A Creative Operation: Counterfeit Kit Projects!

Ok, here goes projects #1 and #2.....

Project #1..."So Happy Together"

This is actually the first 12x12 layout I have done in a while...like in over a year! This is my husband and myself, on my 40th birthday, at a function that his band was playing at. He is in a band that does classic rock songs. He plays guitar, harmonica and sings! I am not in the band, but I love to hear them play, and I make some of his shirts, like sparkly one that he is wearing! It looks great under the stage lights! This is one of my favorite pictures of he and I together! And this is how we usually are together, so happy and having fun! He and I are truly a perfect match!

I used a strip of one of my papers that had music on the back. There is a cardstock scallop sticker, and I adhered a strip of the garland because it is sparkly like his shirt!...I added the roses and the bling, and cut apart a couple of the ribbon hearts. The picture was adhered so that I could use one of my 7 Gypsies tags for hidden journaling.

Project #2..."Remember"

I Love, Love, Love mini albums. While I was making this one, I made a happy little mistake in the scoring, which resulted in a better mini! I will do a tutorial on it soon! It is made of one sheet of 12x12 cardstock that had 3 score lines and 2 cuts, a little glue, and I have a mini that is 4x6", with 8 pages and 2 pockets! I used another tag, and one of my metal frames. I punched the flower out of some of the paper, and used the button and my homemade bubble for the center. I cut the mini to resemble a tag, so I punched a hole, threaded ribbon through it, and used three of my 7 Gypsies dangles. The elastic ribbon serves as the closure.

First opening...I used journaling stickers on one side and room for pictures on the other. The side pocket has a plain tag with ribbon matching the "binding" ribbon.

This paper is also what I used to punch the flower. I put a little bling on the pages to tie it all in to the bling on the cover. Another tag in the pocket.