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Bloom

Pocket Mini Album

Club G45 Vol 05

'Bloom where You're Planted'

Hello dear G45ers!

Happy to share with you my
#ClubG45 project this month
featuring the ever so STUNNING
Bloom Collection. These papers are

absolutely gorgeous, love the patterns
and all the pretty floral imagery!

For my assignment this month I was
asked to choose any of the projects
from the Club G45 Kits and level it
up, so I decided to recreate the
Pocket Mini Album Vol 5 by the lovely

Annette Green. I have re-sized mine
to a 6x6 mini album. I added cute little
frames for photos.I have also made the
base of my album black by using the
black chipboard and gloss black washi

tape instead of the kraft chipboard
and gloss gold washi tape as per
the original project.

Charee Filimoehala has an easy step
by step video tutorial on this project,
you can follow the link here.

Herewith the Supplies and Instructions you

may use to recreate such a project:

G45 Supplies used:

Bloom Collection 8x8 Paper Pad

Matte Pearl Gems

Architecture Washi Tape Gloss Black

Black 12x12 Chipboard Sheets

Shabby Chic Ornate Metal Key Holes

Other Supplies used:

Photo Frame Die

Creative Expressions Lattice Edging Die
Ribbon

Flowers

Vellum Paper

Sellotape

Double Sided Tape

Cut five 6x6 pieces from the black

chipboard sheets.

Tip: Make sure that they are all the
exact same size.The two extra
strips, (not shown in picture) I kept

them the same size as per the
original project.

Cut ten 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm pieces from

the pattern sheets in the collection.

Mat these onto the black chipboard sheets

after assembling with washi tape.

Using the off-cuts from the sheets

mentioned in the previous step, cut

strips from each.

Tip: Use these off-cuts to add
layers on each page.

Cut some photo frames from the

black chipboard sheets using a

frame die. Glue a piece of vellum

paper behind each frame.

Tip: Vellum paper will protect the
photos.You could also use an
acetate sheet.

Cut some pockets from the pattern

sheets using the lattice edging die.

Tip: Use these die-cut pockets to slide
the framesin and out or you can glue
the frames down if you prefer, just

make sure that when you do glue the
frame that you only add tape to
one side thus making sure you

can still slide photos in an out.

Layer some of the off-cut sheets

and die-cuts onto the front cover

of the album. Add the ribbon half

way and slide through the keyhole

embellishment. Add a piece

of ribbon to the back cover too.

Tip: Make sure the ribbon is long
enough to make a bow.

Fussy cut some of those pretty flowers

and adhere with tape. Add some more

flat flowers and decorate with

matte pearl gems.

Tip: Mark the front cover lightly with
a pencil to make sure the keyhole
embellishment gets placed on the
right page. Mark the back cover too,
remember this page does not need
to be decorated.

Cut 4 strips from the pattern sheets

for the small strips of chipboard.

Add some extra ribbon through

the pink bow and make another bow.

Mat the title onto some extra black

chipboard. Add fussy cut

butterflies.

Fussy cut some of the wording pieces

from the Grow with Love sheet and use

these as embellishments for the frames.

Tip: Do not add bulky embellishments,
(I normally get carried away with this haha)
it will be a struggle to close the album.