mini album – Lori Whitlock

2×2 Give Thanks Mini Album with Traci

November 28, 2024November 27, 2024Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving! Traci here and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday filled with blessings and warm, happy moments. Today, I have a tiny scrapbook to share with you titled Give Thanks that would be so fun for those memories. And, it might be the “miniest” mini album I’ve ever made!

Look how small it is! 💕 I created it with one of Lori’s amazing cutting files called 2×2 Accordion Mini Album (SVG, Silhouette) and the Echo Park, I love Fall Collection also designed by Lori.

First, let’s look at this little cutie, then I’ll explain exactly how I made it with a tutorial below.

I just love that it looks like a miniature book. It has an orange and green scalloped spine, pretty pattern papers, and a Give Thanks title sticker on the cover from the 12×12 elements sheet.

Inside, there are 16 little scrapbook pages (8 double-sided). I added some fun shaped journaling spots and photo mats using a 2″ scallop circle punch and a 1.75″ circle punch by Marvy Uchida.

You could use each page in this album for photos, or … mix it up and add embellishments on some of them like I did. Above, I added the Harvest Blessings sticker from the sticker book.

The journaling spots are perfect for adding dates, names, locations, events, or … what you and your family are most grateful for this year.

This project could be a cute little gift idea for after Thanksgiving. Make them for your guests with pictures from the holiday. Or … create this tiny album with ANY paper collection and it could be a fun Christmas present or stocking stuffer idea!

Now, for some instructions …

1. I chose my papers and cut out the 8 pages, 2 inside covers, 2 outside covers, and three pieces for the spine.

2. Next, I folded the paper on the score lines for each of the pages and positioned them on my table with the 1/2″ tab on the left.

3. Then, I adhered each 1/2” tab to the back of the page before it until I had all 8 pages glued together.

4. The very first page still has a tab on the left side, so I adhered the inside front cover here.

5. The inside back cover has a tab on it, so I adhered this to the last page of the album.

6. Once all of the pages are attached, I folded them into a little book and added the front and back covers.

7.
Finally, I adhered the 2 scallop accent pieces next to the spine on the
front and back, then used liquid adhesive to fold the orange spine around the
entire left side of the book.

There
is no need to adhere any of the pages back to back or to the spine. They stay nicely in their accordion shape once the spine piece goes on. Once the book is complete … it’s time to decorate!

I hope you’ll try this fun project made with Lori’s 2×2 Accordion Mini Album cutting file and her fabulous I Love Fall Collection designed for Echo Park.

For a video tutorial of this album, please see Lori’s YouTube video here:

Have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy your day with family and friends! 🍂🦃🧡

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Butterfly Mini Album Tutorial

March 21, 2024March 20, 2024

Hey friends! Traci here and today, I have a new project for spring. Last Thursday was National Butterfly Day and I realized … I’ve never made a mini album in the shape of a butterfly! So, with the help of two amazing Lori Whitlock cutting files, I created a super cute little butterfly scrapbook. Take a look …

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

I chose the first cut file titled Butterfly Set (Silhouette) because it had the perfect wings, however it didn’t have the separate body piece that I needed. So I found a second file called Shaped Card Butterfly (Silhouette) & used them both!

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album with cut-outs

I loved the delicate patterned cut-outs in the wings and thought it would be pretty backed with some colorful papers. I also added a few gems for sparkle.

Let’s take a quick look inside, then I’ll walk you through the steps of how I made it …

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with hearts, flowers, and a bird

I used the file to cut white card stock pages, then covered them in a mix of 12×12 pattern papers from Bella Blvd’s Birthday Bash and Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre.

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with stripes, flowers, a cake, and cupcakes

I created photo mats for each page in varying shapes and sizes, then decorated with lots of cute die cuts.

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with flowers and confetti

On this page, I made two round photo mats by punching a 2.5″ scalloped circle out of a pattern paper, then a 1 3/4″ circle out of white card stock.

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with lots of pretty flowers

Ok, time for the tutorial. Here’s how I made the album with Lori’s awesome cut file …

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Album Tutorial

1. I duplicated the shape first so that I would have a front cover, back cover, and pages.

2. I wanted the pages and back cover to be a solid shape so next I highlighted my second butterfly and clicked release compound path — this separates all of the little inside shapes.

3. I moved the base butterfly shape off the the left, and deleted the little bits and pieces that were left behind.

4. Next, I created an internal offset of the solid butterfly so that I would have a smaller shape to cut pattern paper layers.

I cut the cover pieces once, and then cut 5 solid pieces to use as pages. Finally, I cut various pattern papers out of the smaller butterfly.

I hope this helps you to create your own shaped mini album with Lori’s butterfly cut files. She has so many great ones to choose from! Hop on over to her shop today and have fun exploring. Happy crafting!

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Baby Boy Layered Mini Album

December 11, 2023December 10, 2023

Hi everyone! I chose one of Lori’s older files today for a gift for a friend who has a new grandson. This Layered Mini Album or here In Silhouette Online Design Store, has always been one of my favorite mini’s. It’s just simply fabulous and like it says, full of layers! I hope you enjoy looking at all the pages. I had so much fun creating this darling little mini! All the little flaps fold up to add photos underneath and tags pull out to add photos there also!

Thank you for stopping by!

~Cathy

Tiered Bracket Mini Album

November 30, 2023November 29, 2023

Hello friends! We’re into the Christmas season so, I thought it would be fun to make a holiday mini album using one of Lori Whitlock’s amazing cutting files called Tiered Album Bracket (SVG, Silhouette). It‘s perfect for your favorite photos from the season, and … it would make a sweet gift idea for someone special.

I love making shaped mini albums and Lori has lots of great cutting files with unique silhouettes to choose from. This one caught my eye with its pretty waterfall pages. To decorate it, I chose Doodlebug’s Gingerbread Kisses Collection.

Now, on to how I made it …

First, the cutting file comes with the base pages and the inset pieces for cutting pattern paper. One tip when cutting out the patterns … be sure to position your pattern on the cutting mat so that it will be cut in the direction you want!

I love how the patterns cut perfectly sized to allow a nice 1/8″ border of white (or whatever color base you choose).

I decorated my pages with card stock mats and embellishments and love how the waterfall design let’s some of the fun elements peek through!

The pink page above is an example of what I meant about cutting the correct direction for your paper. Since I wanted my pink hearts to be right side up, I flipped my cutting file design in the software to “flip vertically”. You could also just place your paper upside down on your mat 🙂

Lori has several fun waterfall (tiered) album designs in her shop … curved, flag, pennant, pinking, rounded, tabs, scallop, ticket, and wave shapes! I love them all!

I hope you’ve been inspired to try one of Lori’s tiered albums! They would make a cute gift for Christmas, and a fun way to display your holiday (or any day) memories! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Dino-mite 4×6 Pocket Page Mini Album Tutorial

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023

Hi everyone! I just fell in love with Lori’s Echo Park collection, Dino-Mite. It is just so dang cute with the sweetest images and the colors are just so fun. I have a coworker who has this little guy who is all about dinosaurs and he just turned two, so I thought I would make a mini for her to document some of their adventures over his Birthday weekend. I used Lori’s 4×6 pocket page mini album here in the Silhouette Online Design Store or you can find it here in Lori’s Store. I also didn’t realize Lori already had a tutorial on it, so I’m putting the link here for it also. I put mine together a little differently, lol.

Lori’s Tutorial

I started by using Echo Park’s Dino Mite Card Stock Pack and cut all of my pages first, two of each color. Using the cardstock pack gives you two colors, so it works out perfectly when you fold your pages over to create the pockets for a nice contrast. Just fold on the score-lines, add your adhesive and you have your four pocket pages. Next, I cut my four smaller pockets from the 6×6 Dino-Mite paper pad, fold on the score-line and add adhesive. Here’s where I did mine differently, I added these smaller pockets to the back side of each of these pages with the pre-attached pockets. No biggie there. Turned out just as cute. Each of these pockets also has an insert that Lori’s has designed to go inside, you can matt your photos on these or add your journaling. You’ll see those in the finished pictures. I used the Echo Park matching Dino-Mite Card Stock again for those.

I cut my cover next, again from the Dino-Mite matching Card Stock and then just used book rings to put it all together. Easy peasy. On two pages, I added little flaps (like you see below with a photo matt under neath) these are just 4×4 element cards from the Dino-Mite paper pack that I scored at 1/4 inch and added adhesive to create the little flap. I just dug into the paper pack and used all the goodies from the pack and Dino-Mite frames and tags, Ephemera to embellish my album.