Welcome back to day two of Summer Fun Week here on the SCT blog! We’re counting down the days until our Summer 2023 Issue release on Friday, June 16th with a summer-themed project featured each day from our creative team and special guests! Speaking of special guests, we have the fabulous Andrea Lake on the blog today to share a fun summer mini album! Let’s take a look at what Andrea has created with one of our favourite summer collections, and don’t miss a little hint about something fun coming on Friday at the end of this post!

Hello, Scrapbook & Cards Today friends! It’s Andrea Lake with you today! The Boho Sunshine collection by Simple Stories is perfect to document your Summer memories. My family and I will be going on a road trip this month and I immediately knew I wanted to create a fun and colorful project to document every detail. How can I achieve that? My answer to you will always be: make a mini album!

Supplies | Simples Stories Boho Sunshine collection; 2-ring binder mechanism

Mini albums are super fun projects that can be customized to fit any theme we want and can be personalized so we can add as many photos and details as we want!

I made this 4 x 4-inch 2-ring mini album using beautiful patterned papers and embellishments from the Boho Sunshine collection and a metal ring binding system. I created foundation pages as a starting point, so it will be easier for me to finish the project when it’s time to add my photos and tell the stories!

The sky is the limit when it comes to mini albums! You can create your own, like I did here, or you can choose an album and just add your photos and embellishments!

Your album can be as simple or elaborate as you want it to be, but more important, they can be SO MUCH FUN TO MAKE and they can hold so many memories!

This summer album will be mine to keep, but I also enjoy making these projects as presents for special friends and some family members, too! I hope you’re inspired to create one for yourself this summer!

Hi, friends! My name is Andrea Lake. I am a passionate memory keeper who enjoys telling stories in a creative and colorful way. I love playing with scrapbooking and paper crafting supplies and sharing how I use them to create different types of projects. Mini albums are by far my favorite! They are versatile, super fun to make and can hold as many photos and stories as we want them to. We can make our own or simply embellish a pre-made album. It’s all about finding the perfect to tell our stories and having fun in the process. You can find me online, at my local scrapbook store or at different events; always ready to share my love for creative scrapbooking and mini albums. I’d love to share some inspiration and resources to help you use the materials and tools you have in hand to create special albums to preserve your memories. 

Find more of Andrea’s work at these links | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube

Love creating mini albums, but want to level-up on your techniques to create them? Or, have you never created a mini album and would like to learn more about it? Join us on Friday’s Summer 2023 Issue Release blog post as we share a big announcement that we know you will love! We will see you then!