Good morning. As promised I am delivering the cogs mini album that I created for my MIL as a Christmas gift. No worries, she's not very tech savy and won't be reading my blog and spoil the surprise. As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I bought the two mini chipboard albums about two years ago. They were really cheap and I loved the shapes of them, cogs for boys and a briefcase for men. The scrapbooking world really does fall short on products out there with a boy/man theme. Do you agree? Back in the early fall I bought the paper from BoBunny at Up the Street Scrapbooking with no plan in mind for it. It was in the clearance section (yes, I am so totally a clearance rack shopper it's the first place I go), but it was so cute with the space monkeys and aliens I just had to have it. A couple months down the road and inspiration kicks in. Perfect! What I do not like about this album is the ball chain closure, I might have to go find a snap ring to hold it, they work much better. I like how the title page of the book turned out, I used some Thickers chipboard stickers for the title, hand cut bits of paper for the embellishments and chipboard cogs that came with the album. The rocket swirl is a Unity stamp (Learn, Discover, Grow), Bashful Blue craft ink and Iridescent Ice embossing powder. I think it adds a nice little touch and "grounds" the rocket to the page. To the rocket I added some crystal effects to add a shine to it, just like I did to the windows and lights on the car of the dad book. The SU! colours used are: Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy and Real Red. I used a mixture of fussy cut paper embellishments and buttons and brads (oh my!) to accessorize the pages and add interest. The twine used is from the Twinery, I love twine! If you have any questions about the book as always you are more than welcome to drop a line! Until tomorrow, E.
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