A 'Masquerade' Mini Album With Tutorial

Happy Halloween everyone!  For today's post, I've made a Halloween themed album with the fabulous 'Masquerade' collection by Authentique. The album measures 7" x 4 1/2" inches and has four 1 1/4" inch spines. The album is held closed with a glittered elastic ribbon. The cover is decorated with both fabric & mulberry paper flowers, a mini pinecone & ghost & bat embellishments.

Album is available for sale in my Etsy shop, The Midnight Kraft Desk.

The inside of the album consists of a pop up page, three waterfalls & three pocket pages.  The pop up page was made with a die by Karen Burniston. I only used the die to create the mechanism for the pop up element as it was the perfect size for this album. There are many tutorials available for these sort of pop up pages. Search on either YouTube or Pinterest for 'pop up cards' or 'twist pop up card'. I've found this tutorial primarily for making a pop up card--but they can be used in mini albums as an interactive page.

The waterfall photo mats measure 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" inches & are decorated with cut apart cards from the collection. The front of the photo mats can store pictures measuring up to 3" x 4" inches. The backside of each photo mat can store photos measuring up to 3" x 3 1/2" inches.

There are two different style of pocket pages in the album. Two pages are simple pocket pages that are decorated with a Halloween die cut image of Trick or Treaters. Inside all the pockets is one cut apart card from the collection.

The pop up page is held closed with a magnet & the waterfalls are kept closed by tucking the bottom pull page of the waterfall underneath the bottom cut apart card adhered to the first page of the waterfall.

Here is the 2nd style pocket page. This page has a simple pocket on the bottom but also has a 'slotted' pocket element on top where small embellishments & card stock stickers can be stored.

Supplies Used: Paper - Authentique, Dies: Sizzix Tim Holtz Stitched Slots Die, Sizzix Tim Holtz Trick Or Treat, Karen Burniston Twist Panel Pop Up Die, Other: Glitter Elastic Ribbon, Fabric Flowers, Mulberry Paper Flowers, Mini Pinecone, Bat Embellishment, Ghost embellishment 

Below is a video walk through of the album & also a video tutorial on how to make this album.

Enjoy & have a safe Halloween!

An 'All-Star Soccer' Chipboard Mini Album

For today's project, I've used the fabulous 'All-Star Soccer' paper collection by Authentique to finally document a few of my son's soccer photos.

This is a shaped chipboard mini album that I've had in my stash for several years. The album is in the shape of what else--but a soccer ball.  :-)

The album measures 5 1/4" inches in diameter & consists of four pages.  I do not count the top as a page since it's a decorative page & is what gives this album it's 'soccer ball' design.

The album is held together with a book ring.  The book ring is decorated with several pieces of ribbon & tulle in shades of green & black.

I've painted the cover with black acrylic paint & then embossed it with black glitter embossing powder. This gave the cover a shiny 'glitter' effect.  I further decorated it with a little soccer boy clipart that I printed on heavy white card stock.  The little boy fits my son's description; with his dark hair & brown eyes.

I already started putting pictures in the album.  This is the first page & has a photo of my son during his very first soccer practice some 3+ years ago!  My son started playing soccer at the age of 4. 

I also created this little fold out from one of the 3" x 4" inch cut-apart cards from the collection. This flips open to reveal additional places for storing photos.  I keep it closed with a belly band that tucks under the fold out from one side. I've decorated the belly band with another card stock sticker from the collection.

The entire album is decorated with buttons, rhinestones, soccer ball stickers & card stock sticker embellishments that I've cut from the paper collection.

This is one of two pocket pages in the album.  This is a verticle pocket page & I've inserted one of the cut-apart cards from the collection inside the pocket after matting it on black card stock.

I've also inserted these small Kraft envelopes throughout the album (two total).  These envelopes can hold additional photos and/or journaling. With the cut-apart cards from the collection, I've created small pockets where little tags and/or photos can be stored.

Both of these pages with the Kraft envelope have a white paper clip that I've decorated with the same ribbon & tulle that I've used on the book ring.

Here's the back of the album. I've created a horizontal pocket and tucked inside a tag that came with the collection.  I fussy cut the soccer shirt from one of the 3" x 4" inch cut-apart cards & stored it in the pocket as well.

Supplies: Paper - Authentique, Chipboard Album - SA Crafts, Other - Sequins, Buttons, Tulle, Ribbon, Chipboard embellishments, Rhinestones

Hope some of you found this little album inspirational.  Stay safe!

A 'Timeless' Layout

For today's project, I went back to my roots. My love for scrapbooking & crafting all began some 20+ years ago with layouts! I started documenting photos from events that were meaningful to me up to that time & from there I slowly evolved to card making, stamping, making mini albums, incorporating different mediums such as embossing & paints...the rest is history.

I made a page with the lovely 'Timeless' collection by Authentique. What I love most about black & white collections is the the ability to add splashes of any color to make the projects 'pop'. I added splashes of red & holographic effects.

This pre-made layout is available for sale in my Etsy shop, 'The Midnight Kraft Desk'. 

The large circular flourish seen behind the photos mats is cut from an acetate special texture page.  The photo mats are made with both holographic & black card stock. These photo mats are for storing photos measuring up to 3" x 4" inches.  For display purposes I've temporarily placed 3" x 4" inch cut apart cards from the collection on the photo mats.

The title of my page has a holographic effect as well.  I've had this title in my stash for many years.

The embellishments used on this page are a combination of vines, fabric flowers, mulberry paper flowers, a mini wooden white fence, a mini bird's nest, a resin bird & a small glass bottle filled with holographic chunky glitter.

In this photo you can see the small glass bottle.  The bottle is decorated with lace & black & white twine.

I've also included a large stick pin & a black & white appliqué.  A large white doily further decorates the background of my page.

I've designed this page so that two 3" x 4" inch photos can slide behind all the embellishments & adhered to the photo mats. 

Behind the two photo mats there's a white wax pocket. This pocket stores six cut apart cards from the collection. I included this pocket to as a place for storing journaling, thoughts, dates or more photos.  This pocket can store 3" x 4" inch cards and/or photos.

Supplies used: Paper - Authentique, Other - Fabric Flowers, Mulberry Paper Flowers, Stick Pin, Mini Nest, Resin Bird, Mini Wooden Fence, Small Glass Bottle
Thanks for stopping by & stay safe!

An 'All Star - Dance' Pop Up Star Mini Album With Tutorial

For today's post, I'm revisiting the 'Pop Up Star Mini Album' that I made a few months ago with the 'Purebred Pets' collection by Authentique--you can find my original post here.

This time, I've used the 'All Star - Dance' collection for this project. I felt the 'pop up' element for this album went along nicely with the dance theme of the paper collection. I was also able to provide a tutorial on making the pages for this album. You'll find the link to the tutorial at the end of this post.

This style of mini album is meant to be on display on a shelf, desk or table--but it can also be stored closed.

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

The album measures 7 1/2" x 6 3/4" inches when closed. Since it's a 'star' style album; it has five 'pop up' pages. 

The black clip seen in the picture above is what's used to keep the album open when on display.

I kept the decorating of the album along the same lines as what I did for the 'Purebred Pets' album. The one major change I did is that I created pocket pages in this album which I did not include in the 'Purebred Pets' album.

There are several places throughout the album for storing photos, journaling, small mementos & keepsakes & several other memorabilia.

I used blue paper clips decorated with lace & red tulle for keeping the flaps included in this album closed.

The binding of the album is done by adhering each page to the other with hinges & in turn, creating large pockets. There are four pockets--inside each pocket there's a large tag measuring 7" x 7" inches.  Each tag is also a pocket itself--in essence there's a pocket inside a pocket if that makes any sense! :-) What I'm saying makes a whole lot more sense in the video walkthrough provided at the end of this post.

This album is a bit difficult to photograph--which is why I created a video walkthrough. 

Supplies: Paper - Authentique, Other - Tulle, Washi Tape, Paper Clips

Below is a both a video walk through of the album & a video tutorial on how to make the pages.  Thanks for stopping by, stay safe & enjoy!

A 'Voyage' Folio Mini Album

For today's project, I've made a folio style mini album with the nautical themed 'Voyage' collection by Authentique.

 This folio mini album is available for sale in my Etsy shop, The Midnight Kraft Desk.

The folio measures 9" x 7" inches and has two 3/4" inch scored spines. The base of the folio is made with light weight chipboard. 

The mini album is held closed with a large belly band.  The belly band is decorated with a wooden dolphin embellishment & both fabric & felt flowers.

The inside of the folio consists of three parts. The two outside pages of the folios are decorated with a waterfall. The left hand is a vertical waterfall while the right hand is a horizontal waterfall. The waterfalls are held closed with a decorated paper clip. Both waterfalls are meant to store 4" x 6" inch photos with minimal cropping. 

There is a pocket page in the folio consisting of three angled pockets. Inside each pocket there are matted 4" x 3" inch cards.  There's also one large tag inside the largest pocket. The large tag measures  6" x 8" inches.

Each waterfall has four pages. The front of each waterfall page can hold 4" x 6" inch photos (no cropping necessary). The back of the vertical waterfall can hold photos measuring up to 4" x 5 1/2" inches. The back of the horizontal waterfall can hold photos measuring up to 3 1/2" x 6" inches.

The middle page of the folio has a double matted 3" x 4" inch card plus two matted 4" x 6" inch cards that flip open. 

On the back of each 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" inch photo mat a 4" x 6" inch photo (no cropping needed) can be stored.

This middle page flips open revealing a large 4" x 6" inch pocket with two tags. 

On the inside bottom of this middle page there are four matted 3" x 4" inch cards. 

Each card can be flipped open revealing a place to store photos measuring up to 3" x 4" inches--these additional photo mats can also be used as areas for journaling.

Supplies: Paper - Authentique, Other - Ribbon, Fabric Flowers, Felt Flower, Wooden Dolphin Embellishment

Below is a video walkthrough of this folio mini album. Enjoy!