Mini Monday

I'm back!  Sorry I haven't been around much recently - I've been a bit under the weather but hopefully I'm OK now. 

It's time for another instalment in my Mini Monday series, this week I have created a very small mini album, it measures just over three and a half inches square - I was inspired by a YouTube video by Decor8yourlife.

I used a Graphic 45 Large Black Tag for the cover along with a little black card stock for the pages.  The album is decorated with one sheet of paper from my Graphic 45 Imagine collection, not much stash used up this time then!

It s a very simple little album, above you can see the album open, there are three zig zag style pages and below you can see them opened out, two of the pages have small pockets.

This is the reverse of the pages, I popped some of the small toppers from the Cut-Apart sheet in the pockets and fussy cut some bits and bobs to embellish.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Woodland Friends

I'm back, sorry I have been AWOL, it has been so hot in my Craft Room, it is south facing with a large bay window - lovely for most of the year, with lots of natural light and warm in the winter but so hot this past week that I haven't been able to get in it, thankfully it has now cooled down a little!

I have created this mini album with one sheet of A3 cardstock and a couple of sheets of the Graphic 45 Woodland Friends collection.  Above you can see the album closed, it is secured with a magnet, below is the inside of the album opened out.

This is the inside of the album with the flaps opened up to show three small pockets, each pocket has an ephemera/journaling card and a tag in it.

These are the three small tags.

I am taking part in another Online Craft Retreat being run by Clare from My Creative Spirit this weekend, we had the fist session last night and there are three more sessions today and three more tomorrow, we are creating a Bookstand, Album and a Post Bound Mini Book, hopefully I will get them all completed so that I can share them next week.

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Bird Song Album

This is the Mini Album that I have been working on, I have used the beautiful Graphic 45 Bird Song collection.

This is the front cover, I have used the image from the front cover of the paper pad along with a couple of borders.

This is the inside of the front cover, I have crated a small pocket with a tag and the front of the first page, this has a large pocket with a folder inside.

This photo shows the folder removed from the pocket.

The next two photographs are the back of the first page, with a pocket containing a journal card and the front of the second page.

Both pages are the same design, I have just decorated them differently.

This is the reverse of the second page and the inside of the back cover.

These are the two folders removed from the album.

They open out so that you could attach photographs or journal cards.

Finally, these are the two tags, in case you didn't see my previous post.

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Pauline
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Elegance Album

This is the completed album that I created following one of the My Creative Spirit Facebook Live classes that was taught by Clare Charvill, there are classes every fortnight and I have learnt so much from Clare.

This is the front of the album, I have kept it flat because it goes inside a shadow box that was also part of the class - you can find it HERE.

Above is the inside cover and first page, there is a tag and a little card in the flap on the inside cover - they have lovely verses about Mum on the inside.  Below you can see the first page open, there is a flap that tucks into a pocket and a photo mat that goes inside a large pocket, plenty of room for photographs.  There are four pages in total, and they alternate between this arrangement and the one I will show you next.

Below is the back of the first page and the front of the second, there is a small flap that opens to reveal small pocket that I have placed a journal card in.

The next photo shows the flap open and the journal card tucked into the small pocket along with another photo mat that fits into a large pocket.  All of the small flaps have magnets to keep them closed.

Below you can see the back of page two and the front of page three, I haven't photographed page three opened out as it is very similar to page one.

The next photo is the back of page three and the front of page four, this is the same as the front of page two.

Finally, you will be pleased to hear, you can see the back of page four with a little belly band that you can tuck photographs behind and the inside of the back cover.  There is a pocket, the same as the back of the front cover, into which I have placed a card with an other lovely Mum verse on the inside.

I am really enjoying creating these albums and following along with the My Creative Spirit Facebook Live classes, Clare is an excellent teacher and shares lots of tips and ideas.  I'm also using up lots of my stash of papers, I just need to make sure I don't buy another set to replace them.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Time to Flourish Album

I decided to create a Mini Album/Birthday Book with my Graphic 45 Time to Flourish collection, I thought I would start with the Autumn Months.

I used a Graphic 45 Ivory Rectangle Tag & Pocket Album, I will create my own album in future though, it is much easier to decorate than a ready made one.

I'm not very happy with it so far and don't know if I will bother to finish it, I seem to run out of inspiration and get bored after a little while at the moment!

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is much appreciated - please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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