Suitcase Mini Album Tutorial

Hi friends! Traci here and today, I’m sharing a cute travel mini album that I made using Lori’s NEW cutting file titled Hidden Binding Mini Album Suitcase. (Silhouette) The fun shape is so versatile and can be made with any paper collection for your vacation needs. Since summer is ahead, I created it with a sunny beach theme.🌞

 

Suitcase Shaped Travel Mini Scrapook Album for vacation photos

Lori has designed a bunch of these hidden binding shaped albums and I love them! I’ve made the rectangle, apple, house, flower, telephone, and tag shape. Today’s mini is about travel, so the suitcase shape is perfect!

 

Suitcase Shaped Travel Scrapbook Mini Album with a summer beach theme

For this “fun in the sun” project, I used the Doodlebug Design Seaside Summer Collection. But it would also be great for winter skiing, a visit to the lake, a cabin in the mountains, a road trip, a cruise, or any vacation.

Let’s take a quick look inside, then I’ll explain how I made it.

 

Suitcase Shaped Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Pages with cute summer and beach images

I decorated each page with 6×6 inch papers, fun die cuts, cute stickers, and a few enamel dots. 

 

Suitcase Shaped Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Pages with cute summer and beach images

Isn’t this cute? Such a colorful little scrapbook. For larger photos and details of each page, visit my blog here.

Now, for the tutorial …

 

Suitcase Shaped Summer Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

1. First, I cut out the pieces. Since all of the suitcase shape pages are sandwiched using 2 pieces, I needed 10 total … 2 for the front cover, 2 for the back cover, and 6 for the 3 scrapbook pages inside.

2.  Note that the center piece is scored for the binding. The score
lines are a bit hard to see on the brown image 😊.  I folded along each
of the score lines to create “mountains” and “valleys”. 

Suitcase Shaped Summer Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

3. Then, I added adhesive inside the “valleys” and stuck the sides together.

 

Suitcase Shaped Summer Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

4.  Once the binding piece is adhered, it should look like this ^.

Suitcase Shaped Summer Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial


5.  And the back side (the spine) will look like this ^.

 

Suitcase Shaped Summer Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

6. Next, the cutting file comes
with pieces for the pattern paper that goes on top of the white spine,
front and back covers, and suitcase shaped pages. I chose the blue waves print and adhered it to one side only of the exterior pieces.

 

Suitcase Shaped Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

7.  Once that was done, I adhered the front cover to the front of the first
spine fold. Then, the back cover to the back of the last spine fold. When it’s opened up flat, the
album covers and spine should look like this ^ on the outside.  

 

Suitcase Shaped Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

… and like this ^ on the inside.    

 

Suitcase Shaped Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

8. Next, I adhered pattern paper to ONE SIDE ONLY of the 8 remaining
suitcase shapes. Since these will be stuck back to back to another suitcase page, only one
side will show. 

 

Suitcase Shaped Summer Travel Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

9.  Now it’s time to assemble the album.  I adhered one suitcase page to the inside of the front and back covers. Then, I added one to the front and back of each spine fold … sandwiching them on the
“mountain” and creating
3 double-sided pages (6 individual pages). Including the inside covers, this gives you 8 scrapbook pages in total.

Suitcase Shaped Summer Travel Scrapbook Mini Album displayed on a clear acrylic stand by Artsy Albums


I hope you’ll try this fun project made with Lori’s Hidden Binding Mini Album Suitcase  (Silhouette) cutting file. It’s perfect for your vacation photos, or … it makes a wonderful gift idea. Have a great day! 😊

 

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Onesie Mini Album

Hi everyone! Back in February 2024, I got a call about a very special little girl coming home from Thailand. She was born at just 26 weeks, and now—over a year later—she’s finally home in South Dakota for the first time. She needed some help to make the trip, and with lots of effort and phone calls, we made it happen.

Now, that little miracle is home, doing well, and she just turned one at the end of March! I had the joy of meeting her, and she completely stole my heart. I made this mini album just for her.

You can find the file here in Lori’s Shop or here in the Silhouette Online Design Store. I used Lori’s Echo Park Birthday Girl Collection. I had so much fun creating this for this little princess. She truly is a miracle, and I hope her parents know how much she has touched my heart and how much I loved being a part of her journey home.

Happy Birthday!
~Cathy

3D Easter Egg Tutorial

Hello crafty friends. Noelene here today, I want to share with you how I made these cute fun 3D Easter Eggs, using the following Lori Whitlock Files: 3D Easter Egg 2 (SilhouetteSVG), 3D Easter Egg 3 (SilhouetteSVG), 3D Easter Egg 4 (SilhouetteSVG), 3D Easter Egg 5 (SilhouetteSVG) & 3D Easter Egg 6 (SilhouetteSVG).

For my tutorial I am using 3D Easter Egg 4 (SilhouetteSVG).
I started out by opening my file in Silhouette & using the transform tool to enlarge all my panels to 135%. This gave me an egg with the dimensions approx 3.5″ wide x 5″ high.
Then I proceeded to cut the panels using coloured cardstock for the coloured panels & vellum for the grey panels.

I finely glued the vellum onto the back of eacg tulip patterned panel being careful not to put too much. Now let them dry.
Next I took the 3 egg shaped panels & insterted them into each other starting with the one with the 2 slits on top & bottom (far right on above image). Then I insterted the one with the slits on the outer edge (middle on above image) then lastly inserting the one with the slits on the inner edge, (far left on above image).

Then I inserted the big round shape onto the bottom slits.
Doing the same with the smaller round shape on top.
Lastly take the tulip panels & insert the wider part into the bottom of the egg shape & the narrower part into the top part of the egg.
Now do the same with the remainder of the panels & you are done. If you wish you can add some light using led tealight candles for a lantern effect.

I will be using mine in my Easter table setting.

If you want to make the lot like I plan to do, (because why not! They’re quick & simple to make! You can purchase these files individually or as a bundle here!
For more inspiration, check out my Instagram!
Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs
Noelene 🙂

12×12 Easter Bunny Page

Hello friends! Traci here and today, I have a cute 12×12 Easter scrapbook page to share with you. I made it using two of Lori’s pretty cutting files and lots of colorful papers. Since Easter is this Sunday, I thought a fun layout would be perfect for a few holiday photos of coloring eggs. Take a look …

 

12x12 Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page with pretty flowers, carrots, and colorful eggs

This sweet bunny rabbit is the star of this page! I just 🩷 her little flower crown. So, let’s start with her …

12x12 Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page with pretty flowers, carrots, and colorful eggs


I used Lori’s adorable 5×7 Easter Bunny Card 4 file (SVG, Silhouette) and a colorful mix of solid card stock. I assembled the pieces, then added
some enamel dots to the flowers for sparkle. 

12x12 Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page with pretty flowers, carrots, and colorful enamel dots


She’s so cute … she deserved a close-up! 

 

12x12 Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page with a scalloped border, pretty flowers, and enamel dots

Next, I chose another one of Lori’s cutting files called 4 Spring Borders (SVG, Silhouette) to make this pretty scalloped piece. Now … time to build the page!

 

12x12 Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page with pretty flowers, a scalloped journaling spot, and colorful stripes

To begin, I chose a rainbow stripe pattern paper from the Doodlebug Design Bunny Hop
Collection as the base. Then, I added bubblegum card stock at the top and the scalloped border in the middle.

In the top corner, I adhered the “coloring”, “eggs”, and flower die cuts from the Bunny Hop Collection along with some pretty enamel sprinkles. And for the journaling spot, I used 3 punches to make this … a 3″ scallop circle, a 2.5″ circle, and a 2.25″ circle then layered them all.

 

12x12 Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page with pretty flowers, colorful eggs, and a scalloped border

Next, were the photo mats. I cut 2 out of limeade paper and added more die cuts, dots, and the “Happy” tab.

12x12 Easter Bunny Scrapbook Page with pretty flowers, carrots, and colorful eggs

As a finishing touch, I gave the bunny 3 colorful egg die cuts to hold on to, and … she’s ready for Easter! Yep … she and her carrots are pretty cute. 🥕🐰🥕

I hope this layout gives you a little holiday inspiration. I had so much fun using the 5×7 Easter Bunny Card 4 and the 4 Spring Borders cutting files. Highly recommend! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

 

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