This album is for an upcoming baby girl. I know her mom isn’t too fond of pink or frills but loves purple, teal and other bright, non-pastel colors. The baby’s room is beach themed. Our Under the Sea stamp set worked perfectly for the simple album that I created.
It was so SIMPLE! I started on page 50 & 51 of the Artbooking handbook with the 8x6” baby album. I set my Cricut dial to 8” and started cutting. I cut every mini-album element on page 50-51 aside from the lion and giraffe. I started assembling the pages and creating the book. I then went back and added elements from other pages to fill in the “gaps” and add personality to the book.
I’ve explained what I added to each below:
On the cover I added this cute banner that I found on page 85. I believe I cut it at 8” instead of the 11” suggested for a 12x12 layout in the handbook. I used scraps of paper to fill in the banner.
![Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-n00h0Uin4Fo/UgT_TX_UCsI/AAAAAAAAEE8/MvuTaedCrAI/P1060572_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
On page 2, I added the scalloped film strip that I found page 27. I say 27 because I love how we have all the shapes shown in a quick view guide at the beginning of the handbook. It ultimately led me to pg 78. It’s for 2x2 photos on a 12” layout. The handbook indicated that I could cut it at 11” (NO real-dial-size) and it would be perfect! I know that there’s a couple of these film strip cuts. I picked this one to keep the scallop theme. The cute tags, pocket, and lattice were all cut at 8” because they were already part of the baby album. I grabbed “Sweet” from page 49 and cut it 8” as well.
![Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TxZZNbKr_7s/UgT_VP4LSBI/AAAAAAAAEFM/S_hHXmnFxQw/P1060573_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
The borders and overlays fit perfectly! No trimming required.
![Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris starfish, whale Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ni2mH0-uJpg/UgT_WWJPKrI/AAAAAAAAEFc/Tz5IrCmaYQk/P1060576_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
The palm tree is from the 12” beach layout on page 67. I looked at the example layout on that page and decided it looked like the perfect size for my album. I moved the dial up to 11” and cut it. I didn’t want to use real dial size since the trunk and the palm fronds have to be cut in proportion with each other.
![palm tree, whale, baby, under the sea Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xEB-d7dTOxg/UgT_Xpg9ncI/AAAAAAAAEFs/EBmDi8rlN48/P1060577_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
I cut “family” from page 67. I used “fit to length” on this one to get it to fit on the tag. This was probably the most difficult part of the whole album. I wasn’t really sure what size I wanted. Decisions, decisions! I really liked having those decisions made for me!
![starfish, waves, smiles, pocket Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-semxJITz87M/UgT_Y-fp22I/AAAAAAAAEF8/CzrZA4y4eko/P1060578_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
For this scalloped page, I jumped to page 40 of the handbook and found another 8x6” mini-album! More fun pages to cut and they matched exactly!
![waves, glitz Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZRp7T--JnL0/UgT_Z4qghRI/AAAAAAAAEGM/v06snQF3qA0/P1060579_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
The wave frame were cut from the beach 12x12 layout on page 67. It was for a 5x7 picture on a 12” layout which would be way too big for my little 8x6 album. I wanted it only 4.5” wide so I used fit to length at 4”. I also cut additional waves from the border feature on that very same page, also cut in the same way. I added Stardust Glitz to the top most layer.
![P1060581 P1060581](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-03Y9GiBxcBc/UgT_a3P0pxI/AAAAAAAAEGc/F11b95fSKEI/P1060581_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
For the back page I used that same frame but cut even smaller.
![Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris Artbooking baby mini-album from CTMH by Lalia Harris](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lsgTvJ-MUSA/UgT_cEMfqrI/AAAAAAAAEGs/iReS8h6X_JE/P1060582_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800)
I bound the album with Lagoon baker’s twine. Don’t bind it too tight so the pages tear!
This album was truly a snap to put together. I can’t wait to make more! It was the perfect project for being on vacation because it was simple!
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This is just darling Laila! I have started one but haven't had the chance to complete it yet. Yours looks fabulous!
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