Hi scrappers and happy Halloween! ๐ I hope everyone has a fun and safe evening. I'll be celebrating with the grandlittles enjoying the holiday costumes, candy, and silly shenanigans. And ... taking lots of photos!
But first, I want to share my latest Lori Whitlock Design Team Project. I made a fall themed mini album using one of Lori's fantastic cutting files called Hidden Binding Mini Album Apple (product links below). With some orange cardstock and pretty patterns, I turned an apple into an autumn themed pumpkin! What a cute place to save your favorite fall photos.
First, let’s take a look inside then I’ll explain how I made it with a tutorial below.
To create this, I cut the base out of solid cardstock and decorated it with the beautiful Echo Park, I Love Fall Collection designed by Lori. On the cover, I added a pretty 6x6 print (the small size is so cute!), a few enamel dots, an acorn brad, and the pumpkin farm sticker from the 12x12 elements sheet.
The album has 5 pages (including the covers) and inside, I layered each one with a different pattern paper. I added round photo mats using a 3" scallop punch and a 2.5" circle punch by Marvy Uchida.
I embellished the pages with stickers from the 12x12 sheet and the sticker book. For the smaller round photo mat on the right side, I used a 2" scallop punch and a 1.75" circle punch.
Above, I added a few more stickers, a brad, and on the right ... I punched the round "thankful, grateful, blessed" circle out of one of the I Love Fall 4x6 journaling cards. I used the 2.5" circle punch.
It's such a pretty little album, right? Now let me show you how simple it is to make!
1. Cut the pieces out - I cut the binding pieces and 10 apple shapes out of apricot cardstock by Bazzill. Then, I cut 10 leaves out of the I Love Fall green solid paper and 10 stems out of the brown Fall Flowers pattern.
2. Once those are cut, take the binding piece and fold it along the score lines.
3. You'll end up with mountains and valleys like in the photo above. Add adhesive inside the valleys.
4. Press the valley sides together to create the spine of the album.
5. Then, adhere the rectangular cover piece over the flat side of the folds.
6. Gather your page pieces and adhere the leaves and stems to the front of 5 left-side facing pumpkins and 5 right-side facing pumpkins.
7. Now adhere the pumpkin pages to each of the accordion spine folds. Add one to the front and one to the back of each fold, matching the shapes back-to-back. This creates layered pages that are nice and sturdy.
8. Continue to adhere the rest of the pumpkin pages to each of the folds until the album is complete. Then it's time to decorate!
When you're finished, you'll end up with a fabulous mini album that's perfect for pictures of autumn, a pumpkin patch, fall leaves, and everyday memories.
I now have this cute little fall scrapbook sitting out on my clear Acrylic Display Stand in my kitchen on a shelf. My stands are perfect for showing off your seasonal projects. They make great decor AND they're filled with your FUN memories! Win, win!
To see the other hidden binding mini albums that I've made visit ... the (haunted) house that's perfect for Halloween, flower, telephone, and tag shape. I love these and they make such cute gifts. Lori has more in her shop, so be sure to check them out.
Thanks for stopping by the blog today and have a spooktacular holiday! ๐ป
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Fabulous presentation and shared with my Papercraft Medley FB Group! ๐
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