New Projects For A New Year

 It's a Happy New Year at our house, we finally got high speed internet out here in the country!! We've been streaming movies, watching  YouTube videos and..... I can create videos to show how I made something! Of course, I now have to master video making! I need to learn how to set the White Balance on my camera phone. I've got some short videos uploaded to my YouTube channel to show a few Mini Albums that I made this month.

Directions for this envelope mini album is found below.

This is the video I watched to learn how to make a star fold book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW__mrz9UfE

So... I'm not very experienced making videos, The color is off a bit, and the picture is not as clear as I'd like. I'm working on it! Take a look at those awesome stickers that look like stained glass! I hope you can see in the video there's one on the cover and then a couple more on the last two pages. They are the cutest things. I found them in Hobby Lobby and they're made of plastic but they really look like stained glass very cool for $2.99 -40% off!! To make this mini album, I watched this awesome video by Caroline Hamm.   https://youtu.be/yrSVWniZL4I

Envelope Mini Album

All measurements in Inches

6 Envelopes 4-3/8 x 5-3/4

3 Card Bases 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

6 DSP mats for card bases 4 x 5-1/4

6 DSP mats for envelopes 4 x 5-1/2

4 cardstock for inside envelope pockets 3-7/8 x 5-1/4

4 DSP mats 3-5/8 x 5 for cardstock inside envelope pockets

Front and back cardstock mats 4 x 5-1/2

2 DSP for front and back 3-3/4 x 5-1/4

Glue

Gue dots

Magnets

1 inch Hole Punch

20 inches Ribbon

Remember the envelopes are a bit larger than the card bases.

Each signature consists of two envelopes glued together at the flaps, with a card base glued over the flaps: envelope page – card base page – envelope page

1. Glue two envelope flaps together, do this in three pairs, creating 3 “signatures” for your book.

2. Trim the unglued side of each envelope down 1/8 inch. One side will be the flaps glued together, and the other side will be open, creating a pocket.

3. Place adhesive on all four sides of the two 4 x 5-1/2 DSP mats to the envelopes of the signature, making sure to leave the flaps out...flowing in the breeze lol!

4. Adhere the card base to the envelope flap in the middle of the signature, applying glue to all four sides of the inside of the card base.

5. Adhere a 4 x 5-1/4 DSP mat to each side of the card base page.

6. Use circle punch to make a semicircle thumb hole on the matted side of the two envelope pages.

7. Repeat the process for the other two signatures.

8. Glue the three signatures together front to back – envelope page to envelope page, be sure to leave a quarter inch space at the spine to allow for expansion of completed book.

9. On the back, attach 10 inches ribbon with Tear & Tape, then adhere 4 x 5-1/2 cardstock panel and 3-3/4 x 5-1/4 DSP panel over top allowing the ribbon to hang out.

10. Adhere ribbon, cardstock and DSP mats to front cover in the same manner.

11. Place 3-7/8 x 5-1/4 cards inside each envelope. Dry fit to see if they need to be trimmed. Adhere 4 x 5-1/4 DSP trim if necessary, then adhere to one side, leaving the other side plain for journaling.