mini-album tutorial.

I had a few emails and questions about how I made the mini-album from yesterday.

Click *here* to see what I'm talking about :)

Grab your cardstock and a cutter.  Cut 2 4-inch squares, 3 4x5-inch rectangles, and 1 4x5.5-inch rectangle.

Take your 3 4x5-inch rectangles and score them at 1 inch, on the long side.

Score your 4x5.5-inch rectangle at 1 inch, and again at 1.5 inches (again, on the long side).  This piece will make the cover of your mini-album, which is why we created a spine.

Adhere all of your pieces, as shown, keeping the piece with the spine on the left.

Glue the 2nd 4-inch square over-top, to hide all the mess.

Decorate your mini-album however you wish!

Close it up (yesterday I used an eyelet and some twine, but a little velcro circle on this one), and enjoy!

If you decide to make one based on my tutorial, feel free to link up in my comments section!  I'd love to see it.   Also, keep in mind that if you add bulky items (buttons, ribbon, etc), it won't close up as neatly.  You might try adding more of a spine to your other sides, to allow for more room!

Thanks for looking!

card #2 for week #3.

I really do love these colors together!  I couldn't help but put together another card.

It's so easy when you have most of the elements already created (I have a pile of stuff that didn't work out from other cards or were just extras - so handy for crafting in a pinch!)  The only thing I stamped especially for this card is the leaf image.  I colored the stamp with my SU creamy caramel marker and it gave me this soft, dewy look that I rather like.  Oh, and I stamped on top of the music background with the hero arts envelope pattern again.  I can't promise I'll stop using it anytime soon.  It's so subtle, you hardly notice it - but something's missing without it.

Have a great day!