My Papered Life

I have a friend who has lived north of Boston Boston for a little over 20 years. She grew up in New Mexico.  Now with her family their selling their home and moving back to the Old West.   So as a paper crafter I thought what better way to mark this momenteous occasion then by making a New England vs. Old West Mini Album. I needed ideas, plus getting mine out of my head, so I went and Googled search both words New England ...  and Old West... mini albums.  Nothing then tried Southwestern and beach.there was not much. Some color scheamed ones. Nothing with motifs.  Whats a crafter to do?  Make up my own.  Plus do the almost funnest part - Shop again nothing, found the right color scheamed paper. No western, southwestern paper designs.  Went back 2 days later to a different store then found a 6x6 western themed paper pad. Found dies on-line. For both ocean and western.   Gotta say what happened no love for The Old Southwest.  I'll...

Mini album Gilded Lily pages I must credit Anna from Anna's paper creations and G45.   Check out her you tube videos and her blog. She does such great work.  Plus she has tutorials, explains it all so well like Martha Stewart.    See what creations you can develop.

When it comes to gilding you need: Gold ink Finger or stamps Clear embossing powder Heat tool Imagation The way I did it was stamped an image onto color coordinated paper, poured on the clear embossing powder, then of course shook off unneeded powder, returned rest to the bottle, heated with heat tool then Viola!  It was done Now off to fussy cut it out to add to my project.

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