A QUICK MINI FOR WALLET PICTURES

Hello my Friends! I love to use wallet-size pictures whether it's for pages or minis they're the perfect size. I was thinking about a way to my favorite moments of the Advent with my Grandmother in France and then I thought why not bind them all together and slide them into a sturdy cover. And while at it why not share a step-by-step with you?!

MINI ( closed ): 3 x 4 inches. All papers from Making Memories'Noel 

TUTORIAL:

1. To make the cover, cut 3 pieces of heavy cardboard and glue on top of your cardstock.

  

2. This is what the cover will look like:

  

3. Adhere 2 pieces of ribbon like so:

   

4. Adhere the lining which is slightly smaller than the cover:

   

5. Make pockets by adhering 2 pieces of cardstock on each side:

   

6. Gather your wallet pictures and two papers for the cover.

  

7. It'll look like that:

  

8. You can now slide the front cover of the mini into the "front "pocket and the back cover into the "back" pocket.

This mini could be a good way to gather your memories of the Holidays!

Thank You! 

MINI BOOK TUTORIAL WITH BOOBUNNY

Hello, alexandra here! This month, APIT provided me with the BoBunny's A Gift Of Love collection and I thought it'd be fun to turn it into an envelope mini book and share the tutorial with you. These reversible papers are gorgeous and could accomodate every style/theme. The sheet of 3-D stickers that come with the kit are perfect to decorate a mini and a few other projects!

TUTORIAL:

1. Use an long envelope of your liking as a template and trace onto you cardstock:

    

2. Cut each envelope:

  

3. Ink the extremeties to add depth and a nice finish:

    

4. Score envelopes with a bone folder:

    

5. Once the envelopes have been assembled take your embellies and make the cover:

   

6. Punch holes ( 1" from the edge on both sides ) and bind with two metal rings:

    

6. Once your structure is finished, you can add inside pages for each envelope. I plan on having pictures on the envelopes and the journaling inside on kraft paper.

  

7. Here is what the spine of the mini envelope book looks like, the dark border makes all the elements of the cover stand out, it also gives it an "old-book".

8. Don't forget to incorporate fun ephemera or trinkets on your cover. Here for instance, I used the star that came with a pair of Converse shoes!

  

=>  7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches  -  18  x 11 cm

Thank you  -  

A TRI-FOLD BOOK

Hello There! My name is alexandra and my role at APIT is to: "Stretch That Kit". I was lucky enough to play with the Basic Grey collection this month:

Here are some of the projects I made with the Capella collection:

When I first saw that line, I thought about two things: a Baby book for my friend Jamie who's about to have her 5Th baby and a "vintage" page with older (think sepia pictures) lay-out. Here is how I made the tri-fold Baby book.

The book is made of 2 Legal file folders, trimmed down, adhered together and scored according to the format needed. The elastic is threaded as shown in the picture below.

The pages are binded to the third part of the structure with the bind-It-All.

I distressed the edges of the papers to give them more depth.

Here is the book almost finished, ready for a title...

The tag and the "B" are Quickutz dies, the other letters are rub-ons from American Crafts.

The tag is glued only on its right side:

The finished project looks like this when it's open:

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This kind of books could serve many purposes and different elements could be added such as : a slot for a pen, some pockets...
I hope you've enjoyed this, have a splendid Sunday!