Christmas Mini Album

This is the 2nd mini album that I designed and made by myself. I had inspiration from several fabulous designers, of course, but did this one solo! I hope you like it. 

It's an 8x8 album & I haven't titled it yet. I kinda like the simple front cover though.

(Excuse my thumb in there 👍)

So, you open it up; 

And this is the front cover. It's a little book I made out of envelopes.

 And then, here is the 1st page:

The flap is held together with a magnet. It opens and there is a pocket on the inside. All of the pages are pocket pages and contain a large photo mat.

Here are the next couple of pages:

And next, I made this gate fold page that contains a waterfall feature:

The next page has a fold out that is held together with a ribbon:

When you open it up, there is also an inside pocket with a large photo mat.

Here are the next couple of pages:

There is a pocket on the left side. I put hinges on it so it can hold more. 

This page is pretty cool. I cut it so the Santa scene would show. Almost all of the paper I used was an older DCWV "Heirloom Christmas Stack". I had the K & Co. embellishment "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" & it ended up looking perfect on there, I think. 

Tag and pocket page. 

And the last page has a pocket:

I have not done anything with the back inside cover page and have left the back of the album pretty plain as well. 

The spine is a smooth velvety paper I found in my stash that I love. 

I made the pages with craft card stock. The cover is rather lightweight chipboard. I think if I make another one, I will use a heavier weight.

I hope you enjoyed perusing my album. Sorry about the pics being so unprofessional but you gotta start somewhere, right?! So I'm starting with my camera on my phone in my room. 😀

Feel free to leave me a nice comment or if you have any questions, I will be happy to try and answer them. If you have something negative to say, you picked the wrong blog - keep surfin - cause life is too short to criticize someone's art and creativity.

Thanks for viewing and have a blessed day!

😘Tes

That's what I'm doin these days

This is an album I made for my sister. I followed the tutorial from Cassie Keith on You Tube. It is made of envelopes from Hobby Lobby (by far, the strongest and best) and DCWV Christmas Made paper pack. 

I used a pack of K&Company dye cuts to embellish it a bit. It is distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo - one of my favs! 

 I made the snowflakes with a punch and put a pearl in them. See how functional these minis are!! 

I love making these envelope mini albums. I hope my little sis enjoys this one!! 

Stay tuned - more projects to come!