Gift Mini Book Made for My Granddaughter’s High School Graduation

Earlier this month my oldest granddaughter graduated from high school in Virginia. Instead of putting her gift check into a card, I decided to make a small mini photo book with tags and place the check in the bellyband of the final tag. Purple is her favorite color, so of course the book had to be purple.

The pages of the book are made from a single piece of 12 X 12 paper. The instructions for making the mini books are by Tracys Treasures 24, find part 1 here and part 2 here.

I scanned some of the pictures I had of her. When I printed them I thought they would be larger, but it worked out just fine. I started with her new born picture and ended with her senior class picture. Included is a picture with her father, a picture with her great grandmother, mother and myself. Pictures taken when she was a toddler growing up in England and then again when her family returned to the USA(Air Force family). A cute one dressed in cap and gown when she graduated from kindergarten is also included.

Cardstock and printed paper used are DCWV. I inked all the edges using Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I used ATG, Tombow and Glue Dots for adhesive. Corners of the tags were rounded used the We R Memory Keepers Chomper. Embellishments used are K & Company, Recollections and Tim Holtz. Many of the quotes used were from DCWV.

Weekend at a Tim Holtz Workshop

Last Friday, April 19th I had the pleasure attending a book signing sponsored by Beautiful Impressions store. It was held in Westbrook, CT at a quaint waterfront cottage built in 1784. The special guests at the meet and greet were Tim Holtz and Mario Rossi. It was such a pleasure to be in the company of two down to earth people.

 

On Saturday, April 20th two workshops were taught by Tim. The morning class Journeys of the Past was four hours long and the time went by so fast. It was so much fun and I learned so many techniques. I didn’t finish the tag book while I was there, but we were given all the materials we need to finish it at home.

 

 

 
 
In the afternoon/evening class Configuration of Your Imagination was five hours long. We learned how to configure the new book form. Once again I learned many techniques and how to use all the different product. I will be finishing this configurations book at home in the next couple of weeks.
 

 

I really love the Distress Stains and the new Distress Paints. It was my first time to use both of them. At the end of the day I knew I had a marvelous time, because my hands were covered with the different media.