Vertical Paper Bag Mini Album, Installment 2

Hope you're enjoying and being inspired by the mini album pictures. This first picture shows one of my favorite pages of all. The pocket and handkerchief are from Cricut's Old West cartridge. The upper embellishment is simply a piece of print paper that has three metal brads through it.

This page shows the tags that I put into the small flap made by the bottom of the paper bag. I cut them at 3 3/4" by 5" and used a Martha Stewart around the page punch. The tag I cut from From My Kitchen. The lower tag came on the inside of the package of some embellishments. I added a flower from Hobby Lobby.

 This page shows the outer side of the first large flap attached to a bag. The sentiment is a sticker from the page kit. I mounted the sticker onto a retangular tag, stamping some lines on the tag so that it could be used for journaling. Hope you like these.

Vertical Paper Bag Mini Album--The First of Several Installments

I recently watched a video series by mysistersscrapper on youtube. Following her very good directions, I put together this album for a sweet young lady who is getting married soon. My binding is different from hers, and I made the space between pages 1/2" rather than her 3/8". I had so much fun doing this, that I will definitely do another. I started with a Hobby Lobby page kit that had twelve papers and some embellishments and stickers. But I needed to add several other things. Check out the videos, stock up on paper, adhesives of various types, and lots of decorative items and kraft cardstock, and then give this a try. You won't be disappointed.

The front cover is a combination of gemstone letters  and a sticker from the Hobby Lobby pack, a die cut from the Old West Cricut cartridge, and some dimensional stickers (the rope).





For the spine I created a bangle with a Tim Holtz clasp chain to which I added several different-length strands made from wooden beads and plastic ones from Blue Moon. I also added two wooden hearts engraved with initials. I tied ribbons and jute to the strands.

To hold the book closed, I added another clasp be simply adding two more eyelets--one on the back cover, and one on the front.

The inside front cover. The flower is handmade from fine twine and has a button center and a pink scallop circle behind it. Hope you like it so far.