Stamped Vintage Floral Mini Album

This stamped vintage style floral mini album is one of my favorite projects to date and I am so happy to be sharing it with you.  I decided to do a book with all of my favorite flower stamps and dug through scraps of paper and piled up a rather unusual collection of neutrals and greens, but somehow they all ended up working together and I couldn't be any happier with the finished album.

The binding is a simple ring binding and the pages were all created envelope style.  The details for cutting and scoring can be found HERE.  There are instructions about a different binding in the document, but disregard that if you wish to do a simple ring binding as I've done.  I created five envelope style pages, each with an insert.  The covers are made from covered mat board.

One of the coolest parts of this album is the stem on this lovely purchased flower.  I took a long piece of wire and folded it in half several times, then twisted the layers together.  Then I wrapped washi tape around the wires at an angle all the way up, making sure the ends were completely covered.  I love the way it looks!  I created the "tape" to hold it down with pieces of scrapbook paper that I wrinkled and distressed.

Here you can see the opening page with the first insert.

Every page has layers and bits of papers, stamping, and sponging.

I used different colored green inks to bring out the variety found in the random papers.

This is my favorite page...

I did lots of wrinkling and splattering.

I tried to use the flowers in the paper to make up for the lack of stamps to fill every page.

This lotus stamp has always been a favorite Stampin' Up! stamp.  I liked the little circle overlap on this layout.

Besides, stamps, paper, string, and brads, I really didn't use a lot of "stuff" in this book, yet it is rich with texture.  It was fun to break out stamps I haven't used in ages to fill in the little empty spaces.

Another favorite page with totally different stamps combined to make one focal image.  Most of the text bits are by 7Gypsies.  The one that goes up the page and the crosshatch on the page before are by Stampington & Co.

I used the clipola on the front and back of this page.

I made this pocket from a bit of paper.

I tried to think of unique layouts, so some are offset.

And the last page.  I started and ended with this simple script paper.

And here are the pullouts.

Some staples as embellishment.  This green paper is over 10 years old and was one of my first Basic Grey paper pads!  :)

The yellows are from a new Authentique pad.

I fussy cut this flower.

On some pages I punched the pull out circles on the top or bottom to add interest and reduce bulk.

So what do you do with a stamp?  You put it with one, or two, or three, or forty others and join in the Use a Stamp STAMPtember Celebration at Simon Says Stamp!  I'm linking this mini to SSS Wednesday for the Use a Stamp challenge HERE and to Allsorts for their Lots of Layers challenge #327 HERE and to Craft Stamper Magazine for their Take a Stamp challenge HERE and to Word Art Wednesday for their 200th post celebration HERE.  Let me know what you think.  I so appreciate your comments. <3