Hi Everyone 

Today’s project is a Mini Album I created with the This and That Christmas Collection from Echo Park.  I have also included a step-by-step tutorial showing to create the album.

This Collection has such a variety of prints and embellishments, it is easy to put together small papercraft pieces such as this album. You can see the details of the construction below – but for the front I have used a few stickers and pieces from the Chipboard and Layered Chipboard packs, as well as threading a piece of elastic through the “Remember This Christmas Forever” piece to tie it all together – this slides easily over the top of the album.

This album is created from cardstock or paper and makes a great, economical alternative to buying one. The main face on each page is a 4” x 3” card, all cut from one piece of the Journaling Cards paper. You can see some more detailed shots below – but in most cases I simply added one extra sticker and left plenty of space for little photos, journaling etc.

1. Cut 5 rectangles of paper measuring 7” x 4.5”
2. Fold them all in half along the long edge, creating 2 pages measuring 3.5” x 4.5”
3. Line the pages up as shown. Note – you are only going to see the pages facing you, so you can use blank cardstock for the reverse pieces to economize on paper
4. Begin to glue all sides that touch – take your time and check after each time you glue that you have the album the right way up. I used a double sided adhesive tape runner.
5. Glue all pieces to give you 3 folded album pages facing you
6. Create 2 covers from chipboard measuring 5” x 4” and paint or ink the edges
7. Glue your cover to the outside of the outermost page
8. Repeat on the other side and your album is complete

You can adjust these measurements to create an album any size you like – just cut the covers approximately ½” longer and wider than your pages to create a border.

Using the journaling cards means that minimal extra decoration is needed.

Hi Everyone 

Today’s project is a Mini Album I created with the This and That Christmas Collection from Echo Park.  I have also included a step-by-step tutorial showing to create the album.

This Collection has such a variety of prints and embellishments, it is easy to put together small papercraft pieces such as this album. You can see the details of the construction below – but for the front I have used a few stickers and pieces from the Chipboard and Layered Chipboard packs, as well as threading a piece of elastic through the “Remember This Christmas Forever” piece to tie it all together – this slides easily over the top of the album.

This album is created from cardstock or paper and makes a great, economical alternative to buying one. The main face on each page is a 4” x 3” card, all cut from one piece of the Journaling Cards paper. You can see some more detailed shots below – but in most cases I simply added one extra sticker and left plenty of space for little photos, journaling etc.

1. Cut 5 rectangles of paper measuring 7” x 4.5”
2. Fold them all in half along the long edge, creating 2 pages measuring 3.5” x 4.5”
3. Line the pages up as shown. Note – you are only going to see the pages facing you, so you can use blank cardstock for the reverse pieces to economize on paper
4. Begin to glue all sides that touch – take your time and check after each time you glue that you have the album the right way up. I used a double sided adhesive tape runner.
5. Glue all pieces to give you 3 folded album pages facing you
6. Create 2 covers from chipboard measuring 5” x 4” and paint or ink the edges
7. Glue your cover to the outside of the outermost page
8. Repeat on the other side and your album is complete

You can adjust these measurements to create an album any size you like – just cut the covers approximately ½” longer and wider than your pages to create a border.

Using the journaling cards means that minimal extra decoration is needed.