Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a great day!
I wanted to share this cute little baby box card for the new baby niece I am waiting patiently to meet this summer!
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.🌞
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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!
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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.
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I decorated each page with 6×6 inch papers, fun die cuts, cute stickers, and a few enamel dots.
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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 …
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”.
3. Then, I added adhesive inside the “valleys” and stuck the sides together.
4. Once the binding piece is adhered, it should look like this ^.
5. And the back side (the spine) will look like this ^.
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.
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.
… and like this ^ on the inside.
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.
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.
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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! 😊
I will be using mine in my Easter table setting.
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 …
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This sweet bunny rabbit is the star of this page! I just 🩷 her little flower crown. So, let’s start with her …
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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.
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She’s so cute … she deserved a close-up!
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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!
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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.
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Next, were the photo mats. I cut 2 out of limeade paper and added more die cuts, dots, and the “Happy” tab.
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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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Glue the other white piece with the ears to the back of the face section so it covers the black piece for a finished look. Glue the sections together then fold in half and glue together with the tab. Glue the bottom flaps One thing about Lori’s files- when you fold a file in half (like boxes ,bags, 3D cards) the two sections match perfectly. I love this-no struggle to force a file to fit together. Glue the bottom flaps.
