Our Adventures Mini Album with the April 2017 "Wildflower" Kit from Swirlydoos

I recently spent a long weekend scrapping with some wonderful (and talented) friends. Of course, I packed my Swirlydoos Kit! and I tossed a Memory Hardware album into the case, thinking that the Wild and Free papers were perfect for a mini. This was a "make it up as you go along" project that, thanks to Heather Thompson's offer of matching journaling cards, some additional chippies from Maggi Harding and a couple of sheets of black cardstock (I seem to have needed more than two pieces) from Billie Frey, quickly morphed into this.

I began by going around all of the edges with the Butterfly Spells Sparks paint that came in the Mediums Kit. When it was completely dry, I used several layers from the Cardstock Add-On to mat the pretty papers that I selected for the covers.

And now for the inside...

More matting and a journaling card make a good start (I just love the rose gold foil that appears throughout the papers!); the reverse side of the Cosmic Love and Lights sheet makes a pretty background for a few of the chipboard pieces and a butterfly icon from the Main Kit.

Another reverse side - Into the Wild - was used for the next two pages. The chipboard butterfly was treated with the Sparks paint and given a pretty middle using the Nailhead stickers from the Embellishment Kit. On the opposite side, I've created a small waterfall with cardstock and more of the journaling cards. 

I used both sides of the Everyday You papers (this is why it's such a good idea to order the Pattern Paper Add-On!) here: the front side is full of cut-apart images and the back is so, so pretty! The flowers (from the Flower Add-On) and the chipboard feathers were all treated with the new Finnabair Metallique Waxes that came in the Mediums Add-On. I created a pocket with a bit of the Cosmic Love paper, embellished it with a few of the cut-aparts and Prima trim from my stash and filled it with a few journaling cards.

This one's pretty simple - a bit of Magic faces this sweet lady sitting on a die-cut doily.

This is the center of the album. I decided to create facing pages with pockets from the Into the Wild sheet, embellished with die cut borders and wood butterfly icons and filled with a few more journaling cards.

The rest of the album actually mirrors the first half. Here, I've used the same simple design, using a chippie to match the sentiment on the journaling card.

These flowers are actually pieces of various Prima trims with a bit of vines cut from glassine using the April Die of the Month. I've created the pocket from the Let's Be Adventurers sheet.

A few fussy cut pieces of paper and a bit of chipboard from the Embellishment Add-On face a sideways fold-out.

My last pages - again pretty simple with some more of the cut-aparts and one more journaling card.

Even though I kept embellishments to a minimum, I ended up with an album a bit too "fat" to shut, so I took some of the twine from the Project Kit and wrapped it around the book before covering the back and sides with paper. And now, time to embellish - with the corrugated heart from the Main Kit that made me think of this album in the first place and these gorgeous 49 and Market flowers from the Flower Add-On.

Supplies

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Wildflower Kit*

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Cosmic Love & Lights

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Everyday You

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Into the Wild

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Let's Be Adventurers

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Let's Be Wild

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Pretty Little Notes

Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Nested Squares

Darice - Mini Laser Cut Wood Shapes - Butterfly Theme - 45 pcs

Darice - Sturdy Corrugated Cardboard Cut Out Shapes - Heart - 3.75"

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Cardstock Add-On*

Core'dinations - 12 x 12 Textured Cardstock - Nightfall

Core'dinations - 12 x 12 Textured Cardstock - Concerto

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Flower Add-On*

Prima - Wild and Free Collection- Flower Embellishments - Precious Stone

49 & Market - Vintage Shades Collection - Handmade Flowers - Cerise

49 & Market - Vintage Shades Collection - Handmade Flowers - Cerise Bouquet

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Embellishment Add-On*

Mark Richards - Metal Stickers - Nailheads - 3mm - Round - Gold

Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Distressed Chicken Wire Border

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Project Add-On*

Prima - Wild and Free Collection - Flower Embellishments - Lost Meadows

Darice - 100% Hemp Cord - Vintage Green / Purple

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Mediums Add-On*

Prima - Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Sparks Acrylic Paint - Butterfly Spells

Ranger Ink - Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Gold Metallic

Prima - Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax - Aged Brass

Prima - Finnabair - Art Alchemy - Metallique Wax - Bronze Age

*Swirlydoos April 2017 Die of the Month*

Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Thinlits Dies - Wildflowers

Other Supplies

Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Monarch Butterfly Set

Creative Embellishments - Laser Cut Chipboard - Feathers

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 3 x 4 Journaling Cards

Prima - Wild & Free Collection - 4 x 6 Journaling Cards

Prima - Trim - Posey

Prima - Trim - Magnolia

Advantus - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - Kraft Glassine

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