Wedding Mini Album

Hi there. This week's big project is a mini album that I did for my lovely helper. Remember a few posts ago when I made a wedding layout for her, this time I made a mini album for a few of her favourite wedding photos. Just a few but they highlight the ceremony. I just love the outfits and colours of the wedding party and I wanted to echo that a little in the album. Where the layout was brighter and paler, I went with more romantic, muted colours for the album.

Wedding Mini Album

I created a 6.5" x 7.5" album with a 3" spine, which I covered in black cardstock. I then cut out patterned paper panels to cover each page and the outside of the album.

A lot of the flowers and trim were already in my stash.

I glued in two white ribbons under the cover papers to fasten the album.

I love all the romantic flowers, lace and trims. The metal accents and cabochons are also from my stash.

You can get a glimpse of the inside, where I die cut some doilies and also used lace to trim the photos.

Each photo is accented by a flower cluster and I added a pocket to the back inside page so she can add notes or more photos.

I finished with some metal corners to make the album more durable.

My helper absolutely loves the album and she is so happy with it. It's already been packed away for her to take home.

Products Used

Patterned papers from various designers, including Prima and Marion Smith

Flowers, wooden veneers and metal 'love' tag from Prima Marketing

Metal accents, lace, bling trim, pearl trim, sequins and sequin flowers all from stash, locally sourced

Metal corner accents, metal date label tag from Tim Holtz Ideo-logy

Distress Ink Hickory Smoke by Tim Holtz for Ranger

Thanks for dropping by,

Wedding Layout with a Difference

Hi there. It's been so quiet here. Everyone seems to have gone on holiday and we're off next week as well. Can't wait. Been rather lazy on the crafting front but I thought I'd get one layout done at least.

My helper went home in April for the month to visit her family and also got married. She's from Indonesia, so it was very interesting to see the gorgeous wedding outfits that she wore. She's back with us for a few more months before going home for good to start her new life. She's been with us for more than six years and it's going to be so sad to see her go as she has been like family to us. The least I could do was make a wedding layout for her. I still have a mini album to go for some of her other photos which I'll get around to after our holiday.

You & Me

I chose a pretty neutral background paper with just a few details in the corners. This one from Blue Fern studio was perfect to frame the photo. Isn't the photo amazing? The outfits, hair style and head gear are so colourful.

 I fussy cut some flowers to frame the photo and also added Wink of Stella to glitterize them. I added several layers of gold embossing powder on the wooden phrase as well.

I got the large pink silk roses from a local haberdashery and thought they went well with the fussy cut paper roses. I added some smaller roses aroudn and also added a metal accent.

 I cut up a filigree chipboard frame and just used to the corners to frame the photo.

Before adding all the embellishments, I added a thin layer of white gesso on my paper. I then smeared green and pink inks with the "smooshing" technique. After that, I coloured some molding paste with bronze perfect pearls and stenciled through the flower pattern. I also added a lace border to balance the right hand side.

I also stamped the "forever & always" randomly in gold ink before adding clear embossing powder to add some dimension. To finish it off, I painted a gold chipboard key chain in gold and gold perfect pearls as a cute accent.

Products Used
Background paper by Blue Fern Studio
Papers by Basic Grey Tea Garden collection
Various flowers, stencil, wooden title and metal accent by Prima Marketing
Other chipboard accents unknown
Silk roses sourced locally
Forever and Always stamp by Kaisercraft
Spray inks by Ranger
Molding paste by Golden
Green crystal branches by Magnolia
Clear Wink of Stella
Gold ink

Hope you liked the layout and thanks for dropping by,