Simply Inspired

{This is ME}

Hello everyone! It's Cari Locken here I'm thrilled to be sharing my 1st post with you today. If you're just crawling out of bed on this lazy Saturday morning then grab your cup of coffee and join me as I share a fun little project with you.

I love creating layouts and find that is my favorite type of project that I enjoy most.  However, I love creating cards and mini albums also.  And when I came across the Awesome collection I was completely inspired to create a mini for one of my sons.  (I'm sure I'll do another one for my other son as well because I don't want him to feel left out! :))

What inspired me most about this AWESOME collection were the 4x6 Journaling Card Elements. As soon I looked at them I knew that I wanted to make an album.  

I cut up the 4x6 pieces and ended up with 6 pages.  I used the "This is Me" card for my album cover, embellishing it with a photo of my youngest and some of the 12x12 Fundamental Cardstock stickers from the same collection.

I love dimension so I added pop/foam dots under the star for visual interest.

As I created this album I was also inspired to add some pockets for some hidden journaling, etc.  So I used the 3x4 Memborabilia pocket between page 1 & 2 of my album.

I embellished the pocket with some stickers from the 12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers  ...

... and on the other side of the pocket I adhered some striped patterned paper and filled the pocket with some smaller patterned paper pieces that I cut from the 6x6  Awesome collection.

Between the pocket and page 2 I incorporated a 4x6 transparency page . I simply added a sticker in the center of the transparency and matched the size with another sticker on the other side of the transparency. The small patterned paper piece with the 'list' is from the 6x6 Awesome collection.

As you can see my son had his hand in adding his own personal touch to the album as well by writing down a few of his favorite things.

Pages 3 & 4 were quick to put together by just adding a photo and some additional stickers. As you can see I didn't add a thing to the left side because I thought it was just perfect the way it was!  (that's what makes it so easy to make an album like this!)

Pages 5 & 6 were easy & quick to put together as well.  I just added some photos and a few stickers along with a bit of handwritten journaling.

Here's a close-up to show you how adding a pop/foam dot to the stickers really adds interest and your page isn't so 'flat' looking.

Pages 7 & 8, once again, ... easy & simple.  I loved the words on the right page "Are you looking for trouble?" because that is exactly how my little guy is so this fit him to a T!!

Overlapping papers and stickers can add so much interest to your pages as well.  On this page I used a variety of Cardstock Stickers from the 12x12 sheet and also cut up a small patterned piece (brown) from the 6x6 Awesome pad.

Page 9 & 10: I added another 4x6 Memborabilia Pocket to the album embellishing with pieces from the Awesome Flash Cards as well as some stickers.

And here are the last couple of pages to my album.

The back cover I just left plain.

After finishing every page I then bound it all together using my Bind-it-All machine and brown colored o-wires.

Supplies used:

• Awesome 12x12 Fundamental Cardstock Stickers  #2202
• Awesome 12x12  Expression Cardstock Stickers #2203
• Awesome 4x6 Transparency Cards (that are included in the Collection Kit #2200)
• Awesome Flash Cards #2209
• Awesome Signature Elements: 4x6 Journaling Card Elements #2210
• Awesome 6x6 Paper Pad #2201
• 3x4 Memorabilia Pockets #2207
• 4x6 Memorabilia Pockets #2208

 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope that you're inspired to sit down today and create a little mini album of your own!

Comments

[MichelleGB]

What an awesome little book! Love it! Thank you for sharing the inspiration!

[Marcia Dehn-Nix]

LOVE this mini album!! Made even more precious with your son's own handwriting.

[Kellie Rabideau]

Awesome Mini Album Cari!! Love it!

[Denise]

Great job on the album! This is such a great boys line and you truly capitalized on it! Adorable boy and adorable book! (talented mom!)

[Valerie.H]

Thank you for sharing such a darling project. I plan to us Fabulous collection to make my own book. ^^

[Ally]

BRILLIANT!

[Shellye McDaniel]

Oh my goodness! what a sweet keepsake, Cari! Love how you incorporated your son's own journaling...beautiful :)

[Karen Geckler]

Reallly cute! Love minis. I had never seen the memorbilia pockets before - Love them, gotta get some! Cheers~

[Donna Jannuzzi]

I agree that those 4x6 journaling cards are just perfect for mini-albums. I want to make one for my boys too. Great inspiration, Cari!

[Janie]

Awesome! I love that line!

[Rosann]

Cute album, those papers just make you want everything. I love their colors, the weight of the paper, love the elements, pockets ALL of it !!

[yuki]

Love this mini!I'd like to create mine!

[Guiseppa Gubler]

Cari...this turned out amazing! You rick the minis sister!

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