This is a fun little mini that you can use to hold a picture of your little one at ages 1 through 6. What fun it would be to have a photo from each birthday stored away in this mini. This would make a great gift for grandparents too!
1. For the cover: (supplies listed at the bottom of this post)
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Trace the cover onto a sheet of cardstock and
cut out. Glue this to the backside of
the cover.
·
Adhere a ribbon above the wheels as shown in the
photo.
·
Remove the hippo tag from the Carder's
Pack. Adhere the hippo tag to the left
side of the front cover and embellish with flowers, vines, and ribbon as shown.
·
Remove 3 of the banners from the Carder's Pack
and adhere to the right top of the cover using foam squares or dots to pop them
up. Embellish with small flowers and
leaves.
·
Trim a sheet of 6 x 6 paper from the Carder's
Pack to 5 x 6" and adhere to the left side of the back of the front
cover. Ink and distress the paper edges
as desired.
·
Trim a sheet of 6 x 6 giraffe paper from the
Carder's Pack to 4 x 6 and adhere to the right side of the back of the front
cover as shown in the photo.
·
Cut a mat from cardstock 2.5 x 3.5" and
layer over the left side of the giraffe patterned paper.
·
Remove the "1 giraffe" image from the
die cut pages in the Carder's Pack and adhere to the left side just covering
the edge of the mat leaving the part that covers the mat free of adhesive so
that you can slip a photo under the giraffe.
·
Embellish as desired with flowers, buttons etc.
3.
For all the
remaining pages:
·
Paint the pages at the tops and bottoms with
white gesso.
·
Ink and distress the edges as desired.
4.
For pages 2
and 4
·
Color over the white gesso with mists or paint
so that when you adhere the cardstock in the next step, no white gesso shows.
·
Cut a piece of cardstock 3 7/8 x 7 3/8 and
adhere in the center above the wheels as shown.
·
Cut 3 x 3" squares of patterned paper from
the Carder's Pack. Adhere squares
3/8" from the sides on the left and right sides.
·
Cut an oval photo mat from cardstock and adhere
to the center of the page as shown. I've
used a Spellbinder's die from my oval.
·
Remove the
"2 elephant” or "4 hippo" from the die-cut pages in the
Carder's Pack and adhere as shown in the photo leaving the part that overlaps
the photo mat free of adhesive.
·
Embellish with flowers,
bows, buttons etc.
5.
For pages 3
and 5:
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Color over the white gesso with mists or paint
so that when you adhere the cardstock in the next step, no white gesso shows.
·
Cut a piece of patterned paper from the Carder's
Pack 4.25 x 6" and adhere to the left side as shown.
·
Cut a piece of patterned paper from the Carder's
Pack 3 x 6" and adhere to the right side overlapping the patterned paper
from the previous step as shown in the photo.
·
Cut a photo mat 2.75 x 3.75" and then cut
another photo mat 2.5 x 3.5". Layer
the smaller mat over the larger and adhere to the page as shown in the photo.
·
Layer
over the paper from the previous step so that it is aligned with the right
side.
·
Remove the "3 zebra" and "5
lion" from the die-cut pages in Carder's Pack and adhere the to left side
as shown leaving the part that overlaps the photo mat free of adhesive.
·
Embellish with flowers, buttons, ribbon, etc.
6.
For page 6:
- Color
over the white gesso with mists or paint so that when you adhere the
patterned paper in the next step, no white gesso shows.
- Cut a
rectangle from 006 Save the Rhino 4 3/8 x 7 3/8" and adhere as shown in the photo.
- Cut a
rectangle from patterned paper 2.75 x 3" and adhere 5/8" from
the left side.
- Cut a
photo mat 2.75 x 3.75" and then cut another photo mat 2.5 x 3.5". Layer the smaller mat over the larger
and adhere to the page as shown in the photo.
- Remove
the "6 Rhino" from the die-cut page in the Carder's Pack and adhere
to left side as shown leaving the part that overlaps the photo mat free of
adhesive.
- Embellish
with flowers, buttons, ribbon, etc.
7.
For the Back
Cover:
- Color
over the white gesso with mists or paint so that when you adhere the
patterned paper in the next step, no white gesso shows.
- Cut a rectangle from 007 4 1/4 x 7 3/8" and adhere to the back cover as shown.
Fabscraps Zooty Cuties Collection C81:
006 Save the Rhino
007 All Ears
MC81 001A Carder's Pack
DC81 001 Chipboard Album
Other:
Cardstock in coordinating colors: Blue, yellow, pink, white, orange. Large scraps will work nicely for this.
White Gesso
Mists or paints in coordinating colors
Embellishments - flowers, ribbon
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