"A Perfect Day" Mini Album

Hi, everyone!!  I hope you are all doing well!  I have been super busy...I have had a creative storm going on in my craft room.  It's funny how that happens.  Sometimes I have no idea what to make, and other times I can't make things fast enough.

I had some papers from a Prima collection (I believe it was called "Romantic Novel").  I decided to make a mini album with it, but needed a few more papers, so I then went to Marion Smith's site and downloaded the "Vintage Telegram" collection.  Here is what I came up with.

I made this book using envelopes and cards.  There is no chipboard in this album.  The pages are the binding. There is no separate binding mechanism.  I used the papers as mentioned above.  The flowers are a combination of Prima, Petaloo and Recollections.  The bling is by Recollections as well. The leaves for the flowers are 7 Gypsies.  The closure is a simple ribbon closure.

On the spine, I used two Prima key paper clips, then treaded the ribbon through it and tied a knot.

 When you open the book you see this.  The envelope on the left is adhered on two sides, creating a pocket for the tags behind it.  The envelope has a tag in it as well.  There is a pocket on the right, with more tags.  The page on the left is a double duty page, as it is held closed with a magnet...

 ...when you open it up, you get another area for pictures, and pockets for tags.

 There are a lot of pictures.  This page layout features a mini pocket with a tag.

 The "Perfect Day" die cut is adhered on the bottom so a tag can slip behind.

 Another pocket on the left, and a pocket page on the right.  The left page has a nice feature...

It has two pages on that page...

 It just keeps going.

 I really loved making this album and coming up with all of the pockets for the tags.

 The page on the right has a slit in it, that the tag slips into.

The envelope is adhered to create a pocket behind it, as well as has a tag in it.

 The last page on the right is again held closed with a magnet ...

...and it opens for more pockets and tags.

I hope you enjoyed this project. I loved making it.  I am going to do a tutorial on how I made it very soon, and will do a video as well.

Have a great day...Stay Crafty, My Friends!!