Hi everyone, Inat Kesler here with a new video tutorial and today I'm going to show you two
ways to make a Valentine's mini album. So the first one is a pocket interactive mini album from only one 12 by 12 double-sided cardstock
So I'm going to remove the side banner, don't need that. And then I'm going to cut my first piece, which is 4 by 12 inches
And this will be left for embellishments and tags to insert in the pockets
And then I'm going to cut the remaining piece to 3, 4 by 8 pieces
And these are going to be the pages of my mini album
And next I'm going to show you how to fold them. So the first two are pretty easy
We're going to make a score line in the middle at 4 inches and then fold them
So that's pretty easy. The third one is going to be the cover
So we need to make a little bit of a spine to allow for all the space and all the thickness
of the pages and other inserts that we're going to add. So we're going to score at 4 and then we're going to score at 3 and 7 eighths
So we're going to have 1 eighth of an inch spine. So that's really thin, but it will give us the space that we need
So now we're going to attach the pages. Now to make it a little bit more fun and interesting, I'm going to use a border punch
to punch the edges of the pages just to make it a little bit more interesting and not like
a straight edge, which is a little bit more boring. So once I've done that, I'm going to attach the pages back to back
So I'm going to apply glue to the top and the bottom of each of the pages so I can attach
them together and create a side pocket. So first let's punch the edges, like I said, to make it a little bit more interesting
So we're going to have the other page peeping out. So I'm going to apply glue to the top and the bottom and then attach the two pages back
to back and then I'll have a side pocket. So I can put things in there, coupons, inserts, little cards, whatever, whatever you want
There's the pocket there. Now I'm going to attach the cover the exact same way
I'm going to apply glue to the top and the bottom. So I'll have pockets also on the right and on the left
So altogether I'm going to have three pockets, four inserts of all kinds
Okay, so again, apply glue to the top and the bottom and then attach back to back with
the cover. This is a really fun and cute mini album. If you want to make it as a present for someone or to insert coupons and things like that
it's really cool. So for the last card, sorry, the last pocket, I'm going to punch the edges, just one edge
for my last one and then apply glue to the top and the bottom again and attach
So basically my mini album is ready and all I need to do now is embellish it and this
is how it looks when it's finished with the little inserts. Then I added a small pocket here as well and you have lots of room to write things
another insert or to add more embellishments. This could be a really nice gift card holder, coupon holder for Valentine's Day
Of course you can make it with other papers for any other occasion too
So the next mini album is basically a scrap mini album because I'm using all my leftover supplies
So I took all my supplies that fit the theme of Valentine's Day, pink ones and love notes
and other rhinestones and papers of course and what I'm going to do is use all of them
to make this mini album. And I have here this chipboard piece and you can, this is basically 4 by 6 chipboard piece
that is cut like a banner. Also going to use some transparencies that I have and basically what I'm going to do
is use all my papers and stickers and other things to cover all my pages and then bind
them together. So what I've showed you now was the mini album that I made from a frame and these two transparencies
were basically part of the frame that I took out. So I cut all my papers to 4 by 6 squares to match the size of the chipboard and I'm also
going to cut some tags from papers that I have. And basically the only instructions are to use as many of the leftover supplies that
you have to complete your mini album. So first I'm going to create all my holes
I'm using a bind it all machine but if you don't have that you can use a cinch machine
or just make two holes for rings to bind it. I'm going to bind it on the top of the pages
You can also bind it on the side if you want. So I'm going to cover the front of my chipboard with all kinds of papers
I'm going to make a collage. I actually don't care right now about the size I'm just adding the papers with the love
story writing on it and I'm just covering the chipboard with different pieces and later
I'm going to go around and cut it to the shape. So this is a really cool way to use paper scraps and cover a chipboard shape that is
not straight like this one. I'm going to do the exact same thing on the other side just to cover it with pieces that
I have with stickers that I have. And I'm challenging myself to use all my leftover supplies
So I'm just going to keep on covering this leftover stickers and I'm also going to use
punches with the papers that I have to create more interest on my page
This is again a really cool way to use all your leftovers and you can do this not only
for Valentine's Day you can do this with any theme mini album that you want as long as
you have the leftover supplies to use it. So now I'm cutting around the paper to have my banner shape back
Just cutting the excess so I can use scissors or a craft knife whatever is more comfortable
And I left some of the pieces popping out a little bit just to make it a little bit
more interesting. So here are all my pages I'm arranging them according to the order that I want and then
I'm going to bind them with my bind it all ring and again if you don't have that you
can use just plain rings and bind it on the top or on the side
I really hope you like this tutorial and you'll make one of the two mini albums
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projects and follow all the tutorials. So here is the finished mini album
It can stand. So it's really fun. I'm going to show you all the pages and when it stands you can see the pages on both sides
and you can add writings, love notes, photos, make it as a gift and you see the pages are
quite busy. I've added a lot of supplies that I had left over
Papers and stickers and flowers. Here's the transparency page. Add a little flap here
So it's really good way to use all the supplies that you don't use for any other mini album
or project. Thank you very much for joining me and I will see you next time