To make a board cover for you scrapbook mini albums can take sometime and some skills if you are a new crafter. However, in this video tutorial I show you a quick way to get the same affect in minimal time and at very low cost.

With the use of an empty cereal box or similar and some 12×12 patterned papers, you can now make your own board covers for your mini scrapbook albums.

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.

This tutorial shows you how to turn a ordinary everyday manilla envelope in to a decorative gift bag. It is a quick and easy project to do in very little time and for very little cost. You may never want to payout for a gift bag again.


This great Gatefold Tri Shutter Album is different to most as overall it measures 8×8 inches and allows you to add photos printed off the Picasa (Photo Software Management System) without the need to cut them down.
I have used UK A4 cardstock and you will need 5/6 sheets. You can use 12×12 card stock if you wish.
Now watch the Video Tutorial and make you Gatefold Tri Shutter Mini Album along with me as I will give you step by step instructions of how to make this very interesting project.

Your will need to cut your chosen card stock to the following sizes;
1 @ 8″x8″
1 @ 8″x4″
2 @ 8″x5 3/4″ – score this on the short side at 4″.
2 @ 8×11 1/2″ – score this on the long side at 2″, 4″, 8″ & 10″
Then score the short side at 2 1/2″ & 5 1/2″.
Thank you for watching and I do hope you have enjoyed this Mini Album project?

This is a beautiful Noel Plaque I have made to decorate my home with this Christmas.

The base is MDF and I got it from the MDFMan here in the UK. I have then given it a couple of coats of red acrylic paint. Once this is dry I then traced round the letters on christmas scrapbooking paper and cut these out.

Next I stuck the letters onto the main base using PVA glue, slightly over lapping these. Once this was dry I lightly sanded around the edges of the letters with a very fine grade sand paper. Then using Vintage Photo distress ink, I inked around the edges of the letters and also the main MDF base, this is to give it a more vintage feel and take that just painted look off the project.

Next I went through my crafty stash to look for suitable embellishments to finish off the project. Just using tiny jingle bells and bakers twine gives it a finished look. The wreath and candy canes are wooden embellishments which have been coloured with promarkers and finshed of with a little bit of glitter. Then to finish it all off some adhesive gems.

This Flip Style Mini Scrapbook Tutorial shows you how to make two mini scrapbook albums that will house your 6×4 photos. Each album can hold ten 6×4 photos and stands nicely as  book. This project is great as a gift as the recipientcan just add their photos with cutting them down.

 

 

Measurements for Flip Style Book 1;

You will need 3 sheets of A4 card stock and patterned paper to decorate, embellishments are optional.

Cut 2 sheets of the cardstock to measure 10 1/4″ x 6 1/2″. Then score these at 4 1/2″ – 4 3/4″- 9 1/4″ – 9 1/2″ on the longside.

Cut 1 sheet of cardstock to measure 10″ x 6 1/2″. Then score at 4 1/2″ and 5 1/2″on the longside.

Cut a strip 3/4″ x 6 1/2″ to reinforce the spine.

Now you can watch the video to see how to put the album together.

Measurements for Flip Style Book 2;

You will need 5 sheets of A4 card stock and patterned paper to decorate, embellishments are optional.

Cut 1 sheet of card stock to measure 10″ x 6 1/2″. Then score at 4 1/2″ and 5 1/2″on the longside.

Cut 4 sheets of card stock at 8 1/2″ x 6 1/2″. the score at 4 1/4″ on the longside.

Cut a strip of 3/4″ x 6 1/2″ to reinforce the spine.

Now you can watch the video to see how to put the album together.

I do hope you have enjoyed this Mini Scrapbook Tutorial and please leave me a comment as it is always nice to hear from my fellow crafters.

Make your own christmas decorations using MDF Stars.

If you can not get hold of MDF Stars you can always use thick mount board or chipboard, these can be layed together to give a similar affect.

I got my MDF Stars from MDFMan he is based in the UK and attends alot of the craft shows.