Kaisercraft Rose Avenue Mini Album

Hello Crafty Friends,
Do you ever have a few memorable photos that you think deserve a special Album? Do you ever create or decorate Mini Albums? Mini Albums are perfect for showcasing little collections of photographs.  Today I am sharing how to make a Small Polaroid Mini Album for four photos using Kaisercraft's Rose Avenue Collection.  I filmed the process for making this Album so you can see exactly how it came together.

Being a Mum of two precious boys I don't have a lot of pink girly photographs in my personal collection or a lot of pink girly things in my home.  Even though I am a girly-girl at heart, most of my photos have blue-t-shirts, caps, balls and boys toys in them.  Luckily I do have friends that have little girls and I do happen to have some friends that are very talented at hosting amazing birthday parties.
When one of my friend's said her little girl's first birthday party was going to be a ballerina theme I did get a little bit excited.  Especially as this particular friend is an amazing cook as well and I certainly wasn't disappointed! The party was gorgeous and the food just blew me away.  My friend hand-made everything (including the cake) and I took lots of photographs on the day of all the lovely pink, ballerina food.  All of this meant that I had a collection of yummy pink party food photographs and I thought they deserved a special place in a Mini Album.

Rose Avenue Collection

The Rose Avenue Collection is perfect for scrapping those girly-girl photos.  It is filled with Shabby Chic gorgeousness - roses, butterflies and lots of pretty pastel colours.  For this Mini Album I chose to use Kaisercraft's Small Polaroid Album.  It is just the right design for whipping up a quick Mini Album to showcase four special photographs.  I used one 12x12 Paper for this project and one page from the Paper Pad.

How I made the Album

To begin with I inked the chipboard album in Pink ink.  Then I used paint and texture paste to paint over the top of the pink ink through this template to create a textured pattern on the chipboard album.I'm a big fan of swirls and flourishes...there is something that I love about them...and this new Template from Kaisercraft SWIRL FLOURISH is just divine.


I adhered my photographs onto 12x12 Paper WOOD PANELS and then it was just a simple matter of gluing the photo and the frame together.

Once the pages of the Album were assembled I was up to the decorating part.  I used a variety of Mini Paper Blooms, Fussy-cut Roses, Wooden Flourishes, Flourish Die Cuts and Cheese Cloth scraps to decorate each page.  Here is the Process Video that shows exactly how I made the Album:

This Mini Album will be the perfect gift for my friend....I hope she likes it : )

  Kaisercraft Products:

P2409 Wood Panels | PP1030 Paper Pad | IP725 Ink Pad - Petal Pink | FL600 Garden Flourish Pack | 6x6 Designer Template - Swirl Flourish | DD757 Decorative Die - Large Flourishes | KC013 Kaiser Colour - Dusty Pink Paint | F658 Mini Paper Blooms - Dusty Pink | F657 Mini Paper Blooms - Fairy Floss | F644 Mini Paper Blooms - Coconut | GC104 Glitter Card Stock - Crystal | M008 Album Rings - Silver | BRB606 Organza Ribbon | Other: Texture Paste | Cheese Cloth | 
What are your thoughts?  Do you like to make Mini Albums?  Are you loving the new Rose Avenue Collection?
Let me know in the comments.
Happy Crafting : )

Tutorial: How to Make a Lantern Shaped Christmas Mini Album

Hello Crafty Friends : )

I received a Lantern Mini Album Beyond The Page Kit in my DT box from Kaisercraft, and you all know how much I do love to make Mini Albums... I thought I would write up a little Tutorial to explain how I made this project.

Step One - Paint Your Album.

I chose to paint my Album in "Sea Breeze".  I love this colour and thought it would be nice paired with the black and white "Christmas Edition" papers.

Step Two - Add Texture and Decorate

I mixed white paint with Texture Paste to smooth over the top of the Swirl Flourish Template to decorate the front cover of the album.

To fill in the window holes on the front cover I used Snowcapped (Reverse).

I used some die cuts and Glitter Card Stock to create some decoration for the front cover.  I love the word "Believe" die and it always looks nice cut in the Glitter Card stock.  

I also used a silver doily, some Pearl String and Paper Booms to decorate.

Step 3 - Inside Pages

For each of the inside pages I used the same design.  This cuts out a lot of the thinking with a Mini Album.  I used Coal paper (Reverse) strips and I coloured random leaves in with gel pens.

I used the black and silver foil paper from the Paper Pad for another strip and fussy cut some images from Rejoice (Reverse) to decorate.

I added some number stickers to show the year for each of the photos.  I also coloured some wooden embellishments with a silver gel pen and embellished with a little bling.

Below is a complete list of all the products I used to make this Album...

Kaisercraft Products: SB468 Lantern Album | P2381 Coal | P2382 Rejoice | P2383 Christmas Tale | P2384 Snowcapped | PP1027 Paper Pad | FL608 Flourish pack - Traditional Christmas | FL584 Wooden Flourish - Snowflake | FL582 Wooden Flourish - Festive | EM435 Pearl String - Silver | PT228 Glitter Tape - Mint | GC103 Glitter Card Stock - Platinum | GC104 Glitter Card Stock - Crystal | GC110 Glitter Card Stock - Lagoon | DD402 Decorative Die - Believe | CL104 Gel Pens 48pk | RS402 Rhinestones - Island Lagoon | SB700 Rhinestones - Silver | SB794 Pearls - Snow | F631 Paper Blooms - Sea Breeze | F627 Paper Blooms - Coconut | AS251 Alpha Stickers - Ebony | M009 Album Rings - Silver | LDB1120 Foil Doilies - Silver | DD705 Decorative Die - Swirl Flourish | IT450 Template - Swirl Flourish | KC001 Kaisercolour - White Paint | 

I enjoyed making this Mini Album and I hope my boys enjoy looking at the photos inside it.  If you have any questions please let me know in the comments below.

5 Tips to Make a Mini Album

Do you share my love for making Mini Albums?  They are such a fun, short project and are perfect for gifting to a friend or family member.  Today I am sharing a Mini Album that I made and Five Tips on how to make a Mini Album.  I also have included a video that demonstrates exactly how I put this Album together using Kaisercraft's gorgeous new "Christmas Jewel" Collection.

I have had some Graduation photographs on my desktop waiting and waiting for the right paper collection.  When I saw the beautiful purple shades in "Christmas Jewel" I knew they would be a perfect match.  Even though this is a Christmas Collection there are some "un-Christmas like" papers included that could be utilised in an "un-Christmas like" project.  If you have been waiting for a purple collection, this is such a beautiful set, so many lovely shades of purple and with silver trimmings.  It really is divine.  Alternatively, if you have some lovely Christmas Photos that you would love to make into a Mini Album, you could easily choose the more "Christmassy themed" papers from the collection.  You could make a Christmas Mini Album instead of a Graduation Mini Album.

Mini Album Tip #1 - Gather Your Materials

This tip might seem very obvious but, if you know what collection you are using and you have most of the bits and pieces from that collection it makes the creating process a whole lot easier!!  I chose the "Christmas Jewel" Collection because it matched the Graduation Gown of our friend in the photographs.  (Isn't she a little cutie.)  I then went through and searched my craft room for purple and silver glitter tape, co-ordinating Ink Pad and album rings.  The easiest Mini Albums I have made are when I start with a base that is already prepared for me.  This time I chose the Kaisercraft "Ticket Album".  It is a great size for 4x6 photos.

Mini Album Tip #2 - Keep Your Design Simple

To make creating a Mini Album a quicker task it helps to keep your design nice and simple.  For my Album I chose to use 3 12x12 Papers: P2362 Gilded Snowflakes, P2364 Winter Wonderland, and P2369 Glimmering for my base pages.  The Polka-dots were for the front and back Covers of the Album.  The other two papers were for the two opening spreads in the Album.  I simply cut these with a blade and glued them to the base pages of the Album.

Mini Album Tip #3 - Repeat the Same Design For Every Page

Sometimes it can be hard to think of different ideas to decorate every page of your Mini Album.  I suggest keeping the same design for every page.  This creates a lovely co-ordinating effect throughout the album and allows you to enjoy creating without too much brain strain!! For my Album I chose IT448 Ornate Damask Template and used that to decorate the pages of my album.

I also chose to cut P2365 Ornate Garden into strips and use that with Glitter Tape to decorate the middle of each page.

Mini Album Tip #4 - Select Meaningful Quotes

I do love the lovely quotes Kaisercraft use in their products and collections.  I love the look of a  meaningful quote alongside a photograph.  For this Album I used Kaisercraft's "Clear Stickers" ST928 Life and ST925 Family to fill the page opposite my photograph.

Mini Album Tip #5 - Embellish with Decorative Dies

I love Kaisercraft Decorative Dies. Every month there is a new die that I am just longing to collect.  In this project I used numerous dies to decorate and embellish the pages of this album.  Decorating with Dies is such a quick and easy way to fill space on a project.  I have listed the dies I used in this Album below, just in case you would also like to make these part of your die collection ; )

DD589 - Hydrangea Rectangle

DD793 - Ornate Pack 1

DD388 - Poinsettia

DD757 - Large Flourishes

DD347 - Numbers

Mini Album Tutorial/Process Video

Finally, here is my Tutorial/Process Video.  I would love you to take a look and see exactly how I put my Album together from beginning to end.  You might even like to subscribe to my You Tube Channel.   On my channel there are over 20 videos of projects I have made with Kaisercraft Products.

Kaisercraft Products: 2362 Gilded Snowflakes| P2364 Winter Wonderland | P2369 Glimmering |P2365 Ornate Garden | P2361 Silver Poinsettia | IP732 Orchid Ink Pad | IT448 Ornate Damask 6x6 Designer Template | ST928 Clear Stickers - Life | ST925 Clear Stickers - Family | GC101 Glitter Card Stock - Midnight | GC103 Glitter Card Stock - Platinum | RS456 Rhinestone Strips - Lilac | F643 Paper Blooms - Amethyst | KC051 Kaiser Colour - Metallic Silver | PT226 Glitter Tape - Steel | PT225 Glitter tape - Silver | SB2359 Ticket Album | DD589 Decorative Die - Hydrangea Rectangle | DD793 Decorative Die - Ornate Pack 1 | DD388 Decorative Die - Poinsettia |DD757 Decorative Die  - Large Flourishes | DD347 Decorative Die - Numbers |

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