Katherine's Accordion Mini Scrapbook idea
 This
mini scrapbook idea was generously submitted by Katherine Skinner. You can go
and see her original
mini album
Mini Album Tutorial
Scrapbooking Supplies
You will need:
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Two 5½" x 12" and Two 5½" x 9" paper (Heavy card stock is best)
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2 pieces of 6"x6"cardboard or chipboard for the covers
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4 lengths of ribbon (you can use 2 different colors if you'd like)
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Paper trimmer, adhesive, craft knife, scrapbooking
embellishments and patterned papers.
Step 1.
Score and
Fold each of the 4 pieces of card stock accordion style @ every 3".
Step 2.
Attach one of the 5½"x12" pages to one of the 5½" x 9"accordion
pages.
You should now have one long accordion folded strip measuring
18"x5½" long.
Repeat for the remaining two accordion strips.
Step 3.
This is the
perfect time to decorate and embellish your pages...if you decorate and
embellish later, it will be significantly more difficult.
Step 4.
After you are finished
with your embellishing- Stand the papers up and arrange them so that they are
shaped like a diamond ( birds eye view). In the center of both pages you need to
poke 2 hole. Thread a small ribbon through both holes and tie off . This hold
the book together in a diamond shape once it is opened.
Step 5.
Decorate your covers at this point...you may want to cover them with pretty
paper. I usually use a full page of 12x12 paper...just because It works better
for me...but for this one you could cut your paper to 8x8" and it will work. I
use terrifically tacky tape or glue dots for this and for attaching the ribbon.
After you've decorated your covers attach the ribbon ( 2 on each cover, parallel
from each other). Glue the front cover ( the same way you would glue the
cover on any accordion album), now glue on the back cover.
There. You're all
finished. :O)
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