Feeling krafty....

Hello Imaginarium friends!

You are with Sandrine today with a couple of projects. First up I have a boys layout loaded with chipboard negatives! I am sure I am not the only one to save every single bit of chipboard when I am creating.
And I have a big fondness for banners!!! So I decided to create a fun banner out of chipboard negatives! Well the chipboards do come with the negatives right? so I guess they have to be used too!
All the chipboards on this layout are RAW with a slight lick of Walnut Stain Distress ink on their edges.

"It's A Boy Thing"



A little close up of the chipboard banner:

I mounted all negatives onto some patterned paper and then added bling and brads:

 ID CHIPBOARD USED:

- EMBELLISHMENT 8 IDS0014

- TINIES 9 COGS ON BOARD IDT0004

- IDP0065 IT'S A BOY THING

- IDT0032 EDWARD RELIEF SMALL

- IDN0002 SHEET OF NUMBERS (SMALL)

- IDT0016 STEAM PUNK CLOCK

OTHER PRODUCTS USED:

- BAZZILL CARDSTOCK, PION DESIGN PAPERS, TCW TEMPLATE, KAISER PAINT, DISTRESS INK, PRIMA BRADS, MANORHOUSE CREATIONS FLOWERS, MARTHA STEWART BORDER PUNCH

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My second project is a mini album in a shrine made exclusively of chipboard and there again I have used a border in a creative way :) Who says borders have to be borders right? This mini album is a little keepsake of a photo shoot my little boy agreed to do for me at Easter! It could be a great gift idea too but I am keeping that one for myself!

"Live Life Through The Lens"

 To assemble "case/shrine" you will need one "James Border" and Honeycombe negative hexagon bits x4.

I just noticed while looking through my chipboard that the extremeties of the border would become a sun if glued together! After a little thinking and designing I came up with a little holder and the idea for the mini album sitting in it came from that....
These are the measurements to create the shrine:
Back: (sun): 87mm
Sides: 90mm (both)
Front: 87mm
Bottom: 88mm x 91mm

 I covered the holder with white spray paint, as the design is so intricate and I wanted a clean finish, a little hard to obtain with a paint brush. I added a little banner to it for extra detail!

For the mini album, I cut 5 squares measuring 75mm x 75mm each in a 12x12 sheet of chipboard. It is smaller than the shrine but I had to allow for things sticking out!

I used kraft tape to assemble the pages 2 by 2 and covered the spine with masking tape. To hide the tapes each page was then covered with paper, it's as easy as that!

 A little closie of the front of the album...to give the worn look to my letters I first applied white gel pen all over letters and then when dry I rubbed them with a baby wipe to get some of the colour away.

A little look inside the mini album:

 ID CHIPBOARD USED:

- IDB0009 JAMES BORDER

- IDS0054 HONEYCOMBE 6X6

- IDS0065 CHIPBOARD SQUARE 12X12

- IDA0005 MAIN LETTER SET (SMALL)

-IDAUC0001 CAPITAL LETTER SET

- IDN0002 SHEET OF NUMBERS (SMALL)

OTHER PRODUCTS USED:

PION DESIGN PAPERS; STAMPS: RACHELLE MINNETT DESIGN, EVALICIOUS, HERO ARTS; KITCHEN TWINE; CARL CIRCLE PUNCHES, KRAFT TAPE, MASKING TAPE, WHITE SPRAY PAINT

Thank you for visiting Imaginarium blog today, I hope you found some inspiration in my projects, leave me a comment for a chance to win gorgeous one of a kind chipboard pieces!!!!