I love getting stuff in the mail. Especially when it's fun stuff like this! I was a little pleasantly surprised that the 7Gypsies book covers were actually black and not that reddish color in the shop pics. Now that I have it though, I'm not sure if I'm going to use it for the cover. Right now I just have two pieces of chipboard as place holders. They work well so I might just decorate them and use them instead.
These are the first few things I added to the book. I have a clear scroll overlay along with a red envelope underneath for ephemera. Under that is a large craft tag that I added some green ribbon to.
I added quite a few of these opaque velum envelopes. They're just a hair too big for the album but I have a feeling by the time this is completed I'll have bits and bobs stuck out all over the place (like the ribbon). So I'm okay with it.
I punched a few pieces of thin cardboard and added them throughout.
I purchased these Martha Stewart chipboard letters on clearance at Wal-mart. Every once in a while you can find some good crafty things there. I added these to the back of the cardboard. I'm still deciding if I'm going to paint over them or not.
I added a small note card. It's got a birdcage in the corner with the word 'fly' above it. Love this.
More various bits of scrap paper and cardstock I had laying around. I even used some packaging, which you can see on the left side. I plan on covering up the print with photos.
Another craft tags and a piece of brown textured cardstock.
More vellum envelopes. I bought some overlays from Michael's {Ill have to check on the brand and I'll take some photos for you} and I stuck one inside of each. They're all different designs and are all super cute.
I won this on eBay the other day. It's a 7Gypsies wire bound envelope book. I tend to collect a lot of crap while traveling and I honestly don't think all of it will fit in the album so this will be used for backup.
If any of you are also taking part in Ali's Scrapbook on the Road class and are blogging about it, feel free to leave your link in the comments!
