Family 2011 Mini Album

Thanks to Blogger's glitches last week, we have a special treat for you today! One more guest post from Grace Tolman! This was scheduled for last Thursday but we are happy to share it today. Be sure to stop by her blog an tell Grace thanks for all the fabulous projects!

Here’s another idea for you…..Mom’s, especially grandmas always love getting photos of their grandkids/family members. So this year, why not give here a mini book that has your family’s photos in it.

Early this year, I was able to finally convince my husband to take the plunge and get a professional photographer take shots of our family. It was definitely one of my happiest days.

A fun note about this mini….for the front and back cover, I used blocks from the box/packaging that my SEI products came in. I just love finding inspiration everywhere!

I covered both cardboard pieces with pattern paper and for the front, I laid more of the lace cardstock. I then added strips of paper, some with punched border and then used my die cut machine to cut a shaped frame for my title.

The felt flowers from the Sunny Day collection added a pop of color to what could’ve been a very subtle front.

I had cut five cardstock pieces to about 5x7” as my inside pages for this minibook. I covered the inside of both cover pages with pattern paper and I made a matt for my cardstock inside pages with pattern paper.

I have a vintage typewriter that I used to type up my journaling here. Love that thing! To lead the eye to the words, I added some buttons from the “Summer brights” embellishment pack. I also inked the edges of the paper blocks.

I then used some of the very pretty White Elegance papers to create a house for my embellishments. I layered two of them for added texture and dimension. To make it, I traced some circles on one paper, cut that then adhered it to another paper then cut out a scallop edge around it.

Here’s a look of the other pages….

I had also use some die cut hearts from the With all my heart pack.

I continued the journaling on the back cover too.

And here’s the look of the back.

And a look at the side view.

So that’s for today. I can’t believe my week long post is coming to a close. Make sure you check out tomorrow for one last project and a giveaway from the generous people of SEI.
Grace

Family Love Mini Album

We are so excited to share this project with you today! Kate really went all out for the month of love an made an entire mini album and it's beautiful!

Please remember to leave plenty of comments for our design team members. They work hard and always create such wonderful projects!

I Love Mini-Albums

Let’s all say it together...I love mini-albums! There, doesn’t that feel better?

This post is packed with 3 mini-albums and a bonus project, too, so let’s get this Wacky Wednesday started.

I’m going to start off with a 4x4 mini I made for my youngest daughter. As I was getting ready to photograph the album, she sat down and started looking through it. Half way through, she excitedly said, “It’s all about me!” A girl after her scrapbooking Mommy’s heart.


I embellished my front cover, which is painted canvas with a “just be you” rub-on from the Jocelyn collection, which I cut it down to a different configuration to fit the cover. The starburst swirl is part of the beaded frill also from the Jocelyn collection. I used my Crop-o-Dile to insert a grommet through which I strung my beaded chain, my Victoria hang tag, and some SEI ribbons.


Her nickname is Spunky, if that tells you anything and I used that description as my starting point, choosing a different characteristic of hers for each page. All but one of the pages came from the Jocelyn collection 6x6 paper pad. For the inside front cover, I used paper strips left over from cutting the 6x6 papers down to 4x4 to make my own pattern of SEI papers!

Here are a few more pages:









For this mini-album, I trimmed down some notebook paper to 6x6 and rounded the two outside corners. Here comes the fun part...using your favorite 6x6 paper pad, I used the Jocelyn collection again, choose two coordinating prints. Adhere the papers back to back.


Choose a rub-on image and adhere to a sturdy piece of cardstock, then trim around the image. Using a punch, punch a hole in what will be your front cover so that you can thread your SEI ribbon through. Before threading through the next hole, attach another punched piece of cardstock to the inside front cover before threading through the next hole, ending up back on the front cover. Tie a knot in your ribbon, adding the cut out rub-on image as an embellishment.


Now choose two other patterned papers from the 6x6 paper pad and added a punched tab to the top of each paper. These will be your sections.


I plan to use my mini-album journal for all of the sign-ons, passwords and other technical info I need to keep handy now that I am blogging. I already have a notebook that I’ve been using, but recently came to the realization that I shouldn’t give away all the stuff I make, I deserve some pretty things, too. So, I challenge you to do something nice for yourself today. Go ahead, just do it!


Hmmm.... Are you wondering what this 6x6 mini-album could be? The cover probably gives it away, but I’ll tell you anyway. It’s an address book.


My handwriting is not very dainty at all, so I made sure when I designed this address page that there was plenty of room to write all your information. I even included room for an e-mail address and a cell phone number. Oh, and the left margin is wide enough to use your Bind-it-All, binder rings, ball chain or ribbon to keep it all together. You could even punch holes and add it to a 6x6 scrapbook album.


Now, you’ll want two pieces of patterned paper approximately 5.25” long and 2.75” wide. Additionally, you’ll need a piece of coordinating paper measuring approximately 3.50” long, which you’ll fold in half. I used a punch to embellish the edges of this piece. Adhere the two long pieces to the one shorter piece to make a cover for your note pad.

Take 2.75” x 11” long strips of paper and fold in half. Using your 1/8” hole punch, punch two holes through the paper and the cover. I used embroidery floss and sewed through the holes several times to bind the pages and the cover together. Choose your favorite Glitter Sprinkles die cut accent and, using a pop dot, adhere it to the front of your note pad.


There’s no excuse for us not to be organized this school year, is there? Speaking of school, are you up for a few back-to-school projects tomorrow? I hope the answer is yes...yes...yes, Monika, we are!


NOTE:
If any of you are interested in having the address book pages as download, leave a comment on the SEI Lifestyles blog. If there’s enough interest, I’ll do a post and offer the free download on my blog, i love it all, next week.