Hello, crafty friends! Antonia Sherlock here with a mini album I created using Paige’s Greenhouse cut file and her Garden Shoppe collection. My husband and I got into gardening this year and I wanted to document all the produce we grew throughout the year. And what better cut file to use than a Greenhouse!
I started by reducing the size of the cut file. After cutting it out from cardstock for the front cover, I modified it to form a house shape, which was slightly larger than the greenhouse outline.
I cut the house shape out of cardstock several times for the pages, and from chipboard for the front and back cover. This can easily be done using a paper trimmer or a cutting machine.
I used the Garden Shoppe collection to decorate my album – this is one of my favorite collections from Paige and it was perfect for this album as it has that autumn harvest vibe!
I decorated each page with a different patterned paper, using the less busy designs. I documented a different month on each page, starting with growing the seedlings on the window ledge and finishing with a page dedicated to my butterfly patrol officer.
I left a couple of pages unfinished, to document the September and October “harvests”. I needed two pages to document all the produce picked in August, and I ended up adding a mini envelope to hold all the photos!
If you like this idea, but can’t find the Garden Shoppe collection online, I would recommend having a look at the Happy Haven collection as a suitable alternative – with its garden theme and warm sentiments, it’s the perfect collection for a greenhouse mini album! I’m tempted to make another one using Happy Haven!
Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you find my mini album inspiring!
SUPPLIES: Patterned papers, die cuts, stickers, enamel dots: GARDEN SHOPPE; Cut file: Greenhouse by Paige Evans
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