Pocket Pages with Agnus | Simple Stories Say Cheese | 6x8" inserts

Hello again :) I have more pages to share from my project life album using the fun 'Say Cheese III' collection along with some lovely gold foiled items from the store. 

I have created a couple of fun 6x8" inserts this week to document our annual trip to the forest to collect mushrooms as part of our May memories. My earlier pages have already showed you that these products are great for more than Disney themed pages alone and how well the colours and elements work with everyday photos too. 

I often use inserts to record special outings to help distinguish these occasions from the rest of my full sized pages, and because I liked the way the 6x8" insert worked in my previous post I decided to try two of them to give me plenty of room for our photos. 

 

I repeated the same format that I used for my earlier May pages and again utilized the acetate words and chipboard frames to create a consistent flow between the inserts and the full sized pages. 

I decided to stack the inserts vertically in my album and really like the way that each flip reveals more photos.

While I normally like to print the 3x4" photos at full size, forest lighting is never good and as a result I was left with a lot of different colour casts when I printed off the photos. To combat this problem I trimmed down the photos and mounted each one onto patterned paper which helps distract the eye from the various tints because of the background colours of the paper. 

Products from the Sassy store... Simple Stories Say Cheese III 3x4 Journal Card Elements Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III 4x6  Horizontal Journalling Card Elements Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III Dream Big 12x12 Paper  Simple Stories Say Cheese III Happy Place 12x12 Paper  Simple Stories Say Cheese III Smile, Click, Gotcha 12x12 Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III So Much Fun 12x12 Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III Enamel Dots Embellishments Simple Stories Say Cheese III Rotary Stamp Simple Stories Say Cheese III 4x6 Stickers 8 Pkg Simple Stories Say Cheese II Chipboard Frames Crate Paper Hello Love Gold Foil Heart Vellum  Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane Gold Foil Acetate Words Kaisercraft Weave Cardstock - Elephant Ears Simple Stories Sn@p Pocket Pages 6x8
               
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Pocket Pages with Agnus | May continued | Simple Stories Say Cheese

Hi :) I have another share using some fun items from 'Say Cheese III' collection by Simple Stories.

These pages document the second part of May, and as I showed in my previous post this range is definitely great for more than just Disney themed pages!  

I have used more of the gold foiled items from the store, including one of the acetate words whihc I split over two pockets for some extra interest.

I also backed more of the gorgeous gold foiled vellum with the grey cardstock to create a nice flow from my earlier pages. 

I loved the bright & bold journal cards from this collection and used a sprinkle of enamel dots to decorate the front of the card which I used to create an easy flip pocket. 

You can buy pre-made flip pockets, but cutting up one of your spare page protectors is an easy alternative. I used a craft knife and metal ruler to carefully cut around the edges of one 6x4" pocket ensuring that the top was around one inch longer. I then folded the top section and snipped off the sides at an angle before securing it to the back of the base card with double sided tape.  

6x8 inserts are great for adding cards, extra photos and other memorabilia to your album - I photographed the front of my little guy's handmade card and folded it so that his writing would be easily visible inside the page protector, however I slipped in a 6x4" section of patterned paper inside the pocket so that his sentiments would remain personal.  

I changed out some of the photo sizes on this page, but again aligned the placement to keep the page balanced. 

I kept my embellishments pretty minimal on these pages, using just a few chipboard frames, stickers from the 8 page sticker pack a few enamel dots and the rotary stamp to dress up some of my cards and photos. 

Products from the Sassy store... Simple Stories Say Cheese III 3x4 Journal Card Elements Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III 4x6  Horizontal Journalling Card Elements Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III Dream Big 12x12 Paper  Simple Stories Say Cheese III Happy Place 12x12 Paper  Simple Stories Say Cheese III Smile, Click, Gotcha 12x12 Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III So Much Fun 12x12 Paper Simple Stories Say Cheese III Enamel Dots Embellishments Simple Stories Say Cheese III Rotary Stamp Simple Stories Say Cheese III 4x6 Stickers 8 Pkg Simple Stories Say Cheese II Chipboard Frames Crate Paper Hello Love Gold Foil Heart Vellum  Heidi Swapp Magnolia Jane Gold Foil Acetate Words Kaisercraft Weave Cardstock - Elephant Ears Simple Stories Sn@p Pocket Pages 6x8             Thanks for stopping by xx