A Mini Album

Today I am sharing with you a little project I made to show off some photos that my daughter Sarah took of her children playing in the backyard.  I also got to play around with my new Cinch binder which was a present from my husband for my last birthday.  I desperately needed this binder but this is the first time I have used it in nearly 3 months.  Oh well, I really did need it!!

Anyway down to the details.  I used the backing board that comes in the packet with the designer paper and cut the largest of the Dies from the  Framelit Dies Labels Collection.  (These are just gorgeous and now you too can have them, just check out the link to the new Autumn/Winter Mini Album – trust me, you will need everything.)  I also cut two from Basic Black as well as some from Very Vanilla.  I used the Basic Black dies for the front and back covers and the Very Vanilla ones for the inside of my pages.  Once I had attached the card stock to the cardboard I trimmed them down the left hand side to get a straight edge.

To decorate the front I stamped the image from the Apothecary Art stamp set and coloured in the image with Melon Mambo and Old Olive Stampin’ Write Markers and a Blender Pen.  I hand wrote my title using the Stampin’ Write Journaller.  I stamped two images from the Bordering on Romance stampset using Black Stazon ink onto Very Vanilla card stock.  I did use a mask so that I could stamp them as if it was one long floral image and then coloured the images using Melon Mambo and Old Olive Stampin’ Write Markers and a Blender Pen.  I cut the images out and attached them to the front of the Album.

I cut the photos using the Framelits Dies Labels Collection and added them to the inside of the Album using Basic Black frames and the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper.  I also used part of one of the images from the Bordering on Romance stampset to decorate each page.  I coloured them using Stampin’ Write Markers and a Blender Pen in colours that matched the photos. Of course I did bind my pages before I added the embellishments so that I would know where they fitted.

I really love the way this has come together and it is so easy for me to take in my bag and show off my grandchildren.  If you would like to see the full size versions of these photos them please visit Sarah’s Photography blog – Sarah Jane Photography.

If you would like a copy of the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue and you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator then please contact me  so that I can get one to you.

Bye for now, Kris.