Flowers Mini Album by Paige Evans

Here is a new 5x7" mini album all about FLOWERS made with Blooming Wild that I created for a campaign with the new Glowforge Aura!

I cut the covers from teal acrylic and it took the machine about 4 hours to make them, they're so dainty and delicate and pretty! :) I decorated the cover with flowers from the Puffy Phrase Stickers, a floral cluster from the Cardstock Stickers, and used the floral Thickers from Bloom Street to spell FLOWERS.

For the first page I used my past Flower Garden Stencil (use the cut file as an alternative!) and scraped white modeling paste through it onto white cardstock. I edged the right side with blue eyelet ribbon from my stash.

I covered the left page with a full 5x7" photo. For the right page, I cut a piece of the Floral Transparency to 5x7", stitched pink crushed velvet ribbon onto the right edge, then embellished with a "sweet" and heart from the Cardstock Stickers.

I didn't add anything extra to the back of the left page because it's see-through, but you totally could! I cut a 5x7" piece of the blue floral B-side of Paper 8 and stitched purple lace ribbon onto the right edge. Then I grabbed the Chipboard Alphabet Outlines and backed them with patterned papers before layering them onto the page. I added an "I LOVE" Cardstock Sticker inside the "O" and placed a Mini Flower Puffy Sticker on the bottom right corner.

On the left page I added a 4x6" photo and placed a flower from the Puffy Phrase Stickers on each corner. I embellished with a "love" word from the Puffy Phrase Stickers and tucked a round floral sentiment Cardstock Sticker below. For the right page, I cut a 5x7" piece of smooth white cardstock and arranged flowers from the Floral Die Cuts and Ephemera Die Cuts around the edges in a frame. In the middle I added a "BLOSSOM" Puffy Phrase Sticker with a Mini Flower Puffy Sticker between. On the right edge I stitched pink flower ribbon.

A 4x6" photo adorns the left page and I embellished with bits from the Sticker Book and a scalloped border sticker from the Project Pad. For the right page, I trimmed a 6x8 page protector to 5x7" then stitched down the right edge to seal it. I poured sequins from my stash into the bottom, stitched a line about 2.5" above, poured in more sequins, stitched another line about 2.5" above, poured in more sequins, then stitched across the top. I also stitched yellow pom pom ribbon on the right edge. I topped the three sections with a Puffy Phrase Sticker and transparency flowers from the Sticker Book.

I didn't add anything else to the back of the sequins page, I like being able to see them :) For the right page, I cut a piece of pastel striped Paper 3 to 5x7" and then chain stitched with a matching colored thread through all the stripes. The stitching took about 4 hours. I topped the middle with a Flower Die Cut and stitched salmon scalloped trim to the right edge.

A 4x6" photo hides a lot of the messy back of the stitching page and then I embellished with three butterflies from the Cardstock Stickers and Chipboard Stickers. For the right page, I cut a piece of blue floral Paper 2 to 5x7" then cut the same section from another piece of it. I fussy cut the flowers and adhered them on top of the full piece with foam squares for a fun and dimensional page. In the middle I placed a "Love" Chipboard Sticker then adhered teal scalloped ribbon to the right edge.

After adding a 4x6" photo to the left page I made photo corners from the mini floral Paper 11 and called it good! For the right page, I cut a 5x7" piece of the watercolor Paper 18. I designed a 5x7" Flower Frame Cut File, cut it from white cardstock, and then backed it with Blooming Wild patterned papers. Inside the frame I added a little sentiment from the Chipboard Frame Stickers, added a piece of floral Washi Tape below, then wrote journaling in the rest of the space with a blue pen. To finish the page I stitched white/pink lace ribbon to the right edge.

I adhered a 4x6" photo to the left page and embellished the top left corner with a round floral sentiment from the Ephemera Die Cuts and two floral pieces from the Chipboard Frame Stickers. For the right page, I cut a 5x7" piece of white cardstock. Then I trimmed pastel stripes from Paper 23, distressed the edges, and machine stitched them diagonally across the page. I topped the page with an oval floral "LOVE" Ephemera Die Cut then stitched green satin picot ribbon to the right edge.

I tucked a 4x6" photo under the ribbon then in the white space at the top created a title with Thickers & mini alphas and a sentiment from the Sticker Book. The floral cluster at the bottom is from the Cardstock Stickers. On the right page, I cut a piece of blue paper from the Project Pad to 5x7" then made folded heart flowers and stems with leaves from Blooming Wild papers. I topped each flower with a Mini Flower Puffy Sticker then stitched pink pom pom trim to the right edge.

I added a 4x6" photo to the left page and embellished with a "HAPPY" Chipboard Sticker and a bunch of little flowers from the Cardstock Stickers. On the right page, I covered a 5x7" piece of white cardstock with fringed paper strips made from the rainbow striped Paper 10. Before stitching the pink lace ribbon on the right edge, I did more stenciling on the back of the page.

The back page is a repeat of the front page: I used my past Flower Garden Stencil (use the cut file as an alternative!) and scraped white modeling paste through it.

To connect the album together, I punched three holes through the left side of each page and then slid them onto a pink, yellow, and orange 1" loose leaf binder ring.

I tied a few varieties of pink ribbon around the middle to keep the album closed and look cute :)

I hope you are inspired to pick up my Blooming Wild collection and document your love of flowers!

SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, stickers, Thickers, die cuts, washi tape, embellishments: BLOOMING WILD; Acrylic flower covers made with the Glowforge Aura; modeling paste; white cardstock; 6x8 page protector