dear lizzy: Lesson 5: First half of mini album

Crackle paint is so fun and guess what? EASY!! It's so stinkin easy. You literally just paint it directly onto the chipboard shapes and it crackles in that one easy step.

The paint even has a built in brush. Are you kidding me? so cool.

My tip for using crackle paint is to know that the thicker the paint the more spaced out the crackles and the thinner of a layer you paint on the finer the crackles. I like to have thick and thin which almost happens naturally because the paint doesn't go on very smooth so keep that in mind. For this class we will be using 2 of the flowers so feel free to paint them all. Have fun!!

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Let's get started on the this fun mini album! Keep in mind that I hadn't added my journaling when I took these pictures! I have since then added my journaling.

All the dyed tags are for journaling.

Also think of each couple pages as their own little chapter to your mini album. You have your TICKETS with the journaling prompts and that starts the chapter then the next tag is for writing your thoughts and the next page is for a photo.

So it goes:

Ticket

Tag

Photo

Page 1 & 2

Cover one side with a patterned paper

Use a diecut frame, tag, lace & painted chipboard flower with brad. I added adhesive to spots of the lace that you wouldn't notice.

Page 3 & 4

Photo on blue paper with white circles. (back of the yellow circle paper) & vintage lace

Page 5 & 6

Patterned paper

Tag pocket. Ticket with ribbon tied to mini paper clip.

Page 7 & 8

Cut out a row of flowers from Cosmo Cricket paper then sew along the bottom of flowers to the blue paper with white circles. (back of the yellow circle paper)

Felt and photo

Page 9 & 10

(Patterned paper, lace, flower with brad, ribbon, felt, 3" wide tag)

Find a cute flower with brad

Add journaling tag with ribbon

Attach brad and flower to patterned paper & to a strip of paper and lace.

Then attach it all to felt only do the corners so that you can hide the ticket behind the paper has a hidden pocket. I use Glue Arts tape runner and it sticks to felt but you can also add embroidery stitches to corners just do this before you add your photo on the other side.