March 18, 2011

Paper Bag Album
















Hi Everyone,

Lisa from Lisa's Craft Room coming to you today with my design. I had a hard time deciding what to present this month and then all of a sudden, it popped into my head to make a paper bag album, something that I love to make and I haven't made one in so long. I just got the Disney Classics cartridge at All Things Cricut, (their prices are awesome), so I decided to make this album for a friend. If anyone has this cartridge, you'll know what I mean and if you don't have it yet, let me just say that the images on it are so cute and they remind me of my childhood when I use to watch all these Disney Classics. Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, (love Jimminey Cricket), Bambi, you get the idea. I even watched them with my son when he was little. The only thing is, the pieces are all cut separate :( so it's a lot of work to adhere them, well some might think this is therapeutic or relaxing :) I am really not to happy about this, I wish I would have known this cartridge was like this before I linked it to my Gypsy :( Anyway, I am going to embellish it a little more, then my friend can embellish it the way she wants to. So, here is how I made my paper bag album:

First I got 5 paper bags, put them in opposite directions, as you can see by this picture. Then I folded them together, used my Crop a Dile to punch holes on the side. I used different twine and ribbon to tie in each hole. Then I covered each page with different cardstocks and patterned paper, I used some embellishments on some of the pages. Alice in Wonderland is on the cover with a dragonfly brad.































I put the queen of hearts on this page.




I added Tinkerbell to this page





































Thanks for stopping by. See you again soon. Thanks Sheila for having me again ;)

12 comments:

Sheila aka SassyLady said...

Lisa this is a BEAUTIFUL mini album so adorable. Love the colors you chose and wow I have never even attempted one of these! Great album. Thanks for sharing with us today.

Cathy said...

wow, that is the first bag project I have seen, that is so neat!

Anonymous said...

Love love your album

Java Jen's Creations said...

I love paper bag albums! This inspires me to make another one!! Yours is awesome!!

scrappinlil said...

OH this is too cute. Thanks for the inspiration, I have paper bags that I bought a few years ago to make cards out of, but I will have to try this technique..sounds really easy. Love your take on it...got to get that cart. TFS

Unknown said...

Such a cute album!!! I will need to try one of these!

Audrey Frelx said...

Lisa, this is such a cute and adorable album!!! I've never done a bag album, but yours is certainly inspiring!

GabyCreates.com said...

Lisa, I too have to try one! Love yours! and I know what you mean about the little pieces, just don't try cutting them smaller than 4" or 5" high!--the bigger the easier

Michele said...

Wonderful album! Love those Disney characters and I know how had they are to make in such a small size but well worth it!

Angi Barrs said...

Super adorable. I love paper bag albums. :)

JustYolie said...

Great project Lisa! Love that you're also using older paper from you stash! I recognize them as I have them too! :)

Teacher Tava said...

How cute! The papers coordinate really well! I enjoy making these paper bag albums too! tinytreasuresbyt.blogspot.com