Photo Memory Album

Thought I'd add John's Photo Album, which I made for his birthday, in it's own post. It still isn't quiet finished as I want to add some journalling to some of the pages, and there's a few pictures I couldn't add as they're up in the attic... the cobweb end! There's an Easter one somewhere, where the girls aged about 6 and 7 covered hinm in their eater eggs as he lay sleeping on the sofa in just his underwear..noticed I've missed adding the 'David' Apron photo this time!

Anyway, a few of you asked what papers I'd used. Bit of a mish-mash really! I first started cutting out 8x8 card but soon realised it wouldn't be any good if I wanted to add the binder-rings and have it fold open as it does.

The front and back covers were originally card taken from the backs of old art pads. It's nice and strong, so I never throw it away.
I used a Martha Stewart boarder punch to add a bit of interest on the cover. And that took some cutting, it didn't like the thickness of the paper at all!! Maybe because I used 12x12 papers from The Mariposa Stack for the front, back and inside of the covers. On the back cover I used TH Bird Cage and bird. The sticky Letters where part of a Christmas set I'd had. (not many doubled up letters so I hadn't been able to use them until now. (Crafty companies want you to buy loads of the same sheet I guess, so you have enough letters)

In side I used mostly double sided papers (almost card) which I brought back with me from the States a few years ago, plus other's I'd had for ages. Agghhh! I finally cut into them!!
A lot of the pages were just white card I inked with the only three T.Holtz inks I have (brown, red and blue) then added some Freebies papers I had already had printed out from places like Printable Heaven and other sites listed on my side bar, as well as anything else I could find!
Anyway, my first album, hoping my second will be better! Planning a Baby Book for daughter's baby due on Christmas Day! But of course, that won't be finished until some time in the future!
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Some of the challenges I had planned are over, well it did take me ages, but I have added it to this...

Challenge
Craftycardmakers-no cards, tags, or atcs!