Mini Album Love

by Karen Jiles | 9 years ago

Hi there,

Karen here, sharing an accordion mini album I created with the New “Happy Day” Stack and the 16 x 20 Cardstock Neutrals Premium Stack. Both products are a part of the latest DCWV product release available at Jo-Ann Craft and Fabrics. The Happy Day stack was just one of the beautiful new stacks that were recently released. The 16 x 20 Premium stacks come in several color collections and offers many options from small to large scale projects. I chose to scale my project down, but I also wanted to take advantage of the 20 inch length. The length is perfect for accordion type albums. I decided to combine the 16 x 20 papers with the “Happy Day” stack to create a Wedding themed accordion album. Take a peek at my tutorial below.

Supplies

DCWV Stack: Happy Day, Neutrals 16 x 20 Cardstock Premium Stack.

Chip Board (2): 5 x 6

Bow

Pins

Ring

Sentiment (Happy Die Cut)

Bone Folder

Trimmer

Xyron Adhesive: The New Creative Station, Mega Runner

Hot Glue

Instructions

Step 1: Fold desired 16"x20" paper in half and score it to form an 8"x20" piece of cardstock.

Note: The length of the premium stack cardstock makes this accordion effect so effortless.

Step 2: Score cardstock at 5” intervals on the 20” side. Note: Scoring at 5” intervals provides 4 panels on each side of the album.

Step 3: Fold cardstock along scored lines creating mountains and valleys. Define the folds with a bone folder. Note: This step creates the accordion base for the album.

Step 4: Keep album folded (5"x8") and trim the accordion album down to 5"x 6".

Note: Trim the scored side- creating 2 accordion albums. Set 1 accordion aside for future use.

Step 5: Trim 4 pieces of coordinated patterned paper down to 5"x6" for the front and back covers. Run through the New Creative Station to apply adhesive.

Step 6: Adhere patterned paper to the front and back covers as well as the inside covers.

Step 7: Trim ½ an inch off of the 1^st and last page of the accordion album. Note: After trimming the accordion album it should be 4 ½ x 6.

Step 8: Using Mega Runner, apply adhesive to the 1^st page of the accordion base. Adhere the 1^st page of the accordion base to the back of the front cover. Repeat step for the last page of the album and the back cover.

Note: The album is created and the next steps will focus on design.

Step 9: Run the front cover paper layers through the New Creative Station and adhere layered strip to left side of front cover.

Step 10: Cut out focal image from the “Happy Day” stack and adhere to cover.

Note: There are many fun focal image options in the stack to choose from.

Step 11: Continue building the front cover with a bow, die cut, pins and ring embellishment.

Step 12: Run patterned papers through the New Creative Station and adhere them to the pages throughout the accordion album.

Note: You can add photos to either or both sides of the album.

Step 13: Continue embellishing as desired.

Forever & Always Album by Karen Jiles Supplies Patterned Paper, Premium Cardstock: DCWV; Pins: Maya Road; Adhesive: Xyron; Die: Heidi Swapp; Tool: Craft-Dee-BowZ; Other: Ribbon, Ring