I chose a fall theme for my album. I used paper from two different lines: Bella and School Day.
"Choosing the Perfect Apple"
Supplies: Paper (Best Creation Inc.), Felt (Martha Stewart Crafts), Journalign Cards (Jenni Bowlin, Jillibean Soup), Pin & Alphabet Beads (Dollarama), Borders (Doodlebug), Bling (Prima), Twine (Craft Supply Store), Adhesive (Helmar)
We had the good fortune of being sponsored by Helmar this term. Their Premium Craft Glue works perfectly for adhering the glitter papers together. The raised elements on the front cover were raised with their ZapDots. They come in different colours and thickness so you have complete design control.
I love adding dangles to my mini albums and this dangle takes me back to my elementary school days making friendship pins. I got these inexpensive alphabet beads at the Dollarama and am quite pleased with how this dangle turned out. I will be putting my safety pins to work with beads again as it's such a fun and inexpensive embellishment.
Album Design Notes:
My design differs slightly from the orginial in that I omitted the pockets and chose to stitch the binding of the album. I really like how easy it is to stitch some pages together and create a custom album.
The next stop on your blog hopping journey is the talented Petra Offrell. Check out what she has done to add her own unique twist to the book.
Have fun and I hope you give this simple design a try for your next mini album project.
59 comments:
The red and green is so eye-catching and fun. Love the dangle
lovely mini. thanks for sharing it
Is perfect....great
Love Love Love the colors! WHat a sweet gift this would be!! Fantastic!
Great album Tracey. I really like the colours you chose.
Terrific mini! That safety pin/alpha embellishment is the cutest thing!
oh...and I'm now a follower, too.
This is adorable and would make an awesome teacher gift or one for each school year!
Keri
shakentogether.blogspot.com
What an adorable album - great way to capture each school year for my two Bugs and a quick and easy project!
Keri
shakentogether.blogspot.com
Your mini turned out great! I love the dangles and the bead letters. I'm off to go find some! Great ides.
Esigmon at cox dot net
So lovely mini!!! TFS!
I love your min! It turned out great! Love the dangles and the letter beads. Now I need to find some :)
esigmon at cox dot net
Adorable! This collection is sooo cute!
Tracey this is stinking adorable the apples look good enough to snack on
absolutely adorable...love love love the colors, patterns, and theme of your mini!! :)
So cute Tracey!
This mini is just YUMMY!!
Your mini is lovely! I had totally forgotten about friendship pins!!! I can't wait to raid my daughter's bead stash and see what I can come up with!
~ Thanks, Esther
Your colors choices are just yummy!
This album has me digging thru my paper stash to create my own version! Super Cute! Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I am definitetly going to have to lift your idea, Tracey! We go apple picking every year! This will be a cute booklet for my DGCs!!
That is really cute!!
What a beautiful mini Tina!!!!! Love your take on this!!!!!
Looks good enough to bite into! hehe
This is adorable! I love the red and green color motif.
Love the color combo and your design Tracey!
Sucha cute mini, Tracey! Love that you sewed the binding. Happy to be following you!
Cute...friendship pins - now that takes me back!!!
How totally cute is this??? I just love it!!
I just these papers so crisp! Great layout too!
Awww...Tracey - this is so cute! I love the pin. I have a "friendship pin" on my shoes that I wear to school most often....I was going to try to single-handedly bring them back from the 80's but so far, no bites :(
Hugs.
Cathy
Grea idea!! i love it ...thanks for sharing
OH Tracey,I love this...gonna try making one soon !!
love you mini album , especially the pin/
I also made a mini album by relicensing cokies bagds/
see here:
http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=1905174
What a cute book! My son and I took a trip to the apple orchard and this is such a cute way to showcase the pics! I may have to create one! Thanks for the inspiration!
so bright and fun! tfs!
This is so cute...this is my first blog hop and I'm lovin' it...so many good ideas and so many creative ladies!
I love your mini Tracey!!! Awesome job!!!
LOVE the colors. One of my favorites so far. Thanks for the chance to win.
Love the bright colors and your twist on the mini!
Love the detail of the name on the safety pin!!!
Very cute!
The cards used are amazing! Beautiful work!
This is such a sweet and beautiful mini. Fantastic.
Wow! I adore your mini album! So cute and perfect for either girls or boys. Thanks so much for the inspiration, I'm definitely going to make something similar for my album.
I love how you did this little book with the name on the spine.
Love the color and clean design!
What a super idea the apple of my eye too cool mini
The colours are gorgeous, this is so cute! Thanks for sharing it. Kx
Stitching the album is a great idea...I love to sew.
how wonderful colors, it is lovely!!!
I am also posting as "Robinmadak" since some of the sites use Blogger and on others I can use Facebook....GRRR!!!!
Adorable book!!!
This is so cute loving that apple so many ideas so cute
I love the alphabet beads! Great idea!
Love the bright colours you have chosen.
What a gorgeous album! I remember those pins too, what a great way to incorporate childhood techniques into your album.
loving the fresh colour!!!
I love the colours you've used in this-it makes me think of summer!
The colors are simply beautiful and the theme is PERFECT!! I love the direction that you took the paper in!! Very creative!!
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