Smash* Time!

Afternoon all,

 

So what feel's like an age ago I showed you the front page of my Smash* folio for the Baltic Highlights cruise I went on last July. Well I've been stockpiling bits and pieces to compile the rest of the folio but the biggest problem I had came to getting the photo's printed in the sizes I wanted. I really struggled to get the full range of image sizes I wanted to do the layouts and several attempts failed and various online companies also didn't do what I wanted but I have finally found a company that prints 'collage' style images so I can have a 10x8 print which is compiled of pictures in any range of sizes I want and can be slotted together in a number of format.

 

Having waited patiently for them to be delivered and having been delayed due to the snow, I have finally compiled and completed the first three pages of my Smash* folio and wanted to share them with you. I'd love your feedback and any idea's for layouts or accessories. I want to keep it fairly CAS, as that's my kind of thing but any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

So without further ado:

 

Until next time! Happy Crafting!

Smashing holidays

Morning one and all,

I'm back finally with a new creation to share! Today is the first page in my brand new, shiny Smash* album that I picked up at the NEC Hobbycraft show. It's beautiful and I was desperate to get one for my holiday in July. I was in luck at the show though as they had the brand new album range in, which sits nicely in size between the mini album and the full A4.

After a quick look through all the designs though I knew I had to have this one - and not because its pink. But on the first page is this:

The holiday starts on my birthday and I have a sneeky feeling that my best friend has ordered me a cake for my first night on board - so how can this page not be perfect!?! then as you flip through you come to this fabulous double page spread:

It just screams holiday journal! Sooooo happy. But as I can't really smash until the holiday has started (or finished) its been sitting staring at me and I really wanted to do something, so I decided to get on and do the cover page - inspired by this weeks Tiddly Inks Challenge.

I used the beautiful Wryn BFF image and tried to make it look like me and my best friend (well insofar as hair colours), layered it over the tiddly suitcase image - which is about right for the number we'll be taking, lol!  and finished it with the fab free frame that was designed as part of the Tiddly Ink 2nd anniversary week of celebrations. Coloured with promarkers, the wording is sizzix rub ons and its all finished with some butterflies from my MS punch, which have been glittered - I promise! and some pearl drops.

So that's my front page done..... shame its another 76 days until I go, I've got the smashing bug lol!

Anyway, until next time and whatever else you do today, happy crafting!