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Hello Gorjuss Spring Album ~ Echo Park 'Hello Spring' & Santoro Gorjuss

Hello everyone, Welcome spring and welcome everyone!  I've been waiting to get to this pile of envelopes sitting on my craft table - I just don't know how I end up with so many envelopes!  I think it's because I just add cards into presents that I gift wrap and I always forget the envelope.  Anyway! I designed this simple and interactive envelope album and decorated it with the Echo Park Hello Spring collection papers from the September Kit.  I also decided to make it a little gorgeous by adding a little Gorjuss to make it a Hello Gorjuss Spring Album (I know- a bit corny). You will need 4 envelopes for the base of this album. Make sure they are all the same size. Start with the first envelope and add adhesive (in my case, PVA glue) as shown: Then attach the flap of the second envelope to the flap of the first envelope. Make sure you keep the crease of the flap in a straight line with the edge of the envelope. Next, join t...

The StoryTeller Series~ #iamflorarose ~ Chapter 3 ~ The secret and the stranger

Hi everyone, I am back with round 3 of the Flora Rose story. This one is a little late.  All 3 of us got busy in June and so postponed this swap til July. I am so glad to be back on track as I have missed Flora's world. Chapter 3 sees the introduction of another pivotal male character in the story. Who is this mysterious stranger? Chapter 3 also divulges Flora's secret which was alluded to in Chapter 2. Watch the process video and hear the story  HERE Missed any earlier Chapters? Introduction to this swap/concept  HERE   Prologue  HERE Chapter 1   HERE Chapter 2 HERE Enjoy and let me know what you think in the comments below. xxAmira Disclaimer - This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual even...

Fabulous February

Hi everyone, I am part of an art swap community on Swap-Bot and am participating in a few Valentine Day swaps. There is something about receiving mail art that takes me back to childish glee. There is excitement and surprise and lots of thankfulness for being part of something international and soulful. Find me here Here are a few packages I received in February :) Package 1  Package 2 Package 3 Package 4 I love them all for how different they are to my taste and how they introduce me to new products and techniques that I might not know I like until I have them in my hand. I am truly blessed to have these ladies in my life. Thank you so much for stopping by. xx Amira