Collin's Graduation Album Done - FINALLY!! (pic heavy)

OK, I've been busting a hump trying to finish this mini chipboard album for my nephew by this past Saturday for his Graduation party. The end result did not live up to my expectations as I struggled with inspiration, cooperation, & my own motivation. The glue I used is excellent glue...except when trying to use it with metallic paper. Heaven forbid you should get any oozing out onto it anywhere because it's a BEAR to try to get off! My adhesive eraser worked some of the time, but did not seem to want to on the title banners, so yes, they look awful. disappointment.

The metallic doesn't show up well in these photos, but it was a hasty photo shoot an hour before we were to leave & one shot (not a significant one, at least) is pretty blury.

I will say that I only purchased a DCWV paper pack for this project, but I used very little of it in the end. The rest was all stuff I already had. That was a bonus! This is a really simple book, so there's not a lot of extra stuff or tons of details. No flowers, ribbon & very little bling. The only reason there is so much metallic gold in this one is that his school colors are dark red & metallic gold.

So, here we go:


Front Cover - Tim Holtz Gear Masks, tea stain inks & chipboard hinges with Coffee Shop Glimmer Mist. Binder wire too small, but biggest I had. Geesh! Who's idea was this album anyway? Oh yeah, mine.






















Freshman Pages














Left hand - bad page,stuff crooked & puckered. :(






















Right Hand - Simple tags in pocket. Behind tags is word "Memories" cut out. forgot photo. boo me.






















Sophomore pages













Left hand























 Right Hand






















Junior pages














Left Hand






















Right hand






















Senior Pages













Left Hand






















Right Hand Senior Pocket page - empty






















Pocket with photo inserts







Prom Insert















Prom Insert - Front























 Prom Insert - back






















Australia Photo Insert (one of my favs)






















Australia back






















Moments Photo Insert

















Moments Back






















Colorado Photo Insert
















Colorado Insert back

















Class of 2011














Left





















Right - kinda looks like a Disney page, don't it?





















Back Cover - no big deal, just a little inking & more glimmer mist.





















And, to top it all off, I put together a cluster of charms to put on the wire binder, but forgot to attach them before we left for the party. At least they'll be easy to add on. I swear I can't do anything without making a ton of mistakes. Some work out for the good, but not that often.

Thanks for stopping by today & I hope blogger doesn't make my post look screwy.


God Bless & have a great day!