About the Page
Technique: Making mini album pages
Designer: Shauna Berglund-Immel

Mini album pages are big on style! Shauna’s layout features a clean, streamlined look—she fits a portrait photo, journaling and embellishments on her page, yet it doesn’t look busy or crowded. Her trick? Read Shauna’s tips on scaling down to create an 8”x8” layout.

Scaling Down: If you’ve made 12"x12" pages in the past, scaling down to an 8” page might be a bit different. Here are a few guidelines:

• You’re not limited to just one photo per page—but do have realistic expectations about the number of photos you can place on a page. (It probably won’t be 8 or 9!)
• Reduce the size of your journaling, not the amount. Try a smaller font size on your computer, for example.
• Use elements sized for a smaller page. A tag that looks great on a 12" layout will take over your 8” page. Opt instead for smaller embellishments.

This layout is just one page in Aiden’s scrapbook—the rest of the album could be devoted entirely to Aiden’s first year, or this portrait could be just one page in an album of “Mommy’s Favorite Photos”.

Supplies:

• Paper Pizazz® 8"x8" Baby Papers for yellow gingham, tag, baby boy label, bathtub cut-outs
• Paper Pizazz® 8"x8" Baby Cardstock
• yellow grosgrain ribbon
• black ink pad
• antique-finish brad
• Mini Zots™
• black pen

Instructions:

1. Cut a 3 1/2"x7 3/4" piece of yellow gingham paper, making sure the printed rickrack is running down the right side. Ink the edges with the black inkpad and glue to the right side of the periwinkle blue cardstock background, leaving space at the top, bottom and right side.
2. Mat photo on yellow cardstock, then on pumpkin cardstock. Ink the edges. Glue the photo to the page, placing it slightly to the right of center.
3. Cut out the Bath Time tag and ink the edges. Insert the antique-finish brad at the top. Tie a knot in a piece of yellow grosgrain ribbon, then attach the knot to the tag with a Zot™, placing it just above the brad. Place on page, overlapping the photo.
4. Cut out Baby Boy label and three bathtub tile cut-outs. Ink the edges with black and attach to the page as shown.
5. Use a black pen to journal on the blue cardstock.

Shauna Berglund-Immel is a cardmaker, a scrapbooker and a papercrafter who designs for Hot Off The Press and the Paper Wishes catalog. For marvelous mini album pages, Shauna recommends the Paper Pizazz® Mini Album line of 8”x8” papers, cardstock, albums and accessories.