Snow Days Mini Album

I've had this project completed for a few months, but never actually posted it. This was a major mini-album and it took me about 3 weeks to complete. I also learned a great lesson while doing this. Always always measure your mini-album before cutting your papers to size. The Prima package for the chipboard mini said that it was a 6x6 album, but in actuality, it was 6.5x6 so I cut all my paper 1/2 too small. I adapted however and used paint and clever photo placements to mask my error.

I made this album to document my children's first real experience in snow. Being Arizona born and raised, they are a bit snow-illiterate and it was fun to see them discover something that I consider common because I grew up in the Chicago area.

To color the cover, I used gold Glimmer mist in great abundance. Then I dry brushed with some red acrylic. The letters are Creative Imaginations. I also glimmer misted them because they were originally a very bright blue and I wanted a bit of an antique look. The ribbons are from various unknown sources.

I used Basic Grey, Making Memories and Creative Imaginations as my base, I stamped using Prima and Fancy Pants stamps and added Prima flowers and bling.

The journal spots are from Fancy Pants while the snowflakes are Creative Imaginations, I believe.

I added a few pages of my own making to the chipboard album because I didn't have quite enough space. To do this, I cut my 12x12 sheet of brick Hambly into 6x6 chunks, punched holes and used them to spotlight each child.





You can see better here how I incorporated the transparent pages.









Upon looking at these photos, I realize that I am missing a few. Whoops! At least you can get a good idea of what I did!