2016! It's knocking at the door and ready to come in. What a perfect time I have had at home this past week finishing up projects, and completing some albums that have been "hanging" around. I find myself very ready after the Christmas season to pack up the house and clean like crazy, as well as clean out the projects looming so I can start fresh with the year.
Last year was one of the best years of my 40 here on earth. After many years of trying, my husband and I were able to move our family to the south. Just after moving here, I purchased a book about odd and fun things to do in Alabama (our new home). OF COURSE I take a million pictures anytime we go somewhere, and I thought what no better way to document this crazy year than with a memory folder. I love these folders, first bought about by Heidi Swapp. You can learn more about them here
https://youtu.be/jB9mXiV_Sfs I have several folders of hers, but also love making them from plain old folders as well. The card stock weight is heavy enough you can gesso, glue, paint, ink, well anything and it will stand up to it.
This is the start...
So a funny little thing happened when making this. I had some distress stain in metallic rose sitting near me, and I didn't realize I had not attached the top securely. Well, if it can happen it will, so I knocked it over and it spilled along the top right of the folder. At first I was very upset, but then realized I could distress the folder and correct my boo boo. First I took some gesso and lightly painted it around the edges. Next I took some medium paste, and mixed the metallic rose in it. I used my pallet knife and drug it across much like spackle on a wall for texture. I was very pleased with the final outcome. And best of all, my boo boo was bye bye!
I also found these great 4 x 4in page protectors in the the clearance section at Michaels. They make for great waterfall pieces, which really adds to the photo real-estate in an album.
There are many things I love about Memory Folders, but one is that there is no big commitment to space in the beginning. I can add as much flipping, folding or falling as I want. I inserted a smaller folder, and an additional page, but have not bound them together yet because I don't know what other creative piece might come into play.
Have a GREAT and Messy 2016!
Cyndee
