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Life is Beautiful – A Passport Book Mini Album Tutorial

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I love mini albums!  I love making them, and sharing them with others. I just love them! Today I wanted to do a little picture tutorial to show you how to easily create the base for a mini album, made from a Fun Stampers Journey Passport Book! The passport book comes in a pack of 10. They measure     3.5″ X 4.75″, and they make an excellent tiny album.

For this project you will need:

1- Passport Book

3- pieces of cardstock cut to 3.5″ x 4.75″, these will be your pages.

White Liner Tape or Journey Craft Glue

Scoring Board

 

 

 

The Passport Book has three scored lines in the center, I have darkened them in this picture to make them easier to see .

 

 

 

Begin by folding the two outer score lines to create the spine of your mini book, leaving the center one untouched.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next you will need to score all three pieces of cardstock that you will use for the ‘pages’ of your mini book. Score each piece just under .25 inch on the longer side. I did this by sliding my paper just a tad away from the edge of the score board before scoring down the .25 inch line.

Fold each piece on the score line, creating the ‘hinge’ for your page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using Craft Glue or White Liner Tape, adhere the first page by lining up the  folded edge to the inside of the first crease.  with the ‘hinge’ pointing to the center of the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add the second page, lining your cardstock up with the previous page. and positioning the hinge over the middle scored line, the one we didn’t crease when making the spine of the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adhere the last page, again lining it up with the two previous pages and centering over the final score line on the spine of the Passport book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now you have three pages, six pages front and back, inside a cute little cover ready to decorate with patterned papers, stamped images, embellishments, and photos!

* Note I used colored cardstock for this tutorial as the steps were easier to see with the different colors. For my mini book I actually used Oatmeal Cookie card stock.

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to make note of our Pocket Dies being the perfect size to add to a page, for a fun interactive feature!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now let me share my finished mini album with you!

 

 

  I used the new stamp set Life is Beautiful, and the new Good Life Prints paper pack as my inspiration.

For the pockets on the inside covers of the Passport Book I tucked my paper inside the pocket, with the print I wanted facing up. I then traced the pocket onto the paper with a pencil, and then cut away the excess.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These pockets are ideal to add a pullout piece that you can add pictures too, front and back!

 

 

 

 

Here is my pocket page with sweet sunflower journal pages, stamped with a set called Create Sunshine, it’s one of our new Bloom Benefits!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used the Window Pocket Die for this page. The double tag has secret journal cards, or more places to put photos tucked inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the last two pages, with another little pocket surprise!

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and mini album!!  Maybe this will inspire you to make a mini album of your own, so many possibilities!!

 

Thanks for stopping by today, I appreciate you comments, let me know what you think! 🙂 I have a product list below, if you are interested in any of the items I have used you can find them in my online store 24/7 !

 

FSJ Products Used:

Paper:

  • Good Life Prints PP-0055
  • Oatmeal Cookie Cardstock CS-0023
  • Denim Days Cardstock CS-0114
  • Whip Cream Cardstock-CS-0040

Ink;

  • Black Licorice IP-0041
  • Denim Days IP-0073
  • Summer Days IP-0042
  • Cocoa Powder IP-0016

Stamps:

  • Life Is Beautiful SS-0603
  • Letter Board Sentiments SS-0629
  • Mini Greetings AT-0339
  • Text Happy SS-0168
  • Create Sunshine AT-0336
  • Time To Shine AT-0304

Dies:

  • Life Is Beautiful DI-0472
  • Journey Circles DI-0039
  • Circle Around DI-0466
  • Tag Set SR-0014
  • Note Pocket DI-0025
  • Window Pocket DI-0150

Other:

  • Passport Book ST-0001
  • Color Burst Pencils JM-0077
  • Cocoa Powder Gingham Ribbon AC-0110
  • Cotton Chambray Shirt Ribbon AC-0411
  • Natural Twine AC-0005
  • Button Up Buttons AC-0224

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