Saturday, January 14, 2017

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

I finally created an album with this gorgeous Graphic 45 pet collection! I don't know how long I've had this paper line sitting on a shelf. Too long, that's for sure! 

I buy the collections I love and then I just can't get myself to cut into them and start a project. I visualize it, but don't make it a reality. I'm not going to say how many collections of paper lines I have just waiting for me to make something out of them. Not all are Graphic 45, but quite a few are!


Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

For the cover I did use some of the flower cardstock die-cuts from the collection along with flowers I had in my stash. I think they are from Petaloo and some others I picked up somewhere. I used some bling I had on hand for the flower centers.  

There are fourteen pages total including the front and back cover. I had planned to use some black book rings I have but the book ended up too chunky and I had to go buy some larger rings. 

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

I love this paper! I tried to coordinate the pages that open together.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

This page has a pull out photo mat.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

This flap opens up for room for more photos.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

The page to the left has two pockets that hold two photo mats and two tags.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

The page to the right holds a frame. I pulled out an old Sizzix die I've had forever to make the frame. The white cardstock can be pulled out and used as a template to cut a photo to slide in it's place.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

I love the patterned paper on the page to the left!

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

This page opens up to add photos and there is another pull out photo mat.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

The page to the left has a booklet that opens (shown below). I also added one of the cardstock pockets and a tag from the collection. The page to the right has a pocket that holds a booklet (shown below).

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

This booklet opens to the right.....

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

.......and to the left.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

The booklet inside the pocket opens up to hold more photos.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

The page to the left holds two photo mats as does the page to the right.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

I added another frame to hold a photo. This time I changed the orientation on the page. The page to the right holds two more photo mats.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

The last two pages. The right page has a photo waterfall.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

I love the colors in this collection.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

It's quite a chunky book.

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

I love creating the books that don't use binding rings, but for some reason books with rings hold a special place in my heart. They are my favorite to create!

Graphic 45 Raining Cats & Dogs Mini Album

Love the paper I used for the back cover!

I hand dyed all the ribbon for the rings. I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink to coordinate the colors.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!


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