DOUBLE WATERFALL ALBUM COMPLETE!

Greetings, dear reader!

As promised, I have completed (amidst a hideous onslaught of a nasty COLD, mind you) the double waterfall album. I am such a fan of the sweet images of Dolly Dingle in her Halloween costumes! And so, inspired by Dolly, I decided to make the album all about Trick or Treat!

But first things first: The cover:



Of course I inked, grunged, and Stickled everything! (It made the cat's eyes glow yellow...how cool?!)

And I even filled the Trick or Treat bag on front with images of vintage candies! (Some are adhered to the book and some are loose and can be taken out)

An d now the first waterfall: I simply glued an image of vintage candy to the front of each flap!



I made sure the images were printed large enough for the name to be seen under the flap...

Waterfall Number Two: These are candies I remember getting as a little girl while out Trick or Treating...my dad always called "dibbs" on the Hershey bars!

And then, because the history of each kind of candy is (I think) really interesting, I created a "history tab" for each of the candies pictured in the waterfalls...

When pulled, each tab reveals a brief history of the candy bars in that waterfall. This particular tab is a brief history of Butterfinger.

I will, of course, embellish the binder rings with ribbon, ricrac, and anything else I happen to have laying around. One can never hanve too many embellishments! At least, not in MY house!

A shout out to my friend Sandy, who supplied me with many of these vintage candy images! This book is for you, dear friend! I hope you like it!

Be back soon with something fun!

Hugs,
Paula Clare

DOUBLE WATERFALL HALLOWEEN ALBUM!

Greetings, dear readers!



As promised, I am here to show you the first few steps of creating a Double Waterfall Halloween Album!

Here are the first few things you need to gather:

Chipboard (2 pieces cut 6" x 11")
8 paper lunch bags (6 bag bottoms cut to 5 1/8" long, 2 bag bottoms cut to 4 7/8" long)
Double sided tape
Paper (cut 7" x 12" (to cover the chipboard))
Paper (cut 5 3/4" x 10 1/2" (to cover the inside of the chipboard covers)
Cutting Blade (X-acto Knife) or Large Scissors
Cutting Mat
Crop-o-Dile (or hole punch)
Pop Dots (OF COURSE!) For decorating the outside of the front cover

The rest of the stuff (for decorating) can be gathered later.

The basic idea is to make two waterfall paper bag albums, but instead of the waterfall being horizontal as it was in my first project,



we will make them vertical this time...like a REAL waterfall! Also, the bags will need to be mounted on something sturdy enough to hold them all in place...therefore the chipboard covers.

Here are the basics: You cover the two pieces of chipboard, inside and out, and then you begin adhering the bags to the inside of each cover. 3 bags (5 1/8") and then 1 bag (4 7/8") are adhered by gluing (or taping) the back of each bag to the chipboard cover. The first will line up with the top edge of the paper you glued down for the inside cover.

Fold the bottom flap of the bag up (toward the top of the cover) and then glue down bag #2 under the flap (lining it up with the first fold in the bottom of the bag). Glue the next bag down on top of bag # 2, again folding the bottom flap of the bag up so you can adhere bag #3 under the flap. (The bottom of the previous bag will "flap over" the top of the next bag.) Adhering bags in this way will leave you with a "shortage" for bag #4. Time for the bag cut 4 7/8"! Line up as before, adhere under flap of bag #3...voila! A perfect fit! Your first "waterfall" is complete!

FYI: (I tried to get photos of this process, but I am without a "camera person", and Webster's lack of opposable thumbs makes it tough for him to do the photography!) I hope you can look at my pictures and "get" what I'm saying. :-) I was never much for this step-by-step "how to" stuff (it was my worst rated speech in college!) I'm a "GLOBAL" thinker which makes breaking ANYTHING down into "easy steps" difficult!

Anyway, more pictures, and explanations as I complete the album! Now I need to hear from a friend in Arizona so I can move to the next step...oh SAAAAAAAAAANNNDY?!?!?!

OH! Before I forget! My daughter in law (the wife of the screenwriter) is opening a bakery! The name is Creme Hurray (like Creme Brulee!). Here's a button to add to your blog and/or website! Anything you can do to help get word out will be wonderful! I've just ordered a bunch of Halloween treats...I'll share more later!


Hugs,
Paula Clare