A 'Dublin' Tri-Fold Shutter Mini Album With Tutorial

Hello my friends. I'm back today to present the tutorial for the tri-fold shutter mini album that I originally presented for Valentine's Day with the 'Love Notes' collection by Authentique.  You can find the original post here on the Authentique blog.

I hope you're all staying safe during this difficult time that we're all going through. Besides working from home & learning from home (for my son)--I've found that crafting has been a distraction for me & has taken my mind away from what's going on around the world right now.  I hope you all find this tutorial helpful & provides an outlet to something a bit more pleasant.

For this project, I've used the 'Dublin' collection by Authentique. This is my St. Patrick's Day project.  Yes, I'm a little late but better late than never as they say.

This album is also available for sale in my Etsy shop: The Midnight Kraft Desk.  Feel free to visit if interested.

As with the 'Love Notes' Tri-fold mini album--I've followed the same design & techniques with the 'Dublin' mini album.  The album measures 7" x 8 1/2" inches.  It has two 1/4" inch spines and is held closed with a sliding belly band.

The belly band is decorated with mulberry paper & fabric flowers. I also added a St. Patrick's themed sticker from my own stash.

This album is an overload of green! It has all sorts green shades--I love it.  :-) The primary pages are held closed with a belly band that tucks in behind the pages.  The belly band is decorated with a slider that has an image of what else...but a four leaf clover!

The album has two angled pockets on the inside of both covers.  Inside the pockets are tags.  Both tags measure 7 1/2" x 3 1/2" inches.

On the inside are two photo mats (one on each side) that can hold photos measuring up to 3" x 4 1/2" inches.

There are two additional photo mats on the back of each page.

In the center of the mini album there is a pocket. Inside the pocket are two tags. The larger tag measures 6 1/2" x 3 1/4" inches & the smaller one measures 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" inches.

These tags are used to keep the waterfall in place.

Finally, behind the tags is a small waterfall. The waterfall consists of five pages. Each page measures 4 1/4" x 3 1/4" inches & can hold photos measuring up to 3" x 4" inches.

Below you will find two videos. One is a walk through of the mini album & the second one is the tutorial for making the mini album.

Enjoy & stay safe my friends.

A 'Rejoice' Waterfall Mini Album With Tutorial

Happy New Year everyone!  Well, it's needless to say that I'm a bit behind on my posts.  Hmmmm.  Seems I haven't posted since Halloween!  Tsk, tsk, tsk.  So I'm going to resume my posts with this Christmas themed project that I made for Authentique in December.

For today's post I have a waterfall mini album. The album was made with the 'Rejoice' collection & it was an ideal collection for this type of mini album.  The 'Rejoice' collection comes with an entire 12" x 12" inch stack full of cut-aparts.  I feel that collections that come with many cut-aparts are ideal for waterfall mini albums--since most of the work is already done for you!

I've created a couple of waterfall mini albums with this collection & I still have a good amount of cut-aparts left.  I love it!

This mini album measures 9 3/4" inches high by 4 1/4" inches wide & has a 1 1/2" inch spine. The covers & spine are made with medium weight chipboard.

Mini album is available for sale in my Etsy shop 'The Midnight Kraft Desk'.  Feel free to pay my shop a visit if interested.

I've decorated the covers with two fabric poinsettias that I had in my stash.

The inside of the mini album has two booklets housing two waterfalls & one double pocket page. The mini album has a total of four waterfalls & two double pocket pages.  Each waterfall has 10 photo mats.  If you use both the front & back of each photo mat, you can store up to 80 photos. If you only use the back of each photo mat, then you can store up to 40 photos.  

The photo mats are perfect for wallet sized photos but can fit photos up to 3" x 4" inches.

Each photo mat is held closed with a belly band that tucks behind the waterfall.  I've decorated the belly bands with sliding fabric poinsettias. 

The double pocket pages are on the inside of the booklets. Both pockets on each page are full length pockets.  I've stored even more cut-aparts within these pockets.  :-). On the top pocket I've added a gold paper clip decorated with red glitter tulle & a strip of white lace.

Here's the inside of the other booklet.  It's a bit hard to photograph but the booklets open outwards; so the pages mirror each other. 

Supplies used: Paper - Authentique, Embellishments - Authentique, Other - Fabric Poinsettias, Card Stock, Medium Weight Chipboard, Ribbon

These mini albums make for a wonderful, personal gift.  They are versatile & can be made in any theme.  These albums also provide a unique way to store several photos.

Below you'll find two videos.  One is a walk through of the album. The video made it much easier to showcase the album since it's a bit difficult to photograph the layout of the album.

The second video is a tutorial.  I hope you find the tutorial helpful.  Enjoy!

A 'Twilight' Cascading Mini Album

Happy Halloween!  For today's post I've created another cascading mini album.  This one is a Halloween themed album made with the fabulously spooky yet charming 'Twilight' collection by Authentique.

I've done this type of project before & have also provided a tutorial on how I make these sort of albums.  I'll provide the link to my tutorial at the end of this post.  

Album is available for sale in my Etsy shop, The Midnight Kraft Desk. Feel free to visit my shop if interested!

My plan is to make both a Halloween & Christmas themed cascading mini album in order to show how this sort of album can be applied to any occasion.  All you need is a die that fits the intended design.  So here's my Halloween album, stay tuned for the Christmas one!

The album measures approximately 9 3/4" x 5 1/2" inches & has four 1/2" inch spines.  The base of the album is made from 110 lb black card stock.

For my Halloween border, I've used the Graveyard border Die by Tim Holtz.  Other than the different border die I've used--the rest of the album was put together following the same steps as seen in my video tutorial. 

The inside of the album consists of several pockets, swing pockets, belly bands, tags & I was even able to include one waterfall this time.  This provides for several places to store photos, journaling and any other memorabilia.

To decorate the album, I've used several elements from the collection, including card stock stickers & 3" x 4" inch cut aparts that I've matted on black card stock.

The album consists of several tags & booklets.  The largest tag measures 7 1/2" x 5" inches and the smallest tags measure 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" inches.

There are two 'swing' pockets in this album.  One on either side of the tallest page in the album.  These pockets measure 5 1/4" x 3" inches.  

On one side of the tallest center page, there's one waterfall.  These can hold up to nine photos measuring up to 3" x 4" inches.

I hope this album inspires some of you to try your own cascading mini album.  It's a versatile technique that can be applied for any theme.

Below are two videos.  One is a walkthrough of the mini album and the second is for my cascading mini album tutorial.

Enjoy!

Supplies: Paper - Authentique, Embellishments - Authentique, Die - Sizzix Tim Holtz,  Fabric Organza Star Flowers - The Midnight Kraft Desk, Other - Bakers Twine, Mini Glitter Spider, Mini Pine cone Spray

A 'Scholastic' One Page Mini Album With Tutorial

For my latest Authentique DT project, I have a simple & quick mini album that can store multiple photos, journaling & other memorabilia.  All it takes to create this album is just one piece of 12" x 12" inch card stock!  

Mini album is available for sale in my Etsy shop, The Midnight Kraft Desk.  Feel free to visit my shop if interested.

I've made this project before with the 'Explore' collection.  Click here to revisit my first project using this technique. This time around I've provided a tutorial on how to create the base for this album.  You'll find the link to the video tutorial at the end of this post.

For this project, I've used the fabulous 'back to school' themed collection 'Scholastic'.  The album measures approximately 4" x 6" inches when closed.

The red organza star shaped flower decorating the cover of the the album is from my own stash & can also be found for sale in my Etsy shop The Midnight Kraft Desk.  Visit my shop for more star shaped flowers in different colors & for additional embellishments.

The album has a couple of fold out pages & several areas to store photos and/or journaling.

In the center of the album there are two swing pockets with a tag in each pocket.  Each pocket measures 4" x 3" inches.

The front folds out to reveal an inner pocket where I've tucked in a couple of cut apart cards from the 'Scholastic' collection.

There's a cut apart in the front panel that swings open revealing a place to store a photo.

The back mirrors the front & also consists of a pocket where I've tucked in a few more cut apart cards from the collection.

I've decorated two blue paperclips with tulle & mesh ribbon and use these clips to hold a couple of the stickers from the collection in place & to keep the swing cut aparts closed.

While prowling Pinterest I came across a tutorial that inspired me to make this mini. I altered it & added my own preferences but this is where I got the idea for this type of album. The tutorial is in on a French blog--but it does have English translations. You can find the tutorial here.

Supplies: Paper - Authentique, Embellishments - Authentique, Flowers - Petaloo, The Midnight Kraft Desk, Other - Ribbon, Paper Clips, Washi Tape, Tulle

Below are two videos.  One is a walk through of the mini album, the second video is my version of the tutorial.  Thanks for stopping by & enjoy!

A 'Mister' Dimensional Pop Up Star Mini Album With Tutorial

For today's project, I have a slightly different twist on the traditional 'star' mini album.  I've seen this type of mini album countless times in both Pinterest & YouTube.  However, a dimensional or 'pop up' version of this type of mini isn't as common.  

I saw photos for this particular style on Pinterest but could never find a tutorial for it.  So I recreated it 'my way'.  I'm happy with the end result.  At least it 'looks' like the photos I've seen.  So as far as I'm concerned "mission accomplished"!  :-)

For this project, I've used the 'Mister' collection.  A masculine themed collection that I absolutely loved working with.  I'm surrounded by men in my house.  So these sort of collections always works for me.

Mini album is for sale in my Etsy shop--The Midnight Kraft Desk.

In addition to the dimensional photo mats, I've added pockets, belly bands & flaps to the pages of this album.  There's much room within this mini for storing photos, journaling and any other sort of memorabilia.

The photo mats are designed to store 3" x 4" inch photos and/or wallet sized photos (2 1/2" x 3 1/2" or 2" x 3" inches).

This mini album was a bit difficult to photograph but I was able to capture a decent photo from the top.  Here you can see from where this mini gets its name from.  When viewed from the top, one can see the 'star' design the album forms once open.

This mini album is meant to be put on display on a shelf, table, desk etc...

The photo mats are removable.  They can be removed from the base of the mini by gently sliding them out from their holding place.  The key here is the word 'gentle'.  The base of the mini is card stock after all.  So it can rip or tear if handled roughly.  However, the idea of this mini is that once the photos are added there really will not be a need to remove the photo mats anymore--but if needed, it can be done!

Though the mini album is meant to be put on display--it does fold closed for flat storage.  When closed this mini measures 6 1/2" x 4" inches.

Below you'll find two videos.  One showcases the mini & the other is a tutorial showing how the base of this mini is made.

Enjoy!

A 'Blizzard Book' Recipe Mini Album Made With 'Ingredient'

Today's post is a mini album (no surprise there) :-) made in the style of a 'blizzard book'.  I've used the cute culinary-themed collection 'Ingredient' by Authentique for this mini.  Mini album is for sale in my Etsy shop, The Midnight Kraft Desk.

The mini measures 6 1/4" x 4 3/4" inches & I've designed it so that one can store several recipe cards & even photos if desired.

For the most part, I've kept the cover simple.  I've only decorated it with a couple of wooden spoon embellishments that I had in my stash, a pair of ribbon star-shaped flowers & one white cherry blossom mulberry paper flower.  The album is held closed with red ribbon.

For the binding of the mini, I've used the 'blizzard book' technique.  This is a technique that I first found while browsing through Pinterest.  I'm not sure exactly from where this type of binding came from--but since I've discovered it--I've seen several different types of variations on this binding technique.  If you Google 'blizzard book tutorial' you'll come across several blog posts & video tutorials.  I'll provide the link here to the blog post I followed to make my binding.  It's in a different language--but I was able to understand based on the photos.  You can find that blog post here.

I also quickly went through YouTube & found this video to be the most helpful.  This style of binding is also seen as a form of origami fold.  Whichever approach you use--I found this sort of binding to be perfect if you're looking to create a mini album in a short amount of time.  Even though the binding & technique for this mini is simple, I found that you're able to store a good amount of items within it.

There are five pages measuring 4 3/8" x 6" inches.  Each page opens up & provides room to store up to 4 photos and/or recipes.  I've also included several cut-a-parts & sticker elements from the paper collection to further decorate the album.

This collection also comes with a page that's full of 4" x 6" inch recipe cards!  These were perfect add-ons for this mini.  I've cut the cards apart & have tucked one behind each of the pages.

Here's a top view of the binding.  I found that thick paper like the ones Authentique produces is perfect for this type of folding technique.  The thickness of the paper keeps it from ripping & creates a sturdy hold.

Supplies: Paper - Authentique, Embellishments - Authentique, Fabric Flowers - The Midnight Kraft Desk, Other - Wooden Kitchen Utensils, Ribbon, Mulberry Paper Flowers

Below is a video showcasing the mini.  Hope this inspires some of you to give this type of mini a try.  Enjoy!