Hello everyone!  I’m excited to be with you today as I have a special project to share with you…one using the Nature Glimmer Glass Window Album.  Mini albums are right up there at the top of my most favorite things to create….something about their small, compact nature and the way they look filled to the brim and ready to pop that make me love them so. 

I sat creating this with my little one right by me coaching me along…this is just for her.  She has always been a great little journal-keeper….since she was tiny, I’d give her a place to record her drawings, her ABC’s…anything her heart desired.  Now looking back we have a couple of journals filled with her creations and it is fun to look at how she has grown in her education and learning…she now fills her diary with songs, stories, letters, what she is learning at school, etc.  So, I thought it was time to let her write her own story….I want to hear in her own words what she remembers and knows about her sweet life this far. 

I matted the window with cream tulle to create a touch of softness before painting and then adhering the Glimmer Glass butterfly in the opening.  Then added a painted and glittered Glimmer Glass butterfly included in the kit on top of the window and added dimension by bending up the wings and finished it off by adding a flower and button.

The Creme de Rouge Regal Glimmer Chips added perfect touches throughout the album.  Here I’ve distressed and glittered the large frame from this set to create the title page for the album. 

I think our story is worth telling….of course it is my favorite of all time.  It was important to give her areas to include her journaling, so I attached notebook pages taken from a Melissa Frances die cut notebook…they look so beautiful paired with the Tattered Angels products. 

 

I used my favorite Decorative Corner Glimmer Screens with coordinating Regal Classic Accent stamp.

 

 

The Glimmer Chips are so fun to use as accents and to also help create little mini focal points such as this photo corner that I used to create the roof of a house.

  

 Lastly, adding a bit of shimmer to the butterflies on the tabs added to the sweet, baby theme and was such a fun way to finish off the page.

The Glimmer Mist colors I used throughout are some of my very most favorite shabby picks…they include Rose Tea, Creme de Cocoa, and Patina.

I love adding trim and ribbon along the edges of my pages…it’s a fun way to bring these elements in and add to the sweet, feminine feel of the album.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Melissa Phillips

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