June 26, 2023

You & Me Mini Album - Graphic 45

Hello Everyone, I am so honored to be among such a talented group of crafters, from around the globe. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Karan Gerber, and I reside on an Island in Northern Ontario, Canada, called St. Joseph Island. My husband, family and I moved here two years ago after buying 10 acres of waterfront property in 2018. We began building in 2019 and moved north, 9 hrs from what was our previous home for 26 years, to be on the shores of Lake Huron, and here we have built our dream home.

I am the mom of two young men, and we have two furry family members. I love the country, and I prefer small towns to big cities. I enjoy fishing, hiking, and the outdoors. I have been paper crafting for a long time and have always loved Graphic 45 Papers and am so thrilled to be here to share my projects with you. Feel free to follow me here on my socials

Today is my first post with Graphic 45 as a Brand Ambassador for the 2023-2024 Year. I am thrilled to share with you a Mini Album I designed from using the new P.S I Love You Collection. I love Mini Albums, I love building them from scratch, and adding lots of flips, and photo mats, and pockets. It was fitting that my first project be a mini album.

We had attended two family weddings last fall and I had access to family photos and knew right away I wanted to create with the PS I Love You Collection for this very reason. Starting with Black cardstock and Graphic 45 Chipboard to build my base,

I knew I wanted to add lots of photos, so I wanted to be sure my base would hold all that I had in mind for the album

The Inside front cover boosts tag photo flips which were designed using the tag die, I added an overlay Tag with a magnet to hold all the photos and journal cards in place.And to add even more photo space, i designed the mini album to be able to hold a side pocket pull out on every page.

Page 1 has a side photo flip which opens up to four more photo flips, lots of room for added photos. I added in photos a family wedding and fell in love with this collection even more. I cut all the Journal cards and photo mats from both the 8x8 and the 12 x 12 collection, and blended in some of the gorgeous patterns and solids. This entire collection is just so fantastic.