Marvelously Magical Mini Albums + A Tutorial
Happy Tuesday, G45ers!
Welcome to our marvelously magical blog today! It's a beautiful Tuesday for some inspiration and we have it here for you. Today we are featuring two mini albums using the Tropical Travelogue and the Little Darlings collections. Our fantastic designers Betto Cesare and Susan Lui have created some crafting magic for us today. Susan even included a tutorial of how to make a mini from scratch. Get ready for some fun!
First off, we have a beautiful 5X5 Altered Art Box with a Tropical Travelogue mini inside from Betto Cesare! The texture is so rich, this mini album is sure to impress! Beautiful details with the rolled and distressed edges on the cover.
Betto Cesare is a masterful fussy cutter. Don't you Love seeing these details on the cover?
Betto maximized his altered art box by creating a beautiful scene on the far right panel. Great idea!
And now, the magical mini inside!
Supplies:
Next, we have Susan Lui's stunning Little Darlings Mini Album she made from SCRATCH! Including a tutorial so you can make one too. Fun fun fun!
This is what Susan Lui has to say about her Little Darlings Mini Album: "I whipped up this mini album using Graphic 45’s new Little Darlings collection as a gift for the grandparents. The raw mini album is really quick and easy to make. And all you'll need to do after making the album is to decorate it with your favourite Graphic 45 papers and embellishments. Here is a photo of the completed album:
So let's get started on how to create the raw mini album. Here's what you'll need:
Supplies:
Instructions:
1. Cut 2 sheets of 7x7 inch patterned papers for your cover. Adhere the 6x6 inch chipboards on to the back and centre of these patterned papers.
3. Place the front and back covers side by side an inch apart. Lay the ribbon across the centre of the back of the covers and glue down.
4. Now onto the spine of the mini album. You'll need two sheets of vanilla cardstock measuring 5 3/4 x 11 3/4 inch each. Score each cardstock at the 5 3/4" mark. Then score at intervals of 1" apart. Accordion fold the cardstock. Do this for both sheets of cardstock.
7. Cut 5 sheets of Little Darlings patterned paper measuring 5 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Fold each sheet into half and glue the ends together.
8. Adhere each page on to the spine of your album and you're done! To securely close the album, just tie the ends of your ribbon together into a pretty bow. How simple was that?
Now all you need to do is decorate and embellish the mini album to your heart's desire. I decided on a lace cover for my spine and this is how it looked before I embellished the cover.
The inside pages - again I embellished the spine.
More photos of my completed album which I decorated using images from the Little Darlings patterned paper, chipboard tags, fabric, seam binding, pearls and flowers. The images were given more dimension using 3D foam dots.
So if you're thinking of making a pretty mini album for a mum-to-be or a brag book for the grandparents, why not give this a shot? Happy scrapping!" - Susan Lui
Wow! That WAS magical! Thanks to Betto Cesare and Susan Lui for their amazing mini albums today. Join us tomorrow for more inspiration! The fun never stops at Graphic 45.
Happy Papercrafting!
The Graphic 45 Team
GREAT tutorial!!!
Posted by: Jenna | June 14, 2012 at 09:53 AM
Thank you Susan for the easy, perfect instructions! I bought the whole collection and "whipped" it up also :)
Posted by: LucyA | June 15, 2012 at 04:32 AM
This is an awesome album and thank you so much for Step #5! Never thought it would be so easy, can't wait to try it out!
Posted by: Renee VanEpps | June 18, 2012 at 06:34 AM
I'm so going to try to put a book together like you just did here...Pinned it!! TY for sharing!!
Posted by: Christina Ketelsen | June 25, 2012 at 11:02 PM
Hhank you for lovely tutorial for the mini. I had a lot of fun making it.
http://svetcraft.blogspot.co.il/2012/08/blog-post.html
Have a nice day!
Posted by: Sveta | August 06, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Thanks for the tutorial... I love this !
Here my interpretation : http://pepitedor.canalblog.com/archives/2013/01/08/26101508.html
Posted by: pepite_dor | January 08, 2013 at 02:11 PM
Great project! Thanks a lot for sharing it!
Posted by: Fiorella | June 08, 2013 at 02:48 AM
lovely album
Posted by: Marie Edouard | June 08, 2013 at 04:20 AM
bellissimo questo mini album ..ma non ho capito come fare il dorsino a lavoro finito non si vede il nastro..
Posted by: anna | April 30, 2014 at 07:44 AM
hello
thanks for the tuto
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: bernath | January 02, 2016 at 06:58 AM
Love it!!! Congrats! Tks!
Posted by: liam | February 19, 2016 at 04:33 AM