Doodlebug Design Inc Blog: FARMHOUSE BIG TAG MINI ALBUM

Monday, November 11, 2024

FARMHOUSE BIG TAG MINI ALBUM | with Kathy

I will confess that Fall is my most favorite season. I love the colors, the crisp air, big sweaters.... all of it! So when the Farmhouse collection came out, I was beyond excited! One of the first papers I was drawn to was the Buffalo Check paper, and the "b" side with all the fun big tags! I knew I was going to have to make a mini album with them. Take a peek....

I started by making a chipboard cover for my mini. I cut chipboard (2 cover pieces measuring 4 5/8" x 6 1/4", and one piece 1 3/8" x 6 1/4 for the spine. I covered the pieces with the Country Quilt plaid paper for the outside cover. On the inside I used a piece of Teal Textured Cardstock to cover. I decorated my cover with die cuts from the Odds & Ends pack, some mini icons and some Flower Farm Shaped Sprinkles. I added the pup from the mini Icons to look like he was in the truck.

I punched a hole on the right side of the inside cover. To measure for it, I cut out all of the tags from the Buffalo Check paper, then lined one up on the inside of the book to see where to punch my hole. I added a teal book ring from my stash. On the left side of the inside cover I added a photo matt and elements from the Bits & Pieces Pack.

Now it was time to add my pages. I used all 6 tags from the back of the Buffalo Check paper. I then cut tags from coordinating Sprinkles Petite Prints and sewed them to the back of the tags. All that was left was to decorate!

I used lots of elements from the This & That Stickers, Puffy Icons, Odds & Ends, Chit Chat pieces and Bits & Pieces along with photo matts.

I also used some of the cut-apart journaling spots from the "b" side of the Woodland Berries Paper as well as some cut apart 3x4 cards from the Country Quilt paper.

On a few of the pages, I stitched on some of the tabs from the Bits & Pieces.

Of course I had to make a shaker! I love the adorable leaves and acorns in the Shades of Fall Shakers. I also added some coordinating Doodlebug Sequins.

The smaller tags are from the Bits & Pieces pack. They were fun to decorate and I love the extra detail they add.

This really was a fun mini to put together... and so easy to do with all the goodies in the Farmhouse collection! I put together this flip through of my mini so you can see it in action!