Good morning?! I can't believe t's already after midnight, and I really wanted to get this blog post finished about 6 hours ago when I got home. :( It's been a busy, but fun, weekend. Now let's think back to this past Thursday...I made a really CUTE Mini Album using the Beary Christmas Memories & More Card pack AND the Cards & Envelopes pack. I actually made two of them using these products. The red one was my prototype and is oriented portrait-style. I made the blue one live, and it is done in a landscape orientation. I just wanted to try both styles.
I did come up with these mini books and measurements on my own, so if something is wrong - it's entirely my fault. :) My stroke of brilliance was to use the greeting cards from this kit to create the pocket pages for these albums. Works out great!!! I was also able to incorporate a U-Hinge system that I learned from Club Scrap. It's a really easy hinge and binding system to use.
Each album has four pages, or signatures. I made two different styles for the fronts of the pages, and all of the backs are the same (gusseted pocket).
Just a reminder that I am generally Live on-line every Thursday at 8:00pm ET. I am streaming to BOTH YouTube and Facebook simultaneously.
If you are not able to catch me live, you can watch over on YouTube. If the picture does not appear below, you can click HERE to get to it on YouTube.
I made this Balmy Blue mini album during my live video. You can see - I didn't have time to finish the cover, and frankly...I won't do that until I figure out which pictures I'm going to put in it anyway. It will definitely be a winter or Christmas theme album. Leaning towards winter fun. Notice that I've also used cardstock to cover the spine, and then designer series paper to wrap the rest of the front and back covers. This was something new I wanted to try, and I really like it.
I'm going to show you some of the different pages, and give you the chipboard and paper measurements for the base album and pages. I won't go into any layering details (i.e. when I added an embossed layer to pockets).
Finished size for BOTH albums is 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" x 1 1/4".
Cutting guide for Blue Mini Album (Landscape orientation):
- Chipboard/Cover pieces: (2) 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", (1) 1 1/4" x 4 3/4"
- Adhesive Sheets to put on chipboard: (2) 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", (1) 1 1/4" x 4 3/4"
- Cover Wrap: (1) 3 1/2" x 6 3/4" Balmy Blue card stock, (2) 6" x 6 3/4" Balmy Blue DSP
- Inside Covers: Balmy Blue cardstock for all - (1) 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" for middle/spine, (2) 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" for inside front/back covers
- U-Hinges: (2) 1 1/4" x 4 1/2" Balmy Blue. On the 1 1/4" side, score at 1/2" from each end.
- Front of page Flip-Outs: (2) 4" x 5 1/2", scored at 5"
- Back of page pockets: (4) 2 1/2" x 7 1/8", scored at 1/2" on two short sides and one long side to make gusseted pocket. I made (2) in Misty Moonlight, and (2) in Balmy Blue.
This page style has a flip out with magnetic closure. Magnet is underneath this embossed layer. You have a 1/2" hinge to attach to the front of the page. Pages 1 & 3 are this style.
You can obviously see where I put the magnet on this, but it will get covered up with a picture or ephemera when I fill this album.
Back of page shows that each page is a pocket, made out of the Memories & More card. See the notch I made for a thumb pull. Add an insert and pull tab. Gusseted pocket shown on bottom of this page. All of the back sides are all the same - gusseted pocket.
This is the second style of page front. I took one of the 4" x 6" Memories & More Cards from the card pack, and glued it onto the front of the page on 3 sides...to make another pocket or tuck space. I did not add gussets so it's a pretty tight pocket. Pages 2 & 4 are this style.
This just shows the back of another pocket - they're all the same. Notice here that I'm moving the punched out thumb pull area, and tab on the insert.
Cutting guide for Red Mini Album (Portrait orientation):
- Chipboard/Cover pieces: (2) 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", (1) 1 1/4" x 6 3/4"
- Adhesive Sheets to put on chipboard: (2) 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", (1) 1 1/4" x 6 3/4"
- Cover Wrap: (1) 3 1/2" x 8 3/4" Real Red card stock, (2) 5" x 8 3/4" Red stripes DSP
- Inside Covers: Real Red cardstock for all - (1) 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" for middle/spine, (2) 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" for inside front/back covers
- U-Hinges: (2) 1 1/4" x 6 1/4" Real Red. On the 1 1/4" side, score at 1/2" from each end.
- Front of page Flips (up and down): (4) 3 1/4" x 4 3/4" Real Red, scored on long side at 4 1/4"
- Back of page pockets: (4) 2 3/4" 4 5/8", scored at 1/4" on two short sides and one long side to make gusseted pocket. Why did I score at 1/4" on this one, and 1/2" on the blue one???? Because this red one was my prototype, and I thought 1/4" would be fine. It's a little small to work with.
This page style has a top and bottom flip with magnetic closures. Make the flips, attach your magnets, and then add your choice of 3" x 4" cards from the Memories & More Card pack. Pages 1 & 3 are this style.
I didn’t add any extra rhinestones or bling - there’s already so much INSIDE the shakers…but you could add more if you wanted to.
Stamps: NONE
Ink: NONE
Paper: Balmy Blue, Misty Moonlight, Real Red, Old Olive, Misty Moonlight, Beary Christmas Memories & More Card Pack, Beary Christmas Memories & More Cards & Envelopes
Other: Exposed Brick & Distressed Tile embossing folders, Round Tab punch, 1" circle punch, adhesive sheets, chipboard, magnets
I hope you find these measurements useful, and I really encourage you to give it a try if you're at all interested in making your own mini books. I find it to be a lot of fun, and creatively rewarding.
Reminder - no video this Thursday because we'll all be gobble gobbling, and wobble wobbling! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Toni
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