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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-73550269515060836492015-10-21T13:52:00.000-05:002015-10-21T13:59:12.075-05:00A Collection of Cards<h2>
Hey there! Happy Autumn!</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Welcome to C1Make1. It's been ages since I posted here. As Bilbo might say "I've been off on a series of adventures". But now I'm back, and with my creative compulsions in full force. What to do, what to do? Since my card box was sadly depleted and it galls me to pay 6 to 8 bucks for a card made by a machine, I declared this past weekend as an official card-making holiday. And I'm pretty happy with the results. Got 25 cards made, some for all occasions and birthdays, and some for Christmas. Making cards is a great way to mix and match stray papers and leftovers in your stash, and to use up some of that mountain of bling and ribbon you have. (No, I have not been peeking in your craft-room windows!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I usually spend waaaay too much time agonizing over petty details so I made a deal with myself that there was going to be no perfectionism here, only some fun and relaxation. And a little productivity. It was the best therapy I could have asked for. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So here's some of the results of my labors. I got most of the basic ideas from Pinterest and adapted them to my stash and liking.</span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have not included any instructions because they're just so simple and a picture tells the whole story basically. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The inside of my gatefold card. Lots of space for a message.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">None of these cards took more than a few minutes to make and other than my Bigshot Embosser, no specialized equipment was needed either. And none of them are perfect. Just the way handmade cards should be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by. Hope to have something fun and interesting to post soon. No more of this ridiculous "off on an adventure" stuff. See you soon!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Been crazy busy around this place (it IS summer now you know...) so it's been a while since I posted. But I haven't stopped being creative completely. I have another mini album to share with you, this time a cute summer one I made for my mom.</em> <em>She made a trip to Newfoundland early this summer, a trip that's been on her bucket list for a long time, and I wanted to make a nautical themed album to house some of her fave pictures. </em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I used a Close to My Heart retired paper collection called "Tommy" that I had in my stash, along with chipboard and kraft cardstock for the covers and Kraft envelopes for the pages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the bright cheery colors of this pack, and the nautical images were perfect for a sea side trip. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided on an offset gatefold style album, with pages coming from both sides. The album measures 7" x 7" x 2 1/4" and has 12 pages in all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The cover closes with the aid of three large magnets, hidden under the decorative paper. They keep the covers closed even if she stuffs the album full of pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside the front cover is a large pocket, suitable for memorabilia and brochures from some of the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">B & B's she stayed at. The captains wheel and the other large accents I made by printing out clip art onto white cardstock in blue ink, then covering them with liquid glass to turn them into shiny accents. I fussy cut them out of the paper <strong>after</strong> I applied the liquid glass and it had completely dried. This helps to prevent a lot of curling and warping of the images.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I punched out some of the nautical symbols from this fun and busy patterned paper to accent the corners of the flaps and some of the other plainer pages. </span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you want to know how to build one of these, see my previous blog entry <strong>"Gatefold Mini Album Instructions"</strong> which provides detailed instructions on building covers and pages as well as the hinge system that holds it all together. The cover is a little different in that it's offset and has a magnet closure. Otherwise it's pretty much the same. Have fun!</span></em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-84003069245880053872014-06-15T02:00:00.000-05:002014-06-15T02:00:03.052-05:00Fancy Fold Cards<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to C1Make1 ! I'm happy you've joined us for this June blog hop.</span></em> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>If you just arrived here from visiting Carol at "<a href="http://craftycarol55.blogspot.com/.../cross-canada-blog..." target="_blank">Crafty Carol's Place</a>" then you are in the right place. If you just happened to come here first, you can hop your way across the country by starting with Michelle at <a href="http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/06/june-cross-canada-blog-hop-fancy-folds.html" target="_blank">My Creations with Michelle</a> . And if you get lost along the way Michelle has the whole line-up for you. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Please post comments on each blog--we love to get feedback and to learn what interests you. And so... on with the hop! </em><em>This month we're featuring Fancy Fold creations. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card is both card and envelope in one and you can add more embellishments if desired. I thought the paper was so pretty that it didn't need any further embellishment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can stamp on the insert or hand-write a special message. In this case I've stamped a sentiment I like and left room for a personal handwritten message. It's also perfect for adding a gift card if you want, tucked into the fold or attached to the insert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little bit of blue ribbon I had in my stash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you want to try making one yourself, check out these two great tutorials:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you'd like to see a mini album made with fancy fold pages, check out my Balloon Ride blog post <a href="http://c1make1.blogspot.ca/2014/06/balloon-ride-anything-goes.html" target="_blank">here</a> .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The next stop on our cross country hop is with <a href="http://canadianscrappers.blogspot.ca/2014/06/fancy-folds.html" target="_blank">Brandy</a> at Canadian Scrappers. Have fun and leave me a comment before you go if you'd like! </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-35434518001156513082014-06-11T23:23:00.000-05:002014-06-11T23:23:03.944-05:00Build a Page<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Hello Everyone! Welcome to C1Make1.</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I have had lots of questions about how I build my mini albums. There's a ton of stuff on YouTube about how to build pages, but I thought I would share here how I make base pages for mini albums like my "Babycakes" binder album and my "Friends" mini album, featured in previous posts. This page construction can be made any size you like and used with any binding system you prefer, so it's versatile and easy. Both good qualities, I'm thinking. I use these base pages and add fold-outs, pockets, double pockets or any other type of additions that I want to customize my albums. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you've decided on page size, and cut and scored your paper, fold on the score lines. Apply double sided tape on the tabs while they are in the <strong>folded</strong> position. (see picture above) Trim the ends of each tab on an angle once you have the tape in place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut a second piece of cardstock the desired size of your page; for an 8" x 8" page, this piece will be cut at 8" x 8".</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For a 5" x 7" page, this piece would be cut at </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5" x 7".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is your base page, open on both ends. The sides with the flaps become your closed edges, and the other two edges can be left open to form pockets, attach to hinge systems, or can be glued closed later. You can see that simply by changing the placement of the open edge in your book, you have either a top loading pocket or a side loading one, and can use either opening on a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation page. If you want to use it with a hidden hinge or "stack the deck" binding system, leave the two ends open and use one of them to attach to the hinge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cut a piece of cardstock that is 1" wider than your desired page width and is 3 or 4" longer than your page length. In this example, I cut the paper at 9" x 12" for an 8" x 8" page. I scored it at 1/2" and 8 1/2", then flipped it to the 12" side and scored it at 8" and 11 1/2".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trim out the corners of the bottom edge as shown above. Then cut on the 8" line in just to the 1/2" score mark on the left side and to the 8 1/2" score line on the right side. This gives you a flap at the bottom, and one on each side. The long side edges will now be divided into two flaps, one is 8" long, the other 4". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place double sided tape on the bottom short side flaps in the <strong>folded</strong> position. Trim the ends at an angle as you did for the previous flap. Fold on the 8" score line, remove the tape backing and fold the bottom piece up, with tabs in the folded position, attaching it to the top portion of the piece as shown in the photos below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Divided flap created by cutting along the 8" score line just to the 1/2" and the 8 1/2" score lines. The short tabs on the bottom are in the<strong> folded</strong> position, and the longer tabs on the top portion are in the <strong>open</strong> position.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Apply double sided tape to the long tabs while they are in the <strong>open</strong> position. Then flip the entire page over so that the pocket is underneath and the long flaps are up. Fold the tabs up towards you. The tape should be facing you when the tabs are in the folded position. Cut a second piece of cardstock at 8" x 8" (or the desired page size). Remove the backing from the tape on the flaps of the first piece. Attach the second piece of cardstock to the tabs of the first piece just as you did for the plain page. You now have a page that is a large pocket, plain on one side, with a smaller pocket on the other, and open on both ends. Use a thin bead of glue on the bottom open edge of the page where the small pocket sits, leaving the top edge of the page open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's another example of finished pocket pages. The left and right sides are closed because they're the ones where the flaps attach the two pieces of cardstock together. The top is open and becomes the opening of the pocket page. The bottom edge of the page has been glued shut forming a large pocket the size of the entire page. It holds a large tabbed mat. The small pocket part of the page is created when you fold the first piece of cardstock back on itself and attach the flaps as in the directions above.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or try the "<strong>stack the deck</strong>" system by Laura Denison which you can learn all about </span><a href="http://followingthepapertrail.blogspot.ca/2011/12/on-first-day-of-christmas-projects-2011.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a> . </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or if you want even<strong> MORE</strong> about binding systems, how about this one </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5cRBlfVnLo" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a> .</div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I hope you have fun with inventing your own mini albums, and if you have any questions,<strong> feel free to contact me</strong> and I'll try to help. Happy scrappin' everybody! Now get on out there and glue something!</span></em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-25651440314899037092014-06-11T23:16:00.001-05:002014-06-11T23:16:23.545-05:00Babycakes Binder style Mini Album<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I want to share with you a super cute baby album today! Which is kind of odd, considering my kids are 21 and 19 years old. I do have a baby album for my daughter, but never got around to making one for my son. About time, wouldn't you say?</em> <em>There's no photos in it for this post, because he made me swear I wouldn't splash baby pics of him all over the net. :)</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to use the Close To My Heart Kraft three-ring binder as the base for the album. I love the 9" x 9" size and the sturdiness of it. It holds a lot of pages and can be completely customized. I wanted double-thickness pocket style pages, with a large pocket for photo mats as my base, so I chose to make these from CTMH's Kraft cardstock. If you prefer you can cut your pages from single sheets of cardstock using the Cricut and the CTMH Artbooking cartridge. That way you can choose to cut pages in fun shapes or with decorative edges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the bright colors in the "Babycakes" paper collection, and the stamp set and accessories that match the paper are too cute to resist. It works well for either a boy or a girl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cover has a couple of Babycakes Picture My Life (PML) cards. They coordinate perfectly with the 12" x 12" paper collection and add fun graphics and journaling spots. I cut the "M" on my Cricut from sunset cardstock. It's my son's initial. I like the simple, graphic appeal of the cover images together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first page is a base page with two flip-ups, magnetized to hold them in place. PML cards provide accents and journaling spots, and there's still room for several photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Babycakes complements are perfect for accent pieces. Here I've popped them off the page using dimensional adhesive, and done the same with a small PML card. This gives a place to tuck a large card where I can mat a photograph. This way I get to use both sides of the large card and can even mount another photo on the page itself if I choose too. The pocket page is created by a process of folding and cutting, then decorated with the paper collection. It gives me lots of room to put matted photos, journaling cards and memorabilia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I had a lot of fun with this album and paper collection and I've chosen most of the photos that will go into it. I'm also already thinking about what to make with another "naked" binder album waiting in my stash... Keep checking back with me here. You never know what's next! </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Thanks for stopping by. Leave me a comment or contact me if you have any questions. I have an additional post this week showing how I built the base pages for this album and other ones like it. Cheers!</em></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-40362204130749983742014-06-10T00:00:00.000-05:002014-06-10T00:00:02.041-05:00Balloon Ride Anything Goes<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Welcome to the June blog hop! </em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>If you've just come from visiting Natalie at <a href="http://scrappysassystudios.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">scrappysassystudios</a> you are in the right place. And if you just hopped on here but want to start at the beginning, you can start with Pam at <a href="http://p-inks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">p-inks</a> . Have fun!</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>This month we're featuring the terrific "Balloon Ride" paper collection from Close To My Heart. This collection is SO versatile and fun, with a touch of vintage to it and gorgeous soft colors. I've used it for a ton of projects, from cards to layouts to mini albums. Today I've got some traditional layouts and a mini album to show you that feature this paper collection. (Can you tell I love it??)</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all, here is a series of layouts I made to showcase my photos of my own balloon ride! This was an experience of a lifetime, and I wanted to make sure I displayed my pictures in a way that worked with the paper, but where they weren't overwhelmed by the paper itself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used my Cricut to cut some arrows to keep the story moving in the right direction. Picture My Life cards are great journaling spots and accents, especially since they coordinate perfectly with the paper collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now a <strong>mini album</strong>. This one is a real quickie and I made it to try a new-to-me technique for making pages, and to give me a place for some more of my fave flower pictures. Which I have a gazillion of, by the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cover is chipboard wrapped in Kraft paper, and measures 6" x 7" x 2". I decorated it with a single piece of the balloon paper from the collection, then with a 3" x 4" card from the Balloon Ride Picture My Life collection backed with Crème Brulee cardstock. I made flowers on my Cricut using the CTMH Artiste cartridge then added pearl centres to some of them. A smattering of rhinestone bling finishes it off nicely.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are only three main pages in this little book, but you could easily increase the number by adjusting the number of hinges you made to bind the pages into the book. Because the paper is double sided, the pages all work together, and each page is unique and interesting.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I kept the embellishments to a minimum so I could showcase the beautiful paper, but there is plenty of room for dimensional embellishments (flowers, charms, chipboard). <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've now filled this little mini with flower photos, 28 of them to be exact. I used several 3" x 4" Picture My Life cards as both embellishment and journaling spots, with </span>some quotes about flowers on each of the cards, written in my own handwriting. I think it's important to feature your own writing in layouts and albums, even if you don't love it.</span> </div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to<strong> Dawn's Inspirations</strong> for the YouTube video on how to make these pages. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> can check it out </span></em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNllVUxFKY&index=5&list=TLfTcUvCP8KgVg0z7FEA76l1sPT-62X9P7" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>here</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em> .</em></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-73198289359342581092014-06-02T09:09:00.000-05:002014-06-02T09:09:38.201-05:00Skylark Gatefold Mini Album<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Hello All and Welcome Spring/Summer!</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Here in the 'Peg it's been HOT! 30-32 degrees C kinda hot. I'm loving it but had to retreat to my basement scrap room for some scrap therapy and cooling down. I made this mini album in the last couple days because the heat has reminded me that summer is coming and I will need someplace to put some fun summer pictures. Plus I had the Close To My Heart "Skylark" paper collection staring at me which is a guarantee that I will soon make something with it. I hope you enjoy it, and if you want to know how to make one I have posted detailed instructions for a similar style album in a previous post called, strangely enough, "Gatefold Mini Album Instructions". I hope you like this little book and it inspires you to get out there and glue one up yourself.</em></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cover is a wrapped one using patterned paper. The closure is magnetic, and made with duct tape, eyelets, ribbon lacing and an antique wooden button accented with a chipboard flower from the Skylark Complements collection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Gatefold cover opens in the middle and the inside of the two halves are decorated with large cards from the Picture My Life Skylark collection. The double pocket forming the first page on the left holds 3-4 PML cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pages have either (or both) a smaller fold-out portion which can mat a 3" x 3" or slightly larger photo, or a larger fold-up portion which mats 4" x 6" photos. I used some Washi tape from my stash to add a little pizzaz to my plain cardstock pages without interfering with photo matting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the Skylark Complements as functional accents. They hold PML cards and photos as well as coordinating perfectly with the paper collection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The colors and images in this paper collection are soft but not wimpy, and have a little vintage vibe which I love.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This album measures 6" x 9" x 2 1/4" but holds a whopping 18-20 photos of the 3" x 3" size, and nearly 50 standard 4" x 6" size photos.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The back page is another double-pocket page, just because I couldn't help myself. I love pockets but wanted this album to close smoothly and hold a maximum amount of photos, so I kept the page construction simple and streamlined.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I love how this album turned out and it was super quick to make because of the simple pages. I'm looking forward to preserving my 2014 summer memories in it. And I hear rumors that summer is, indeed, on its way to Winterpeg! </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Happy scrappin' everyone! Don't forget that summer heat is a GOOD excuse to head for your scrap rooms and escape weeding and mowing. See ya next time!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Welcome Everyone to the May Cross Canada Blog Hop, featuring Home Décor from Close To My Heart! We're going to give you a feast for your eyes. If you just hopped here from visiting <a href="http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Nancy Klein</a></em><em> you are in the right place. If you just happened to come here first, make sure you visit the rest of the beautiful blogs in this Hop too. If you'd like to work your way across the country, you can start at the beginning with Michelle at <a href="http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/05/cross-canada-blog-hop-home-decor-at-its.html" target="_blank">My Creations With Michelle</a></em><em> .</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I'm featuring the <strong>Hinged Display Tray</strong> from Close to My Heart. It's a cute and versatile black wooden display tray. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">You can display photos, memorabilia, 3-D items or whatever you like in this little tray. One side of the hinged tray has four wells, the other side has three wells, one of them is large, the other two smaller. The tray can be placed in whatever orientation best suits your display. You can also personalize it to suit any room or any lucky recipient you choose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I placed mine with the three wells on the left, and in the larger one I've displayed a stamped image I love. It says "Where flowers bloom, so does hope." I stamped the image with White Daisy pigment ink onto black cardstock, then colored it in using pencil crayons. I layered the color on heavily to make it glow, kind of like stained glass. It reminds me of illuminated manuscripts in old and beautiful books. On some of the flowers in the stamped image, I placed a tiny pearl accent to catch the light. I then mounted it along with the word "Hope" framed below it onto the blue and white striped paper from the <strong>Ariana </strong>paper collection. I added a tiny glass bottle with a cork stopper that I filled with paper flowers I colored with ink markers. The bottle is stuck down with Liquid Glass so it doesn't fall out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The words Faith and Love are stamped with black ink on green patterned paper from the <strong>Ariana</strong> paper collection. The font of the <strong>Vogue</strong> stamp set was perfect for this project. I cut a black cardstock frame for each word using my Cricut and the <strong>Art Philosophy</strong> cartridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tend not to use a lot of bling in my creations, but these needed something so I chose to place a pearl accent at each corner of the frames surrounding the words. I love the overall effect and look forward to gifting this tray to its new owner.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Everything you need to create a tray like this can be purchased through your Close To My Heart Independent Consultant. Here's a list of what I used to make mine:</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The glass bottle and the flowers I had in my stash, waiting for just this project. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by! If you are starting here, you can hop along with Michelle of </span></em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca/2014/05/cross-canada-blog-hop-home-decor-at-its.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Creations with Michelle</span></a> . </div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-30326888149400462722014-05-11T22:39:00.001-05:002014-05-11T22:39:36.858-05:00Free To Be Me Mini Album<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Hey Everybody! Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms out there, whether you are a mom, mum, mummy, mother, Nana, Oma or whatever term of endearment is used for you. I wish you a wonderful day!</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>Today I've been using some of my Mom time to finish up a mini album I've been working on. I've made this little one out of paper bags and the rockin' paper collection "<strong>Free to Be Me</strong>" from Close To My Heart. It's a colorful, fun paper collection that just got my creative juices flowing, and this is the result:</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The chipboard cover is wrapped in black cardstock, then decorated with the embossed teal blue paper from the collection. I chose a "Life is Good" theme to go with these cheery colors. The film strip is cut using my Cricut and the Artbooking cartridge. The feather is also cut with the Cricut using the Artiste cartridge. The reel life accent is stamped using the <strong>Reel Life</strong> stamp set, also from CTMH. I used some old Scrabble tiles I bought at a garage sale (knowing they'd come in handy sometime) to make the title. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hung a chunky charm from the spine, with ribbon, beads (from an old necklace) a little brass-bound book, and a key. I like the "crazy hair" look of the ribbons sticking up from the charm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are six base pages in the album, each made from a bag with a cardstock flip-out attachment. Inside the front cover is a vellum pocket using the feather vellum in the paper collection, mounted on black cardstock. A big tag serves as a photo mat, and three feathers accent the pocket. These were stamped with the CTMH <strong>Feathers </strong>stamp set and fussy cut. The right side of the page has a belly band with a stop that holds two journaling spots. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Each of the six pages has a large flap and all the main pages easily display a 4" x 6" photograph.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the left of each page is a pocket that holds a bi-fold photo mat that can house two 3" x 3" photos. The right side of this page has a photo flap that is magnetized and flips up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cute little mats on this page were cut from the paper collection, black cardstock and a single sheet of graph paper cardstock I had in my stash. I stamped the words using the <strong>All The Details</strong> stamp set. White Daisy pigment ink on the black cardstock makes it look like a little chalk board which I love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>So that's the latest mini from c1make1. I hope you enjoyed it and are inspired to go build one yourself! As always, feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. For instructions, Ginger of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mysistersscrapper" target="_blank">My Sisters Scrapper</a> has a great YouTube series on building a vertical paper bag mini album.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>You can get this awesome paper collection for a measly $5 with a $50 purchase this month only from <strong>Close To My Heart</strong>. You can shop with me here on my site, or through your nearest CTMH Independent Consultant. Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for my next creation, coming soon! Cheers!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little mini is made from envelopes and cardstock, with a chipboard cover. I used the Close to My Heart "Jubilee" paper collection. I love the bright colors and will use the album for an assortment of photos I've taken over the years of country fairs, parades, agricultural shows and other fun summer events that take place on the Prairies during summer. I colored the letters on the cover with alcohol markers to match the paper. The closure is magnetic and accented with a strawberry button. A chipboard prize ribbon decorates the spine. This album is sprinkled with chickens...watch for 'em! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of foldouts and interactive elements in this mini
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busy like a country fair. Inside the front cover is tri-fold photo folder that tucks behind a chipboard-mounted image from the design paper. Each page has a large pullout nearly 6" x 6" in size and accented by a cute metal button from the accents collection. This album is very similar in construction to the other envelope mini albums I've shown, but a change in paper and the addition of some different interactive elements makes it a whole different color of horse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This page opens to allow a spot for two photos and journaling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">another pocket and journaling spot as well as a 6" x 6" photo space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To complete the book, I made a "denim" pocket complete with rivets to hold event tickets , then inside the back cover a chipboard rooster and "best home cookin' " button holds in place a moveable mat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>And that's it for this busy mini! I had loads of fun making this one, and I'm looking forward to collecting all the photos I have in mind for it and putting them in. I may be a city gal, but I'm also a Li'l Bit Country...</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">And by the way, nearly everything I used to make this fun little album you can get from Close To My Heart except for the magnets and the chipboard to make the covers. Oh and the chickens too. Sorry 'bout that. You'll have to locate your own chickens. Now get on out there and glue something!</span></em> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last mini album I posted was a summer themed album, but with the snow just now melting and the birds finally coming back to southern Manitoba, I guess it's still a while till summer. A lot of people are pining for warm sunny weather and a swap group I belong to is doing spring-themed paper bag albums to help cope with their spring fever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used the <strong>Garden Tea Party </strong>paper collection from DCWV. It has gorgeous soft images of birds, butterflies and flowers, along with a tea party theme. The pages are very shabby chic and pretty, with everything stained with tea and dabbed here and there with glitter. Love it! It was the perfect choice for my mini.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The album is chunky, measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" and with a 3 1/2" spine. Lots of space for pockets, tags, photo mats and embellishments. For the cover I fussy cut the bird and teacup image from the paper and inked the edges, then layered it over a lovely coral-pink dotted paper. The spine is covered with a coral colored graph paper which I used a Martha Stewart doily border punch on to give it a more delicate look. The roses and leaves I created with my Cricut using the Close to My Heart Artbooking cartridge which is my latest and greatest tool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I covered the spine with a cream-colored rosette ribbon and attached a trio of charms. The locket charm actually opens and I have put tiny pictures in there. The feather charm is from the Base and Bling collection from Close to My Heart, and the pearl charm I recycled from some old costume jewellery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the detail on the front cover. The butterfly is also cut from the Artbooking cartridge and is done in two layers to add dimension. The leaves are cut from tea stained paper then inked heavily and shaped to give them a more realistic look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside the front cover is a pretty flip-up with a pocket beneath that conceals a message and a surprise for the recipient. I used a hook and loop closure and embellished it with a flower cut by my Cricut. I added a pearl center to it, as I did with the other flowers in the album. An embossed and fussy-cut butterfly rests beside it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each page is made out of a paper bag and has two pockets on one side, one vertical and one horizontal which hold a large and a medium tag. The larger tag can mat a 3" x 5" photo. The bag also forms a large pocket which opens on the right and has inside a large double-sided photo mat finished with a layered flower. The large mats can hold two standard 4" x 6" photos each. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that is pretty much that. There are still plenty of little surprises in this mini for the recipient to discover. Can't give away all my secrets! I'm happy with the result, and looking forward to shipping it off to its new owner.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-15619255454901648372014-04-23T14:26:00.001-05:002014-04-23T14:26:38.908-05:00Golden Anniversary card<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A friend came over to play today! She needed to make a card for a 50th wedding anniversary and needed some inspiration and company. She had purchased some gorgeous pearlized papers in cream, yellow gold and bronze for the project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hearts are embossed using Versamark ink, gold embossing powder and CTMH's stamp set "Love Life". We then fussy cut them out and layered them with dimensional adhesive. The pennants are accented with a single pearl each from the Pearl Opagues collection in Mocha. The sentiment is stamped from the CTMH set "Card Word Puzzle" in Cocoa pigment ink and heat set. We used pigment ink because of the glossy surface of the paper we were working with. The doilies were fussy cut from doily paper tape she had in her stash. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think this card is beautiful and the couple who will receive it will be very impressed. And I got to have a visit/play date with a good friend at the same time. Just goes to show you that you don't need a lot of time or fuss to create something beautiful any day of the week. So go grab your adhesive and glue something!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've got spring and summer on my mind now and this mini album came out of that longing for warm weather. I made this mini album to donate to a silent auction fundraiser. I love to be part of a good cause, and it gave me an excuse to make another mini. Not that I need an excuse, really. I made this one with Close To My Heart's Timberline paper collection and embellishments. I wanted to create lots of space for journaling and photos, so chose to keep the interactive elements simple. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cover is made of medium weight chipboard wrapped in my fave paper from this pack--the wood-grain. I made a closure using a buckle and leaf-patterned duct tape. It reminded me of backpacks and summer hikes.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I enjoyed making this simple envelope album. I think it's cute and interesting but not so crowded that the new owner won't be able to use it.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think a mini album should be fun and interactive, but still be useable as a photo album. </span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's cold, windy and anything but spring here in Manitoba. A dear friend emailed me some of her gorgeous photos of the cherry trees in bloom in Vancouver. I didn't know whether to be grateful and inspired or just plain jealous! So I chose to be inspired and grateful. I'll be jealous later. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the results of my inspired frame of mind--a double page layout called <strong>Spring Bloom</strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got the basic pattern for the layout from the Close To My Heart book "<strong>Imagine</strong>". It's called Subtitles. I used CTMH's Ariana Paper collection (my favorite this year). The base paper is a beautiful deep blue called Outdoor Denim. I cut the butterflies in two layers with my Cricut, using my amazing Artbooking cartridge. (Hey if you need a new car you can probably cut yourself one with this cartridge, it's so incredibly versatile!) Same with the words "Spring" and "Bloom". I shaded the words with my alcohol markers in Sorbet to give them a dipped-in-strawberry-sauce look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I'm happy with how this turned out, and I hope it inspires you to create your own spring. It just goes to show you, if you are missing something, you can always go make it out of paper! Happy scrappin'!</em></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-64732380972615422302014-04-15T02:00:00.000-05:002014-04-15T02:00:01.256-05:00Cross Canada blog hop<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to my blog! Today I'm featuring an ongoing project, <strong>My Gratitude Album</strong>. I started this little book of blessings in the fall, around Thanksgiving and am adding pages and pictures as I think of them. I used the Close to My Heart Kraft three-ring binder as the book base. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cute little tree on the front of the album is cut from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. I precut a bunch of tabbed pages and shaped pages using the fabulous Artbooking cartridge.<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are all hole-punched on the Cricut as they're cut, so they slip into the binder with ease and are ready to use.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">I used Kraft cardstock to make the tabbed base pages and then a mix of patterned and shaped pages in between. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's just a few of the shaped pages you can make with the Artbooking cartridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I like to mix papers and embellishments from different paper packs, and in this book I've used a mix of Sarita and Huntington paper packs. I'll be adding pages and accents from other paper packs as the album grows.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this page about my dear hubby I cut out the pages and the word "Love" in this beautiful script font using Artbooking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can cut so many cute and functional pages and add-ons with this cartridge. I love it! I've made library pockets, speech bubbles and other cool shaped pages, photo frames, butterflies and page overlays for this little album all with the one cartridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this cartridge for the fun and flexible images you can cut with it. It's always in my Cricut machine making something cool for my projects. It's one of my best "secret weapons" for crafting now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thanks for stopping by on this Cross Canada journey! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Brandy at </span><a href="http://canadianscrappers.blogspot.ca/2014/04/artbooking-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Canadian Scrappers</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> . If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle Stewart's Blog, </span><a href="http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca/2014/04/cross-canada-blog-hop-artbooking-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Creations with Michelle</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as she has the complete blog list. </span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My head has been filled with ideas this week--some of them still foggy, some I've already tossed, and some of them are clear and ready to go. So...no surprise here:</span> I</em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em> have another mini to share with you, this time a smaller one. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little album measures 5 1/2" x 7 1/4" but packs in a ton of photos and journaling spots. I made this one for photos of friends. These women have been important in my life and shaped how I think and who I have become. Certainly worth honoring with photos and stories, don't you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used Close to My Heart's "Ivy Lane" paper collection for this project, and it has that just right feel of vintage and modern working together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The spine is finished with the deep purple paper, cut with scalloped edges and wrapped with a sheer ribbon that has a slight sheen to it. I used a medallion I had in my stash and hung charms from the Close to My Heart jewellery line on it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used only two styles of page for this album; this one with a pocket and pull-out photo mat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each page has a large pocket to hold a tabbed, double-sided mat where I will put more photos. The tab will have her name on it. For each friend I'll have on her page the story of how we met, how long we've been friends, and a little about why she's been important in my life.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you've enjoyed this little walk in my crafting cloud today. I also hope that I've inspired you to scrapbook those important friends. Thanks for popping in!</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey there everyone! Here's my latest mini-album adventure. This one is a bit larger than most of mine, with the covers measuring 7" x 9" x 1 1/2". I wanted to create an album to house some of my autumn pictures, which happens to be my favorite season. The Huntington paper collection from Close to My Heart was the perfect paper for an album with this theme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The cover is wrapped chipboard and has metal corners to accent the front, as well as a metal bookplate on the spine. I love how the vintage-looking metal works with the earth tones of this paper. It has a wrap closure made with brads and jewellery cord, accented with wooden and metal beads. The beads I recycled from a bracelet I found at a thrift store for 50 cents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut the title on my Cricut using the Artbooking (<a href="http://lynscraps.ctmh.com/" target="_blank">Close to My Heart</a>) and Graphically Speaking cartridges. I cut them from Desert Sand Cardstock, then painted them with Luminart Golden Opal paint to give them a treasure-like gleam. I did the same for some of my theme words inside the album.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This book only has three base pages bound with a hidden hinge system (see my Gatefold Mini Album tutorials on this blog or Kathy Orta's tutorials for details on how to build those). Each page has several foldouts and additional features to make this a very interactive album with lots of room for pictures and journaling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the overleaf of page 2 (I know! Only two pages into it and already there are at least 20 photo spots!) I created an angle pocket for the face of page 3 which holds two more photos plus a small one on the outside of the pocket. The page 2 overleaf (on the left) can display two 4" x 6" photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's both sides opened up to display another folded pocket edge as well as a pocket on the left and a tiered pocket in the middle section. A total of 7-9 pictures fit in here plus there's a little bi-fold tag for journaling that tucks into the front of the tiered pocket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, the last page overleaf has a fold-up photo spot concealing a fold-down beneath it. Another 5 pictures live here on this page alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>So that's my Autumn Treasure mini-album. Thanks for stopping by to share it with me, and I hope it has inspired you to go cut up some chipboard and get gluing! Cheers!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used Ariana paper from Close To My Heart, along with Crystal Blue cardstock. An EK success border punch made the decorative edging at the bottom easy peasy. The tag I cut with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge and stamped the sentiment in Outdoor Denim using the Cursive Birthday Greetings stamp set from CTMH.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flowers were in my stash but I replaced their centers with Pearl Opagues (also CTMH) which went well with the paper and made them look a little more classic. I love this paper and the colors are perfect for a feminine birthday card or layout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I got my inspiration and instructions for this card from Jen Evers' Youtube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q-6BpqsHCE" target="_blank">here.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the card standing. I stamped the sentiment in Ponderosa Pine ink, and double matted it on White Daisy and Twilight cardstock to make it pop. One embellishment was all it needed. On the back of the card is the perfect place to write your message, so I matted it in the woodgrain paper also, giving it a nice finish all around. Inking the edges of everything also finishes it well and works with the rugged theme of the paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got inspiration and building instructions for this card </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q-6BpqsHCE" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-29011829233916564372014-03-29T09:07:00.000-05:002014-03-29T09:07:04.628-05:00Gift bag mini album<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So...strolling through one of my favorite stores and lo! What do I see but this fantastic gift bag, designed to look like a suitcase. Had to have it! I knew right away what I wanted to do with it: Make a mini, of course. Here's what I came up with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stands up on its own. Measures 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 2". Made a few minor alterations to the bag for the cover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Used a hidden hinge system and pages are made of Kraft cardstock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First page and inside cover feature a pocket and a flap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Large flap on the left and two small ones on the right. Cute and useful journaling spots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two more small flaps attached directly to the hinges. You can put a picture or journaling here, or substitute pockets for the flaps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I only made a couple of pullouts for this album, but they're big (8' x 8") and double-sided</span>. <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added tabs on the sides to make it easy to pull them out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tags added to this page create two mini pages with both sides available for use</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A simple last page, with just a flap, but could add pockets to the inside cover or back page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I kept this album simple with lots of photo and journaling space. There's a ton of room for memorabilia and extras though. The travel papers are a smattering of stuff I had in my stash from various paper collections. I think they work well together and give the album that vintage travel feel.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Patterned paper for decorating your book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cutting directions are included in the section "Decorate and finish
your book" below.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
Scor-Tape or other double-sided tape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>1/4" or 1/2".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Scoring board</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
Bone folder</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Paper trimmer</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
Decorative edge punch (optional)</span></span></div>
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Corner rounder (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">B</span></o:p></span><u><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">uild your album:</span></span></u><br />
<u><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></u> </div>
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wrapped cover</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Place the two 12" x 12" pieces
of paper side by side and adhere to each other along one vertical edge by using
double-sided tape, and overlapping the two pieces by 1/2".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make sure your pattern runs the same
direction on both and that you've lined it up well before adhering them to each
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will now have one piece of
paper 12" high by 23 1/2" wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Trim to 9 1/2" high by 23 1/2" wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will trim the ends a little more once
your chipboard is stuck down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Place the papers with the side you want
on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">outside </b>of your book cover <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">down</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cover the perimeter and centre portions of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">all four</b> of the chipboard cover pieces with double-sided tape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Centre
the 6 1/4" x 6 1/2" chipboard back piece <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">over the seam of the two papers with the long side running
horizontally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Leave about 1
1/4" paper extending above the top and bottom edges of the chipboard and
adhere, burnishing well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place one 1
3/4" x 6 1/4" piece of chipboard tape-side down on the paper to the
left of the back piece, ensuring that you have lined up the edges well with the
back of the book and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">leaving about
1/8" gap between the cover piece and each spine piece</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Repeat with the other same-sized piece,
lining it up to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">right</b> of the
spine piece and leaving a 1/8" gap between them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do the same with the two 3 1/4" x 6
1/4" pieces, placing one to the left of the left spine piece and the other
to the right of the right spine piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">It's very important to leave that small gap
and to align top and bottom edges of all three pieces so that your book closes
nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Burnish pieces well to
adhere the paper to the chipboard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Trim the paper at both ends so that
there is a border of paper about 1 1/4" beyond your chipboard pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mitre the corners by cutting on the diagonal across
the corner of the paper to about 1/8" from the tip of the corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using a bone folder, lightly score the space
between the chipboard pieces, and around the perimeter of the pieces to allow
for clean folding of the paper around the chipboard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Be
careful not to score too deeply or you will tear your paper.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You just want to stretch the paper to make
the folds clean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Place strips of double sided tape along
the paper that extends beyond the margin of the chipboard, as well as along the
perimeter of the chipboard cover.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gently fold the paper up and over the
edges of the chipboard and stick it down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You want the paper tight against the chipboard and smooth where it
sticks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The score lines you made around
the perimeter should help with this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fold up the bottom and top edges first, then do the ends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there is any extra paper at the mitred
corners, tuck those in as you go, using the tip of your bone folder.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fold your book covers into the proper
shape at the spaces between the covers and the spine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be gentle as you do this so you don't tear
the cover paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there is a little
cracking, a thin film of liquid glass can be spread over the areas to reinforce
corners and edges to prevent tearing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hinge system</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You will make two small sets of hinges
for this style of album.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take one of
your 5 7/8" x 6" pieces of cardstock, place it on your scorboard with
the 6" long side running along the top edge of the board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Score at 1 1/4", 1 3/4", 2
1/4", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2", 3 3/4", 4 1/4", 4
3/4". <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flip the paper over and on the back
place double-sided tape the length of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first
1/2" space</b> and then <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">every
1/2" space that follows a 1/4" space</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fold on every score line and using the
double sided tape join the 1/2" strips together in a series of accordion
folds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will have a 1/2"
mountain fold followed by a 1/4" flat gusset or gutter, then another
1/2" fold followed by a 1/4" gutter/gusset all the way across your
piece of cardstock resulting in 3 hinges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Repeat with the second 5 7/8" x 6" piece of cardstock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1029"
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You now have two sets of hinges with 3
hinges in each set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work the seams of
the mountain folds side to side to loosen them and make them pliable for
turning your pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Place a strip of double sided tape down
the length of both sides of each mountain fold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Try to stay in the middle, to ensure you don't overlap the crease at the
bottom of each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trim the top corners of
each hinge on a slight angle towards the centre of each fold to make the hinges
easy to slip into your pocket pages for binding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turn each hinge system over and cover
the perimeter and entire back of it with double-sided tape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The book will fall apart if you don't
stick this part of it really well to the spine, so be generous with the
tape!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p>Centre one of the hinge systems over the inside surface of each of the two spine pieces, leaving equal margins on top and bottom and centering it side to side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once the hinge piece is centered, stick it down and burnish well to make sure it's not going to move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The flaps will extend out onto the front and back covers and help to hold the covers to the hinge system.<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></o:p></span></o:p></span></span></div>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Make the pages:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Score each of the 6" x 7"
pieces of cardstock along the 7"side at 1/2" and 6 1/2".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fold on both score lines towards the middle
so you have a 1/2" flap on both ends of the piece with the edges of the
flaps in towards the middle of the cardstock piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burnish the crease well with a bone
folder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place double-sided tape the
length of each flap on the outside of the flap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Adhere one of the 6" x 6"
pieces of cardstock to this piece with the flaps inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You now have a cardstock tube open on top and
bottom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be a page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Repeat with each of the pieces of flapped
cardstock, joining a 6" x 6" piece to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Add the pages:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Holding open your page assembly, slide
it down over the hinge and stick it in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Be sure not to push it down over the fold at the bottom of the hinge, as
you want the pages to turn smoothly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Repeat with each page and each
hinge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will now have two sets of
hinges, one on each spine and with three pages attached to each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each page is now ready for its insert.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Make the inserts:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Score each of your six 5 3/4" x 6
3/4" cardstock page insert pieces as follows:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>place on the scorboard with the 6 3/4"
edge running horizontally at the top.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Score at the 5 1/2" mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Crease well along the score line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can scallop the edge of this flap with the scallop punch or round
the two corners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Flap inside back cover:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cut a piece of cardstock 5" high x
6 1/4" wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Score on the 5"
side at 4 1/2".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fold over to make a
1/2" flap to attach to your inside back cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Run double-sided tape the length of the
outside of the 1/2" flap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attach to
the inside back cover of the book, centering the flap and placing the top edge
in line with the top line of the hinges of your book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You now have a flap that opens upward.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Flap inside right cover:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cut a piece of cardstock to 6 1/4"
x 3 1/8" wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Score at 5 1/2"
and fold on score line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using
double-sided tape attach the 3/4" flap to the inside cover of the book
lining it up with the top line of your hinges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Round the two corners of the flap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Make sure the sides are straight so the flap opens evenly upwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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cover for your closure system, now is the time to do that, before you decorate
the inside of your book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The directions
for this follow:</b></span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To make the tie closure for the front
covers:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pre-mark the placement of the chipboard
or cardstock buttons on your front cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Using a crop-o-dile punch holes in the center of each button and then
the front cover of your book .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use your
fingers to gently bend and work the edges of the buttons to make them a little
more flexible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set an eyelet through
each button and into the holes in the cover, attaching the button to the cover
with the eyelet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wind hemp or embroidery
thread around one button, then loop it up and around the button on the opposite
side of the cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wind a couple of
times to keep the book shut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
chipboard buttons will be easier to wind around after you open and close the
book a few times.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Note:</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Make sure your eyelets are long enough to
go through both the cover of the book and the chipboard buttons you are using
before making the hole in your book.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pocket inside back cover:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cut a piece of cardstock or patterned
paper 3" x 6 1/4" wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Score
on the 3" edge at 2 1/2" and fold under to form a 1/2" flap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scallop other long edge if desired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Run double-sided tape the length of this flap
and attach to the inside back cover of your book, keeping the bottom edge of
the pocket even with the bottom edge of the hinges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Run a thin bead of liquid glue along each end
of the pocket and adhere to the back cover to form the edges of the pocket.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Decorate and finish your book:<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Notes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<u><span style="color: #0066cc;"></span></u><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">you may want your mats a little larger or a little smaller according to your taste so measure your pages to see what size appeals to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smaller mats will leave more of the cardstock showing on each side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you want magnetic closures on any of your flaps, you should install them before decorative mats are attached.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same goes for eyelet closures for the cover.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Decorative papers should be cut out of
your patterned paper and cardstock as follows (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">please note that sizes will vary depending on your taste and the exact
measurements of your book features</b>):</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have
made your wrapped cover with patterned paper you do not need to cut other paper
for your cover, but if you have wrapped your cover in plain cardstock and wish
to add patterned paper, these are the measurements for that:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Outside Front Cover - 2 @ 3-1/8 x 6-1/8 <br />
Outside Back Cover - 6-3/8 x 6-1/8<br />
Outside Spine - 2 @ 1-5/8 x 6-1/8<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Inside right front cover (underneath the
flap) 3" x 5 3/4".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Left front cover, (under the waterfall
feature) 3" x 5 3/4" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Page mats 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" (cut
12)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Insert mats 5 1/4"wide x 5 1/2"high
(cut 12)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flap mats 3/4" or 1" x 5
3/4" (cut 12).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The width will depend on whether or not you scallop the edges of the
flaps.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Top portion of the flap inside the right
front cover 2 7/8" x 5 1/4" (cut 2, one for outside and one for
inside surface).</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Waterfall
feature inside left front cover:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cut six pieces of cardstock to 2
1/2" x 3".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Score each at 1/2" on the 3" side to
form a flap you fold under, then round the corners on the opposite end of the
piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take your first piece and using
double-sided tape on the outside of the flap, adhere the flap to the inside of
the left front cover 1/2" down from the top of the book, and centered left
and right<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make sure it's straight, because otherwise
your waterfall feature will lean to the left or right!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Repeat with the next six pieces, lining up
the top edge of the piece's flap with the bottom edge of the previously placed
flap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you go, each successive piece
sits under the one you place before it, and extends 1/2" below due to the
flap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Decorate with mats 2 1/4" x 2
1/4" (cut 12).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alternating
cardstock and patterned paper looks nice when you're decorating this. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To finish your book, add embellishments
and cut photo mats and tags as desired to add to pockets and to tuck behind the
embellishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If using chipboard
embellishments to put mats and tags behind, attach only the outside edges away
from where you want your tags to be put, so that you can slip them behind the
chipboard piece.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Congratulations!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You just made yourself a gatefold mini album.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For
a good video demonstration of the making of a similar album, see My Sister's
Scrapper Sweet Day Mini Album tutorial on YouTube.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-61097103271868664742014-03-22T22:21:00.001-05:002014-03-28T08:46:17.187-05:00Gatefold Mini Albums<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a couple of Gatefold Mini albums to share with you. These were fun to make and are a perfect gift for a bridal shower, baby shower or birthday. Make them ahead of time with whatever paper collection best suits your theme, then take pictures at the event and add them to the album. Then present the completed book as a gift to the bride, new mom or birthday girl. Hope these pictures inspire you to get out there and glue something! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642512085933555209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9066334450345863041.post-73807821259523403642014-03-15T21:02:00.001-05:002014-03-15T21:08:09.105-05:00Makin' a Mini<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately I've been making a lot of <span style="color: black;"><strong>mini</strong> <strong>albums</strong></span>, which happily combine all my creative interests and have lots of room for improvising. Suits me to a "t". I've been asked to share how I make some of these. Directions can be tricky when you're trying to teach someone how to make something and can't just show them. At this point my video-ing skills and experience rate a zero out of ten, so I'm going to post the old-fashioned way. Pictures and written instructions. I'm hoping to tweak this blog as I go, and maybe someday I'll have the time, energy and know-how to create videos too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Makin' A Mini</span> (<span style="font-size: small;">thanks to </span><a href="http://dawnsinspirations.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">dawnsinspirations.com</span></a>)</h2>
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just made this little album. It's a wallet-style mini album, perfect to use as a gift or brag book and it really looks like a wallet. It even has a hidden magnetic closure. I've used the Ariana Paper Collection from <span style="color: #990000;">Close To My Heart</span> for this one, and I love the look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I decided this is to be a brag book about my mom, who's worth bragging about. So I collected some of my fave photos of her and I think they look gorgeous with the Ariana paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nice little pocket with some mini tags in the top of the wallet. Journal on the back of them, or just use them for decorative accents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bottom part has a fold-up portion to hold a couple of extra pictures without adding too much bulk to the album.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The centre portion folds in on itself compactly and holds a bunch more photos</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little belly band feature in the middle compartment to slip some cardstock-mounted photos behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It opens out to hold 13 (count 'em!) pictures and still has room for journaling. All that in a little 4" x 7" wallet you can carry in your purse. Impressed yet? I think you'd better make one. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's how:</span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <strong>Patterned</strong> papers of your choice. I use scraps of coordinating paper along with about 1 1/2 or 2 sheets (12" x 12") of patterned paper to cut up for the larger areas.</span></div>
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#1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using a 1" circle punch, cut a
semi-circle out of the centre of the edge of #4 and #5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two pieces will become pockets and the
semi-circles allow for easier access to the pockets with your tags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ink all edges and seams on both sides of the cardstock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Cardstock sheet #2:</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cut two pieces, each 4" x 12".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These two pieces will become your "arms" that attach to the
main cardstock base at #4 and #5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Score
each piece at 6" and crease well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ink edges and folds on both sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
Using liquid adhesive, place a thin bead of glue along
margins of sides and bottom of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>BACK</u></b>
of pieces #4 and #5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adhere the end of
one cardstock arm to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">back</b> of
piece #4, and the end of the other arm to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">back</b> of piece #5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Note:</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When attached, the arms and pieces #4 and #5 should
fold towards you and into the central portion of the wallet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Round and ink the two corners on the free
ends of each arm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Decorating your wallet</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Note:</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut your pieces but don't adhere them until
you're sure you have them where you like them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Flip the wallet over so the
back/outside is facing you with arms fully extended, then choose and cut pieces
of patterned paper for it as follows:</b></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->One piece 3 1/2" x 6 3/4" for top fold
of wallet (piece #1) This piece folds over to form the front outside of the
wallet so it should be the pattern with the most personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(biggest pattern, most colorful or just the
one you like the best)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> O</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">ne piece complimentary patterned paper to 3
3/4" x </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 6 3/4" for back of wallet(#2) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->One piece 3 1/2" x 6 3/4" for back of
bottom foldout </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> (piece #3).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
"quieter" complementary pattern works</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> well here since this will fold
up to form the bottom of the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> front of your wallet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> ·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wo</span> pieces 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">and </b>two contrasting pieces </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the same
size for the back areas of the two arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Round the two outside corners of the pieces you've </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> chosen for the end
pieces.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ink edges of all the
pieces before adhering.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you're
happy with the arrangement of your
papers stick 'em down!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Now the inside:</u> </span></span></div>
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Flip your wallet over so the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">inside</b> is facing up and the arms are fully extended, and cut patterned paper pieces
as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->One piece 3 1/2" x 6 3/4" to cover
piece #1 . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->One piece 3 3/4" x 6
3/4" to cover piece #2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->One piece 7" x 6 3/4" and score at 3
1/2".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Round all four</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> corners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fold on score line and crease well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Note:</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> piece is attached to the inside of #3
and forms a double </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> page that opens upwards, so choose your pattern </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> alignment
accordingly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: large;">With wallet completely folded out and arms
extended, cut 2</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> pieces patterned paper for end pieces of arms, each 3 3/4"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
x 5 1</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">/2". </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Cut two
more pieces out of contrasting cardstock </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> or patterned paper at 3 3/4" x 4
1/2".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These two pieces </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> are slightly
shorter because they just need to fit inside your</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> pockets to line them and fit
better if they don't go right to </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the end of the inside of the pockets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
adhering don't</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> use tape runner for the portion inside the pockets, just </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> stick
the exposed part of the paper down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
will stay put.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Cut two pieces patterned paper at 3 3/4" x
1 3/4" to cover</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> the small pockets (#4 and #5).</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Note:</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ink edges of all pieces before adhering.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you like your arrangement, adhere
pieces in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Photo mats</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut two photo mats 3 1/4" x 5 1/4"
from patterned paper or cardstock to slide into your two center pockets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ink edges if desired.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Belly Band</u>: Cut a 1 1/4" x 6 3/4" strip of paper and using liquid glue adhere just the ends over the middle of piece #2. Ink edges. You can slip photos or tags behind the band.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><u>Pocket</u>: Cut 1 1/2" x 6 3/4" piece patterned paper or cardstock. You can edge the paper with a scallop punch or leave it plain. Ink the edges if desired. Using a thin bead of liquid glue, adhere only the ends and bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of piece #1. This forms a pocket for tags or photos.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Add flat embellishments, tags, journaling and photos as desired. Keep in mind that if it gets too bulky your wallet won't stay closed and the seams will tear more easily.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Voila! You now have a gorgeous brag book ready to gift or to flash around.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><em>Thanks for dropping in. I'll have something else to share with you next week. Hint: It involves acrylic paint, ink, paper and a little something unexpected.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><strong>Now get on out there and glue something!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><em>Lynette</em></span></div>
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