Hey friends,
welcome back to the blog. I'm very excited to share my newest mini album with you. I think it turned out very cool and special :)
I had this idea that I wanted to use a cutfile as a base for my album. I didn't want to make rectangular pages as I often do, I wanted to have something more... whimsical and "fallish" :)
So to start, I chose a cutfile. It was a pretty long process, because I couldn't decide on a cutfile and if I wanted to use different ones or only one and the same for every page... but eventually I decided on this pumpkin cutfile that I really love and have already used in my previous layout.
I let my silhouette cut out 16 pumpkins without the stem and 2 whole pumpkins. I backed all the stemless pumpkins (except 2) with four different patterned papers from the Whimsical collection. I chose papers that were pretty plain, that had only one color and didn't have a complicated pattern. I figured that it would be better to have neutral bases to put the pictures and embellishments on. Then I stitched around the backed cutfiles with gold and pink metallic thread. It didn't turn out perfect, because I'm really not that good at machine-stitching, but that's part of the whole whimsical style, I think :) Then I adhered two pumpkins, back on back, not putting tape on one side, so that they would create a little pocket to put some more pictures in. I hope you understand what I mean... ;)
For the cover, I backed one of the cutfiles that had the stem, but I didn't only use one paper, I used several patterned papers, to make the cover really colorful. Then I adhered the last cutfile to the back. I hand-stitched a bit of every part of the pumpkin using matching colors.
To finish the cover, I used some fabric flowers and gold thickers from the Auburn Lane collection.
I put a rose gold eyelet on every pumpkin page and then used a ring to create the album.
After the whole thing was put together, it was time to embellish the pages.
I knew I wanted to use pictures from our day in Disneyland Paris, so I thought of taking a lot of fun pictures that day and I think they turned out really cool and happy.
I repeated the same process to decorate every page. Matting the pictures on a patterned paper, adhering them with foam tape, embellishing with a few stickers, puffy stickers, ephemera pieces and enamel dots, adding some punched-out stars and finally writing one or a few words with the mini tickers from the collection. I also splattered some gold mist on every page.
Like I said, every pumpkin is sort of a pocket, so I was able to put some photos in there that I didn't have the space to put on the pages.
I adhered them on these little frames that I cut out from one of the patterned papers or on some other piece of paper and attached them with a glittered brad. I also adhered a little flag to them, so it was easier to see where they were and to pull them out.
Here all all of the pages... enjoy! :)
This page, is a shaker pocket. I created it with a plastic sheet and my fuse tool, filling it with sequins from the Auburn Lane collection.
Here, I laminated a cutfile and stitched the word "Disneyland", using different threads and a chain-link-stitch.
To finish the album and give it one last cute touch, I created this little tassel with paper pearls and a paper tassel. I love making those, they are the cutest :)
I hope you like the album and had fun reading through this.
Thank you
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