MAWTT - Bling it On

Hello! it's time for another challenge over at 

Moving Along With the Times

I am hostess this week and have chosen the theme of .....
'Bling it On'

So you can go mad with the embellies and use anything sparkly, shiny or metallic... so glitter, gems, pearls, metal charms etc! it doesn't have to be a card... so you could make gift box, tag... jewellery even.. as long as you follow the theme...

So I've made my very first Mini-Album which was a bit scary... I watched some You Tube videos and then kinda made it up as I went along!! ... It's about 9.5cm x 7.5cm and so fits nicely into the palm of your hand. I used the largest die of Classic Rectangle Scalloped Nesties - Small. The papers are 'Rosarian' by Prima. I love these papers so much and the colours inspired me to make this Russian themed keepsake. Each page has a different theme and it's basically all the things that I love about Russia... hope you like it!

Annie from Digi my World gave us some fab images to play with... I chose the Russia set of images. You can get the image set pre-coloured if you wish but I have coloured the images digitally to match my papers. The flower is Prima. I've used red nail heads on St Basil's although they actually look like pearls in this photo! but they are definitely nail heads!!  I bought the little Russian Doll bead and threaded it onto an eye pin with some spacers and then attached to a keyring which works as the binder. The leaves are Marianne Design Ivy. Looking at this front cover now... I might add a bit of ribbon or bow to the binding ring top left... just need to find the right ribbon...

Dr Zhivago... love both the DVD's!

This is another image from Digi My World Russia Set. Again I've digitally coloured it to match the papers.  I've added more nail heads and also used Viva Pearl Pen on her headband.

This is the tag taken out of the pocket. It has little photo of Tsar Nicholas II and family and lots of info about them....

Well I couldn't not put Mr. Bond himself in this album!!! and of course the books Anna Karenina and War and Peace. I haven't read War and Peace although we do have a copy! it's huge!!!

The beautiful architecture of Russia... I've handwritten where the places are to make it a bit more personal... 

Another thing that I love about Russia - the Ballet and the Music... the embellishments are from a ballet set that I bought last year. I've added some little red gems to bling up the heart! 

And inside the pocket is this leaflet telling you about the Bolshoi and some famous Russian Composers.

This is fab Russian Doll image from Digi My World Russia Set. I've coloured it digitally and added gems to the centre of the flowers. 

There is little pocket and a blank tag.... a space for recipient to write on....

Close up of Russian Dolls

 

A page about Russia and the Space Race... photo and newspaper about Yuri Gagarin... the star embellie is gold - the camera is telling porkies again!! the stars and the moon are from Josy Rose.

and again... inside the pocket is leaflet with tons of info about Russian Space Program....

and not forgetting the wonderful Faberge! 

Another leaflet with lots of info....

The lovely Alessandra gave me these gorgeous metal corners for my Birthday last year and so I tried to decorate one up with red gems....A La Faberge!

and that is it ... this is back of my mini album - I've dated it and numbered it... and I plan to do another Country sometime in future... it was quite a lot of work but most of it is planning it out and sticking stuff on... so it was quite relaxing to do... I don't think I will be giving this away though! I have grown quite attached to it so think I will keep it in the family ...  

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous Digi My World...

and the winner this week will receive a fab $10 Voucher to spend in-store!! 

Don't forget to pop on over to MAWTT for more details of this week's Challenge and to see my Teamies gorgeous creations!

Not long until weekend...

I am hoping to get rid of this blooming cold which seems to be hanging on forever... so gonna rest up and read my book or watch some catch up tv.... have you seen Mr Selfridge? it's not quite as good as The Paradise imho... but very interesting as it's based on true story... but Mr Selfridge annoys me a bit! LOL .... wonder what he was like in real life... I would love to know...

Hope you are all keeping Safe and Warm!

I will catch up with you all soon...

Love and hugs