Give a Cheer
Simple Vintage Garden District Collection has most of the things I love: butterflies, flowers, pastel colors. So the proyect I decided to make was a mini album with plenty space for photographs. I hope you find this idea really inspiring…
For this project I decided to combine many of the collection products, but I´ll using one of them in a different way. I will make a shaker for the cover using one of the layered frames. As I told you in my first project, is´s really important to add our personal touch to every creation. You are also going to see me adding a bit of sewing and playing with the washi tapes and the stamp set of the collection.
Remember that you can make this mini album in the size you want. For my project I cut 3 pieces of stable cardboard : #1- 10” w x 7 1/2” h (cut 2 of it), #2- 2 1/4” w x 7 1/2” h.
I used two of the collection kit papers and one of the basic kit papers to cover all the structure. You can glue them together or sewing them.
Once the papers are ready, we have to prepare our mini album structure and decorate the cover.
For making a very special cover I combined some ribbons, die cuts, stickers, chipboards, enamels dots and I prepared a shaker full of chunky glitter and shape sequins. To transform the layered frame into a shaker I used white foam and acetate. Besides, I added ribbons for closing the mini album and a bit of twine.
This is the moment of the making process that you have to play and combine everything you like. I love to do it! It´s like making magic! After a few minutes working our cover is ready.
I definitely wanted a lot of space for photographs so making a classic spine with pocket pages was the best choice.
For making the spine cut a piece of white cardsotck paper of 9 1/2” w x 7 1/4” h. Then you have to scored it in 1 ½”, 2”, 2 ½”, 2 7/8”, 3 3/8”, 3 7/8”, 4 ¼”, 4 ¾”, 5 ¼”, 5 5/8”, 6 1/8”, 6 5/8”, 7”, 7 ½”, 8”. As a result you are going to have a classic spine with 5 hinges. Glue it in the interior of the mini album structure.
We still have to prepare some more things before starting the wonderful process of decorating ¡love to spend hours doing it! It´s the most creative and happy thing to do… don´t you think?
As we have 5 hinges, we are going to prepared 5 pocket pages. To get them ready cut 5 pieces of white cardstock of 9” w x 15” h. Place the paper on your scoring board (heigth) and scored in 7 ¼”, 14 ½”. The last ½” is what your are going to glue to close the pocket. Repeat the proccess with all the other papers. Pockets pages are ready! And you can ad dan extra page inside of them using the papers of the basic kit. Remember that this pages must be a bit smaller than the pocket pages. One beautiful detail that can be added to the is to use an edge punch.
Let's start with the funny work… let´s make magic with the wonderful papers of Simple Vintage Garden District Collection!
We have to choose 10 design paper and combine them as we like. But the most important thing is to used everything we have to decorated them. Washi tapes, die cuts, stickers, chipboards, enamels dots and stamps. If you like you can add sewing details as well as embroidery details. All that make our composition as romantic as possible is great.
In the photographs you can see that I decorated just some parts of the paper to leave as much space as possible for my pictures and memories.
I hope you like this idea and now you feel inspired to created beautiful mini books using SV Garden District Collection! I´m sure you are going to fall in love with this collection…
Thanks for spreading positivity!
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