Happy Sunday Friends! I'm sharing the Easter Basket Mini Album that I worked on Thursday night. I finally had some time today to mostly finish the inside of the album, and create the cover. I LOVE this little album. Who am I kidding though? I love every little album that I make. :) Finished size of this little gem is 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" x 1". It's got FOUR pocket pages inside that have some interesting bits.
I used the Easter Basket bundle, along with three different packs of designer series paper, and almost an entire pack of Shy Shamrock cardstock. Now I'll have to remember to order another pack, since this is one of the In Colors that is retiring this May.
First, I created the album base ahead of time using the Lay-Flat Method. You can watch that video HERE, if the link below doesn't show up.
Thursday night is where I added pages, pockets, inserts, gatefolds, and some flip-in pages. You can watch there HERE, if the link below doesn't show up.
I'm going to give all of my cardstock/paper measurements for the entire album, but you'll definitely need to watch the video to see how it all comes together. This album has four pocket pages, with inserts in each pocket. Each pocket has a "page" on each side. I refer to these as pages 1-8.
I list "chipboard", but I want to be clear that I used cereal boxes! I cut two cereal boxes down to the sizes that I needed and glued two pieces of cereal box together to make each piece of chipboard.
CS - cardstock
DSP - designer series paper
Paper Measurements:
- Album Covers & Spine:
- Chipboard:
- (2) 6 3/4" x 6 3/4"
- (1) 1" x 6 3/4"
- Shy Shamrock CS:
- (2) 8 1/2" x 8 1/2"
- (1) 4" x 8 1/2"
- Inside Covers/Spine: Shy Shamrock CS
- (2) 6 5/8" x 6 5/8"
- (1) 4" x 6 5/8"
- Hinge: Shy Shamrock CS
- (1) 4 3/4" x 6 1/4"
- Score along the 4 3/4" side at 1/2", 1", 1 1/4", 1 3/4", 2 1/4", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2", 3 3/4", 4 1/4"
- Pocket Pages: Shy Shamrock CS
- (8) 6 1/4" x 6 3/4", scored at 6 1/4"
- Inside Cover Gusseted Pockets:
- Shy Shamrock CS: 3" x 7 5/8", scored on 3 sides
- Lemon Lolly CS: 2 1/4" x 6 3/8"
- Pages 1 & 8: Flip In with magnet closures
- Shy Shamrock Flip-In: 5" x 7 1/2", scored at 3", and 7". That leaves you a 1/2" hinge to attach to the pocket.
- DSP: 6" x 6"
- DSP: 2 3/4" x 4 3/4"
- DSP: 3 3/4" x 4 3/4"
- Pages 2 & 7, 4 & 5:
- DSP: 6" x 6"
- Pages 3 & 6: Gatefold Pockets with photo mat
- Shy Shamrock CS: (2) 3 5/8" x 8 1/2". Score on short side at 3 1/8", turn and score at 6 1/4"
- DSP: (2) 2 7/8" x 6"
- DSP: (2) 2" x 2 7/8"
- CS: 5" x 5", for photo mat insert
- CS: 6" x 6", to layer on the base pocket page underneath the gates
- Pocket Page Inserts: Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Balmy Blue
- CS (each color): 5 1/2" x 11", scored at 5 1/2"
- scrap of each color to punch out tab
- Front & Back Covers:
- Peach Pie: (2) 6 1/4" x 6 1/4"
- DSP: (2) 6" x 6"
- Pretty in Pink: 4" x 4"
- Lemon Lolly Shimmer: 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"
- Basic White: 1" x 1 1/2"
- Shy Shamrock: 1 1/4" x 1 3/4"
- Crumb Cake/Basic White/Shy Shamrock/Pretty in Pink/Peach Pie: scraps to stamp/die-cut basket, grass, bunnies/carrot
Sharing some pictures, but not of every page.
Inside Front Cover with gusseted pocket and some 4" x 6" cut aparts directly from the Easter Joy dsp. Inside Back Cover is the same, but with a different photo mat/cut apart.
Page 1 flip in.
One of the Gatefold Pockets with photo mat holding the gates together. I love this page design!
This shows how the pocket page inserts slide into the sides.
Stamps: Easter Basket Bundle, Reason to Celebrate
Ink: Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock, Early Espresso, Tuxedo (Memento)
Paper: Shy Shamrock, Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Lemon Lolly, Balmy Blue, Basic White, Easter Joy Specialty DSP, Pleasant Patterns Specialty DSP, Pastels Shimmer Specialty papers
Other: Stampin' Blends and Stampin' Write markers (various), Party Dots, Clear Shimmer brush, Corner rounder, Round-Tab punch, Keeping Tabs punch
I hope you love this mini!
I didn't have time to do a walk-through video of the finished piece, but I'll do that at the start of this Thursday night's Live video. I'll be showing you how to make some really cute Spiral cards this week!
Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!
Toni
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