FAIRY GARDEN MINI NOTEBOOK | with Shellye

We've all been there: down to the last few sheets of a 6X6 paper pad...what to do?  Today I'm sharing a Mini Album created with leftovers from the Fairy Garden Paper Pad!  The covers of the pad were even used.  Let's take a look...

This album was as easy as folding the 6X6 papers in half and adhering to each other, back-to-back.  I used a total of 7 pages in all.  Note: I did corner round all four corners of each folded paper before gluing together.  The corner rounding at the top and bottom of the fold allows rooms when tucking under the elastic strap.

For the front and back covers, I used the front and back covers of the actual 6X6 paper pad!  I trimmed the first piece down to 3X6 and the other piece down to 2.5X6; this is the spine. The 3X6 pieces were covered in a piece of 12X12 patterned paper and then corner rounded at the two right-sided corners.

The spine piece was covered in paper of the same size and scored at 1" and 1.5".  The two 1" flaps were then attached to the covers with high-tack adhesive tape.  I used a a 1/8" hole punch to make two holes and the top and bottom of the spine.  A piece of cording was strung through to create a strap for the pages. 

On the "bluebird" pages I used the Sweet Rolls Stickers to make a custom background!

Left-over strips of paper, die-cuts, stickers, sprinkles, washi tape and paper tabs were used to decorate the pages as shown! Because the pages are naturally narrow, I found it best to score the larger die-cuts at one edge and glue the edge down; allows more placement options for photos!

Thank you for joining me today!

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FAIRY GARDEN BEAUTIFUL GIRL LAYOUT | with Traci

It's hard to believe it's almost the end of May ... but what's even harder for me to believe is that this sweet girl graduated from Pre-K today!  This picture was taken at her graduation luau party, and when I saw the colors, I knew they would be perfect for a Fairy Garden page.

I wanted to keep the page simple to focus on the beautiful photo, but I also wanted it to be colorful.  So although my background is white, I backed it with the pretty Fairy Floral paper and a solid band of swimming pool linen. 

I thought a band of sprinkles would be fun, so I used a pencil and a ruler to draw lines on the white page.  Then I filled in the space with lots of cute sprinkles and erased the lines.  I used the tip of my craft knife to place each one.  This was actually very relaxing and I love the shine and color it created across my page.

So if you're hoarding your sprinkles (guilty here!) step out of your comfort zone and use them up in a big way!  You'll love the texture it creates on the page too!!  Have fun!  

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Fairy Garden collection

Spring Garden Shape Sprinkles

Birthday Girl Glitter Sprinkles

Birds & Bugs Shape Sprinkles

Mushroom Meadow Shape Sprinkles

Chasing Rainbows Shape Sprinkles

FAIRY GARDEN HAPPY DAYS LAYOUT | with Lisa

Do you like making grid design layouts... ? I don't know if it's something for everyone, but I LOVE them and it's been quite some time, since I made one, so I really enjoyed making this layout.

What I love about grid designs, is that they are so easy and they come together super fast, plus, they always turn out fun.  For my layout, I started by choosing the patterned papers that I wanted to use. I used the Fairy Garden collection for this layout which has amazingly cute papers. I chose four that have a white background and colorful pattern and then five that only have one color. I backed them with white paper and distressed the edges. Then I backed them with white paper once more but used foam tape this time, to make them pop and to create some shadows. I distressed the edges again to make the whole thing more fun and interesting. 

I adhered my nine squares to a blue patterned paper with clouds that I had splattered with white paint just before.  I used a photo of me and my girlfriends, matted it on white, then colorful patterned paper and adhered it to the layout. Then I went through all of the embellishments from the collection and spent some time choosing and deciding what I wanted to do and where I wanted to place everything. 

I kind of did a vertical design by leaving the upper right and bottom left corner a bit more empty. Just those two blank spots help the whole layout seem less overcrowded and give the eyes a place to rest. For the rest, I used die-cut pieces, enamel shapes, enamel dots and jewels. I also used a Doodle Pop rainbow with clouds, love it!!  I adhered some of the embellishments with liquid glue, directly onto the paper, and other ones I adhered using foam squares. I love it when the layout has different dimensions and has those shadows you create when you use dimensional adhesives. 

I love the word die-cuts from Doodlebug. There's always a word you can use for your title. I love to pair those with alpha stickers in different fonts. 

That its it for today! I hope you enjoyed it and see you very soon!

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Fairy Garden Collection

6x6 paper pad Petite Prints Dots & Stripes

6x6 paper pad Petite Prints Floral & Graph

Other Products Used

White cardstock

White paint pen