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This album appeared in the April issue of Creating Keepsakes in my Studio A column - cool outside, but the inside is really the heart of this project. I got the album back from CK yesterday and took some pics so you could see a bit deeper into the album.
The exterior is covered in fabric, which was wrapped around onto the inside. The seams are covered with a layered image I created in Photoshop featuring two different letters from my Mom. The black chipboard letters are Heidi Swapp and the black gaffer tape is 7gypsies. The small circle accents are KI Memories and the button is from one of those awesome bags from Autumn Leaves.
The idea behind the album was to create a home for a bunch of letters
my Mom has sent me. She is a great letter writer. I actually have tons
and this album is just a showcase for some of my favorites - some are
emails but most are handwritten. For the structure of the album I chose
a 7gypsies
envelope album that allowed me to store the actual letters inside each
pocket. This was one of those things I bought just beacuse I thought it
was cool...not sure what I would use it for at the time...it all workout out just right.
One of the design elements I knew I wanted to include on the exterior
of the envelopes was my Mom's handwriting. I didn't want to make it
super complicated, but I wanted it to express the emotion and
personality of her writing. I decided to scan the actual letters and
enlarge them so that the writing was large enough to cover the
envelope. I printed out the enlarged writing and wrapped it around each
envelope (the exterior of each envelope demonstrates a look at what is
inside) - on the back of the envelope I covered the seam with a
rectangle section of patterned paper.
After covering the envelopes with the enlarged handwriting samples/emails I felt like it need a bit of color so I added some stamping. Year stamp is from Stampin Up. Large butterfly stamp is from My Sentiments Exactly.
"Be Happy Everyday" stamp is from Hero Arts.
I think that dot stamp is also from Hero Arts.
Circle stamp is from Savvy Stamps. "Creat Joy" is from Wordsworth.
The buttons are adhered with large glue dots - it makes it a bit sticky with the string but it works just fine and the glue dot seems to give it enough lift.
And another share...this is for The Red Lily's monthly kit for May - all the products were included in the kit. Additional stuff I created for them should be up later today.
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I love when I buy something for no reason...and then weeks later it seems like it knew what it was going to be before I did. LOVE that.
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Love it, love it, love it- what more can I say?
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This album look a million times better here on your blog than it did in the magazine. Yes, the cover is awesome BUT inside is even better!! I LOVE that you can tell your mom wrote she is so proud to be your mother.. she sounds so sweet and like you has beautiful handwriting!!!
Thank you for sharing this with us!
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ooo, that letter album is awesome, I so wish as a kid I had understood the great value a handwritten letter was and kept some of the wonderful corespondence I had between my dear aunt & uncle and myself. I so treasured my relationship with them, so i know that album is well treasured by you!!
What a loving daughter you are.
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Ali, that little album for your mum's letters is so special. Your mum has lovely handwriting too. Thanks for sharing such a personal item with us. I have a stash of little notes from my mum and now I'm inspired!
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I loved this little album in CK, and I'm so glad you posted pics of the inside, because I really wondered what the rest of it was like. It's gorgesous - just as I suspected!
Jess
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so much eye candy, Ali! i am so in love with that gaffer tape from 7G's. i am on a quest to get my hands on it now.
i love love love the idea of creating a special keepsake celebrating the notes/ltrs your mom has written to you
how wonderful is this? i am constantly inspired by you...
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Love your ideas Ali! There is something very special about handwritten noted from someone you love. Looking forward to your new book!
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I love that album Ali, there is so much more to it than the pic that CK took - that doesn't do it justice at all! A very special album that you will always treasure.
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Ali--really lovely and, for those who don't have old fashioned letters, they could do the same with precious emails that are printed out (first one from your now husband, etc)
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the album was beautiful in the magazine, but after seeing the inside, the mag, didn't do it justice. this is wonderful ali, and a beautiful sentiment really. totally speaks to your relationship with your mom.
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Oh that letter book is AMAZING!! You are so incredibly creative and inspiring. Thank you!!!
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what a beautiful album & fab idea to use for your moms favorite letters written to you. i have little love notes i have stashed when my hubby & i were dating...thanks for the inspiration.
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What a beautiful album, Ali! Thanks for sharing more pictures of it! Hope you're doing well! :)
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Ali,
I saw your letter album in CK this past month for the first time. It caught me by surprise. My daughter, who spent a lot of years teasing me for "saving everything," finding amazing ways to use those little bits and pieces of your life and our families lives. The album is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your ideas and talents with others. You are a gift!!
Love, Mom
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Thanks for sharing Ali! It Rocks...as I expected it to!
J
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Wow! Those are beautiful, Ali! What an awesome way to honor your mama.
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Sigh, sigh....drool, drool.... :)
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so great...there really should have been pics of the inside in CK...computerless people are missing out (because i'm quite sure that the only scrapbooking people who don't read your blog are those without computers & i feel sorry for them...:)
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That album is beautiful, Ali. Thank you for sharing.
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