Christmas Decor using a Mini Album

Happy Wednesday Bo Bunny fans!  Juliana here to share some hand made Christmas decor using a mini album.  Yes, you read correctly, I used a mini album to create some festive Christmas decor.  I used the new Blitzen Mini Album to create five decorative pieces that can be hung anywhere in your home, including on your Christmas tree. They could also easily be strung on a ribbon and used as a banner on your mantle.

I choose five of the chipboard pages from the Blitzen Mini Album to create them.  I used the pre-printed image on some of them to inspire my decoration and embellishment.

Obviously, it would have been a lot faster to use these images as they were and just dress them up a bit with some glitter and jewels.  I however, wanted to do more with my hands, so I decided to step it up a bit.  I used various chipboard pieces from the Blitzen 12 x 12 Chipboard to layer and decorate each piece.
 

I dressed each on up a bit using pearl pen, jewels, ink, crackle paint, glitter glue and ribbon.

I used my Cricut to die cut shapes such as the holly leaves on the Two Turtle Doves piece, the snowflake on the Blitzen piece and the poinsettia on the Stocking piece. I also used various punches to create decorative borders on several of them.

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Blitzen 6 x 6 paper pad, 12 x 12 Chipboard, Buttons, Jewels, Cardstock Stickers, and Mini Album

I hope you enjoyed this series of Christmas decor pieces and that you found them inspiring as you create some fun Christmas decor for your home this holiday season!

Christmas Cheer

With Thanksgiving behind us we are all trying to beat the Christmas holiday rush!  Getting your shopping done, presents wrapped and decorated, sending cards....it's a fun but hectic time of year.  I love making my own Christmas cards and usually sit down and make them all at once, usually the day after Thanksgiving.  I'm not much for hectic shopping and to kick off the Christmas season I like to unwind and create, do a little decorating and just chillax! Do you make your cards or do you buy them?  I've noticed over the years, fewer and fewer people send cards at all.  I'm old school and love getting Christmas cards, especially handmade cards, theree's just something so special about a handmade card.

The Bo Bunny team has been busy creating their Christmas cards and they are all guaranteed to inspire you to create your own!!

First up is Tara Orr, Tara's cards are all made with the Blitzen Collection.

Holiday Cards

Tara Orr

 

Chipboard: Blitzen

Jewels: Blitzen

Patterned Paper:Turtle Doves, Snow Globe, Patchwork, Cut Outs/Blitzen

Card Kit: Blitzen

Noteworthy: Blitzen

Noteworthy: Welcome Home

Buttons: Blitzen

Trinkets: Blitzen

Trim: Timepiece

Wishing you joyous holiday season

By Luzma

Supplies List:

Double Dot paper:Wine Dot,Evergreen Dot

Rub Ons: Father Christmas

Trinkets: Father Christmas

Jewels: Father Christmas

6X6 paper pad: Father Christmas

Compliments of the Season by Romy Veul

Bo Bunny Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Postcards/ Noel

6 x 6 Paper Pad: Father Christmas

Noteworthy: Father Christmas

Stickers: Father Christmas Layered Stickers

Rub-Ons: Father Christmas

Buttons: Father Christmas

Jewels: Father Christmas

Blitzen Mini Album

Have you checked out the Bo Bunny Mini Albums?  

They are so terrific!  The different shapes of them make them so fun and I LOVE that they are ready to decorate!!  Isn't it great to start with perfectly coordinated minis that are ready to decorate? 

GOTTA LOVE THAT!

I chose to use the Blitzen Album for these precious pictures of a trip to Santa's Wonderland.

Santa's Wonderland
by Robbie Herring

There are a lot of pages in this mini, so I didn't do close-ups.  I'll be sharing some tips after each of the pages though, so just keep scrolling along.



Tips: 
To make the scalloped border stickers follow the curve of the tree, I just used powder to get rid of the sticky backing and then gave a little pinch in the center of each scallop.
Attaching ric rac and trim is easy when you use the right glue!  Use Fabri-Tac by Beacon to attach.  It dries clear and it dries fast! 



Tip:
You can see from this picture that there are a LOT of things going on with this album.  Sometimes, using a lot of layers, trims, bows and pop dots can make your album a bit difficult to handle and turn correctly.  If that is the case, the fix is simple!  Just get a larger ring to use at the top. 



Tip:
To get the nice white outline on this page, I first used a white Souffle Pen and then added a thin line of glitter glue right over the top.



Tip: 
Use foam dots to get the layers on the flower.  I cut and extra flower to give myself 3 layers.  The poinsettias are included in the awesome Noteworthy package.
I only put in four holes, one at each corner, for the black floss border.  Just use tape on the back to keep everything flat. 



Tip:
Think about layering similar images.  I really liked how adding the chipboard reindeer using foam dots added interest to this page.  Using foam dots also allowed me to layer the twine and flourish chipboard more easily.



Tips:
Use Souflee and Glaze pens to draw on stitches.  I also backe the large tag with patterned paper, so it would look nice when you flip to the next page.
Mix up letter stickers with rub-ons to easily tell the story.



Tip:
To make the Blitzen letter stickers show better on the striped background, I stuck them to some lightly inked chipboard letter stickers from the Et Cetera collection.  The fonts are the same, but the size is a bit different so it worked perfectly.



Tip: 
The die cut is from the Noteworthy.  Because it is the same on both sides, I just folded it in half so that the other side would look nice, too! 
I made a hole through the album page to attach the brad.  You will see on the other side that I cover the hole with a bow.



Tip:
You can see the Noteworthy behind the wreath and see how the bow covers up the hole and the prongs on the brad.



Tip:
To attach the twine, just pull up on the heart part of the layered chipboard, tie the twine and use a touch of glue to secure the heart back in place.



Tip:
Why not use lots of different alphabets to tell part of the story?  I used Blitzen and Welcome Home stickers.  I also used Blitzen Rub-ons and a couple of misc. rub-ons, too.



Tip:
Tie on little extras to the bottoms of bows.  Here I used a little Christmas heart and in other places, I used jingle bells.



 Tip:
Don't forget to finish it off!  For the backside, I just used a bit more trim and ribbon and added the date. It's a nice way to add the date or any other little details that you might not have put inside.

Bo Bunny Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper:  Blitzen
Double Dot Paper:  Wild Berry Dot, Aquamarine Dot and Avacado Dot
6x6 Paper Pad:  Blitzen
12x12 Chipboard:  Blitzen and Et Cetera
Layered Chipboard:  Blitzen
Combo Stickers:  Blitzen and Welcome Home
Stickers:  Blitzen
Brads:  Blitzen
Buttons:  Blitzen
Noteworthy:  Blitzen
Rub-ons:  Blitzen
Jewels:  Blitzen and Welcome Home
Double Dot Ribbon:  Wild Berry, Chocolate, Aquamarine and Kiwi

Other Supplies:  Baker's Twine, Jingle Bells, Ric Rac, Pom Pom Trim, Misc. Word Rub-ons.

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