Hello Sunshine love...mini-style.

hey everyone...in the spirit of attempting to let some sun shine into these cold winter Ohio mornings, i wanted to share a mini album i made for the Lily Bee blog recently using the new Hello Sunshine line.

i started with a Jenni Bowlin mini album...it's the perfect size for a quick project like this. i covered the front cover with the Blueberry Pie graph paper (how could i not?!) and as always, used the big flat sander from my Basic Grey file set to rub right along the edges so it matches the paper up perfectly...adding just a teensy spritz of Red Maya Mist (although i debated about using the Sunflower Yellow Mist)before i applied this text rub-on from the 12x12 rub-on sheet for the Hello Sunshine line. (these rub-ons are a MUST have...seriously. i'm not even joking about this...literally 438652345 ways to use them, and i guarantee you will use the entire sheet!) i used my favorite cheap tool, my Adhesive Eraser (how can you beat $1.99?), to distress the rub-on a bit after applying it. it just removes bits of the rub-on here and there, and i love how it looks. added a label sticker to the center to house the initials of my two sweeties, and separated those with these 2 old vintage buttons from my stash held together with some of my favorite Turquoise Twine.


i left the inside of the cover unpapered...just schmeared a bit of blue paint on it and journaled right on top of it. used my Large and Medium Martha Stewart butterfly punches and a few pearls to break up the journaling. on the right, i tried something fun...more on that to come!





i only used 3 of the original lined shaped papers that came with this album...by adhering the Lily Bee papers to the backsides, i was able to set aside the other lined papers for future use! great way to extend the life of what you have in your stash!!




you'll notice that each of the left pages is the same...while each of the right is as well. i'm a HUGE fan of 'assembly-line style' when it comes to these albums...your project goes 10x faster by using this method, and adds a uniformity/flow to your project that i really like.




i just drew journaling lines directly onto the Lily Bee papers for my writing, and added a red button from my stash to each page. the last page is more of that same graph paper adhered again to chipboard...and i added one more rub-on from the Hello Sunshine 12x12 sheet. once again, couldn't resist attacking it a bit with my adhesive eraser, lol...




so here's the little element that i had fun with here:



i used a frame stamp from my Studio Calico stash...with VersaFine Black ink. after it dried, i used an Xacto knife to remove the center of the frame...leaving me with a 'window' to display my photo. i adhered the photo to the BACK of the cut-out framed paper...and then added Lily Bee paper to the BACK of that...which is what you see on the left side of every page in my album. i filled the outline of the frame with Red Paint, using one of my favorite tiny brushes from this set. added a couple of tiny butterflies punched from scraps of the Hello Sunshine paper (because i am obsessed with the line and will NOT waste a bit!) to each photo page and voila!





super quick.

super fun.

and it makes me super happy.

enjoy the rest of your week!
:)