That's the name I have given to this wee mini album that I made with one of the latest collections from the FabScraps team.
Project – Baby Memories - mini album – Michelle Frisby
For
This Project You Will Need
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MC107
001A carder’s pack – die cut embellishments
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MC107
001A carder’s pack – selection of papers
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Blooms
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Fibres
– off white
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FabScraps
crystal bling
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Hot
glue gun
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Adhesive
– double sided tape
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White
cardstock
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Metal
dies and cutting machine
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Diamond
dust
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Pearls
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Seam
binding
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Velcro
dots
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Ink –
quick dry fluid chalk ink – pastel violet
Instructions
:
1.
Make
the base of your mini album using white cardstock – I used a very old template
which can be found here http://poppypaperie.typepad.com/poppy_paperie/2010/10/mini-fold-book.html. Over the years I have tweaked this template a little
bit as I make up the base mini album.
But it is definitely a ‘go to’ template.
2.
Cut a
selection of papers from the carder’s pack – mine were cut a smidgeon under 3”
square for every square panel throughout the mini album.
3.
Ink
around the edges with an ink pad – I used quick dry fluid chalk ink – pastel
violet – to bring out a little more purple.
4.
I put
strips of double sided adhesive on the back of each square/rectangle of
patterned paper and set them aside.
5.
Cut out
doily shapes using another set of the patterned papers from the carder’s pack –
I have used three doilies.
6.
Cut out
a selection of smaller doily shapes using white cardstock. I have used two white cardstock doilies for
each large doily.
7.
Cut
strips of paper lace – I have used a lacey looking metal die.
8.
Starting
at the front of my mini album – adhere one piece of patterned paper to the left
hand side panel.
9.
Then
adhere a piece of your lacey white paper along the left hand side edge.
10.
Second
page – fold large doily in half. Adhere
back of the flap of the doily to the back side of the patterned paper square
and then adhere to the mini album itself – hope that makes sense. Do not adhere the top of the flap of the
doily to the paper. Now adhere one white
cardstock doily to the underneath of the larger doily and another white
cardstock doily to the top of the larger doily.
Then select a die cut from the carder’s pack and adhere on the white
cardstock doily and then select a small bloom and a piece of crystal bling and
adhere to the die cut. So in actual
fact, you are building up a flap. You
can now lift that flap and tuck in a photo or journaling.
11.
These
two pages are repeated throughout the mini album and I have alternated
occasionally throughout the mini album the pages.
12.
The last
two and a half pages I have done slightly differently.
13.
The
left hand side paper panel square remains the same, but I have cut out another
smaller white cardstock doily and cut in half and layered it, scored and
adhered but allowed for the top to lift up as a flap and then cut out a circle
in patterned paper, cut in half, adhered and then adhered a crystal bling.
14.
The
middle panel has the doily flaps and a circle cut from the patterned paper.
15.
The
smaller strip of patterned paper panel has the lacey edge paper on the left
hand side of the panel and a half of the Velcro dot for closure added to it.
16.
Skinny
pieces of patterned paper are cut for the smaller side strips of the mini album
together with another lacey edge.
17.
To
close the top of the mini album, I have cut another small white cardstock doily
and cut it in half, cut a circle of patterned paper, adhered to the top of the
cardstock doily and adhered to each edge.
18.
The top
right hand side has an embellishment cluster of fibres, a strand of pearls and
a handmade bloom.
19.
Using a
toothpick randomly apply gloss gel and then a sprinkling of diamond dust and
allow to dry.
20. Cut three white cardstock tags, run the ink pad around
the edges, thread through seam binding and tear a little of the patterned paper
and adhere to the top of the tags. Each
tag is placed between the double pages for additional notes/journaling.
Now you will have realised that you were always going to see some of the inside pages of this album ... and here they are ... not all of them, just a few.
Aren't those wee animals delightful?
Happy creating my friends.
Until next time,
CYA
Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]