So this is my "by the sea" graphic 45 album and raft that Ive had a lot of fun making.
The idea i got as soon as i saw the paper line was to make an album using photos taken from our favourite beach/camping spot. Cape Flattery is a stretch of around 30ks of beautiful uninterrupted beach. On this beach you will find everything and anything that has been washed up from all the pasting cruise liners, passenger boats and long liners. Its the best place for a beach comber like me to have fun scavenging while the boys have a fish. Even finding a bucket full of nautilus shells.
The raft was built out of driftwood, twine and hot glue. I wanted to add items that i had found from the beach but also added cutouts from the papers. lots of shells, flowers, a dried out leaf, netting, pearls, chain and a cut out mermaid, lady, anchor, birds and steering wheel to decorate the raft.
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The album itself has a chipboard cover and decorated in the same fashion.
Cut out fish, shells, starfish, and seahorses from the papers. Flowers are prima and Kaisercraft that have been stamped with by the sea stamps. A Tim Holtz compass, netting and pearls with different ribbons to add to spine with a couple charms.
back of cover has a triple fold photo holder with many tags with the sail boat that can slide across the pocket. 2nd page is a decorative photo frame with a pull out photo mat behind that looks like an old polarized photo.
3rd page is a belly band page with a 6x4 booklet. The half page is just a ticket tag with 3 pull out photo mats. the 4th page is a gate fold page with tags held in frount.
The inside of the gate fold page has a large photo mat, with pockets either side. Back side of half page is a pocket with tags.
The 5th side is a bit complicated, it is divided into 2 pockets that lift up to hold tags, than whole page is turned down
To reveal a large photo mat, and a booklet with a mermaid. Half page has 2 swivel shells that holds a mini tag book.
6th page is a decorative photo frame with a polarized photo mat as a pull out.
7th page is a tag page with different sized tags. Half page is folds up and down to hold random photo mats. 8th page is also a random pocket page
9th page is a tri fold photo mat with tags
The 10th page is slightly different, it has a envelope pocket that fits 6x4 photos and a fold out hidden pockets and tags that is kept closed by an anchor.
11th tag has a few photo band that folds out to a large photo mat underneath, and back of cover page is just a large decorative pocket page with tags and a booklet for photos.
Each page is made from paper bags that also has a large photo mat in each one. Many areas through out the album for all sorts of size photos and lots of journal spots. Lots of fun to make and im really impressed how it worked out. I love combining my love of mixed media to this album and still make it useful to show off our photos..
hope you guys all like it as well...
until next time happy scrappin'
