You & Me Always Together Mini Album

Stella and Rose Gertie Collection

You & Me Always Together Mini Album

Instruction Sheet

{Supplies}

Album: Lush, Brown

Remember Stamps Stella Rose

Lush Green & Brown Chipboard Alpha Letters

1-Delightful Blossom Die
2- Delightful Sweet Stripe

2-Friends Forever Tapestry

2-Friends Forever Petals

2-Girly Diamonds

2-Little One Darling Dots

2-You & Me Numbers

1-You & Me Ornamental

1-Little One Transparent Frame

1-Delightful Trims

1-Memories Trims

1-Little One Label Stickers

1-Delightful Decorative Brads

1-Friends Forever Title

1-You & Me Title

1-Friends Forever Buttons

Basic information & Notes: All pages are cut and trimmed to fit Brown Lush Album; and are inked in Tim Holtz’ Walnut Distress Ink.

{Cover} You and Me Always Together

Cut and trim Delightful Blossom Die to fit cover. Using ledger side of Darling cut one Baroque shape {with Tim Holtz’ Shape Mover Baroque Photo Corners for ribbon}. Punch 2-3/4” Circle of You & Me Numbers. Punch out 2 medium and 1 small of a six petal flower. Next, punch out 1 Martha Stewart Seal of brown side of Girly Diamonds for center. Also punch out a circle of No. 2 from You and Me Number paper. Assemble flower and use a pop dot under small flower to pop it up. Cut You and Me Title embellishment into three sections and set aside. Cut a 2” strip of brown side of Girly Diamonds to use with Tim Holtz’ Paper Rosette die. Then cut paper rosette, fold and adhere where ends meet with two-sided tape. Cut a 7.5 x 1.5 strip of Delightful Sweet Stripe (DSS) and punch scallop border across top. Cut Memories Turquoise Twill Ribbon in half. Cut a long piece of cream color thread. Take out one Forever Friends button; thread string through buttonholes and tie bow on backside of button. Now you can begin to assemble the embellishments for album cover. Adhere the scalloped strip of DSS across the album cover, next slide Baroque die over the ribbon, and then adhere the ribbon across DSS. Place the top and bottom pieces of You and Me allowing room for the middle to line up later. Adhere. Next, place your rosette center of the words … two peas, etc. Adhere. Then place the center of the You and Me on top, directly in line with the other two pieces. Adhere. Now you will use the second piece of twill ribbon to tie a bow {no knot}. Adhere You & Me Numbers Circle, tucking it slightly behind scallop trip and Baroque die. Adhere flower. Lastly, adhere Turquoise Twill Ribbon Button Bow with glue dot.

Page 2 {inside cover} Stefani and page 3 Grace. {Photos are 4x6}

Cut and trim to fit page: two (2) of the Ledger side of Little One for both the inside cover {page 2} and page 3. Cut two strips 1.5x8 of Little One dotted paper {reverse of ledger}. Adhere. Cut two strips 1.5x6” of brown side of Girly Diamonds. Punch one side with EK Success Notch Border Punch. Adhere to photo. Then, adhere photos to respective page{s}. Using Lush Green Chipboard Alpha Letters, spell out name of child in photo. Adhere to outer side of photo. Punch two flowers from Little One dotted side with EK Success 5-petal flower punch. Cut two 1” circle from Little One dotted side. Next, cut two 1-1/4 circles from ledger side of Little One. To assemble flowers: Use a pop dot under the circles, and then add small green flower chipboard from Lush Green Chipboard Alpha on top, center. Adhere to upper corners of photo.

Pages 4 No Fair & 5 say cheese {Photos 4x6}

Cut and trim to fit pages: two (2) Friends Forever. Page 4 is blue flower; and Page 5 is the yellow tapestry. Stamp lace on the reverse side of You and Me Numbers, and cut out.

On page 4: Cut a 7x.75 strip of Forever Friends Tapestry, Adhere to bottom of page, but leave enough room for stamped lace cutout. Cut a 6.5x1 strip of Friends Forever Petals {dots}, adhere to left hand side of page, center. Adhere cut out stamped lace slightly tucking it under Friends Forever Tapestry {this lace will need to line up with your photo}. Take your Little One Transparent Frame adheres and overlaps on your Friends Forever Petals {dots}. Adhere your photo onto transparent frame; offset so only the left and top of transparency show. Adhere the brown lush chipboard letters to create “no fair” just above the photo, and next to the Friends Forever Petals {dots} strip. Lastly, punch out 2 medium six-petal flowers, and two small ones in Forever Friends Tapestry. Punch out two circles, 1-1/4” and 5/16th for the centers of the flowers. The third flower will use a button. Cut a long piece of cream color thread, and thread buttons, one with a bow {instructions above} and one with the hole threaded. Assemble the flowers.

On Page 5: Cut a strip 6 x3.5 of Forever Friends Tapestry {dots} and round lower right hand corner. Punch out one (1) 2-3/4” circle of FFT using reverse side, adhere just behind upper right hand corner of 6x3.5 strip and adhere both to page. Cut a 6.5 x 3.5 piece of Forever Friends Tapestry to frame part of your photo. Adhere to photo. Find your “say cheese” sticker from Little One Label Stickers, cut end to resemble a banner. Adhere photo and sticker to photo, overlapping onto dotted paper. Using Stampin’ Up Designer Label Punch, punch one and fold in half. Cut a piece of cream color thread and thread button, adhere to folded label and adhere to side of photo. Cut one medium six-petal flower from Forever Friends Tapestry; and two 1-1/4” circles from Tapestry {dots} and Girl Diamonds {brown}. Assemble flower and adhere.

Pages 6 & 7 {6-Sequence Photos 2x3} Fun Times Together

These two pages are actually the covers of the Lush Brown Album.

On page 6: Adhere the Brown Lush Chipboard Alpha Letters to create “Fun Times.” Cut a double row x 10 numbers from You and Me Numbers, adhere. Cut a strip 6x2 of You and Me Numbers, using the reverse side. Using Martha Stewart Doily border punch, punch out border, center and adhere to number rows. Next, adhere your 4 sequence photos.

On page 7: Adherethe Brown Lush Chipboard Alpha Letters to create “together.” Punch out a McGill Tall Ticket from You and Me Numbers. Adhere you two sequence photos. Punch out two butterflies from Stampin’ Up! Butterfly punch. Cut a long piece of thread, thread a button and tie a bow on the bottom on the button. Punch out two Martha Stewart Seals, one in Girly Diamonds brown, and one in Little One Darling Dots ledger. Using Tim Holtz’ Flowers, die cut out one medium and one small flower; then cut in half. Using a circle punch, you will cut out two 1” circles in Little One Darling Dots Ledger and then again taking your punch, you will cut into the circle again to create leaves for your flowers. You will also need to cut out a number too for the center of the flower. Assemble your flowers, one center will be a brad and the other will be the punched out seal and number. Adhere the flowers to the existing stems on page. Next, assemble your butterflies; adhere to brown seal and then to tall ticket. Tuck ticket just behind photo, to the right. Finish with button on top of butterflies. Optional: Journaling.

Pages 8 Jump & 9 {Photos 1-4x6; and 4-2x3’s}

Cut and trim two (2) of You & Me Number paper to fit. Page 8 will be numbered patterned paper; and Page 9 will be the reverse.

On Page 8: Cut an 8.5x2 strip, using the reverse side of You and Me Number paper. Then use Martha Stewart loop border punch, punch border on one side, adhere and trim to fit page, and lining up after first row of numbers. Adhere 4x6 photo center of numbers. Cut a 8.5x1 strip of Little One Darling Dots Ledger paper, adhere and trim to fit page, right hand side. Cut a tall ticket in Little One Darling Ledger; adherethe Brown Lush Chipboard Alpha Letters to create “jump.” Cut a Martha Stewart Tag out of You and Me Number, reverse side. Tie tag with cream color thread to the letter “P.” Add brad with hand. Punch out a seal in Girly Diamonds brown and place under brad with a pop dot. Cut a scallop photo corner, and adhere to lower right hand corner of photo. Optional: Journaling.

On Page 9: Adhere your four (4) 2x3 photos.

Cut an 8.5x1.25 strip of Girly Diamonds brown. Adhere and trim to center of page. Cut a note card, adhere to page, center of the brown strip. }. Next cut a row of numbers 2x4. Adhere to the left side, overlapping onto brown strip. Now adhere your 4 sequence photos, but leaving room to place a tab just under the corner. Punch four (4 ) McGill Round Tabs, and with remaining scrap of number patterned paper, cut out numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Adhere numbers to tabs, then adhere next to the top of each sequencing photos {1, 2, 3, and 4}.

Pages 10 Forever Friends & page 11 Fun {Photos 1-4x6 and 2-3x5}

Cut and trim one (1) of Delightful Sweet Stripe to fit page 10.

Cut and trim one (1) Forever Friends Petals paper to fit page 11.

On Page 10: Cut an 8.5x2.75 strip of Forever Friends Petals {FFP}, adhere and trim to fit on left hand side of page. Take the Friends Forever banner embellishments and cut a slit from the red dot to red dot. Both lines. Slide over 4x6 photo, positioning at top of photo.

Adhere to page, slightly off center. Cut two 3x1.5” strips of FFP and punch border on one side with Martha Stewart Doily Border Punch. Slide into slit adhering to title, one border above and one below “Friends Forever.” Punch one scallop square in Little One Darling Ledger, punch one medium flower in Forever Friends Petal, and 1-1/4” circle of FFP. Use the banner date sticker from Little One Label Stickers, find the numbers of the date of your event and cut out, adhere to sticker. Assemble flower. Adhere all three on lower right hand corner of photo.

On Page 11: Punch out a note die, three 1-1/2” circles and one medium six-petal flower from Little One Darling Dots. Punch out three 2” scallop circles, one 1-1/4” circle and a small heart from reverse side of Little One Darling Dots {ledger}. Cut the note, circles and scallops all in half. Take one-half of each note die and attached to outer side of each photos. Adhere the two (2) 3x5 photos, tilted to page. Assemble flower and circle. Insert brad that says .25 just off center of flower. Adhere where the two photos cross at bottom of page. Next, cut a 8” piece of the large zig zag turquoise ribbon from Delightful Trims and adhere to page, leaving approximately 1” of room from top. Now you can make your banner by adhering the half circles to the half scallop circles, you will only three, discard the other 3 halves. Using a 1/16” hole punch, punch a hole on each topside of circle. Using the Green Lush Chipboard Alpha spell out “fun” and adhere one letter to each half. Cut a long piece of thread and thread through three halves allowing a little room in between each half circle, and on the ends to tie bows. Adhere banner using pop dots on top of Delightful Trim zig zag ribbon. Tie bows. Next using the last two smaller flowers from the Green Lush Chipboard Alphas, insert a red brads from Delightful Decorative Brads through the hole of each flower {2}. Very carefully, insert brads into corners of banner. Then punch a hole in heart, and insert brad and place on the “U” of fun.

Back Cover

Cut and trim one of You & Me paper to fit back cover.

Enjoy your album full of FUN memories!