Vintage Peek-A-Boo Album

Happy December 1st everyone!

Today I have a Vintage Christmas Peek-A-Boo Album to share with you so grab your favorite beverage and a comfy seat because I'll warn you now ... this is a long post ... but hopefully a very informative one that I hope you'll enjoy and draw inspiration from!

I've been telling you about the awesome Christmas digital papers now available over at Crafty Secrets 

and the album helped me showcase just a FEW of these beautiful papers!  Here's a peek at the finished album and I will try to step you through some of the steps I took along the way in making it.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend I was helping my granddaughter create a scrapbook and when we were all through, I noticed there were a few 12x12 cardboard backings in the trash from the packs of scrapbook page protectors she had used.  Of course instantly I thought of creating some sort of album utilizing these backings (can't waste good chipboard ya know).  So I set forth cutting as many pages as I could from those 12x12 boards and grabbed a couple others from my stash to get the desired amount needed.

I used a variety of openings and page edgings for each page of the album to give it depth & character.  I used squares, rectangles, scallop edge, zig-zag edge, half moon ... just anything that popped into my head!

 As indicated in the photo, I cut my page pieces 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" and using a hole punch made 3 holes to accommodate the 1" book rings that would hold my album together.

Then the fun began.  I printed out several different sheets of this beautiful paper in the patterns that I thought would work with the vision I had in my head.  I also tried to keep in mind where my 'openings' were and how that would be viewed when put together.  Once I did one side, I flipped them over and did the other side with different papers still (so many different papers to choose from on this CD!).  I used Modge Podge as my adhesive and a craft knife to cut the openings once my design paper was adhered & dry.

 Once I had each page covered with the desired paper, I started going through the various Crafty Secrets/Heartwarming Vintage stickers, booklets, printables & other ephemera I had available to embellish each page and here are a few of the ideas I came up with. 

Everything on this album is from Crafty Secrets/Heartwarming Vintage Store with the exception of the die cut tree (on page 1 which is Spellbinders), the die cut reindeer (on page 3 which is also Spellbinders) and the various colors of Stickles I used for sparkle.  

Now remember this is just ONE side of each album page ... would you like to see how each page came together?  There are SO MANY papers & images in these sets that I could have made many, many more pages!!  Here's a glimpse of each opened page of my album ... hope you like it!

Once I had all my pages as I wanted them, I inserted the book rings and tied gold & green organza ribbon as well as red & white satin ribbon to each ring.  Really gave it a finished, festive appeal.

This was SO MUCH fun to create and actually it's my very 1ST Peek-A Boo Album ... and I'm really proud of the outcome!  Of course, having these beautiful papers & embellishments available at Crafty Secrets made it easy for me!  Please be sure to pop over and check out ALL the amazing products available!  

Here are the links:

• Our New CraftyVintageGirl Store!
• CraftySecrets.com
• Our ETSY Store
• Our Shopatron Store
• Join Us On Facebook

I would also love to share this fun creation with the following challenges:

Jingle Belles - December to Remember (Anything Goes)

Inspire Me Friday - Anything Goes

Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Forgotten Stash (CS stickers found in the bottom of the drawer)

Sweet & Sassy Challenge - Interior Decorating

Sweet Pea Stampers - Gifts (this album is a Christmas gift ... ssshhh)

Wags 'n Whiskers - Christmas

Alphabet Challenge - V for Vintage
Avadares Challenge - Anything with a Digi
Broken Box Stock - Happy Holidays
Card Crafter's Circle #51 - Bearing gifts (this album is a Christmas gift ... ssshhh)
Crafty Catz Challenge - Recycle/Upcycle (cardboard backing from page protectors for album pages)
Fussy and Fancy - I Love Christmas
QKR Stampede - It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Totally Paper Crafts - Anything CHRISTMASY but a card
2 Sisters - Christmas Sparkle
Craftymess Challenge - Vintage Christmas
Little Claire's Designs - Christmas
My Sheri Crafts - Tis the Season

Are you still here?  Sorry it was such a long post but there was a lot I wanted you to see!
PLEASE stop by the Crafty Secrets Blog on Monday when we will be hosting a new Linky Party ... you could win some fabulous Crafty Secrets products!

Thanks so much everyone for stopping by and for always making my day with your kind words!

Until next time ...