This album is SO INCREDIBLE ... I snapped over 500 shots of it getting it ready for this blog!  What more can I say! 

Today you've discovered where we'll be traveling over the next 5 days.  South America.  Before we stop at any of the countries we're going to take a tour of the FRONT, BACK, and INSIDE album COVERS.  Shall we hit the road!

You got a peak of the cover (above) so now we'll take a look at the spine.

NOTICE the spine itself isn't covered with paper.  It's inked.  Also NOTICE that Marcie used her Crop-a-dile, punched a hole at the top and added her ribbon.  I LOVE THAT!

NOTICE how Marcie incorporates our Chipboard Essential Elements into her project.  You'll see that she covers FRONT and BACK and the edges of every piece have been inked.  What a polished presentation!

Marcie brought home a souvenir and attached as well.  What a GREAT touch!

I LOVE the sheer ribbon tied around the tan satin ribbon.  And can we talk about Marcie's penmanship!  SERIOUSLY!  That girl can write!

This is a close up of the COPY Marcie wrote and stamped on the album cover.  The combination of her penmanship with stamping looks so savvy!

This is the BACK of the album cover.

This is INSIDE FRONT COVER.

This is INSIDE BACK COVER.

This is a shot of the INSIDE album spine.  What we REALLY appreciated about this was that Marcie didn't even touch the center spine.  How welcome is that!  It doesn't at all make the album feel unfinished.  In fact ... this album feels like a MASTERPIECE!

I LOVE this shot because it shows the varying thicknesses of the inserts Marcie used.  I sent Marcie an 8x8 album with maybe a couple of chipboard inserts.  Marcie created ALL of the remaining inserts for this album.  And wait until you see them!

Again, I LOVE how Marcie just used ink for the spine! 

Here is a shot of the album laying on its side.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how many of the pages extend PAST the album covers.  So many of us are afraid to do this and here we have the perfect example of how FANTASTIC it is!

Besides inking the edges of many of her pieces Marcie also incorporated sewing machine stitching throughout the album. 

And that was just the ALBUM COVER!  Tomorrow we'll visit our first country!

Thank you Marcie!

Happy Paper Crafting!

Mischelle

Marcie's Supply List for this Album:

1. V835     Winchester SWIC


2. B316     Winchester CS


3. V223     Ivory Ultrasmooth CS


4. V244     Kraft CS


5. T2739   Kinder-bet


6. T2832   Fancy Punctuation


7. T2820   Just a Note


8. T2867   Date Disks


9. T2950   Go Abroad


10. T3084   Creative Inspiration


11. TT217   Cognac Palette Ink


12. TT218   Burnt Umber Palette Ink


13. S7001    Basic Set of Brilliance Dew Drops (Graphite Black)


14. S8110   Cotton White Staz-On


15. S959     Spanish Olive VersaMagic


16. S963     Egglplant VersaMagic


17. S982     Wheat VersaMagic


18. S977     Aspen Mist VersaMagic


19. A11       Essential Elements


20. A10       ABC Frameworks


21. B216     Winchester Ribbon


22. B116     Winchester Hardware


23. F771     Matte Heritage Brads


24. D307     Brites Board Clips


25. C628     Ivory CS Strips


26. S751      Clear Embossing Powder


27. D73       Super Jumbo Circle Punch


28. D74       Mega Circle Punch


29. K102      Big Bite Crop-a-dile


30. F163      Marvy Heat Tool


31. Recycled TAC Clear Stamp Box


32. Maya Road 8x8 Album Cover


33. Chipboard


34. Acetate Scraps


35. Blossoms and Buttons


36. Sewing Machine and Thread


37. Recycled Page Protector


38. Clay Charm from Bolivia


39. Foam Tape


40. Black Pen