Facebook Live Class 27 - The Album

Finally, I have managed to complete the Album that I started in the class with Claire, My Creative Spirit  last weekend.

This is the album cover, we made this during the class.

 

I decided to decorate mine with papers from Graphic 45, the floral paper is from the Artisan Style collection and the striped papers are from the Once Upon a Springtime collection, I decided to make a belly band to keep the Album closed.

This is the Album opened, there are pockets on the inside of both covers and there are six pages that are all the same with a pocket on the outside edge.  I have put Journal/Ephemera cards in the pockets but you could add photographs.

Below you can see the first page opened out, I added a belly band on this and the next page below.

On the next two pages I have added long pockets along the bottom.

These are the final two pages, I added a belly band to these two as well.

Above you can see the centre of the Album, there are four flaps, below you can see the first two opened out, below that you can see all four flaps open.

The photographs are not brilliant, it was a miserable day and I had a little helper when I was taking them, we have two gorgeous black Labradors - Ramsey, the older one, is very laid back and doesn't take much notice of anything.  Jasper, the younger one, is into everything, you only have to move and he is there to see what is going on!

This is them both together, Ramsey is on the left, the one on the right is Jasper.

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Pauline
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Sleeping Beauty

I took part in the My Creative Spirit Facebook Live Class No. 25, it was about four weeks ago and it has taken me a while to complete the project.  It is a Layered Box Album and it is rather large - just over 10" x 8" x 2 1/2" when closed and quite difficult to photograph, I have not done it justice.

Above the album is closed, it is secured with magnets and below it is fully opened out, there are four pages and they get slightly larger as you go through and as they are mounted on the sides of the box they splay out as it is opened.

The following photographs show the flaps as they are opened out, I love the Stamperia Sleeping Beauty papers so much that I could not bring myself to cover them up with any of the additional flaps and pockets that Clare showed us how to make.

Below you can see a buckle closure, it holds the centre four flaps closed and there is lots of room for expansion if you wish to add photographs or embellishments.

I really enjoyed creating this album, it took me a while and like I said the photographs do not do it justice but I love it.

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Pauline
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The Alberta Folio

I took part in another Facebook Live Workshop with Clare, My Creative Spirit a couple of weeks ago and this is the album that we created.

It is a large Folio Album, it measures just over 10 x 8 inches and has four pages - I used the Stamperia Sir Vagabond in Japan collection to decorate mine.

This is the front cover, I left mine plain, I love the papers so much I didn't want to cover them up with anything, it is a box folio with a magnetic closure.

This is the inside front cover, there is a box pocket with a policy envelope in it, the policy envelope opens out so that you can put things inside it.  There are four leaves that get slightly larger as you go through, the first page is split with two flaps that each have a small pocket, I have placed a bookmark, a tag and a journal card in the pockets. 

The back of each page has a small pocket, I have placed a tag in each of the pockets on the back of the first page.

Page two has  a fold out flap, mine has Lady Vagabond on it, isn't she beautiful.

Below is the back of page two with a journal card in the pocket and the front of page three which is another policy envelope,  I have used a large tag to keep mine closed.

I forgot to take a photograph of the front of page four, you can see it behind page three - it is just a plain page, you can see the back below, there is a large tag in the pocket.

On the back cover there is an expandable folder, below you can see the folder closed.

This is the folder with the side flaps opened out, all of the flaps have expandable sides, this gives you room to add lots of photographs or add-ons.

Here you can see the side flaps and the top and bottom flaps opened out to reveal two smaller flaps on the inside.

All of the flaps opened out, this was not the easiest album to photograph and the photographs do not do it justice, it looks much better in real life.

I hope I haven't bored you to death with all of the photographs, I really enjoyed making this project, the papers are absolutely gorgeous, now all I need to do is make sure I don't buy some more!

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Pauline
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Bonjour

I have created another mini album with my Graphic 45 French Country collection, this one is 6 inches square.  The album design comes from a video on Clare from My Creative Spirit's YouTube Channel, I made mine a bit bigger than hers and I have fewer pages.

Above you can see the front cover, I fussy cut the Sun Flower topper and popped it up on foam pads for dimension.

Below is the inside front cover and the first page, the pages alternate in size and they all have a pocket with a photo mat inside.  The front cover has a belly band with a small folder in it.

This is the photo mat, I have covered them with all with different coloured solid paper.

 

Next is the back of the first page and the front of the second page, it has another belly band with a journal card.

This is the back of the second page with a small pocket that has a folder in it.  I left the front of the third page blank, you can see the photo mat in the large pocket.

This is the back of the third page and the front of the final page, it has another belly band with a tag behind it.

Finally the back of the last page and the inside of the back cover, it has a pocket into which I have placed another couple of tags.

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Pauline
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Sun Hats and Sunflowers

I have at long last completed my Flip Book, I followed a tutorial by Gloria Stengel to create the flip book base, I just added a few extra pockets to mine.  I used a combination of Graphic 45's French Country Collection and Place in Time Collection to decorate it.

This is the front cover, it mainly uses papers from the Place in Time collection, the sunflowers are from the French Country collection - the book is secured with a ribbon.

Below the album is opened to show the inside front cover with a folder in the pocket and the back page closed.

Next you can see the back page opened to reveal a matching pocket with another folder inside - you can find photographs of both folders and the tags that are also in the album HERE.  The centre page has a belly band, I have placed a journal card behind it.

You open the centre page to the left and there is a pocket with two tags in it along with another page with a belly band and a journal card.

You open this page to the right to reveal another page with a pocket and journal card.  In the centre are two half pages.

The two half pages open to reveal another pocket with a journal card and a larger tag inside.

These projects are quite time consuming but fun to create and they do use quite a bit of paper, so at least I am using up some of my stash!

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Pauline
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Bird Watcher

Sorry I haven't been around for a while, my eldest son came to visit for a few days so I was spending time with him.

This is the completed album that I created after taking part in the most recent Facebook Live class held by Clare from My Creative Spirit, it was number 23 and we made a window box and album.

Below you can see the album inside the window box, I used a combination of papers from the Graphic 45 Bird Watcher collection - you can see more details and photographs of the window box HERE.

Next you can see the inside of the front cover and the front of the first page, the front cover has an acetate flap, there is another flap on the first page, both flaps are secured with a magnet.

The next photograph shows the flap on the inside cover open to reveal a pocket, I  have placed a journal card in the pocket but you could also put a photograph in it.

Now you can see the flap on the first page open, there is a small tuck point that I have placed another journal card in.

Next is the back of the first page with a place to display a journal card or photograph and the front of the second page with a flap that has a pocket on it, again I have placed journal cards in the pocket but you could place photographs here as well.

Below you can see the open flap with a journal card in the small tuck pocket.

On the back of the second page I used my Stitched Slots Pocket Die to create the pockets that have journal cards in them, on the front of the third page there is a place to display a journal card or photograph.

The third page with the flap open.

The back of the third page with a photo mat and the front of the final page, this one has a small pocket in which I have placed a small journal card and a small tag.

The flap opened to show a journal card in the small tuck pocket.

The back of the last page with a side pocket that I have placed a tag in and the inside of the back cover which is a repeat of the inside front cover with an acetate flap.

The flap opened to show a pocket with a journal card in it.

Finally, these are the two tags that I have placed in the pockets.

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