Vintage Paper Bag Mini Swap

Hello friends and visitors!!

Welcome to my blog.

I have made something so fun..and have it linked up to Simon Says Stamp and Show...anything goes!!
So step by their blog and see all the fabulous DT work...and entries!

This is a paperbag mini album that I am doing for a swap at

The Flying Unicorn.

Here is the front cover...I think I may have done some earlier posts with this, but it is finished now.

The image is from Gecko Galz and it was our July Bella Muse

at Bella Creations.  That FABULOUS brown Flower was made by my sister Bella...Carla.  Feel free to stop by and grab this image to play with.

Here is the back of my Mini album

This sweet yellow Rose is one of my favorites that I found at the

Graphics Fairy.  The stamping is done using a stamp that I drew, and hand carved.  I used some May Art trim..(green leafy trim) throughout this mini, because it is one of my favorite!!

I wrote a sweet little message to make it more personal for the one receiving it in the swap.

Here are some inside photos

The pink roses are one's I painted in GIMP, and used my Silhouette SD to cut out..so no fussy cutting for me!!

  All stamping is done in vintage photo with stamps I drew and carved myself.

The doily and some of the patterned papers came from the 

Southern Charm Bella Creations kit.  You can find it in the right column on our blog.  It is a FABULOUS kit!!

A journal tag that I created using my Silhouette SD and a Gecko Galz image.  Some more stamping..and as well some doodles with a perfect medium pen..and perfect pearls in perfect copper!  My fav!!

Here is the photo side.

Pattern Paper from the Bella kit.  All flowers (except flat digital ones) came from the Flying Unicorn Store.  Charms I found on Clearance at Michaels a while back :-)

Another Shaped Tag I created using the Gecko Galz image.  PP from the Bella kit..and some more of my stamps.

Here is the journaling side

I finally used the Dress Form that I drew and created into a stamp using the Teresa Collins stamp maker.  It looks awesome on this tag.

Here is a shot of the binding

I used Cardboard to create my cover.  I punched two holes with my Crop a Dile big bite and slid in a Timmy bronze D ring to hold the fabby trims.

Some of the tags that slide into the top of the mini.  The pink rose is one I painted in GIMP.  One side is for a photo..the other side for Journaling.  I added Flower embellishements to these.

Some more tags

I created this tag using the book paper that comes in Alda's flower packages that you purchase...how FUN!!  Alda owns the Flying Unircorn.  Pansy from Geckogalz...and Rose and leaves on the pansy are from Graphics Fairy.

Some of the inside pages....

Pictures can slide under that brown ribbon :-)

Inside front cover.  New image from Gecko Galz...and fabric and polka dot pp from the Southern Charm Bella Kit.

Inside back album cover.  I love using seed beads as my centers for flowers.

Another pocket to hold photos..tags...etc

Shaped Photo Matt above

flip side...shaped Journaling spot below

Oh...and a sneak peak at what is to come from 

Gecko Galz in August.

This is one of the fabby images ..I used it to create a tag for this album

How can you NOT love this Maniquin???

Here is the flip side

Here are the cards I created earlier this month....

Crafter's Companion Sponsor gave us some fabby fairies to play with..just click the link and it will take you to that post to see the front of the cards...here is the insides.

I added them to my mini album.  The person who gets it..can use them to hold a photo and some journaling...or mail them out to a loved one :-)  That large rose is one I painted in GIMP.

Please check out my 

Gimp Tutorial Page.  I promise it is easy peasy..and FREE.

Here is the other card

These images are all from Graphics Fairy.

So glad you stopped by and sorry about the Long post!!

Hope you enjoyed my mini album...and it inspires you to create and share!!