Nostalgia upcycled

Nice simple little gift box within a box.       I used a sizzix die for the small box and flower.  The 'not so large' second box I made from scratch.  The rose flowers and rosette flowers are made using the Tim Holtz die.  

Here is a double layout that I did of Tira dressed up for halloween Each Photo is matted on to an clear card that hides journaling   Full layout, sorry about the quality of the photo.  Tim holtz - dies used for this layout and lots of inks and Crystal effects.

For the last couple of months I have been involved in a Smash Journal swap.  This involves a group of scrappers completing Smash journal pages for each other.  Similar to a cycle journal where you complete a double page layout for a person who has selected a Album theme.  In this case we each selected a journal theme.  We each then complete 2 x A5 pages in each theme.  In swap we had 8 scrappers.   Once you have completed the pages for each theme you send them to our co-ordinator.  She then collates everyones pages and once she have them all, they are sent to the respective journal owner.  In preparation for my pages arriving I have completed my journal binding (front and back covers) and here they are.   My journal theme is 'Quotes to live your life by' I made the covers from scratch.  To allow me to add pages without the journal getting to bulky I have made a concertina spine, to which I can add back to back pages.  ...