I love making mini
albums. Not only do they hold a lot of photos, but they let me get creative
with pockets and flaps and a variety of colors and patterns.
My Daughter-In-Law
shared some beautiful pictures that she took last summer in a sunflower field and
my first thought was that the Graphic 45’s French Country collection that I’ve
been hoarding for a few years would be perfect.
For a base, I cut
two 8 ½” x 11” sheets of black cardstock down to 7 ¼” x 11” and taped them
together ½” from the edges, then trimmed the paper to create a length of 17”. I
scored the resulting piece at 5” and 5 ½” and 10 ½” and 11” where the paper is
taped together. One more scoring, at 16” created a small 1” flap at the end.
The album itself
is made up of a lot of layers of pattern paper with black cardstock matting
with chipboard in between to give it all a bit of dimension. To avoid messing
up, I built up each page on a base of 7” x 5” chipboard and didn’t adhere them
to the album until I had finished them all.
Before adding the
pages, I glued on spines made with ½” lengths of paper adhered to chipboard.
The cover was
finished last to avoid all the wear and tear that building the inside would
cause. After gluing down the bottom layer, I ran a length of ribbon across the
middle and around the back to form a closure for my mini album. I’ve used varied patterns for my layers, with
a small cut apart on top. Next, I used a few fussy cut sunflowers, topped with
my favorite Prima vines.
The front opens to
reveal two large cut aparts that can be used for journaling or to hold several
more photos.
The base paper was
cut to a width of 9 ¾” and scored at 4 ¾” to form a flap. I cut another piece
to 7 ½” x 4 ¾” and scored it at ¼” at the bottom and the sides. After using my
circle punch on the top, I fastened my pocket to the inner flap with Scor Tape.
One of the larger cut aparts makes a perfect background for my photo.
I matted several
more photos with large cut aparts and tucked them into the pocket. Several
pieces from the Tags and Pockets were adhered to the front to create another
spot for journaling.
Next,
I cut two 10 ⅜” x 5” strips and
scored each at 6 ⅞”. I adhered the short ends to the base, creating flaps on
the top and bottom.
The
top flap opens to reveal a place for a photo and a pocket that I created by
cutting a piece to 5 ½” x 4 ¼” and scoring at ¼” on the bottom and sides and
gluing on another strip on top for a bit of contrast. I added a length of lace
on the bottom of the strip to hide the seam.
I die
cut several pieces of black cardstock and several pieces of scraps and glued
them together to make tags to hold small photos. I finished them off with bits
of yellow jute.
The
bottom flap opens to reveal another large photo and another pocket to hold a
couple of large images.
The
base in the center was made with a piece cut to 10 ¾” and scored at ¾” and 5
¾”. The longer piece on the right was used as the base of the pocket; the
shorter piece was cut in the middle to the score line to form two flaps to hold
more small photos.
Another
pocket, holding some more tags, was placed on the last flap which is another
pocket made like the one on the front page.
The back
is flat, with a couple of layers to hold the ribbon down. The small cut apart
pretty much describes the photos inside, doesn’t it?
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*****Supplies*****
***Paper***
Graphic 45 – French
Country Collection – 12 x 12 Paper Pad #4500640
Graphic 45 –
French Country Collection – Cardstock Stickers #4500644
Graphic 45 –
French Country Collection – Tags and Pockets #4500643
Core’dinations –
Premium Cardstock – 8 ½ x 11 – Black Cat #GX-2200-02
***Embellishments***
Prima – Mountain
Lily Vine Collection – Sunflower #543068
Prima – Trim –
Jute – Watermelon #576868
Really Reasonable
Ribbon – Red Gingham
Lace
Yellow Jute
***Mediums***
ZIG – Memory
System – Wink of Stella – Glitter Brush Marker – Glitter Clear
***Tools***
Sizzix – Thinlits
Die and Textured Impressions – Embossed Gift Tags #sz-659713
EK Success –
Circle Punch – 1”
Kadomaru Pro –
Corner Rounder
***Other***
Aleen’s Original
Tacky Glue
Sookwang – Scor
Tape
Scotch – Advanced
Tape Glider
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As always, I want
to thank you for peeking into my blog; your visits mean a lot to me.
Fabulous mini album Peggy, love all the pages!
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