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make it mini
Celebrate the beauty of fall with a sweet tag mini album.
BY J ENN I F ER S . GA L L ACHER
One of my favorite things about designing a mini album is the ability to tell a story
or record a memory all in one sitting. With this approach, I can share my feelings on a
certain subject with my kids. For this album, I really wanted my son to remember the
special blessing of family, so I approached my journaling and selected my photos based
on this theme. This goes a little bit deeper than just telling what we did. It’s more about
making the connection to how I hope he feels about these family activities.
GETTING STARTED
The pages of my mini album were
created from a large tag die from
. This particular die
set includes several different sizes
of tags, so you could make different
sizes of albums as well as add
smaller tag elements to your album.
Look for basic shape dies to create a
unique sized album.
MAKE IT TIP: Create a custom
“binding.” Hold your tag album
together with a binder ring and tie it
with a pretty bow that coordinates.
Mini albums are the perfect way to
use up those bits and bobs you’ve
been saving.
MAKE IT TIP: Make your title
stand out. To give the title more
presence, I added both a fussy cut
title from a journaling card and a
layered die cut word. I distressed
the word blessed with brown
stamping ink. happy harvest
suppliesCARDSTOCK: The Paper Studio; PATTERNED PAPER,
DIE CUT SHAPES, EMBOSSING FOLDER, ENAMEL DOTS: Echo
Park Paper; INK: Michaels; DIES: Echo Park Paper, Scrapbook.
com; PUNCH: Fiskars; PHOTO CORNERS: Therm O Web; PAPER
CLIPS: Office Depot; BINDER RING: Karen Foster Design; FONT:
2Peas Tasklist; ADHESIVE: OTHER: Twine
MAKE IT TIP: Get your kids involved. Have
them list 5 –7 things they are grateful for
and then print photos and journaling to fit
their choices. They can even help assemble
the album for Thanksgiving as part of a new
family tradition.
M I N I S I Z E :
4½ x 8