Butterfly Mini Album featuring Katie Pertiet Designs In The Leaves collection.

 I just adore creating mini albums, and when I found this butterfly die set at a local garage sale for 1 dollar, the visions of what I could do with it ran through my head!!! Immediately, I knew I wanted to create a fall themed mini. Sorting through my Katie Pertiet Designs digital collections, I picked In The Leaves, which was originally designed as a paper collection for 49 and Market. It truly is a fabulous collection with all of the warm vibes of Autumn. Having the digital collection means I could print up what ever I need for my projects. 

I recently discovered Mix2Mold which is a ceramic resin powder that you mix with water for your silicone molds. I think I own all of the Prima Marketing Moulds, so I was excited that Mix2Mold created perfectly crisp castings. And I didn't even have to prep it with paint or gesso, I just mixed Lindys Gang Magical Shakers using Katie Pertiets Laurel Garden collection. The colors were perfect with the In The Leaves Collection!! Gorgeous rich fall colors! The Frames and leaves castings took the Magicals perfectly!! I am so excited at this finding! 

This is a view of the mini album opened up front, spine and back. I am so pleased about how it came together. 

This is the spine. Printing and fussing cutting was so easy to do. I also created printables with the digital  elements for my Silhouette Cameo. But I do find fussy cutting is relaxing to me, so I do it often. Nothing else to do while sitting in the carloop line for an hour!!

Here is the first page of the mini. I backed the frames and most of the elements with chipboard to give it a little dimension. I also did a lot of splattering on the pages with the Magical Shakers. This also leaves a bit of shimmer. 

I love all of the sentiments. In The Leaves also has a great collection leaves, butterflies and frames! 

More frames and butterflies!

The little acorns are so sweet as well. Mixing them in with the fall leaves makes the perfect little clusters. 

There are different styles of frames. Perfect for those little fall photos you might have.

I did use some Elizabeth Craft Design die cuts and tucked them here and there in the album. Angelica Turner designs the best floral dies for Elizabeth Craft Designs. And the Greenery Fillers are awesome. And if you know me, you know I love making flowers!! Once again, I colored the die cuts using the Magicals. Laurel Garden is a must have color collection. I love my Magical Shakers. 

More leaf clusters. 

For the little circle elements, I punched a hole on the top with my Cropadile, set an eyelet and strung some string through it. 

I love the little filmstrip frame. The beauty of digital is you can size the elements to any size you want to suit the size of your projects. 

You can also cut apart the sentiments to fit your space. 

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you shop Katie Pertiet Designs and start printing your favorite digital collections. 

Katie Pertiet Designs has hundreds of digital collections to choose from, for printing. There are many already designed for printables that will save you the work of doing it yourself. So many of the collections can be mixed and matched for a wide variety of projects. The possibilities are endless. 

In The Leaves digital collection is what I used for this mini album. 

Lindys Gang has  the most beautiful colors from Sprays to Magical Shakers and Powders to embossing powders. I'm obsessed!! Get Laurel Garden. It is a delightful collection of shimmery colors. 

Mix2Mold is now my go to for casting my molds. Mix with water and pour into your molds. Perfection!! 

Katie Pertiet Designs Curated Studio Mix 40 digital collection./Fall themed Mini album

Sometimes, digital papers can be printed to create your projects. Katie Pertiet Designs has the best digital collections that can be printed on paper to create with. I love creating mini albums. This mini album was created using Katie Pertiet Designs Curated Studio Mix 40. I love Autumn, and there are so many collections to choose from in the fall theme. I used Scrap Diva Designs Acorn die set. It is such a great die set. I'll have to make another!! So off to find another beautiful Autumn collection at Kate Pertiet Designs.

I love creating my own flowers because it gives me control over style and color. Printing up digital paper from the collection and printing the same color on both sides saves  me from coloring the flowers. I do enhance the colors using inks or my go to is Lindys Gang colors. Magicals are my favorite. And Katie Pertiet has her own color set that matches this paper collection perfectly. Laurel Garden has those colors that give you the Fall Vibes. The colors are beautiful and I have used them throughout this mini album. Even if they are just splatters!! 

There are 8 pages that include a front and back cover. Each page was such a pleasure to create. The collection I used had plenty of ephemera. If you are Photoshop savvy or familiar with a similar program, you can create printables and resize your ephemera any size you want. And if you have an electronic cutter, you can cut out the printable even faster. But for this collection, I fussy cut some of the elements while sitting in the carloop line at my granddaughters school. It passes the time quickly!! 

Each one of the pages has a tuck spot for a photo. Some of them are pullouts, and some you just cut your photo to size and tuck them in. Besides the digital elements, the smaller leaves were die cut from the Acorn die set. Cutting them from scraps of paper were perfect!! 

Here is a list of all of the products I used to create the mini album. The joy of using your own stash to add to the printable digital designs is that the possibilities are endless when creating. 

Lindys Stamp Gang Challenge/Katie Pertiet Designs/12x12 layout

 I love using digital elements for my paper projects, whether printing up and fussy cutting, or creating cut files for my Silhouette Cameo. This layout was inspired by the beautiful ARToptions Viken dragonflies. I created a cut file with many sized dragonflies, and I know I will use them often! When I saw the July Challenge for Lindys, I knew I had to enter. Purple and green are 2 of my favorite colors. And who doesn't love Books and Magic,  which is the theme. But the Dragonflies are what inspired me to create this design. They come from the Viken Collection which I created a cut file for. Now I have them in lots of sizes. 

It all started with a sheet of 12x12 white cardstock. Stenciled using modeling paste, brushed with clear gesso, and sprayed and splattered  with Lindys Magical Shakers. The stitching in the corners are KPD digital images. This is the base of the layout. 

The little book was created wrapping chipboard with paper, lining is as if you were making a mini album, then added a few blank pages to the inside and adhered the middle of the pages to the spine, and fluffing and staggering the pages. The title strip came from the KPD ARToption Viken collection. 

The frames are a KPD digital elements from the Vintage Makers collection that I converted to a cut file and cut them on my Silhouette Cameo. I layered 2 frames and popped them up using corrugated cardboard. I used the Lindys Magicals on small pieces of cheesecloth and tucked them under the frames. 

I started with both lavender and white flowers and used the Lindys Magicals to color the flowers. The same colors I used for the background on the layout.  The dragonflies were printed up from digital, and fussy cut then enhanced with Lindys gold using a paintbrush I also painted the edges of the book pages and parts of the flowers. Under the printed dragonflies are Prima acetate dragonflies for extra dimension. You could easily print the dragonflies on printer acetate and layer them under the paper dragonflies.   I love that the KPD ARToptions Viken solids paper #2 is designed like watercolors, I used it to die cut the leaves without having to color them except for some Lindys gold to make them shimmer. 

Products used:

*Prima Marketing Flowers 590024 (retired)

*Prima Marketing Stencil/ Secret Letters

*Recollection Flowers white

Lindys Stamp Gang Products used /Pemberly Pride Purple/Polka Purple Magical Shaker/California Poppy Gold/Lizzys Cuppa Tea Teal

KPD Stamped Stitches #11https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/stamped-stitches-11-brushes-and-stamps/

KPD Vintage Makers Scrapbook Bundle : Frames and leaves https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/vintage-makers-scrapbook-bundle/

KPD Viken: Dragonflieshttps://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/artoptions-viken-transfers-01/

KPD Vintage Artistry In The Leaves: Solid#2 (used to die cut leaves)https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/vintage-artistry-in-the-leaves-solids-paper-pack/

KPD Viken Scrapbooking Bundle: title strip titlehttps://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/artoptions-viken-scrapbook-bundle/

Katie Pertiet Designs ARToptions MIni Mix 33 Bundle

 Can you imagine a never ending supply of your favorite paper collections?? Imagine no more. As long as you purchase digital collections, you have them forever, and can print as many times as you want. I use Katie Pertiet Designs digitals in my projects. Printing what I need to complete each one. And no worries if you dont have a printer that prints in 12x12 format. I use 8.5x11 inch printed sheets to create my projects. For this 12x12 layout, I printed up Transfer 1 digital from ARToptions Minimix 33 and cut it diagonally and used a piece of 12x12 white cardstock to adhere it to. I machine sewed around the edges of the layout using straight stitching and zig zag. 3 rows all around. The frame is a Prima resin frame that I poured, coated in white gesso, and used Lindys Stamp Gang Magical Shakers for color, topping it with some gold wax matching the colors in the papers. 

The ARToptions Minimix 33 Bundle has everything you need in a collection to create a project. I ran some images in photoshop creating a page that I could fussy cut images from. Word strips and buttterflies in abundance11 You can even create a print and cut for your Silhouette, Cricut or any print and cut machine. Katie Pertiet Designs has so many collections that already have print and cuts that you can use in your electronic cutting machines to make it easier. But even those who love to fussy cut will find a world of designs at your disposal.  

I found this gorgeous bird from the Birdsong Print and Cut Pack 03, image 39, and it matched perfectly. I used scraps from the collections to create rolled roses. Love that you can use just scraps. 

I created all of the flowers on this layout. I printed up papers From Minimix 12 images 5 and 7, and the Classic Pooh Friends Like You Solids Paper Pack image #3.  I printed on both sides of a 8.5x11 inch cardstock and die cut flowers using various dies in my stash. Once the flowers were assembled I used fine glitter to make them glimmer. 

I love creating my own flowers, because I get to choose shape, style, size and color. Katie Pertiets collections in the shop make it so easy to do this. With so many solids in paper collections, there is always something to mix and match to perfection! 

Art Options Mini Mix 33 Bundle

Bird Song Print and Cut Pack 03

Classic Pooh Solids Paper Pack

Arden Creative Studio new collection Hidden Creek designed by Katie Pertiet

 Hello Lovelies!! It has been a while since I created a layout, and I was a little rusty until Hidden Creek was on my desk!  Katie Pertiet has designed a gorgeous new collection for Arden Creative Studio. The collection is full of all of those hidden gems you would find by a quiet creek in the woods. Fern, butterflies, wild flowers, and those tiny bugs that are oh so cute!! Yes, bugs can be cute! 

Last year, we started raising Monarch Butterflies. The photos in the layout are of my grandaughter holding one of the newly hatched Monarchs. 

I started with mounting a 12x12 paper from the pad on a piece of  cardboard but did not adhere a small vertical strip. i peeled that part back and tucked in a strip of corrugated cardboard. The frames were created using 2 retired Sizzix BIGZ dies that I layered. I adhered the frames to the base, then the fun began decorating the layout. 

The little bugs in the Ephemera pack are just to cute. I fussy cut the white edge out, and used a ball stylus to round them out. I used a black sharpie to color the legs and popped them onto a leaf using a small pop dot underneath. I strung the laser cut pendant with some jute. 

I added some of my favorite elements, and created my own flowers to match the papers perfectly. I love adding a little texture to my layouts, and this time, used some peeled back corrugated cardboard that I distressed with white acrylic paint. 

Look at the delicate laser cut darling Damselfly. I just glued her onto the flower. I created the flowers using some of my favorite floral dies. Do you have a favorite paper collection, and want the perfect flowers to match?? I grabbed Katie Pertiet Designs digital Dirty Linens Autumn Paper Pack, printed one of the teal colors on both sides of a piece of 110lb cardstock, die cut and created the perfect flowers. No need to ink if your using digital papers. I did use some Vintage Photo Distress ink on the edges to give them a little bit of depth. The fern are all die cut from the Fern Valley Die set created for the Hidden Creek collection. I can see using this die for many years to come.

The blue flowers were die cut from a retired Sizzix Susans Garden Black Eyed Susan die. The middle  of the flower was done using a McGill sun punch. I punched 5 suns and layered them together scrunching them up. The white flowers are an Elizabeth Crafts die designed by Angelica Turner. Wild Flower 2 using a ball stylus to shape, and the middle was done with a Floral 9 die and slit each petal into 2 making the petal thinner. I then added Prills to the middle. 

Hidden Creek is a beautiful collection. There is so much more to this collection. My favorite online store to get my scrapbooking supplies is A Cherry On Top. They have everything you need!!!Including the complete line of Hidden Creek. 

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Love Mini Album featuring Katie Pertiet Design digital collections.

 Who said that you have to wait for Valentines Day to create projects about Love....No one ever!! This little mini was created using a few different digital collections from Katie Pertiet Designs that I printed to create my mini. There are so many printables in the shop, and if you have an electronic cutting machine, you wont stop using it!! And if you don't have one, the collections are a fussy cutters dream! Click here https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/shop/ for Katies shop. Sign up and  create an account, and get started using her gorgeous designs. From papers, to ephemera, to digital stamps and so much more, you wont know what to purchase first! 

For the cover, I used 49 and Market beautiful flowers. I added 4 metal page corner embellishments for a little glitz. 

The mini album is my take on a sweet mini Amber Michell (bambidearr} created. Amber is so inspiring when it comes to sweet little minis!! 

 

I love the spine, as book rings hold the pages in the  mini, and then you can hang beautiful dangles on the outside. Even lots of lush ribbons would look gorgeous!  I have a plethora of beads, so I created dangles. I also used leather fringe tassels. I created charms using the ephemera sentiment circles, placed a piece of chipboard in the middle and sandwiched 2 sentiments. I used gold paint on the edges, put a gold eyelet at top using my Cropadile and attached it to the top book ring using a bulb pin, and the other charm I hung from a dangle I created using letter and crystal beads. 

I also created the little pink charm using a gold bezel, the heart was cut from one of the the papers then topped with an acrylic half dome. I bent back one of the loops on the bezel, and put a jump ring through it. I love creating dangles and charms for mini albums. 

There are so many things you can use to adorn your pages. I created little envelopes using my We R Memory Makers envelope punch board and adhered it to the page. Before I attached it, I added the string to close the envelope once attached. I topped this one using the Bolt Heart Butterfly Bow die from ScrapbookDiva Designs. 

Each page in the mini is a pocket. I created a card to slide into each pocket. They make great photo mats! 

Here is the card out of the pocket, and I also created small envelopes with cards to slide into the pocked as well. 

Leave the flap of the little envelope outside the pocket. 

Here is another mini envelope attached to one of the pages.

Dont glue the envelope together. Using the string to close it. All 4 flaps will open to reveal a little surprise, whether its a photo, journaling or a little love note, its up to you! 

In the back inside cover, Using the Tim Holtz Heartbeat die, I created a paper covered chipboard heart to hold another love letter. I die cut the heart rhythm, glued it on the heart and sprinkled it with glitter. 

I created a slide out card. The back was left plain to add your own journaling or love letter! 

I put 7 pages into the album. There is room for more. 

Katie Pertiet Digital collections used:

My Vintage Valentine

https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/?s=my+vintage+valentine&post_type=product&title=1&excerpt=0&content=0&categories=1&attributes=0&tags=1&sku=1&orderby=date-DESC&ixwps=1

Vintage Artistry Blush
https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/vintage-artistry-blush-bundle/

ARToptions Mini Mix 25
https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/artoptions-mini-mix-25/

ARToptions Rouge
https://www.katiepertietdesigns.com/store/index.php/product/artoptions-rouge-paper-pack-02/