Good Vibes

Today I did a mini album share on my "Good Vibes" mini album.  This album is another variation of my page configurations album that I have done lately.

Click on this sentence to go to the YouTube Slideshow!

I used My Mind's Eye papers, "Good Vibes" along with their ephemera and stickers and also some pieces from Crate Paper's "Good Vibes" frames and ephemra.

Tutorials for the page configurations are also available.  I used 10 of the configurations on this album, one on each side of a single page attached to the spine.

The 20 page configurations are here.
The way I put them together making "page sets"  in my "Happiness is Homemade" album are here.

I have also used this style of page configurations in a totally different way in my "Tall Skinny Mini" and my "Short Chunky Mini" albums.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a crafty day!
Michelle

Tutorial available for my "Page configurations"!

Page configurations?  You may be wondering what that is.  I did another take on my "Tall Skinny Mini Album" and my "Short Chunky Mini Album" to create yet another mini where pages range from 4 1/4" to 7 1/2" wide and are 7 1/2" tall.  My tutorial shows 20 different pages to make, just using one 12x12" piece of card stock, a scoreboard, scissors and some adhesive.

The cover to this album is 8x8", and the spine is 3" wide.

Here is a link to the slideshow I made to show the pages of a finished album using my "Page Configurations".

Here is a picture of the album itself...

Here is a link to the tutorial on YouTube.  This is the first tutorial, the next one will show exactly how I attached the 20 pages together to make the 5 "Page Sets" used in the album. The "page sets" provide a variety of pockets, flips and flaps that will make this the most interactive album ever!  I will post that link when I am able to get it done.

Happy Crafting, my Friends!

💖

Michelle

Short Chunky Mini Album with Tutorial

Good morning, everyone!  Today I am bringing you the "little sister" of my "Tall Skinny Mini" album that I did several years ago.  This album was been in the works for a long time, it was shelved for a while, but she is back and done and I can't wait to show you.

 She is 6" wide by 8 1/2" tall and has 5 page configurations.  I'll explain that in a minute.

 Her spine is 3" wide.  I used an OLD collection of a combination of Recollections "Memories Documented" and Simple Stories "Documented" for this book.  I have a bunch left over and I think I want to make another one!

The pages are made for a combination of 20 different ways to fold and/or cut (slightly) 8 1/2"x11" card stock.  I came up with the method when doing my Tall Skinny Mini album, and adapted it.

There is, however, a difference in that I combined 2-3 of the pages onto one "signature" or page configuration.  There are literally 100's of ways to combine these pages and create a truly one of a kind, interactive album.

 These are just some of the pages.  Yes, just SOME.  The pages flip and flap and have pockets and hidden spaces.

 There are clips not only holding tags on, but holding flips and flaps in place.

 I incorporated belly bands into the book.  There are mats to hold 4x6 pictures and 3x4 pictures.

I figured out how to attach different pages together to make one big interactive piece for each assembly.  

 This album just keeps going and going.  The paper collection was so pretty that I just wanted to keep using it.

I hope you like this.  If so, please check out the YouTube videos I published today.  

The picture below is the last page before the cover...but wait, there's more...

 Here it is, with a belly band holding tags...

This opens into a triple page.  I really love how it came out!

Here are some links for you:

As I said above,this is the little sister to my "Tall Skinny Mini" album that I made.  The videos for the "Tall Skinny Mini" can be found on my channel by following the link to my videos.  (Where you can also find the videos for my "Short Chunky Mini Album", three of them, just published today).
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7f48hi09IcydCud9YZsqNQ/videos

The tutorials on my blog for the Tall Skinny Mini album are here...
https://creativeoperation.blogspot.com/2013/01/tall-skinny-mini.html
https://creativeoperation.blogspot.com/2013/02/tall-skinny-mini-album-tutorial-1.html
https://creativeoperation.blogspot.com/2013/02/tall-skinny-mini-2.html
https://creativeoperation.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-last-of-tall-skinny-mini.html

Have a wonderful and craft filled day!

💖
Michelle