Circular album – Lori Whitlock

Happy Fall everyone! It’s my favorite time of year….the colors, the temps, and all that it brings. I created a fun little mini to showcase it this year with Lori’s Echo Park collection I Love Fall and her Circular Pop Up Card (Silhouette). I think of it more as a mini album though, I had so much fun making this and Lori also has a tutorial on it. I will link her tutorial here.

Start by cutting all of your papers, you will need 5 base pieces if you would like it to be like mine, a circular star shape. Cut 4 pieces if you would like a square. You will need 10 triangles and 10 squares.

Assemble all 5 pieces with the layers of paper, pay attention to which way you pattern goes if using patterned paper. The little triangles belong on the bottom, that will make it easier for you when adding those patterned papers. In step 4 you can see how I folded it and added scor tape to the tabbed piece. Then simply adhere that top triangle to the tabbed piece, push the triangle pieces back inside the card base so it lays flat like a card. Do this 4 more times with your remaining papers.

Next, you can see I have my five pieces done and I’m ready to assemble it. I used scor tape again to adhere piece by piece. You want a strong adhesive for this project. Put our five pieces in order, make sure they are going the correct direction, the fold in triangles go on the bottom.

In step one you can see how I put my adhesive on my first piece, then add another folded piece on top of that one. You will do this 4 times…remember you want your book to open so don’t glue the last piece to the first, after adding the layers. You can see how I left it open in photo 4. Photos 2 and 3 show then layers as I went along.

Now it’s time to embellish. My favorite.

So I did go back to my Silhouette and cut two more square pieces to add to the front and back cover as I wanted my embellishments to stand out. One piece of the front cover and one on the back.