This is a great mini scrapbook album with lots of pockets and tags to showcase you cut down 6×4 photographs. It can hold a total of 28 photos and still has room for journaling and places to store memorabillia.
For this project you will need; 4 sheets of 12×12 coloured card stock, 6 sheets of 12×12 patterned paper to make you main album with extra sheets if you wish to mat and layer the photo mats, cutter-parts/die cuts elements or stickers to embellish your finished album and an empty cereal packet to make your cover.
For each page you will need a 12×12 sheet of double sided patterned paper, then score this at 3 1/2″ and 8 1/2″ then do a quarter turn and score at 6″ you can follow the video tutorial to see how each page comes together.
The photo mats/tags are cut from card stock for each page you will need 2 measuring 4 3/4″ x 5 1/2″ and 1 measuring 10″x 4 3/4″ score in half to make a tag card.
I have used a kit from Scrapbooking Kits R Us http://scrapbookingkitsrus.co.uk/kits-for-sale/best-of-friends-by-echo-park/ for this project and I have added my own cardstock and a couple of sheets of my own matching paper to mat some of the photo mats.
Thank you,Dawn, for your wonderfully guided tutorials for making mini-albums! So perfect for placing photos & journaling when I have photos that need a home for display.
Joyful blessings…~Sandie
Well once again another great tutorial…I really like this one because of the way you put the pages on the binding..one side at the time…I have always had trouble “slipping” the page over the hinge..and also with only 3 pages so many opportunities for photo mats..This is outstanding!! thanks again for sharing another wonderful tutorial!!
Just found this tutorial on You Tube. Awesome idea and great instructions. Such a great way to make an album cover and recycle at the same time!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Tracy
I made this album last night and love how easy and fast it was. Thanks!!
I watched the whole video of this tutorial and love how easy you made it. Putting the pages in the book was amazing! I have made, or in the processing of making a mini album and the way you put this book together was like a duh moment for me!! Thank you so much for showing this process to us all. It is quite amazing to see everyone do these thing with ease and you struggle its frustrating. But thank you for giving me the confidence to be able to make a mini album. To my craft room to hopefully make something I can be proud of. Keep giving me ideas and the lovely voice of confidence. Have a wonderful day.
Oh Cynthia, so glad to hear you are enjoying this project. You are right when it is broken down into easy steps anyone can have a go and that is what I like. I think everyone can do it and hopefully I can give them the confidence to try and have a go. I would love to see some pics of your finished project, you can always post them on my Facebook page. happy crafting Dawn x
love this!! will be making soon.
Hi Dawn luv it , luv it , luv it. I couldn’t find d measurement for the cover as u used a cereal box, in which was a bright idea. Plz send me d measurements , greatly appreciated.
Gloria
Hello Gloria
I am so pleased you are enjoying this tutorial. If you watch this video https://youtu.be/sCNllVUxFKY at about the 18:50 mark I give out the measurements.
As a rule of thumb for any cover I make it half an inch bigger than the pages and remember to also take into account Andy tabs sticking out from the pages.
I hope this helps you.
Dawn x
G’day Dawn – I’m chiming in here from Sydney Australia. I’ve only just discovered your tutorials in the last little while. Yeah I know, I’ve been hiding under a rock (perhaps Uluru) ? More likely I’ve been buried under a pile of quilting fabric for all this time.
Anyway, I wanted to let you know how much I love your creativity and relaxed perfectionism. I love to have things ‘just so’ but can let little blemishes go most times .. without compromising the long lasting integrity of the project I’m creating.
There is a question I have for you … when creating these pockets, is there a particular formula one can follow if you want to either upsize or down size to fit the respective albums? Would love to know if you have a simple way of working those out without me having to cut up copious amounts of dummy paper, playing around.
See ya – Jenni
Hello Jenni, Thank you for your message and for getting in touch. I do love this project and cant believed I filmed it nearly 7 years ago now. To be honest I have not worked out a formula to change the size so it would be a case of folding scraps of paper however, to go up in size the only way would be with A3 or large than 12″ x 12″ cardstock. Sorry I cannot be of more help. Dawn x