I recently made my first Accordion Mini Album for a swap at Scrapbook.com. Strike that, I recently made my first seven Accordion Mini Albums! LOL I was in an awesome swap over at Scrapbook.com and we all got to tell a little about ourselves, likes and dislikes (and such); then, we each created a beautiful mini for each other.
Here are some of my creations:
For this scrapper I combined greens and browns and inked the edges for her. I like to use multiple patterns on each album. Although, now I try not to mix more than 2 patterns because the first album I attempted turned out hideous...I think it was just too busy with patterns! For the closure, I used 2 complimentary ribbons instead of a single wider ribbon, as seen below.
For this scrapper I created a Faith-based theme. The colors are burgundy and brown with gold accents. I included a couple tags and a hidden journal spot.
This scrappers favorite colors are pink and silver! This album was a lot of fun. I created 2 mini tags on the inside and adhered a little vellum envelope to the cover. I also used more bling on this one, who doesn't love bling?
Overall I had a lot of fun creating an album for each individual scrapper. There was a small margin of learning but I enjoyed that too! I always like learning new techniques and gift ideas. This can be a great card to accompany a gift or fill it with photos and have it be the gift!
I combined 2 methods from links I was given in order to create my version of the Accordion album. The video I used was on :
It was created by Elsa from her blog at Just a Few Designs. She's got a wonderful blog and her videos are easy to follow!
Then, I found the idea of using a cover and back made from chipboard on About.com:
Hope you have fun trying this at home!
I love the accordion books! Great job. Your projects look fun!!! I'm bummed that I didn't see that swap! LOL
ReplyDeleteGreat albums, Susie!!! Lucky girls in that swap!
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Really pretty minis! Would have loved getting one of those in the mail!
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You did a really great job on these! I've never attempted one because they look so intimidating, you make it look easy!
ReplyDeleteWow, I just love them! Thanks for the inspiration~
ReplyDeleteThank you Ladies!!!
ReplyDeleteI was very intimidated by these as well. It took watching the video and reading the tutorial a trillion times to even make my first attempt, and then I hated my first one...but it was a great learning experience. Now I know not to mix too many crazy patterns! Thank you all very much for your comments, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by!
All of those are beautiful!! I LOVE the green one .. favorite color LO Just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLove these type of albums. They make such great gifts!!! Great color combos!!
ReplyDeleteLove the tutorial and your blog. Glad I found you on sb.com blogger thread. I am now a follower. hope you will stop by my NEW blog at www.kristinscraftcorner.blogspot.com. today was the first post. Will have more up soon. Have a good one.
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