So, I’m on a mini-album kick and the Monthly Ribbon Club Assortments from Really Reasonable Ribbon are the PERFECT embellishment for your minis. You get a collection of ribbon in two widths that all work perfectly together, so there is no thinking needed! Just grab a coordinating paper pad and get to work.

I have another beach themed mini that I will share with you real soon that I made using the June Ribbon Club Assortment. Great for those beach vacation photos!

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The May and June assortments each contain 9 styles and a total of 18 yards of ribbon. Each monthly assortment is a color or holiday themed collection of ribbon. What a fun way to build your ribbon stash and try new ribbon styles.

We have a big family picnic on the 4th of July weekend each year, so I decided to make this mini album to hold some of the photos from this year. I had a 6 x 6 patriotic paper collection that has been collecting dust for several years and it worked great for this mini.

I am just starting to play around with minis, so I’m still working on page construction. Once I get things a little more organized in my head, I will share some tutorials for different types of pages and ribbon embellishment.

I made the pages on this album flip out, so it almost doubles the amount of space for photos. If you use all the pages and tags, you can put 7 photos on each page and still have room to journal on the backs. With 5 pages, that’s 35 photos you can easily add. Even more if you skip the writing and add photos to the backs of the pull out pieces as well.

I also strongly recommend Scor-Tape for mini album construction. I use it for many things including attaching the pages to the binding and the binding to the cover and it’s very strong and secure.

I love the flag design paper on the back cover and all the perky ribbons peeking out the top and sides. I even added a year medallion on the spine so we remember what year the photos are from. I fussy cut the design paper and you can see I got ‘4th of July’ showing on the bottom.

My bi-color bow was created on my Bow-it-All V3.0 Tool with two of the 5/8″ ribbon styles from the May Ribbon Club Assortment from Really Reasonable Ribbon. This bow is just my favorite bow for any project!

For a video tutorial on how to create this pretty bow, please click HERE.

I’m entering my mini album in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create #198 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #288/289 – Anything Goes
Creative Moments #120 – ATG with Optional Flag Day
Crafty Creations #344 – Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #128 – Any Holiday
Inspiration Destination #130 – Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts #37 – ATG with option of use die cuts
Deep Ocean Challenge #157 – Die Cuts, Chipboard and/or Punches
TTCRD – Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #181 – Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart #164 – Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff – Try Something New (mini albums are new for me)
Addicted to Stamps #150 – Flowers
My Time to Craft #348 – Summertime
Scrap & Craft #4 – Anything Goes with String, Twine or Ribbon
Aud Sentiments – Bingo and a Sentiment (pattern paper, 3D item, ribbon)

Supplies:
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon May Ribbon Club Assortment
Digital Sentiment: Etsy Ashe Designs
Dies: Spellbinder Labels 21, Shortie Tags; Cheery Lynn Designs Tea Rose Medium, Floral Bouquet Kit
Design Paper: Pebbles Americana 6 x 6 paper pad
Zutter Bow-it-All V3.0
Adhesives: Scor-Tape, Sobo Glue, Scotch Advanced Tape Glider, Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, E6000
Martha Stewart Edge punch
White Mulberry paper
Ink: Distress Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy; Momenta Nautical Blue

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Sheryl Hare on June 23, 2017 at 10:40 am

Bonnie, you really have these mini albums nailed! I love this! What a perfect way to capture those memories.
Glad you stopped by at 613 Avenue Create.
Hugs Sheryl DT member xx
Heather R on June 23, 2017 at 10:43 am

This is so cute! I love mini albums too and need to make more of them. Thanks for playing along with UYS!
Jo on June 24, 2017 at 12:15 am

Bonnie this is a gorgeous patriotic mini! Love the papers so much, so fun and so patriotic! The ribbons go perfectly together with this paper assortment! You did an amazing job with this album hon! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs,
Jo
Billie A on June 24, 2017 at 1:38 pm

Beautiful. I love the front cover and all of our pages are well thought out and this album is so creative. The flower on the front are stunning.
Tina on June 25, 2017 at 8:36 am

Another gorgeous mini album – very talented!!

Thanks for playing along at Aud Sentiments,

Hugz Tinz
Randi Thorsen on June 25, 2017 at 11:26 am

Beautiful mini album! Thank you for sharing with Scrap and Craft!
God luck! 🙂
Hugs, Randi DT
Gale on June 26, 2017 at 9:24 pm

Beautiful patriotic album! Love the flowers. Thank you for sharing with us at The Crafty Addicts and we hope to see you again soon. Hugs, Gale DT
Jana on June 27, 2017 at 1:09 am

Bonnie, the album is so creative. I may make one myself. Thank you for joining us over at Crafty Gals Corner Challenge. Hope you can join us again soon and best of luck! Jana DT/CGCC
- Bonnie Garby on June 27, 2017 at 9:08 am
  
  Thanks so much Jana. I’m so glad you like the album. I’d be honored if you like it so much that you make a similar one for yourself. I’d love to see it if you do. Happy crafting!
Sollan on August 19, 2017 at 2:04 pm

Completely stunning album!I love the colours.Thanks for joining us over at Creative Moments Challenges. Please join in with us again. We hope you will come back and play with us again. Good Luck with the challenge. Sollan member of the DT.

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