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Another In the Bag, Too!

Below we are sharing another fun idea using the In the Bag Too! tutorial.  This sample was made for Melissa's store, Remember This.  Look how bright and fun this sample is....perfect for summer vacation.

Below are a couple of the inserts...they are cut to look like tags and have ribbon attached to the center for easy access.

You can see how bright and colorful the inside pages are..fun embellishments and patterned paper.

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Thanks for stopping!  If you are local, don't forget to stop by the used stamp sale at Remember This on Friday evening and all day Saturday, this weekend.  For more details, go here.  Thanks for stopping!  Two Paper Divas - Melissa and Gayla

Mini "Purse" Album Instructions

We are sure most of you here today have already visited us at Paper Fashions, Etc. and joined in on all the fun and FREE gifts this week.  Today on Paper Fashions, Etc. we shared with you this fun little mini album created to use and carry in your purse, include in a card, etc.  It measures 3-3/4 by 2-1/2" so it is very compact but can hold alot of photos.

 

 

To create this album you will first need to cut two strips of card stock 3-1/2" x 11" and then score each at 2-1/2", 5", 7-1/2", 10".

 

Next, crease each score line well.

 

Then add Sticky Strip to the 1" strips....see the photo below.

 

Overlap the two short ends over a 2-1/2" section.  This gives you one long accordion strip.

 

Next, we cut two pieces of chipboard 2-1/2" x 3-3/4".  Also, cut two pieces of patterned paper 3-1/2" x 4-1/4".

 

Once you have glued the chipboard to the "wrong" side of you patterned paper, fold over the edges (corners first) and glue down like the photo below.

 

Your front and back covers should look something like this --- 

Next, you adhere the front and back covers to first and last "page" of the album.  Make sure the valleys and mountains fold correctly before you glue everything together.

 

Cut a piece of ribbon 20" long and add a piece of sticky strip to the center section of the front cover.

 

Then fold your ribbon in half and adhere just the same section of ribbon to the front of your album.

 

Wrap the back piece around and tie on the side.

 

Here is what your mini album will look like open.  You are ready to add photos or sayings or any goodies you want.

 

If you are looking for fun new papers to create one of these mini albums with, check out the new papers we recently added to the store from My Mind's Eye, Cosmo Cricket, and October Afternoon.  These are fast becoming some of our favorites.

Thanks!  Divas - Gayla & Melissa

12 x 12 Happy Birthday Album

A few days ago we shared another sample of this quick and easy tutorial on MeGa Stampin Studio. This is another sample I created using the Holiday Lounge tutorial, but this time it's for my granddaughter's birthday.  Her birthday theme was "cupcakes"... imagine that!!  You know how Gayla and I LOVE cupcakes (you have to check out our felted wool cupcakes in our Divas Cupcake Store).  Anyway, the theme was cupcakes and the colors were pink and brown.  Yep, another two favorites of ours.

For the cover, I used retired SU! DSP, Sweet Pea, Pink Piourette and Chocolate Chip card stock for the circles. The focal point is a sweet little cupcake from Hero Arts.

 

Below is a great view showing all the "tabbed" pages and how each page has a pocket for additional pictures.

 

Pages 1 & 2 show where I've used a strip of this cute cupcake paper I had on hand and another one of the Hero Arts cupcakes for the embellishment.  There are several cupcake images that are used throughout the album.

 

Pages 3 & 4- The dotted swiss Chocolate Chip DSP is also retired SU! paper.

 

And, here are the last two pages.  We have used our library pocket to hold the piece of journaling paper.

 

One final picture showing again how the tabbed pages pull out to hold lots more of those wonderful pictures.  I sure hope Brooklyn's mom likes it!  Happy Birthday, sweetheart!

 

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