I made 16 of these mini albums for the girls that attend the party tomorrow night. I will print the photos either Sat or Sun to finish them. My girls can take the finished albums to school next week to give to their friends. I used the same type of album as last year with a few differences.
Here's how I did it:
Supplies used for the Halloween album.
1 piece - Stiff felt for cover - 3x6 inches (folded in half)
2 pieces - Cardstock for pages -2.75x5.5
1 piece - Acetate for pages - 2.75x5.5
1 piece - 12 inch ribbon for closure
1 piece - 8 inch ribbon for binding
8 pieces - 2.5x2.5 background patterned papers
Embellishments, various
Simple directions to make the mini album:
1. Fold the cover in half and punch holes for the closure ribbon. I used my Crop-a-dile. It is easier to punch these holes before you add the pages. The Crop-a-dile won't reach the center far enough to get the holes near the spine. I just kinda eyeballed it. You could measure, but it won't really make that much of a difference.
2. Fold cardstock in half and adhere background papers.
3. Fold acetate in half and layer with cardstock pages. I put cardstock, acetate, cardstock.
4. Place pages onto cover, lining up spine. Center and punch two holes for binding ribbon. You can use a binder clip to hold the pages, but I held them in place when I punched the holes.
5. Thread binding ribbon through the two holes you just punched and tie. Trim ribbon if you desire.
6. Thread closure ribbon. (see photo of album cover)
7. Now decorate. I went old school, and used white glue to get the felt spider web to stick to the felt cover. A glue dot to add the plastic spider.
NOTES: I used stiff felt for the covers. It's what I had in my stash. I think if I were to buy them specifically for the Halloween album I would have gotten black or orange, but I had brown, so they are brown. I think it works anyway. I made them 3 inches square instead of 2.5. The larger size sure made things easier to decorate. I couldn't staple them together because the stapler wouldn't reach, so I punched a couple of holes and tied them with matching ribbon. I fussy cut Martha Stewart felt spider web ribbon and glued to the cover. Then attached a plastic spider with a glue dot. I used Halloween papers from Michael's, Recollections. I just bought a pad of acetate and was anxious to use it, so I added clear pages. I cut the ring part off of those little plastic Halloween rings (spider and bat) and used them to embellish. I used the scraps of patterned paper to make some of the embellishments. I used Stampin' Up stamps and Studio G stamps. Punches I used: 2" circle, 1.5" circle scallop, mini tag, 2" square, and Stampin' Up ticket corner. I used Studio G inks in black, white, purple and green. They sparkle and they were only 50 cents each.
I hope this was useful. Please let me know if you make one. I would love to see it.
