Vintage Christmas Mini Album
Merry Christmas Crafty Friends!
Christmas is my favorite time of the year! I hope even with all the hustle and bustle during the weeks before Christmas, you are finding time to sit back, relax with your favorite beverage and do some Christmas Crafting.
Today I'm going to create a Christmas mini album. I know we all take alot of photos during the holidays, so why not make an album to hold all your memories. These make great gifts too.
To create my mini album, I am using this beautiful December Scrapbook Kit from Tres Jolie kit club. You will love all the Vintage 12x12 design papers, Matching diecuts with Vintage Santa's, Tres Jolie Chipboard Hollyleaves, with Berries and Christmas Bells! You also get 2 sheets of Vintage stickers, 2 metal snowflake seals, Little Birdie flowers and Holly embellishments! Here's a photo of the Scrapbook kit this month:
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From my stash I am using Frank Garcia's Memory Hardware Album and Venetian Shutters, Folkart Acrylic Paint-Vintage White, foam dots/tape, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, score board, paintbrush, Spectrum Noir Sparkle Inks- Cozy Christmas, fake snow tex, Glitter Embossing powder- Green Tinsel, Stickles Glitter Christmas Red, Holly.
To begin, I painted an 1 inch border around all pages including the front and back covers plus the spine. See photos:
While your album pages are drying, take the Venetian Shutters and whitewash a coat of the Vintage White paint over the Shutters, front and backside. Let dry. See photos:
Next take your patterned papers from the kit. I cut my papers as follows: (I am inking all my papers before adhering to my album.
Front/Back Covers- cut 2 total- 6 & 1/2 x 5 & 1/2 inches, Spine-1 & 1/2 x 5 & 1/2 inches.
Inside front and back covers- cut 6 & 1/2 x 5 & 1/2 inches, All other inside album pages cut at 6 & 1/2 x 5 & 1/4 inches. See photo examples below:
Front cover:
Back cover:
On the spine I cut a scrap of the bird/holly paper. Set your album aside for now.
Take out several Tres Jolie Chipboard Holly leaves pieces. You can use a variety of craft mediums on these Chipboards. I applied some Versa Mark Clear Ink and sprinkled the leaves with Green Tinsel Embossing powder. Then heat embossed. On the berries I applied some Stickles Christmas Red glitter. Let dry. See photos:
Now take your TJ Chipboard Bells and using Sparkle Inks and a paintbrush, I applied onto the Chipboard. I like using these Sparkle Inks, since they add a glittered look! On my Berries I applied more Stickles Glitter Christmas Red. Let dry.
While your Chipboard pieces are drying, we can work on our album cover. I cut out the Journaling card with the bird. I trimmed it to fit behind the center windows on my Venetian Shutter. Glue it to the backside. See photo:
Next I chose some flowers to embellishment my album cover. The pine branches are in my stash.
See photo:
I arranged some flowers to place inside the bottom ledge of the shutter window.
The other flowers along the bottom edge. I added some of the Holly leaves on each corner. I glued the Chipboard Bells on the inside Shutters on the right and Holly leaves and flowers on the leftside shutter. To finish it applied some Textured fake snow on some of the flower petals, scattered areas on the Shutters and ledge. Here's some finished photos!
On the spine I glued some Tres Jolie Chipboard Holly leaves and added this cute vintage girl sticker at the bottom edge. Here's a photo:
Page 1:(Back of front cover) Glue your Holly leaves on the top left corner above the Bells. I fussy cut out the sentiment "Joy to the World" and the title frame, and glued in place.
I adhered with foam dots at the top right corner. I added one of the angel stickers on the bottom left corner. Here's a photo:
Page 2: I trimmed off the top of the journal card with the Christmas trees and cut to measure 5 & 1/4 inches.
Score a 1/2 inch at the top edge.
Adhere on the leftside as a flip up page. I glued one of the small Ephemera cards underneath. You could add a photo here also. On the front of my flip page with foam dots I adhered one of the December 25th diecuts, added a small red flower and tucked one of the leftover TJ Chipboard Holly leaves. Here's my finished page:
Page 3: From the pinecone paper, I cut a piece at 6 & 1/4 x 3 inches. I adhered as a pocket on the bottom of my page. I added a sticker sentiment on the top right corner and a sticker on the front of my pocket. I glued a piece of trim ( my stash) along the top edge of my pocket. I tucked one of the Santa diecut pieces inside my pocket! Here's a photo:
Page 4: I cut a photo mat from the bird/ holly paper scrap. measuring 5 & 1/2 x 4 & 1/2 inches and glued in the center of my page. I glued a Tres Jolie Chipboard Holly piece at the top. Added a photo, a angel sticker. I cut out a Merry Christmas sentiment and adhered with foam tape. Here's how my page looks:
Page 5: From the scrap Pinecone paper I cut a piece measuring 2 & 3/4 x 5 & 1/4 inches. Adhere on the leftside as a side pocket. See photo:
I fussy cut out the postcard, added a couple stickers and tucked inside my side pocket. I added another sticker on the front of my pocket and glued a small red flower on top! Here's a close up photo:
Page 6: I trimmed another journal card (with the birdhouse to 5 inches.Score 1/2 inch on the leftside. Adhere on the leftside of your page to create another flip page. See photo:
I chose some embellishments from the kit and cut out this sentiment:
I glued the metal snowflake seal on the top right corner, with foam dots I adhered my sentiment on the top of my flip page. I glued a small red flower and Holly piece on the birdhouse. Added a sticker on the right side. You could add a photo underneath the flip page if you like. Here's my finished page:
Page 7: I fussy cut out the Santa stap image and " Happy Holidays " sentiment. I glued the Santa stamp on only 3 sides, leaving the top right corner open. You can tuck a photo underneath here. With foam dots I adhered my sentiment at the top. I added a Christmas tree sticker and from my stash, I adhered some sticker numbers to record the year of this photo. Here's my page:
Page 8: Cut out the " Peace on Earth" sentiment and glue onto the top left corner. I added a Holly sticker on top. Taking another Tres Jolie Chipboard Bells piece, I applied more of the Sparkle Inks ( Cozy Christmas) set and Stickles Christmas Red on the berries, and Golden Rod on the bell balls. See photos:
I glued the Chipboard Bells on the top right corner and added a cute vintage angel sticker on the bottom left edge. Here's a photo:
Page 9: From my stash I applied Stickles Glitter Diamond on the Christmas trees paper. I left this page as is since it's so pretty, I didn't want to cover up the Christmas trees! With foam dots I added another sentiment piece above my Christmas trees. Here's my finished page:
Page 10: I cut out the small Christmas tree tag. I adhered it gluing only on 3 sides, do I count tuck this photo behind my small tag. I glued another metal snowflake seal on the top of my tag. I added my sticker numbers at the bottom edge and this cute snowman sticker! Here's how my page turned out:
Page 11: I cut another side pocket piece to measure 2 x 5 & 1/4 inches. I added some leftover trim from this month's Card kit. With foam dots I adhered this Poinsetta diecut on the top left corner and glued a Holly piece on the front and center of my side pocket. I tucked another small Santa card inside my pocket! Here's a photo:
Page 12: I cut from several journal cards and some scrap papers, to measure 4x3 inches. Score them all 1/2 inch at the top and adhere on the leftside of your page as a waterfall. See photos:
I added some of the stickers on each waterfall journal card, except the bird paper one. See photo example:
I added a sticker along the right side of my page to finish! Here's a photo:
Page 13: I cut a 6 & 3/8 x 2 & 1/2 inch from the scrap polka dot paper. Adhere as a pocket. With foam dots, I adhered one of the diecut images in the center and glued a Holly on the leftside and a few stickers on the right side. I tucked some of the small cards inside my pocket! Here's a photo:
Page 14: Here i made another side pocket from the bird/holly scrap. With foam dots I adhered the wreath diecut in the center front on my pocket. I glued a Holly piece on the top of my wreath diecut piece. I tucked a few diecuts inside my side pocket! Here's a photo:
There we are all finished with our mini album! I hope you will order this kit and make an album. You'll have plenty leftover pieces to create cards or tags! I hope you found this helpful.
Thank you for joining me today! I will have another project to share next week! Be sure to check out more inspiration from my team Member Debbie.
Merry Christmas!
Dana
December Mood Board Challenge
Our December Mood Board is out! Use it to inspire your next piece of art and enter our monthly contest for a chance to win. Share your projects with #CreateWithTresJolieKits, and join the fun for a chance to win and be featured.
1. This challenge is still open to everyone.
2. You can create any type of project for the challenge.
3. You MUST say what you were inspired by.
4. You MUST include the twist in your design. This month's theme is
VINTAGE HOLIDAY.
5. We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 of Tres Jolie's products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.
6. It MUST be a new project.
7.To have everyone eligible to win, we are limited the same winner to once every 3 months.
Good luck! Can't wait to see what you create with any of our Christmas kits this month. They are sure to add some fun and Sparkle to your holiday Crafting!
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