Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Mini Albums: Finally Fall & Winter Wonder

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! Have you all downloaded and printed out your FREE Digial Printables for the Thanksgiving Mini Album that Stephanie designed? I just printed out mine yesterday, and I'm so excited to have an album that I can actually finish for once, without spending a TON of time on it ;)

Speaking of mini albums, we have two albums to share with you today. The first is a gatefold mini album, featuring the Finally Fall collection, that Design Team member Jennifer Edwardson created for Summer CHA. The second is a handmade album, featuring the Winter Wonder collection, by Design Team member Suzanne Sergi.

Finally Fall Gatefold Album, by Jennifer Edwardson.

This gatefold album was one of my favorite gift albums to create. I’ve made several of these in the past, using Christmas themed paper, but I had the most fun making this one with a friends fall ‘leafy’ photos of her daughter. The patterns of the Finally Fall collection go with EVERYTHING and since there are lots of pages to this mini album, the line worked perfectly. I love all the little bits that coordinate and found that the project flowed easily because the paper was so fantastic. One of my favorite lines yet – thanks Stephanie!

ETA: Some of you have requested more info on how Jennifer created this album. She has written a full tutorial, with photos, showing you how to make an album of your own. Check it out on Jennifer's blog today!

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"Winter Love" mini album, by Suzanne Sergi.

Living in Southern California, our winters are very mild. We are very lucky to see the sun all year around! However, on occasion I miss having snowy days! Two years ago, I took my children to Big Bear for a fun day of playing in snow. This was their very first time to even see it in person. However, my kids kept calling it fake snow, and did not feel it was the real fluffy snow! However, I seize the moment and took as many photos as I possibly could on this day! I was so excited to see the new release of Winter Wonder! It was the perfect collection to document my snow photos.

On the cover, I kept the design very simple, and use white cardstock for my background. I also embossed a white strip of cardstock using a snowflake embossing folder. I love the look of the embossed white, against the plain cardstock. I used a bold red ribbon, with a felt snowflake to tie my theme together. On the cover, I chose to create a shaker box to house my title of my mini book. I used white tinsel to fill the shaker box, and a Just Write Cardstock Sticker for my title.

Snowflakes were my theme for the book, and I used them throughout. I love the look of vellum on my projects, so I created a vellum pocket that I embellished with a large snowflake. Inside, I will tuck more photos from this day.

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Tomorrow, we will be introducing you to two of our special on-going Guest Designers, chosen from our Design Team call. Make sure and stop by, to get to know Diane and Charity.

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Oh my goodness - your design team is amazing. Love both albums. Not sure if I know enough about gatefold albums to create the fall idea. Is there a video or instructions out there that you might suggest? Again, so inspiring! Love me some Bella Blvd!

Posted by: Karen S. | November 20, 2011 at 09:34 AM