It’s been a long time since I last created a mini-album so it took me a while to get started on this. I joined a mini-album swap organized by the local scrapping community, Pinoyscrapbookers. I was reluctant at first since I didn’t know if I will have the time to make one but decided to just go for it. I’m glad I did.
I started with naked 6×6 chipboards which I purchased a long time ago at My Little Attic. Then I browsed through my Studio Calico Kits and picked one that I thought would go well with this mini. First thing I did is select papers, cut them inton 6×6 squares and covered the chipboards with them. I used decoupage glue to adhere the papers and ran a brayer on the patterned paper to make sure there are no air bubbles. Once the chipboards+patterned papers were dry, I dabbed blue acrylic paint all around the edges of the chipboard. See that blue outline on the pages?
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The cover |
Then I just went through my stash and looked for flowers, rhinestones, pearls and other embellishments to add to the kit. I added bling from Jenni Bowlin to hang on the binder. See the green crystals above?
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First Spread |
The banners (or flag) above were cut from one of the papers in the SC kit. The black doily-ish banner was stamped using the SC stamp included in the kit.
Part of the specs is to use at least 2 tags and have at least 2 pockets. Below is the first pocket and tag. I decided to use a loose tag so the recipient can use it the way she wants to.
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Second Spread |
Above, you can see rub-on stitches where the orange dotted paper and blue dotted paper meet at the bottom. The rub-on is also part of the kit. I added a length of trim from my own stash. The felt cupcake is part of the kit, too.
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Third Spread |
Another element I added is a transparency spread. I have some Hambly Transparency scraps which I decided to use here. It’s not big enough for two 6×6 pages so I just added a strip of cardstock to the edge to make them bigger.
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Fourth Spread – the transparency spread |
I made sure that there is enough space for photos and journaling in every spread.
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Fifth spread |
Below is another spread where I added a pocket and loose tag.
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Sixth Spread |
More rub-on stitching below. Did you also notice how much I loved using doilies?
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Last Spread |
The back cover has information on the date the album was created, and the name of the artist. I love that tag that I got from Nenette of My Little Attic!
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Back Cover |
So happy to be blogging about my creative projects again! I hope I can make more of these in the coming days.
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