Hello, my friends! Traci here with a fun take on one of Lori’s brand new shaped cards. I turned it into a mini album (and if you follow me, you know minis are my thing, LOL!). Lori’s adorable new Honey Jar card (SVG, Silhouette) inspired me to turn the card into pages! Check it out …
I started with the cutting file base and cut it out 3 times. Then, instead of folding the pieces along the scoreline for a card, I cut the 2 halves of the card in half along the scoreline and created 6 pages (I actually only used 5 for my album).
Once I cut the black base pages, I created an internal offset in my Silhouette software and cut out 10 cute patterns from Lori’s new Bee Happy 6×6 paper pad (Echo Park). I love how all of the patterns look layered together when the album is fanned out 🙂
Along with the cute scallop mats, I also used stickers and die cuts from Lori’s new Bee Happy collection. I did trim off the small flowers in the lower left hand of the jar.
I hope you like my take on Lori’s adorable Honey Jar card! Please visit my blog over at Artsy Albums sometime to say hello! Until next time, happy crafting!!
Hello friends! Traci here and today, I’m sharing a tutorial on how to make this fun envelope-style mini album! I love creating small scrapbooks so when I’m looking for a new idea, I know Lori will always have something awesome. For this project, I used her SVG cutting file called Silhouette, 4×4 Accordion Envelope Mini Album
I wanted this to have a dog theme so I chose the super cute Echo Park Pets Collection (also designed by Lori). I used the 6×6 paper pad, both sets of die-cut ephemera, and the 12×12 sticker sheet.
Here’s what this accordion-style mini looks like opened up. On one side there are envelopes where you can store photos and small memorabilia. On the back side, there are mats so you can add more pictures.
Here’s how I made it …
First, I cut out all of the pieces. There are 4 envelopes, 3 hinge pieces, 2 covers, and the pattern papers for embellishing. I used cardstock for everything except the cover pieces. I used chipboard for those.
Now that everything was cut, I created each envelope by folding the 2 sides in and the bottom piece up. I added
double-sided adhesive to the bottom portion to seal everything together, then adhered the colorful embellishment piece to the flap.
Next, I attached the 4 envelopes to each other using the 2.25″ x 4″ hinge pieces to create a row. Be sure to leave about 1/8″ in between the envelopes so that there’s room for the fold.
Now, it’s time to add the cover pieces to the first and last envelopes. Again, leave a little space in between for the pages to bend.
Once all of the album’s base pieces are adhered together … fold it, making sure to alternate the direction of each page to create the accordion shape. Now, it’s time to embellish!
On the cover I layered the stripe, polka dot, navy blue print, and the 3×3 card on
top of each other. These are all from the 6×6 paper pad.
Inside for the envelope pages, I added cute stickers from the 12×12 sticker sheet and die cut
pieces from both packages of ephemera.
For the other side of the envelopes, I created photo mats for lots of cute puppy dog pictures. I added colorful pattern papers and more embellishments.
Lori has a great tutorial that shows you how to put everything together here:
This would make a great mini album for your pet’s photos or a sweet gift for
ANY pet parent. The Echo Park Pets Collection even has options for
cats, birds, hamsters, guinea pigs, lizards, fish, and rabbits!
Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I hope you’ll try this cutting file and wonderful paper line for your next project. Have a great day!
Hi there paper crafting friends! It’s Michelle Starcher, aka the Bookish Designer, hopping onto the Lori Whitlock blog to share a mini-album I made using the Farmer’s Market collection that Lori designed for Echo Park Paper Co. I used the 4×6 Vertical Mini Album with Pockets & Tags (SVG, Silhouette) to make the mini-album. The album was easy to put together and can be decorated with your favorite stickers and embellishments to make the project pop.
The project includes four pockets and tags as well as four rectangular pieces that can be used to frame your photos on the back of each pocket. You can easily include a picture on the front and back of each tag. I added an extra piece of cardstock to my tags for more color along with a few embellishments.
Hi Friends! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas that was warm and safe! Today I am sharing one of the mini albums from the Fabulous Mini Album Bundle (SVG, Silhouette). I haven’t made a December daily album for a few years because they are always so much work and I never seem to be done. So, I decided to scale it down a lot and just make a mini album. Less work, less pressure, but still so fun and cute! I just need to add my pictures and journaling.
All of the papers, stickers, and embellishments are from The Magic of Christmas collection by Echo Park Paper Co.
Hi everyone! I’m so excited to share this little mini album created from Lori’s Pop Up Barn Card (SVG, Silhouette). I had so much fun creating this and added so many fun details! I used Lori’s Echo Park Fun on the Farm collection for my project!
I started by opening the file and ungrouping it, saving the barn shape, the white doors and window. I enlarged the card to be 4.5 x 6 inches. You will need to cut 4 red barn pieces and two sets of the white doors and window. One is your front cover, one is the inside of the front cover, one the back cover and the other will be for your stitching template and book ring template!
On of your template barn shape, you will do an internal offset and then go to line style, change it to the biggest stitched line.
Then using a Silhouette Sketch pen, I used black so that I could see it well, send it back through to draw the stitched lines. This will create your template for stitching. You can use the stipple on your machine too to create stitching holes but my cardstock was to heavy to really see the stippled holes….my eyes are getting old! Lol. So this is what worked best for me.
I just pierced the lines on the sides of the barn so that I could add a bit of chain stitching to accent the cover. Place the barn piece with the stitched lines over another barn shape and pierce your holes. I recently attended an event with the amazing and beautiful Paige Taylor Evans and she taught us to chain stitch. I am head over heels in love with the stitch and technique. I added the chain stitching to the little “Welcome to the Farm” tag too. I just pierced the holes evenly around the circle!
After I was done stitching, I adhered one of the barn pieces to the back for the front cover, so it has a nice finished look to the inside, and that way you can’t see the back of the stitching. Next, it was time to punch my book ring holes. Again, place the barn piece with the silhouette sketch pen lines over all your pages, one by one, and punch your holes. I punched in 1/2 inch for my two book rings. I have seven pages in my book, but you can make more or less. I just had that many photos of my grand daughter’s visit to a farm.
I love how this turned out. Eeeeeek! It’s so cute and the Fun on the Farm collection is just adorable and so much fun!
I added lots of fun with ribbon, beads, a fun tassel, sunflower charm and even a cute little chicken bead up on top there!
I’ll just share a few of my pages here and I’ll share the rest on my blog.
