Christmas Mini Album **TUTORIAL**

Looking at my poor neglected blog today, the date of my last post is Feb 18.... now it becomes clear when I remember that life as we knew it changed on Feb 22 the date of the massive Christchurch Earthquake. We had survived the September shakes and were becoming accustomed to the regular after shocks that were part of our daily life....and then Feb 22.  Now on Dec 5 I can say that we are feeling more settled after a move to the North Island. All of my craft items are still in storage as I am not blessed with my own craft room as I was in Chch. So the dining room table was where this album was completed using our gorgeous Compass Craft range of Christmas items.  This is a quick, easy and effective mini album and looks great.

 MINI CHRISTMAS ALBUM

LIST OF SUPPLIES

RRXM18 Ruby Rock-It Xmas Paper Pack

FX09 Xmas Glittered Accents

FX30 Xmas Glitter Flourish - Red

BLING88 Green

BLING57 Silver

CS13 Vermillion Chromatics Cardstock

CS59 Forest Chromatics Cardstock

FXM88 Xmas Red Ribbon

FXM57 Xmas Red Rub Ons

Choose 4 sheets of paper from the paper pack and these will be the basis of your album pages.

The pencil lines (on the photo) show how the folds are made.

Fold page in half

Fold in half again

 fold diagonally

and fold diagonally again

Repeat with each of the 4 pages.

The next step is the hardest to explain. It forms the pocket where the journalling sits.

Place double sided tape as shown on the photo

Take the left hand corner and fold up

Place tape to the underside of the pocket to hold the 'room' shape.

Repeat with all 4 pages.

Tape the pages together to make 4 'rooms' - do not tape the first and last pages together as they will have the front covers attached to them.

Place the ribbon onto the front and back of the pages before the covers are attached.

Cut two pieces of cardstock 6"x6" for the front and back covers and attach to front and back.

Decorate each room using ribbon, flourishes, bling and accents.

To help with your cutting.....

The photo area (opposite the pocket) measures 5 1/2 " x 5 1/2"
The triangle pieces on the 'floor' of the rooms measure 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" cut diagonally.

The triangle on the pocket side measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" cut diagonally.

The journalling tags measure 4" x 5"

Happy Crafting!