A2Z Scraplets: mini albums

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Scraplets in a mini album

Hi Belinda here today to show you all about Scraplets in mini albums. I am only going to show you half the album today as its a lot of photos.

Mini Albums are awesome. They can be about a holiday,wedding or any theme. Mine is about my middle daughter. I have scrapped photos that mean something, a milestone but also ones that I have not scrapped before (hence why there is not many birth photos as I have scrapped all of them in the 12x12 style) I am going this mini album for her to keep in her bedroom and remember some important moments and look back on how much she has changed.

First up is the star. This is an awesome Christmas Scraplet, fab for PL and mini albums (as well as normal layouts). I misted it using Shimmerz mist then covered the back of the heart with a bit of paper.

These two has the leaves branches on them. Again awesome for PL and mini albums, adds detail without making the pages tooo lumpy. Again sprayed with a bit of mist.

Last is the arrow word (which I cut the point off) 'Love of my life'. I used Shimmerz (not mist this time, comes in a little jar) and heat set it. The heat makes it bubble and gives it texture. Again its perfect for PL and mini albums.

There is sooooo many awesome Scraplets that can be used like this. Check out the range HERE

And don't for get to enter this months challenge set by DT Petra. Hope to see loads of entries.

Thanks for looking

Belinda :)

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Bringing the mini back

Bringing the Mini Back…. I bet you started to hum the tune to that Justin Timberlake song ‘bringing sexy back’.

I'm going to start my blog post off with a bit of a story… hopefully it won’t take too long.

A long long time ago A2Z Scraplets created these amazing chipboard mini albums that were put together as words. Do you remember the ones – they had titles like baby, smile, beach & family to name just a few. These mini albums were a great way to show off a few photos and also have some coffee table art in your home.

I remember my very first one – the beach album… I was lucky enough to have it published in a couple of magazines, it was even featured in a mini album mag. I was so impressed by these little albums that I knew then that I wanted to be a part of the A2Z Scraplets team and that my friends is where my love of chipboard products began.

These fantastic albums have not been around for a while and so after acquiring one (because I know this great lady who makes all this fabbo chipboard stuff) I got to work and created my very first chipboard mini album for 2013 and I know its not going to be the last one for this year either.

My first step was to prime all my pages with gesso. I have then given them a thin coat of aqua paint and have let that dried.

I then started to add more color layers to the pages before I added my photos and embellishments. Here I have used the Masklet Chevron 2. After spraying the mask I have used the remainder that was left on the mask and pressed it onto other pages to give a more grungy look.

Next I chose my photos and the accents I wanted to use. I find that you do not need to add too much to the album as your photo or photos will take up a lot of the page. I try to keep embellishments minimal. Washi tape is great for this and small stickers and small metals. I also like to use twine or wire and beads on my pages as they do not overwhelm the photos.

Also think about using your masks and texture paste after you have added your pictures. Here i have used Stencil Flourish 2 to add a little more interest and tie together the photo and the page.

Above I have masked off part of the album and used a small part of the Flourish 2 stencil. This is also a great way to add interest without making your pages become to 'chunky'

My final step before putting the rings in to hold it all together was to ink the edges and then add some stamping. I have also outlined all of the pages with a black pen which helps define them.\

So here are a few of the finished pages....