SUMMER FUN BEACH HOUSE MINI ALBUM | with Traci

Hi sweet friends! Traci here and today, I'm sharing a new scrapbook titled Summer Beach House Shaped Mini Album. I made it with the colorful Summer Fun Collection and the Home Sweet Home Chipboard Album. I love the idea of pairing this collection with a house shape. If you love seaside vacations, then you're likely renting a beach cottage, a house, or a hotel room and this cute album works for them all!

The Home Sweet Home Chipboard Album is 5x7 inches and comes as a blank canvas. It features two covers, a roof top piece, four dividers, and four pages - giving you 16 pages in total. It includes 2 silver binding rings but to match the roof, I swapped them out with yellow ones I had in my stash.

On the front, I covered the white base with the Summer Fun and Gull Friends prints. To mimic the scallops along the roof, I layered four different scalloped border stickers from the This & That sheet. Two along the roofline, one along each window creating little awnings, and ... can you find the last one? It's the pretty floral one along the bottom! I added some cute flower icon stickers on top, then embellished the rest of the cover with Odds & Ends and more adorable icons.

Inside, I covered each of the pages with a different 12x12 pattern paper. I created photo mats for each, then had fun decorating. Above, I used the Polka Dot Bikini print in the background, then added the sun and surfboards from the Odds & Ends die cuts. 

Here, I created 2 smaller photo mats using the front and back of the Polka Dot Bikini paper. I love these two prints together. So colorful! The sign die cut with the cute seagull fit the space perfectly but the fact that it had ALL the colors that were in the mats just made me so happy! 

On this page, I let the background paper titled Beach Picnic do most of the talking. The cheerful colors in that gingham print are beautiful, so I kept the embellishments simple. The umbrella is from the Odds & Ends and that cute dolphin is an icon sticker! 

Beach picnic anyone? Yes please! Doodlebug has thought of everything. They've created so many fun images in this collection that highlight our favorite summer activities. I mean ... what's better than flip flops in the sand, fruity cocktails, and snacks?! 

And speaking of cocktails, how pretty is this page with the floral Let's Luau paper and matching drinks? Those are just two more of the amazing die cuts from the Odds & Ends. The package has 132 pieces to choose from so you can totally customize this mini for your vacation.

Y'all know, I love a cute pocket page. So here, I added the Pink Paradise paper in the background and created a pocket using the scalloped circle sticker from the This & That sheet. I used the Simon Says Stamp Brush Powder Tool to dust the backside so it wouldn't be sticky, then tucked a few cards inside!

I hope this cute beach themed scrapbook inspires you to create something wonderful with the Summer Fun Collection and the Home Sweet Home Chipboard Album. I just love the bright happy colors, cute images, and beach theme. Perfect for summer memories!

This Summer Beach House Shaped Album will be available as a DIY kit in my Artsy Albums shop tomorrow (Friday) if you're looking for a more guided project. Have a fabulous day and happy scrapping! 😊

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DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED

8340 Home Sweet Home Chipboard Album 

8941 Summer Fun 12x12 Paper Pack

8943 Summer Fun Textured Cardstock Assortment 

8921 Summer Fun Odds & Ends

8927 Summer Fun This & That Stickers 

8926 Summer Fun Icons Stickers