Cork and Gold foil are two super hot trends in craft this year. Today, I'm on a blog hop with the Tombow USA team and Die Cuts with a View (DCWV), sharing all things cork and gold! You probably came here from Britt Bass, but if you happened to stumble across my blog, go to the DCWV Blog to start!
We received a mix of gold foiled patterned paper, adhesive cork sheets, and a mini album from DCWV. Since the kraft colored papers and album were neutral like the cork, everything was wide open as far as color.
I decided to go with a beach themed mini scrapbook, adding in elements of coral and turquoise with items from my stash to complete the look.
This mini beach album was built with the DCWV Insta Kraft Album, a perfect size for Instagram photos! I'm planning to add photos of my niece and nephews from beach trips to this album and give it as a gift to my sister.
To make the inner pages of the book, I cut chipboard to 4.5″ wide by 5″ tall and covered it with patterned paper from the DCWV The Gilded Stack, using Tombow Mono Aqua Glue to permanently apply the paper to the chipboard. I also cut some of the 6×6 pages from the DCWV Cork Stack to 4.5″ x 5″ and adhered more patterned paper to the backs of those sheets. I used a Crop a Dile to punch holes in each page to match the binder rings inside of the DCWV Insta Kraft Album.
For extra storage, I cut 5″ x 9″ strips of paper from the DCWV The Gilded Stack and folded them in half to make a 4.5″ x 5″ page. I applied Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive along the bottom and the open side of the folded paper “card” to seal them shut. I used a 2″ circle punch to punch a hole in the top, open ed of the pocket. Then I used the Crop a Dile to punch holes in each page to match the binder rings inside of the DCWV Insta Kraft Album. I cut some of the journal blocks from the DCWV The Gilded Stack apart and slipped them into the pockets for journaling.
I posted a sneak peek picture of this album on Instagram and everyone wanted to know how to make the crepe paper ruffle. It's easy!
Learn the crepe paper ruffle technique and see the album assembly and decorating from start to finish in this video:
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To create this album, you need some basic supplies from DCWV and Tombow.
I supplemented these with various baubles and embellishments from my stash. Decorating a mini album cover in this way gives it a fun, eclectic, and dimensional look while also using up some of your stash. I like using some of my most prized embellishments on mini album covers becuase then I can see them more often that if they were closed inside of a 12×12 scrapbook album. Also, bulky embellishments don't work well in traditional scrapbooks so a mini album like this DCWV Insta Kraft Album is a great place to use them.
Supply List:
- The DCWV Gilded Stack
- DCWV 6×6 Cork Stack
- DCWV Insta Kraft Album
- Tombow Mono Permanent Runner
- Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue
- Tombow Xtreme Tabs
- Tombow Xtreme Adhesive
- Tombow Dual Brush Pens
- From my stash – use similar items from your own stash to further embellish the album:
- Jenni Bowlin Crepe Paper Ribbons,
- May Arts Tulle
- Plastic Ballerina
- Buttons
- Rhinestones
- Chipboard trimmed to 4.5″ x 5″
- Avery Label Stickers
- Washi Tape
- Queen & Co Plastic Flowers
- Adhesive Gems
- Stencil1 Stencils
Tools:
- Scissors
- Circle Die #1 by Sizzix
- Sizzix Big Shot Machine
- Pinking Shears
- 2″ Circle Punch
- Paper Trimmer
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Saturday, March 28th:
DCWV Blog
Jessica Pascarella
Britt Bass
Jennifer Priest YOU ARE HERE
Jaclyn Rench GO HERE NEXT
Sara Andrews
Latrice Murphy
Tessa Buys
Yolie Burke
Karen Jiles
Marie Browning
Karla Der
Lisa Lahiff
Tina McDonald
Tombow USA Blog
YOUR NEXT STOP IS Jaclyn Rench.
I love that album. All of the embellies and added decoration adds so much to it! Very pretty.
Just lovely! I really like the oranges and thanks so much for the video explaining the crepe paper ruffle technique!
You are so talented!
Love the orange (how it shows on the computer) and the blue.
The color is so bright and refreshing. The ruffles inside the album is pretty.
thanks for sharing a wonderful album.
Love the colors you used for your album, and especially the ruffle! So cute!
Sweet! I’m sure your sis will be tickled to get this!!
This is just wonderful!! I too love the crumpled crepe paper!!
You always amaze, Jennifer. I LOVE the color combo! Total gorgeousness!
Thanks so much!
The colors are so fun on this album and I love the crepe paper ruffle you added! Thanks for a tutorial on that…I’ve been wanting to create projects using crepe paper.
What a fun cover!! So colorful and whimsical!! LVOELOVELOVE it! I also love the way you added the trim to the inner pages! Such a great detail! TFS!
love the fresh look with coral and turquoise with the neutral colors of cork and kraft !!
I never think to decorate my album covers. Yours is beautiful, I love it. Now I have some ideas to “scrap lift”. Thanks.
This is a great idea for your sister. She will love it. I know I do.
How cute! The orange tulle is a pretty touch.
Oh this album is fantastic! I love the way you decorate your cover and pocket page is fabulous way of storing keepsakes :) Thanks for the inspiration!
What a fun theme, it definitely has me looking forward to warmer days!
Love your mini album!
Love this album Jennifer! I love all the details you added to make it extra special. It’s very obvious that you put a lot of thought and creativity into this! Your sister is going to love it (although I’m sure that’s no secret)!
Thanks for sharing.
I like all the different textures in this album.
love the colors in this album!!
Oh my goodness Jennifer I HAVE to have one of those albums! Super cute. GREAT JOB!
Love the ruffles…thanks for the great layouts and ideas
Love the album, your color pop against the kraft background. thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful album! Thanks for the video explanation.
Love this blog hop! I always learn great new ways! Thanks!
A very pretty little mini album Jennifer. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
Lovely mini! Your sister is going to be so happy with it!
Your ballerina is so YOU and love that special touch!! Such a lovely mini beach album!
Love the lively colors or orange and blue. What a fun mini album!!
So fun and creative, love the crepe paper ruffle
FUN & FABULOUS mini album Jennifer – your sister will LOVE IT, I know I do :)
LOVE the cork & gold, LOVE the pop of turquoise & ruffles too!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION!!!
Such a super cute album cover!
Love love love the cover!
great project!
Wow that is a cool album! Will have to come back and check out the blog spot of the room tour :) I have one of those library cabinets and I see you got one too will need to check back and see what you did with it :)
Love the coral and teal together.
This is so cute! I love all the details!