for Kira

Hello there,
first of all I would like to say that I am a proud owner of the new wonderful SIZZIX Big Shot Plus now. Thanks a lot for it!!
I am really happy about this machine, it is an amazing help with my bookbindings, because I am no longer limited to 15cm paper size. The new 'Plus' is simply awesome!

Today I would like to show you an album for the little girlfriend of my youngest son.

He is invited to her birthday party on next Saturday. Suitable to a wallet for pencils I bought, she will get this personalized album for her paintings.

First I cut out her name from thick paperboard, to get really striking letters. I covered the letters with the same fabric of the albumcover. Grey fabric with white dots.... I love it :)
For the letters I used one of my favorite products of SIZZIX: Fresh Blossoms Alphabet #659963
This alphabet has a brilliant font style!

Afterwords, I used the SIZZIX Thinlits Die-Set 'Home sweet home' #660800 and pressed it into the same Paperboard. Of course, the Thinlits are too thin to use with a thick cardboard! But I cut out each image twice and helped a little by using a cutter. It worked easily! 

I wanted to have the houses in the same or even better thickness as the letters. Two houses will be merged to one single house. 

I also covered the houses with nice paper suitable for a nearly 5 years old girl.

 After this I built the file album also with strong paperboard, fabric and a ring binder mechanism.

I hope she will like it .... and you too :)

Have a lovely weekend!

Annika

Clear & Simple Album by Anna

Hello! It's Anna here to share an idea using Sizzix products.

Today I wanted to share my travel album with you! To make the cover I used an A4 ring binder, that would allow to document the memories without having to bind the pages- simply punch the holes with a hole punch.

I knew one mini book would not be enough to hold all my photos, I decided to alter a journal binder instead. It's still a work in progress, but here is the cover which has been finished.

For embellishments I am using the new dies of “Life Made Simple” collection. I absolutely love it! Is perfect for a look clear and simple.

They are great for the Project Life scrapbook but you can explore creative options to craft instant elegant scrapbook pages, personalized cards, embellished gift tags and more!

 

 

 

 


Thanks so much for visiting with me here today!
Hugs, Anna

Items used:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine (657900)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK – Basics (659747)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK – Love (659752)
Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Word Play (657837)
A4 ring binder
cardstocks
scrap of patterned papers
pressboard
button
strass
sewing machine & yarn
 
 

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Per le amiche italiane! :)

Ciao, sono Anna e sono qui per condividere alcune idee utilizzando i prodotti Sizzix.

Oggi vi mostro un progetto facile facile, adatto anche a chi è alle prime armi con lo scrap e con la Big Shot! Ecco, infatti, la copertina di un album per raccogliere le pagine di un viaggio a Roma, di qualche mese fa, con tutta la nostra famiglia al completo: nove persone con tre bambini a zonzo per la capitale, è stata dura ma ce l'abbiamo fatta! So già che un mini album non sarebbe sufficiente a contenere tutte le foto più belle, quindi ho deciso di abbellire un raccoglitore ad anelli, realizzato in cartone ondulato e recuperato non so più dove. Con una struttura di album già fatta potrò poi creare le mie pagine scrap, che vi mostrerò mano a mano.

Il quaderno è la cosa più semplice da utilizzare per realizzare un album in formato A4, basterà solo “alterarlo” aggiungendo titolo e abbellimenti. Quindi se siete ancora agli inizi con lo scrap, ve lo consiglio caldamente. Come vi dicevo, l'album è ancora work in progress, ma nelle foto in alto vi mostro la copertina che ho terminato.

Ho voluto un look molto semplice e pulito, per cui come abbellimenti ho usato le nuove fustelle della collezione “Life Made Simple”. Mi piace tantissimo questa linea! È perfetta per un look semplice e moderno, come va tanto di moda ora.

Queste fustelle sono l'ideale per il Project Life, ma ho già in mente altre idee da sperimentare con la carta, dai layout ai mini album, dalle card al packaging e altro ancora.

Devo dire che dopo diversi tentativi di colori e carte, la scelta “minimal” del bianco su bianco è quella che ho preferito in questo caso e che spero apprezzerete.

Grazie per la visita!

 
Ecco la lista dei materiali completa:
Sizzix Big Shot Machine (657900)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK – Basics (659747)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK – Love (659752)
Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Word Play (657837)
raccoglitore ad anelli A4
cartoncini vari
una striscia di carta fantasia
cartone (per l'alfabeto)
bottone
strass
macchina da cucire e filo

Baby Binder Album

Hi Everyone! This is Anna.

I wanted to share my album with you today.  Oh I just absolutely enjoyed making this one!

I created this album to document those special moments between the new parents and their triplets!!! Yeeee!!!

My idea was to leave places for them to add the photos themselves. I kept this album very simple, but the possibilities to decorate any pages with Sizzix dies are endless.

Have a look… Here’s the cover page:

To make the cover I used an A4 ring binder, that would allow to document the memories without having to bind the pages- simply punch the holes with a hole punch.

I completely covered this ring binder with a piece of upholstery fabric.

I added a Tag with the names of babies and I cut out also a paper Doily and a felt Heart.

And here are some inside pages:

I created some embellishments using the dies of Starter Kit. That Starter Kit dies has gotten a lot of use over the last year!

For some pages I used the adorable Thinlits Die Set 7PK - Elephant & Giraffe and Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Lion & Monkey.

I cant stop using them! They are both wonderful and can be used for many different types of projects.

 

 

For the last page I used some pockets with tags to writing the memories. The three smaller pockets are created with the beautiful Bigz Die - Envelope & Tag, Mini.

 
 
Items used:
Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit (Powder Blue & Teal) (658300)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 7PK - Elephant & Giraffe (658972)
Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 8PK - Lion & Monkey (658973)
Sizzix Bigz Die - Envelope & Tag, Mini (659180)