honeymoon mini...

happy thanksgiving / columbus day!   I was asked to create this mini for a wedding gift with the idea being that the bride and groom would use if for their honeymoon pictures.  I wanted to create something elegant but yet fun.    I used K&Co papers (several collections combined) as well as a couple from Echo Park that I had left in my stash.  Pops of turquoise and green add the fun. The majority of the flowers throughout the album are handmade.  My favourite (and also easiest to make) is the fringed flower which is on the cover below (bottom second from the left) .  These always turn out great and are quite a showpiece.  Simply take a 12" strip (width will depend on how large a flower you want), fold in half and adhere the long edge with 1/8" double sided tape.  Cut into the folded edge at 1/8' intervals making the fringe.  Add another length of 1/8" double sided tape all the way down the uncut edge and, using either a button or something round (in this case I used a resin flower) , wrap the strip around and around until done.  Curl your edges down and there you have it!  happy scrapping...