Card: Creating a Letterpress Background

This week's challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs is to create your own background.

I inked up Spellbinders' "Butterfly" Impressabilities embossing template with Broken China Distress Ink and did a letterpress technique for the tone-on-tone background.  It turned out so pretty - I should do this more often!

Album: This Boy

Whew! I think summer is finally starting to wind down.  We have been experiencing much cooler temperatures here and getting some much-needed rain!

This cute little 8x8 album was made as a shower gift.  Almost all of the paper is Echo Park's A Walk in the Park collection.  I used my Bind-It-All to do the binding and the Martha Stewart photo corner punch for the corners of the front and back covers.  The details are below.

Front cover:

Pages 1 and 2:

Pages 3 and 4:

Pages 5 and 6:

Pages 7 and 8:

Front Cover:

Paper and Card Stock
A Walk in the Park Collection (Echo Park)
Bazzill card stock

Die Cuts
bookends_1340 (Silhouette Studio)

Additional Supplies
flocked chipboard letters (Lush Green by My Mind's Eye)

Pages 1 and 2:
Paper and Card Stock
A Walk in the Park Collection (Yellow-Echo Park)
Trick or Treat Collection (Orange-Fancy Pants Designs)
Bazzill card stock 

Core'dinations card stock (yellow tag in the pocket)

DieCuts With A View card stock (tan on monkey)

Die Cuts
monkey_C20090817003201_2581 (Silhouette Studio)
born_to_be_wild_phrase_C00456_20509 (Silhouette Studio)
library_pocket_2249 (Silhouette Studio)
simple_tags_C00079_23067 (Silhouette Studio)
 
Additional Supplies
black gems (monkey's eyes)
buttons
silver brad 

Pages 3 and 4:
Paper and Card Stock
A Walk in the Park Collection (Echo Park)
Bazzill card stock
Core'dinations card stock (lion)
DieCuts With A View card stock (handsome little man)
pre-cut tags (Little Black Dress Designs)

Die Cuts
lion_C00041_28466 (Silhouette Studio)
film_strip_C00483_20387 (2 stacked and welded together) (Silhouette Studio)
phrase_words_circle_baby_C00185_21585 (Silhouette Studio)
circle cut with my Silhouette
  
Additional Supplies
gold gems (lion's eyes)
eyelets

Pages 5 and 6:
Paper and Card Stock
A Walk in the Park Collection (Echo Park)
Offbeat 6x6 Collection (red octagons, green on page 6- BasicGrey)
Frosted Collection (green on page 5-Fancy Pants Designs)
Trick or Treat (orange on page 6- Fancy Pants Designs)
Bazzill card stock
Core'dinations card stock

Die Cuts
ribbon_slot_us_1986 (Silhouette Studio)
Folder_0243 (Silhouette Studio)
"Together" cut with my Silhouette in Rockwell Extra Bold 
  
Additional Supplies
Eva glazed brads (BasicGrey)
Martha Stewart photo corner punch

Pages 7 and  8:
Paper and Card Stock
A Walk in the Park Collection (including the "notes" journal spot-Echo Park)
Core'dinaitons card stock
DieCuts With A View card stock

Die Cuts
giraffe_C20091104221056_20509 (Silhouette Studio)
  
Additional Supplies
silver star brads (Making Memories)
silver spiral paper clips
Martha Stewart photo corner punch