Carta Bella Rock-A-Bye Baby Girl Mini Album

I finished the second baby album I've been working on for my supervisor at work. This one has been created using Carta Bella's Rock-A-Bye Baby Girl collection. Now I can take this book and the baby book I created here so that she can choose which one she likes best. 

I love how the cover turned out! I do like the colors in this collection. Once I started working on the book I was having a bit of a struggle because I didn't think there were enough patterns in this collection. On the backs of some of the patterns there were large cut-a-parts. I went out and matched some solid colors to the collection knowing that I would have to use more solid colors than I normally do when making a book. The further along I got I actually started really loving how it was coming together. I think this one might be a close favorite of mine. 

For the flowers on the cover I shopped my own stash! It's a good think I pick things up when I see them on sale not knowing what they will be used for!

I kept the back and the spine simple. 

I did add a waterfall in the front inside cover. I add waterfalls to all my books. To me it's worth it for the extra amount of photos that can be added. 

There are six pockets with a mat for each one. I just added patterned paper to one side.

This waterfall has three pages.

I used some of the chipboard elements and stickers to embellish these pages.

The page has two flaps that open.

I left the back of the flaps black.

More flaps!

I added a pocket that holds a trip-fold booklet. I cut down one of the cut-a-parts for the front of the pocket.

One page has a belly band that holds two mats and one page has two flaps. 

More chipboard embellishments.

Stacked pocket that holds cut-a-parts from the collection. The inside back cover holds another waterfall.

That's it! I hope she likes them! 

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Authentique's Cuddle Girl Mini Album

I finally took photos of this mini album that I made. I've had it done for awhile and was ready to start another book with a different collection of paper. I detoured and made a book that is almost exactly like the first one. One book is for my supervisor at work and the other is for a friend. Since it wasn't crucial that I have the other book with another paper collection finished just yet, it worked out perfectly. 

I actually have almost all the papers cut for the next book. I also have the cover and spine already finished. It won't take me long to get it done provided I don't have a month at work like I've just had to go through. When you get home after long days and your energy is sucked out of you, you are just able to get the minimum done that needs to be taken care of.

For the spine I use Ranger Sticky Back Canvas in Natural. I'm using it more and more on my spines. I just like the way the book lays and I don't have to worry about cracking. 

I also left the spine blank. I did that so that if they want to customize it with a date and name they can.

The paper collection I used for this book is from Authentique. The collection is called Cuddle.

This is the back.

The book below is the second book I made. Everything is the same on the front, back cover and spine except the ribbon.

On the inside front cover I did a three page waterfall that will hold about seven photos.

On the second book I changed the die cut. With both they are not adhered all the way down so that a photo can be slipped under.

The next two pages are different in both books. The first book has two diagonal pockets that hold mats that were die cut using some Sizzix Dies. I don't remember what the name the die is.

The photo below is out of order. There are six pockets, one on each page and they each hold a photo mat.

The photo below is also out of order and should be above the photo above. The flaps open to hold other photos.

In the second book I opted for a stacked pocket. I also didn't use dies for the mats and I kept more of the mats plain black instead of adding patterned paper.

The page below is the same in both books, just different patterned paper.

More flaps, just a different size.

The flaps below are even larger.

When opened each has a pocket with photo mats

This page holds a belly band with photo mat and a booklet that folds out.

In the first book I left both pages blank for larger photos.

In the second book I added one of the 3x4 cards from the collection. It's also just partially adhered so that a photo can slip under it.

The back cover holds a waterfall. I always add those to books as they add so much more space for photos.

That's it! Now to finish the next girl book. Then I'll be working on baby boy books using the collections that match the baby girl collections.

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Baby Girl Mini Album

I thought it was time I made a mini album. Over the Memorial Day weekend while cleaning and purging my craft room I realized I have all these cute paper collections that I bought specifically for books. That's when I decided I better get busy. Many of the collections I have aren't newer ones, but that's okay. They'll still make cute books! The paper collection I used for this book is called Baby Mine from Carta Bella. The collection came with twelve double sided sheets of patterned cardstock. I also used some papers from the 6x6 paper pad. This collection had some chipboard accents that I also used. 

Before I started I had to figure out which pattern I wanted for the cover. I finally settled on the alphabet sheet and I'm glad I did. I used two different patterns from the 6x6 paper pad for the cover. One I die cut with a Prima die called doilies one. The other piece was cut using a double stitched rectangle from Our Daily Bread.

I used two of the chipboard accents on the cover. The flowers are from Recollections, Prima and Jolee's. The leaves are by Recollections. The beaded strip along the binding is a beaded ribbon from Celebrate It. The ribbons are called vintage blush rose antique also from Celebrate It.

On the inside I didn't want to overwhelm the pages with embellishments. I tried to keep it as minimal as possible so that there is room for photos. I used stamps sets I had to add sentiments throughout the book. The sentiments above are from the Sweet Baby set by Technique Tuesday.

The sentiment on this page is from Fishers called Precious Baby Quotes. 

There's room for over 50 photos in this book. I love how it turned out! 

For my next book I think I'll finally break out the Graphic 45 Cats and Dogs collection. I've had it forever so I think it's time to use it! This book will be heading to Florida to my cousin. I hope they love it!

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