8 May 2010 at 18:33

    You totally rocked your first mini book! My favourite thing....that little flower made from a tube map!

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  6. Domna8 May 2010 at 19:33

    Kim,love your style! The cover is perfect! :))

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  7. Kelly Schelske8 May 2010 at 19:53

    What a fun album, love it Kim!

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  8. Kerry8 May 2010 at 20:49

    Great album Kim, really fun and such a lovely keepsake. Love Kerry xx

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  9. michele8 May 2010 at 22:24

    gorgeous album Kim! hugs xx

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  10. Sarpreet9 May 2010 at 11:35

    This is stunning, and a lot of work, well done

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  11. Nannieflash9 May 2010 at 11:43

    Hi Kim, what a fabulous scrapbook full of fantastic things. Well done with love and hugs Shirleyxxxx

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  12. Carole9 May 2010 at 14:26

    Great album Kim and wonderful photos's.
    Hugs
    Carole :)

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  13. Tanya9 May 2010 at 16:28

    Great album!
    Happy Mother's Day Kim!
    Thanks for all!

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  14. Eva9 May 2010 at 17:37

    This looks great! Love the style, it complements your photos well. I like your decition to focus on some ordinary everyday life. I'm inspired now, for sure!

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  15. P'tite Plume9 May 2010 at 21:24

    Original and beautiful! I like this!

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  16. peata10 May 2010 at 00:38

    wow is it over already.
    good luck!
    scrapbook-crazy.com

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  17. Jo Nevill10 May 2010 at 10:44

    Fantastic album Kim. Just love all your photos - you have a good eye for taking a fun and interesting photo !

    Good luck !

    Hugs,

    Jo xxx

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  18. Elaine10 May 2010 at 12:30

    Love the colours and how you've used Ambrosia with fabric too. Really bright and cheery!

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  19. Isabelle Norris10 May 2010 at 16:03

    Kim, I'm really glad you "dived" into the mini album world. This is a fantastic project which I'm sure you will cherish forever.
    Thank you so much for taking the time to play with us.

    Isa @ the Craft Barn

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  20. Vicky10 May 2010 at 22:44

    Fantastic book, the design compliments the photos perfectly. :)x

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  21. Chris10 May 2010 at 22:52

    Hiya Kim! WOW your mini book is fantastic, I love your photographs, so fun and all your details, they're so imaginative especially the tube map flower. I'm thrilled to bits that you joined in on this one, good luck and hope you're well sweetie. Hugs, Chris xx

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  22. Sparkle and Flourish11 May 2010 at 15:57

    Love this Kim! Your album is great and gives a lovely flavour of London and you guys! Love the distressing and funky papers and all the textures.

    Hugs Judy xx

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  23. scrap-hil-Photo12 May 2010 at 09:15

    Ton album est très original !!
    Et ta façon de travailler tes papiers également !!!!
    J'aime beaucoup !
    Merci pour ton p'tit mot !
    A bientôt !
    Hil scrap-hil

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  24. Limonchik13 May 2010 at 07:40

    Wow, what a great mini-album ) I like it!!!! soooo shiny! The photos are great also!

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  25. nerllybird15 May 2010 at 23:10

    This is a wonderful album - so creative, and I love Basic Grey! I've used all those papers up now, looking at your album makes me realise how much I miss them...Fab job!

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  26. Michelle17 May 2010 at 11:19

    Hi Kim
    Just love your album and the simple way you've used the sketches, so clean and neat - beautiful! Thanks for playing with us at The Craft Barn
    x Michelle

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  27. Kay Carley17 May 2010 at 23:09

    Hi Kim. Your album is fab! Thanks so much for taking the time to play along with us at The Craft Barn.

    Kay x

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  28. ceci18 May 2010 at 21:48

    what a great album, so fun!

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