Adorable is My Middle Name - Mini Album

Hello Delightful friends and family!

Here is my second mini album I made for my niece.  This ended up to thick to add to the one I shared in the earlier post.  My intention was for this to be an interactive page inside the first mini album I made.  So, she received two instead of one but there were no complaints (lol!)

Warning: This post has a lot of pictures!

  I've used the same paper as the last mini album (DCWV - Nana's Nursery Baby Boy)

Here is the link to making the base of this album: TUTORIAL.  When I made the base I thought I was using a good color to coordinate but it ended up that I hated it and so I Gesso'd the entire thing and either ink sprayed, covered with the DCWV paper or used a better color of card stock to coodinate with the designer paper. (a lot of extra work on my part which was unnecessary if I had chosen a better color card stock to start with)

I'm just going to share little bits with you because there is just too much to remember!!!

Dies: Spellbinders; Flower punch (Marvy Uchida); Faux stitching: Faber Castell Pitt white pen. The front cover closes with velcro.

I've used small white tags from Paper Accents that's I've embellished.  Stamps and ribbon: Taylored Expressions.

 I've used seam binding and dyed it with Dylusions Ink Spray (Ranger) and the vine stamp is from Prima Marketing.  The border is the DCWV paper.  I've slipped in a 4"x6" piece of vellum in the place where the picture should go.

Printed words next to hippo sticker below is computer generated and printed on a transparency.

Notes and Date are a Lawn Fawn Alpha stamp set. Border die (My Favorite Things), each tag has this on the backside for journaling.

Tag stamped with "Cutie Pie" (Unity Stamp Co.) Flower border (Taylored Expressions) and Grass (Lawn Fawn.  Photo Corners: Marvy Uchida Punch.

 "Adorable" quote computer generated printed on Vellum (font: Cutie Patootie); Fishtail banner die (MFT) I double stamped the lion on patterned paper twice and fussy cut the head and used a dimensional to pop it out a bit.  I don't remember the paper I used but it worked well and he turned out so cute!!  I used a Copic marker to color the mane.  The background was ink sprayed with Ranger Dylusions Ink (vibrant turquoise, dirty martini and white linen) and I'm loving this combination.  It's even prettier in person.

 I think the woodgrain paper is Simple Stories and I cut the extra strip at the top and bottom to make it look like a fence.  Distressed with ink on the edges.  The banner is the MFT die.  WeR Memory Keepers bakers twine to string the banner.  I was inspired by a scrapbook page on Pinterest for this layout.

So, if you made it this far, thanks for sticking with this picture heavy post.  I hope you are inspired! If you have any questions please be sure to leave them in the comment section and I'll try and answer them for you.

I will be sharing this at Word Art Wednesday #136 Anything Goes.

 Today is my little granddaughter Addy's 5th birthday!  Can't believe she will be starting kindergarten in the fall! I took this picture today as she was heading out the door on the way home.  

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Baby Boy - Mini album, (part 2)

Hello Delightful friends and family!
We are having a beautiful sunshiny day here in Blue Lake!  I have my two little granddaughters today and they have been helping me water the flowers in the yard and now we are having some quiet time in the house before we walk Mimi (auntie's) golden retriever Ruby and then pick up Jake from school.  It's a great day to spend outside!  We've enjoyed it :-)
Baby album continued:

Pages 5 and 6
I've printed on vellum all the words on both pages (font: Cutie Patootie);  Two punches: Photo Corners (Marvy Uchida) and Scallop diamond border punch (EK Success)

Close up of page 5

 Page 6: Flag banner Punch (EK Success) not sure of the name of the "ric rac border on the right edge but also EK Success.  For a bit of interest I used a Polka DotEmbossing folder on the paper behind the "picture space"  and I'm still using the DCWV Nana's Nursery paper for baby boy.

Page 7 and 8
The ivy is a stamp (from stash) that I've stamped using paint (Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn) and the blue-green background is customized using Dylusions ink Spray.

The little frog and butterfly are 3-D stickers. I've used a little bit of white ink to embellish (Pitt Artist Pen from Faber Castell)

Page 9 & 10 (inside back cover)  "Be is for Baby (sticker) and I've used a Spellbinder label die distressed with ink (Ranger Distress Ink Broken China) and one side is attached with velcro.

 2 spots for photos and a panel to journal.  Inside cover has that gorgeous colored paper (I used Dylusions - Vibrant Turquoise, Dirty Martini and White linen ink spray to create it on watercolor paper and I've use the lattice stencil from Heidi Swapp).  The green was made by a large envelope, sealed, folded over and trimmed to create two pockets.  One pocket was designed to hold the vellum envelopes for keepsakes and the other for a tag with a Scripture on it.  As you can see I took the pics before it was completed.

Back cover:  I used the same Dylusions ink spray for the back of the album, but first I gesso'd the back cover then sprayed with ink the damp paper, then blotted it with a paper towel to create that interesting design.  I LOVE those colors together.  The green and gold ribbon is from a Key Ingredient Kit from Taylored Expressions.

Well, that's it for me, thanks for visiting!
I still have another mini album to share but before I do I need to hunt down the link for the steps to making the base.  I  think I may have it on my Pinterest board but I will double check.

I will be sharing part 2 at Word Art Wednesday (Anything Goes)

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Baby Boy - Mini Album (part 1)

Hello Delightful friends and family,
I completed not one but two mini albums for my niece for her baby shower and wanted to share them with you!  I've taken a lot of pictures so I've decided to divide it up so it's not so overwhelming for me!  Here is the front cover and the first 4 pages.

I'm only going to add a little bit of information to each picture, something I've done that may have added to the design.  For instance the front cover: the chipboard alpha stickers I've coated with Glossy Accents and I've customized the tabs on each page by covering with paper, chipboard, ribbon or painted.  Other than that, this front cover was pretty simple, the paper is DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy (paper pack, it's used throughout the albums) and I've cut it down to 8x8.  The picture will enlarge if you click on it. You never know what small detail may inspire you!

The first inside layout pages (1 and 2):

Sun, banner, tag, onesie and scallop border are Dies from Taylored Expressions, the words (on pg 1) were printed on vellum and cut out.  The words "Baby and It's a Boy!! were stamped with Lawn Fawn Alpha Stamps.  Pg 2 the words are stamps from Taylored Expressions.

 Page 3 and 4
Fishtail Banner Dies (My Favorite Things), Frame (Spellbinders); scallop circle (EK Success punch).
Words are computer generated, the font "Cutie Patootie"

I love this layout!  The hearts are a Mover and Shapers Die from Sizzix (Tim Holtz line); the words are a stamp from My Favorite Things.  The faux stitching was made by a Faber Castell Pen. The scallop diamond border punch is EK Success.  Ribbon and buttons (my stash)

Well, that's it from me for today.  I'll try and get some more posted within a couple of days.  I'm heading to a Beth Moore Living Proof event in Stockton, CA with a friend on Friday so a lot is going on before I can head out of town so I'm not going to make any promises  :-)

I'm sharing this at Word Art Wednesday (Anything Goes) #135

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