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This Father’s Day was my son’s first.\u00a0 Since he’s so far away, and hasn’t been able to see his little one very much, I made him this special album as a gift.<\/p>\n

I hope he has as much fun looking at it as I had putting it together!<\/p>\n

I was looking for something small that\u00a0my son\u00a0could easily carry and found this Tim Holtz Ruler Book kit, which is just the perfect size.\u00a0The pages are each about 4″ x 4″.<\/p>\n

(These books are no longer being produced, but you can still find a few floating around.\u00a0 Of course, you can easily make your own at any size you want by cutting up a ruler, some chipboard for the covers and trimming cardstock for pages.)<\/p>\n

\"baby<\/a><\/p>\n

In his video, The Journey Continues with Tim Holtz<\/a>\"\", he gives step-by-step instructions on how to apply distressed papers to the cover of the book.\u00a0 He has a lot of great tips and helpful hints which could be applied to any project.<\/p>\n

To begin, I applied distress inks directly from the pad to each of the pages, distressed the edges of each page with a thread cutter, applied\u00a0Vintage Photo Tim Holtz Distress Ink\u00a0 to the edges and then stamped each page with a background image.\u00a0 I wasn’t really thrilled with the dark green vine below, it’s a little harsh, but oh well, the rest of the pages look good.<\/p>\n

\"baby<\/a><\/p>\n

The sugar and spice saying was printed from my inkjet printer onto a transparency (Computer Grafix Ink Jet Film, Clear<\/a>.)\u00a0 Then I painted Scattered Straw Distress Crackle Paint<\/a>\u00a0on the back.\u00a0 (After seeing this terrible writing inside the front cover, one of my dear friends gave me a calligraphy set for my birthday.\u00a0 Hmmmmm . . . .)<\/p>\n

\"baby<\/a><\/p>\n

The saying above is, “My finger may be small, but I can still wrap my Daddy around it!”\u00a0 This was also printed on a transparency, but this time I wiped alcohol inks across the back. (I used Cranberry<\/a>\u00a0and Raisin<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"baby<\/a><\/p>\n

If you plan to make a small book like this, you’ll find it useful to get your photos printed in wallet size.\u00a0 I liked that I had four copies of each pic, so when I messed up, I had three more to go.<\/p>\n

The moon and stars above were done with a brass stencil and Dreamweaver Embossing Paste.\u00a0\u00a0(You have to let this paste air dry, don’t try to hit it with a heat gun, it will bubble.\u00a0)\u00a0 After it dries, put the stencil back over as a mask and apply a little ink to color the shapes. The blue stars and dots were done by making the shapes with Glossy Accents<\/a>\u00a0and then sprinkling on micro glass beads.<\/p>\n

\"baby<\/a><\/p>\n

Check back tomorrow for the rest of the album!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Father’s Day was my son’s first.\u00a0 Since he’s so far away, and hasn’t been able to see his little one very much, I made him this special album as a gift. 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