6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - RECAP DOODLE-POP STORAGE | with Karen

Okay, I have a confession to make - I do not typically make scrapbook albums. So when I received the new 6x8 album from Doodlebug and was challenged to come up with something to share with you all, I was excited to try something a bit different. From that, the idea of using the product as a sticker album was born and there was no better product to feature inside a sticker than than my favourite Doodle-pops!

   

Now if we are being real for a minute, this was a project that was actually long overdue! I have Doodle-pops everywhere and this was a really good excuse to get organizing. I did not actually put all of my Doodle-pops in the album - I would need about 20 albums to do that (no, really). So I sorted through them all, picked my favourites and went from there. The idea was that maybe if it wasn't a "favourite" it could go in a box for use on a project while my favourites stay safely in the album. It's a good theory - and while I do have the rest all sorted in a box now, it remains to be seen whether they will get used! :) Here are some of my favourite layouts from the album featuring a few different techniques for putting them in the sleeves:

 

 

 All the Doodle-pops are removeable so I could, technically, still use them if I ever get he urge. Yeah, not likely, but still possible! :) In a strange way, even though there are no pictures in this album, it is still a little bit of a memory album for me too. Most of my favourites remind me of moments or people in my life that I love. It's funny how it didn't seem like a memory book at first but someone how turned into one anyway! I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the pages! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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6 X 8 MINI ALBUMS - PART 4 DOODLE-POP STORAGE | with Karen

I am not sure if you are like me, but when I was growing up, I used a photo album for my sticker book. There was something so satisfying about peeling the clear cover up off of the page and organizing (and reorganizing) my stickers on those pages. Although I have loved the look of the pages I have done in my Doodle-pop sticker album so far, I wanted to see if I could more closely replicate that feeling of peeling up a page in this album too. I should have known that Doodlebug product would deliver!  If you missed my previous posts, my cover post can be found here, and my page posts are here and here.  

   

Here's an example of one of the pages I created with some of my all time favourite Doodle-pops! I actually took them off of the packaging and placed them in between the plastic page protectors. This works really well because the page protectors are smooth enough that it is easy to take the Doodle-pops off if I want to, but sticky enough that you don't have to worry about them falling off or moving - exactly like my old sticker book!

   

To create the lift up "page" I just took my metal ruler and placed it along one of the edges inside the page protector. I then carefully took my blade and cut through the top layer of the page protector. I then repeated the process along another connected edge. This left it attached on the top, but free to lift up from the bottom. I then placed the Doodle-pops inside, added a little foam adhesive square on the bottom to keep the pocket down, and then covered it on the top with a star shared sticker to hide to foam adhesive.

    

 I love the room that this gave me on the pages and I had a lot of fun placing the Doodle-pop around, embellishing with a few stickers here and there for fun!

   

Here's the fun thing about this technique - because the pages are see through, you can actually create another page behind them with a little scene if you would like. Harry is my favourite Doodlebug character of all time so I knew I wanted to do something special for his feature page. By placing him on a full page clear page protector and building the scene behind him on another page, I preserved the ability to move him if I want, but also created a fun layered look here. I even added the little footprint stickers on top of the page to add even more layers and to hide the foam adhesive square that is keeping the flap down. This was so much fun to create and the page becomes interactive because you could move the Doodle-pops around to your heart's content!

 

So there you have it - another variation on how you can add your Doodle-pops into your album. This has been an absolute joy to create so far! Thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

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