Mini Album Mania

Welcome to July 1 and its time for another Mini Album Mania Challenge!!!

I have a cool album for you today. But IMHO my project is more like a book.

I can see this as a book of recipes, a journal of sorts, a spot to record memories or whatever you can dream up. Can you picture a book of your fav recipes to give to your BFF. What a great gift. I'm sure you can come up with other great ideas for this book/album

 I had some press images laying around so I used them in this book, but as I said before this book has many possibilities. OK OK Let me share with you some pics of my project!!

Book Front

Page 1

Book Page 2 and page 3

Book Page 4 and 5

Book Page 6 and 7

Book page 12 and 13

Book page 18 and 19

Here is the spine of this book

There are many more pages in my book/album but they are not decorated yet so I didn't include them here on my blog, who wants to look at a bunch of blank pages. LOL

As you noticed I skipped some pages as well. Those are blank and I felt you would not be interested in those blank pages.

The smaller dark pages are the center of each folded page that helps hold the pages and ultimately the book together. (I know..... clear as mud - LOL)

I found this book design online and after I watched the video a few times I thought this design was really cool. It's called Accordion Hinge Album and the video is about 13 minutes long. Tutorial is done very well. Click on the link if you like albums, books. And the great thing about it is, this takes very little time to make.

I added chipboard to the front and back and covered it with that embossed cardstock and added a decorative BetterPress pressed image to the front for added interest.

For the front and back covers, I used watercolor paper and lightly spritzed it with water and then placed it in the embossing folder and ran it thru my Big Shot. I think that made the embossed image really stand out.  

Products used:

Paper/CS -Card stock, Chip board, Watercolor paper

Dies - Spellbinders - Ovals

Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress die images - Diamond Avery, Rose Bouquet, Corner Sunflowers, Pressed Bouquet, Flutter Into Spring

Ink - Spellbinder -BetterPress Black Ink

Watercolors  and Water Brush to color

Embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you enjoyed my project and gives you some ideas. I'll be back soon

Mini Album for May/June

Hi 
And welcome back to my blog.

It's time for another challenge over at Mini Album Mania. 

The challenge will continue til June 15, so you have plenty of time to make a mini book/album and submit it. 

I don't know about you but I love making albums and I'm always looking for a different album recipe LOL. Well I came upon this album recently and just had to make it. Its called the Pocket Page Mini Album.  I felt it fit the bill for the MAM DT I am on. So I made the album and I'm telling you it was easy to make and took very little time. I took pics of all the pages so you'd get a better idea as to what this cute piece looks like.

Front Cover

The inside of the album cover and

 the first page 

Flipped to the next 2 pages

See those lines on the left page in that triangle area?? 

That's the flip side of the blue paper I used

Next 2 pages

Next 2 pages

Next 2 pages

This is the center of the album 

and you can see that I sewed the pages with Bakers Twine

Easy peasy,  just 3 stitches

And all pages and book front and back are connected,

by sewing down the spine center

Next 2 pages

Next 2 pages

Next 2 pages

Last page and inside of the book cover

If you notice those white triangles on the pages, 

that is a piece of white CS that you can pull out from the pocket

 and add notes etc. You can also add pics or other memorabilia in the pocket area.

The floral pieces I added to each page was in my stash 

and I have had them for eons. 

They are Tim Holtz idea-ology Botanical Layers

The pages were made by using double sided 12X12 paper

 one side is blue and the other side is lined with 3 or 4 colors. 

For the cover and spine, I just used 120lb weight white CS. 

I covered the front, back and insides with a paper 

that coordinated with the blue on the pages.

I mentioned that this album was easy to make, 

well here is a link to the site that has the instructions. 

https://octoberafternoon.typepad.com/october_afternoon/2011/09/tuesday-tutorial-pocket-page-mini-album.html

Hope you give it a try. 

Don't forget, the Mini Album Mania challenge has begun. The challenge will continue til June 15, so you have plenty of time to make a mini book/album and submit it. I'd love to see what you create.

Til next time,

Butterflies - Mini Album Mania

Happy New Year!!! and welcome to 2024 and it's time for the Mini Album Mania challenge. 

I decided to make a small (mini) album and for me this is really small.(LOL) I usually make 6"X 6" or larger albums so this was an interesting project (size wise) to say the least! LOL

This mini album was really easy to make and after I made the base, I wondered what to use for the theme. Since I have made lots of Christmas cards for my consignment places, I decided on a different theme..... butterflies. I am rushing spring, hahaha.

Let me share my project pics.

This mini album (folded) is 3 1/2 X 3 1/2

I added a belly band and added

a pretty butterfly to it as a focal point

The mini with the belly band removed

The mini fully opened

The mini fully opened but

 flipped over to show other side

There are spots for small tags and some journaling and small pics in each of the squares.

All the DP's are from the Heartfelt Creations Floral Butterfly Collection

For the base, I used one 12 X 12 sheet of black CS

Each square is 3 1/2  and I added a 1/4" between the squares to accommodate 

the folded squares and a few added items.

Hope you enjoyed this and hope you have a Happy New Year.

I will see you soon