More Ribbons, Please

I've been having so much fun playing with ribbon techniques.  How about a sneak peek at my album pages in progress?  These aren't even completely attached yet and there are a lot more pages to come.  I'm really having fun working on this project.  My album will become a useful part of my resources that I know I will keep and use again and again.  I plan to leave a few blank pages in the back, too, so I can add more ideas as I come up with them.

For our May 5 Ribbons Magic class, we'll make an album in which to keep all our techniques, but we'll also have some extra sheets of photos of card examples.  This should help inspire even more ideas when you go to create cards using ribbons.

Here's the album:

I intentionally featured 3 ways to use ribbon on the cover.  I wanted to start out running!

- You can add a pleated strip of ribbon.
- You can tie a sprig of ribbon into a knot, v-cut the ends and attach it as an embellishment.
- You can tie it around an embellishment, such as the rings holding our album together.

I've tied 3 pieces of ribbon around each ring holding our album together.  I've v-cut all the ends.  This is a wonderful way to add a fun embellishment to an album.  Remember, the class will feature ways to use ribbons on cards, scrapbook layouts, AND projects, such as this album.  You could use the pleated ribbon or the knotted sprig embellishment on gift boxes and gift bags, as well as fun scrapbook layouts.  See, we're rolling in ideas already!

Here are the handout sheets everyone will get at the class.  I want each person to go home with lots and lots of ideas!  I'm still working on my class prep for this class, so there may be 1 or 2 more sheets before I'm finished.

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Good As Gold Mini Album

Let's take another look today at my little mini album.  This is made with 5 little note cards from our Good As Gold Card Kit.  The cover is made with Bermuda Bay, with an extra layer that is embossed.  I have been using a lot of Bermuda Bay lately because it does a good job of chasing away that winter blah feeling you get this time of year.

This little mini album is the one we'll be making at my March 10 Scraps and Prayers class.   I've had a lot of comments and compliments on it, so I am really looking forward to making it at our class.

I also made a Tangerine Tango album and used parts of a Good As Gold card for the extra layer on the front and back covers.  These little albums are so cute and would be great to carry in your purse or brief case as a little brag book.  The one on the left has an unexpected sparkle that the camera didn't pick up too well.  Some of the polka dots are a shiny gold.  This works well for a cover.

I was just thinking:  The kit comes with 8 cards.  You could make a mini album like my Bermuda Bay album + 2 cards and then use the last card to make the Tangerine Tango album on the left.  You'd have to use white pages inside or get another kit to make the sparkle pages.  This makes a kit go pretty far!  Of course, if you got the second kit, you could have a few cards left over and make some of the cute treat bags or other projects I showed you here.

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Sent With Love... a Cute Little Mini Album

Our Sent With Love Bundle is a lot of fun to use for making a little mini album.  I've made a couple of others using this same process and thought it would be fun to make one with our Sent With Love papers.

These are the very last of my stash of retired little scalloped edged paper bags.  I had just enough for 1 more journal.  I attached all the pages using Calypso Coral Baker's Twine.

... and ... Here is the back cover.

One of the sheets has all these cute little pieces on it.  I cut them out and used them to decorate the pages.  You can slip mementos into the open ends of each bag, or add pieces of CS with stamped images on them or attached photos.  This would be the perfect journal for a trip.

You can use most any paper to create your own mini album.  You don't even have to have paper bags.  You could just use CS or chipboard pages and attach photos and embellishments onto each one.  You are limited only by your imagination.  Of course, if you really like the paper bag idea, you can always look for different sizes of bags in the gift-wrapping section of local stores.  Try it!

In case you missed them, here is a link to the other paper bag mini albums that I made.   

By the way, I had all these little pieces left over, along with a lot of DSP.  I think I'll use them to make some cards!

I'll have to share those in another post.  Our Sent With Love Bundle promotion ends on April 30, so order one soon if you'd like to try this idea.

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Beau Chateau Mini Album

This is a project we started at our last Scrapbook Club crop.  We're going to add more to it at our Feb. crop.  We used Beau Chateau DSP.  I added Chantilly Crochet Trim + Blushing Bride ribbons.  The front and back covers are chipboard covered with DSP.  The pages are coordinating colors of CS to match the covers.  I stamped on the pages and the front cover with our Creative Elements stamp set.  After punching the holes for the album (crop-A-dile) I used binder rings to hold the album together.  These can be easily removed so you can add more pages any time you'd like.

I stamped a lot of extra flowers, so I could cut out portions of them and layer them with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I added a tiny dot of Dazzling Details (clear) to the center of each flower.  Mini albums are so much fun to make.  You can use them as a mini scrapbook, an extra special card with multiple pages or, as I'm planning, for a special Valentine for my sweetheart.  Happy Stamping!

A Fun and Easy Mini Album: Tutorial

Here's a cute little mini album, made similar to the ones the gals on the Alaskan cruise made a few months ago.  I like that it starts with just 1 sheet of 12 X 12" CS and then you add scraps to embellish it.  It will hold 8 little inserts, which can be used for pictures and/or stamped images and messages.
Tip:  All the measurements you'll need are at the end of this post.

Score at 3, 6 and 9" on one side.

Turn and score at 2, 6 and 10" in the other side.

Leaving the 2, 6 and 10" side facing vertically, cut up the middle until you reach the last horizontal score line.  Stop there.

Here's how it will look after you've cut.

 Fold the 2" flaps in on each side.

Fold as shown.

Attach the 2 middle pieces, back to back, to hold it into a 'book' position.

Make the belly band be loose enough to easily slip on and off the book.  You can add a stamped piece to the front of the belly band or, as shown, add a medallion.  (DSP measurements are at end of this post.)
Tip:  See my post on making medallions, along with a wreath, in an earlier post:  November 1, 2011.

I've added a small piece of DSP to the front of the 'book' and then attached a slightly larger piece folded around the left edge of the 'book' like a book binding.

Here are the little inserts that you can use to fit into the pockets.  (Be sure to glue the outside edges of the 'pockets' shut to hold the inserts.

This is a quick, fun and easy project that can be adapted to various seasons or themes to fit most any occasion.  This would make a nice little gift or a brag book for your purse.

Here are the measurements for the DSP pieces:
DSP layer on front of mini album (optional) = 2 3/4 X 3 3/4"
DSP 'binding' to go around spine of album    = 4 X 4"
DSP belly band                                               = 8 1/2 X 1"
DSP strip for medallion                                  = 12 X 1"

CS for tags for pockets                                   = 2 1/2 X 3 3/4"

Subtles Collection Project: A Squash Book

I love making these squash books.  I think they're addicting.  You can add text, quotes, photos --- anything you'd like --- to all the little sections.  This is a great gift for someone and can often be made using extra photos left over from making your album layout pages.