Arnold Grummer's Spring Mini Album

Hello, Peggy here to show you how I made this wonderful little mini album

to be filled up with some pictures of spring. It's in the air isn't it?

Well, OK, a little early for some but here in British Columbia

on Vancouver Island we are in full bloom!

List of supplies for today's tutorial: 

• Arnold Grummer's Paper Making Kit
• Magnolia Casting Mold
• Chipboard for the Covers and Spine
• Double sided tape
• Liquid Glue
• Gelato's
• Envelope Punch Board
• White Cardstock
• Tags Die 
• Polymer Clay (White)
• Acrylic Paint 

I made some wonder full paper again with my Arnold Grummer's Paper Making Kit.  This time I made my sheets a bit thinner to be able to manipulate the paper around my chipboard easily.  I also used an iron to dry my sheets as last time I made paper I air dried. They came out much flatter.
I used my chipboard from the sticky notes kit for the front, spine and back covers. I taped my edges with double sided tape to make my handmade paper adhere. This picture below is a bit blurry but I thought I would include it as it shows my placement for the chipboard and the space allowance (1/8th of an inch) for the covers to close.

Below is my paper after being  taped down. 

Next I made four envelopes with my envelope punch board.

These tiny envelopes are perfect for my envelope mini. 

Then I made a hidden hinge system to place my envelopes onto to create pages in my book.

 I adhered the bottom of each envelope to the binding system. I placed a slit in the bottom of each envelope to slide onto the tabs. I ended up cutting off the top of each envelope as well to act as pockets. 

Next I made some tabs for each tag that I wanted to pull out of the envelopes. I used a Tim Holtz Die to cut these and I adhered them to each tag. I lined each tag with a matching cardstock.

On the front of my Mini Album I had made a Magnolia Paper Cast. 

It gave me a lot of texture but I was looking for more definition. 

This photo below shows the hidden hinge system perfectly. 

So in the end I went ahead and made a cast from the same Magnolia Casting 

mold with Polymer Clay. I colored it with acrylic paint.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial. I love these products as they are so 

easy to use and easy to follow directions.

You can receive 20% off using this coupon code: EARTH20 for the month of march at checkout on the Arnold Grummer Web Site.