Cindy Lu's Craft Spot

This lovely little pattern is by Kathy King of Paper Phenomenon and Graphic 45 papers.  The colors are just amazing.   ABC Primer Paper Collection from Graphic 45

I made this little album from small brown paper lunch bags.  I put photos from my childhood and in the 6 spaces on the right side I matted a photo and labeled it with the letters in my name! On the cover there is a piece of acetate over a layer of velum to give it a protective cover and still be able to see the little photo from the first page underneath.

This little suitcase has a secret compartment on the left side, and a beautiful album on the right side, tied with a brown satin ribbon.

This is the 12 days of Christmas paper that I absolutely love by Graphic 45.  I used two packages of the paper.  The album is 12x12 inches and made from black medium weight chipboard. My friend Helen Litz and I actually just got together and "designed" this album together.  We had so much fun but just worked on one page at a time and wanted each page, or day of Christmas to reflect the theme and have some fun interactive items.  It can be a challenge to photograph and try to capture the unique flips and folds on each page so I just tried to reflect a little on each day of Christmas.  A partridge in a pear tree and two turtle doves. Three french hens, four calling birds 5 golden rings, 6 geese a laying 7 Swans a Swimming, 8 Maids a Milking  Nine ladies dancing, 10 Lords a leaping 11 Pipers Piping, 12 Drummers Drumming

I made this for my new little granddaughter's first birthday, coming up soon.  I still need to put photos in but I love the soft pink colors.