So recently I have been really into making mini-albums. As I have mentioned before, I ♥ papercrafts and tend to lean more towards card making than scrapbooking. Scrapbooking intimidates me, but mini-albums are smaller scaled like cards and easier for me to wrap my head around. My recent obsession is combining the mini-album and cards into a card book. Perfect for gift giving (in fact I gave this book to a friend for her birthday) the book holds six cards and can easily be reused to hold other cards or made into a mini album to hold photos and such.
I used the "What's Up" collection by Basic Grey for the mini album and all the cards. I think the "Stack the Deck" book binding technique is the easiest way to make mini albums. You can find the instructions on how to make a "Stack the Deck" binding here http://followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com/2011/12/on-first-day-of-christmas-projects-2011.html.
Each of these cards is A2 sized and I used A2 envelopes for the pockets of the book as well. Sooner or later I will charge the battery of my camera and stop using my cell phone to take photos for my blog. Although I have to admit I think the camera on my cell phone is 14 megapixels and my camera is only 10.
Side note: One of my goals for this year to get enough courage to make and sell these little gems and other papercrafts at a local craft fair. Of course that requires having enough time and inventory to do so. Hopefully one day I will get there, until then I will continue to make gifts for my friends and showcasing things here on my blog. Additionally, I would love to teach a class at a local scrapbooking store as well. Anyone interested in learning how to make one of these cards books? Let me know and maybe I can put on a class.
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