Friday, October 14, 2011

Dog Mini Album for Charity Auction

Speaking of Dogs animal rescue (in Toronto) will be hosting it's online charity auction in November 2011.  I have created a new mini album this year to donate to the auction.  (You can see some of last year's donated album in an older post.) This mini album has a total of 24-26 spaces for photos and journaling.

I started with the chipboard cover using a digital stamp that I hand coloured.  The dog stamp is "Rustic Kolar" from K'n K Designs and the papers are largely from the American Crafts "City Park" collection plus some scraps I had around.

There are two pull out tags which can have a photo on one side and journaling on the back.

There is also an accordion page (my first!).  I had trouble figuring out how to close it.  I wanted to use this paw print ribbon I snagged from the closing of Scrapalicious (my local scrapbook store), but it's too thick to tie.  I dug around my crafty stuff and found some Velcro dots, so I cut them down and used those.  It worked fairly well, I think.

Since the album is bound by jump rings, owners can add their own pages at any time or re-arrange the page order.




I'm no mini-album expert.  I may try to simplify the process by choosing a few layouts and repeating them with different papers or by choosing a uniform colour scheme.  I still have a lot of room to experiment!


I hope my album helps generate some well-deserved funds for the canines and their volunteers!

4 comments:

  1. What an awsome idea to make for charity, it's sooo cute!!!!
    Paula

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  2. Your mini album is adorable.
    So sweet of you to donate it to this charity.

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  3. Hi Lisa...great blog you have going here. Thanks for contacting me at Kards for Kids....I love this doggie book..so wonderfully crafted.

    I am sending you a response by e-mail. Have a super day, Bela

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  4. That is SO adorable!!! I bet it is going to do GREAT in the auction!!!!

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