House Album

Well, it took me some 4 months, but I finally took some pictures of the hybrid album I prepared for DH for Valentine's day, so I can show it off at last! :)

It's the very first album I ever did and I'm so proud of it!

I wanted to do a house album but I couldn't find any chipboard albums in the craft stores around here, so I decided to build my own album out of cereal boxes, frozen food boxes, etc.

First, I started creating the pages on my computer and printing them out. I sized the pages so that I could print two each on a sheet of matte A4 paper I had at home.

Next, I cut the pages out and created a template from a cereal box simply outlining the printed page with a pencil.

Cut, cut, cut, cut...

I made 20 pages(!) so this means 20 printed pages plus 10 chipboard pages to be cut.. I did this over a few evenings: my hand would have hurt way too much if I cut them all at once! ;)

At this point, I punched holes and added flower brads to some of my pages. Then, I Mod Podged them to glue them to the chipboard. I punched holes with my Crop-a-dile to bind the pages.

I debated whether or not to add eyelets, because the front pages would look pretty but the back pages would have the back of the eyelets that aren't as pretty, but I ended up putting them.

I also printed a cover on a transparency and used an electric wire to bind the pages. I found this wire in my office and I thought the colors were just perfect for the album, so I used it to create a flower embellishment for the cover too.

And here's the complete album:

TRANSPARENCY (front)

Font: Scriptina

PAGE 1 (cover)

Paper by lilipruneau - ScrapMalin collab Enjoy Life

PAGE 2

Paper (recolored) by lilipruneau - ScrapMalin collab Enjoy Life

Key from Feels Like Home collab by B-Creative Designs and Ziggle Designs

PAGE 3

Paper (recolored) by lilipruneau - ScrapMalin collab Enjoy Life

wordart (recolored) by Veronica Hurly - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

PAGE 4

paper (recolored) by Erica Zane - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

key by Veronica Hurly - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

PAGE 5

paper (recolored) by Erica Zane - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

PAGE 6

wordart (recolored) from Home Sweet Home by Janelle Gustafson, Cafe J Designs

paper (recolored) by Veronica Hurly - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

PAGE 7

paper (recolored) by Veronica Hurly - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

PAGE 8

Paper (recolored) from Love Bytes Add On by Britt-ish Designs

wordart by Veronica Hurly - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

PAGE 9

Paper (recolored) from Love Bytes Add On by Britt-ish Designs

wordart by Brianna Cox - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is

PAGE 10

Element from Home Sweet Home by Janelle Gustafson, Cafe J Designs

Fairchild Add On (some recoloring) by Britt-ish Designs

PAGE 11

Fairchild Add On (some recoloring) by Britt-ish Designs

PAGE 12

Fairchild Add On (some recoloring) by Britt-ish Designs

PAGE 13

Fairchild Add On (some recoloring) by Britt-ish Designs

PAGE 14

Paper from Welcome Home by Erica Zane

PAGE 15

Paper from Welcome Home by Erica Zane

Birds rub-on from Electric Pop by Britt-ish Designs

PAGE 16

Paper from Harvest Spice by Shabby Princess

PAGE 17

Paper from Harvest Spice by Shabby Princess

PAGE 18

paper (recolored) from Shrubberies by Erica Zane

Element from Home Sweet Home by Janelle Gustafson, Cafe J Designs

PAGE 19

paper (recolored) from Shrubberies by Erica Zane

PAGE 20 (BACK)

Paper (recolored) by lilipruneau - ScrapMalin collab Enjoy Life

wordart by Eirene Designs - Snap and Scrap collab Where the Heart Is