Heartfelt creations 7" x 7" Butterfly Medley Album Tutorial. Part 3

Butterfly Medley Album

Tutorial from start to finish

Part 3

7” x 7” finished size.

Using Heartfelt Creations Butterfly Medley collection.

Design can be adapted to any 6” x 6” paperpad or cardstock collection.

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Part 3

Pockets and tabs.

Supplies:

·      Various papers and cardstock

Tip: Use all your ‘scraps’ of cardstock and papers from making the pages and matting.

·      Scissors

·      Cutting/scoring tool

·      Double sided tape ½” and ¼”

·      Liquid glue (I use Scotch quick dry)

·      Ruler

·      1 ¼” circle punch

·      Magnets 10mm x ½ mm

·      Various dies. I will name the one’s I use, but you can use whatever you have to create your theme.

            Tip: You can use precuts and stickers from your stash.

NB: Base mats in this album are all black to match my album pages.

For the purpose of this tutorial the pages are labeled 1 -14.

When placing them in the album, you can organize them in your own order to suit your theme.

Page 1:

Cut cardstock 5” x 4”.

Tape using ½” double sided tape on 3 edges.

Mark the centre of the top (untaped edge) and punch ½ circle to make tab.

Adhere to the bottom of the page lining up the pocket with the mat.

I added a decorative border along the top. This image does not show.

Take a strip 1’ wide and measure to fit on the flap.

Cut and use ¼” double sided tape to attach to the flap, makes a mini pocket.

Page 2:

Photo mats

Cut 4” x 1 ¾” photo mat.

I used the heartfelt creations pre-designed mat, you can use plain papers.

Cut base card 4 ¼’ x 2”.

Using double sided tape adhere photo mat to base mat.

Cut 4” x 2” photo mat.

Cut base card 4 ¼” x 2 ¼”

Adhere mats to the page.

I have used 1 squared and 1 rounded.

NB: You can size your photo mat to suit your design.

Page 3:

Cut base card 6” x 7”. Score at ½” and 6 ½”. Fold inwards at score lines.

Run ½” double sided tape down each end and across one side. (This will be the bottom of the pocket)

Cut patterned paper 5 ¾” x 2 ¾” and adhere to the top of the base card.

Mark the centre point at the top of the pocket and punch ½ circle using 1 ½” circle punch.

Adhere pocket to the bottom of the page.

Page 4:

Using base card cut border and corner.

I used Sue Wilson Californian Collection.

Using a mix of glue and tap adhere to page.

Attach 2 sides of the filigree corner die to make a pocket.

Page 5:

Cut 3’ x 3 ½” photo mat from patterned pape , round the edges and adhere directly to the page.

Cut 3” x 1 ½” base card and score at ¼” at long edges. Fold under and use ¼” double sided tape along 3 sides.

Cut 2’ x 1 ¼” patterned paper and mat the pocket.

Adhere to flap 2/3rd down to make mini pocket.

I have added some cut out notes and a phrase.

(Image shows 2^nd photo mat over the top. To be made later.

Page 6:

 Cut 5 ½” x 1 ¾” base card.

Cut 5” x 1 ¼’ patterned paper and mat to base card.

Run ¼’ double sided tape around base card and adhere to the bottom of the page. Tip: You can add a photo mat to the space on the page.

Page 7:

Cut 6” x 1 ½” base card

Cut 5 ½” x 1” patterned paper (I used HFC stamp strip) Mat to base card.

Using ½” double sided tape attach to page at the 2 ends, at the bottom of the page.

         

        

NB: I made the tabs from HFC by fussy cutting and popping brads through them. You don’t need these if you don’t have this collection.

  

Page 8:

Cut a strip 5 ½” x 1” in base card

Select a border die and cut the same.

Adhere the border die to the strip so that pthe pattern is forwards of the strip. This makes a wider border.

Run ½” double sided tape down the plain edge of thebase card.

Adhere the strip to the left side of the page. This makes a side slot.

Page 9:

Waterfall:

Cut base card 3 ½”  x 5 ½” x 2

Score on the 3” side at ½”

Round the other corners.

Using patterned or plain papers (I used HFC picture mats) Cut 3” x 4 ½” and adhere to the top of the base card. Make sure you round the two bottom corners.

Run ½” double sided tape along the top scored edge as shown.

Fold down the scored edge.

Attaching the waterfall to the page:

Starting from the top right hand side mat, line up the top of the waterfall mat and adhere to page.

Line up the 2^nd waterfall mat to the folded edge of the 1^st waterfall mat and adhere to the page. This gives you a spacing of ½” between.

The waterfall should look like this:

Page 10:

Cut 4 ½” x 4 ½” mat from patterned/plain paper (I’ve used HFC photo mat)

Adhere to bottom right hand of the page.

Page 11:

Cut 3 ¾” x 4 ½” base card.

Score at ½” at each end and fold. Run ½” double sided tape down the edge, flip and along the bottom edge.

Cut 3 ½’ x 2 ½” plain/patterned paper and adhere to base card.

Mark centre top and punch a half circle with 1 ¼’ punch.

Attach pocket to flap on page 11 side.

Cut 4 ½” x 2 ½’ base card. Score at ½” each end and fold. Repeat as above pocket

Cut 3 ½” x 2 ¼” plain/patterned paper and adhere to base cards. Punch ½ circle as above.

Adhere to page 11.

Page 12:

Cut strip 1 ¼” x 6” in base card

Cut strip ¾” x 5 ½” in plain/patterned paper. (I have used HFC word strip)

Adhere at each end centering the strip with the tab opening of the existing flap pocket.

Pages 13 and 14:

These are already prepared from tutorial part 2.

Now you have completed pockets and tabs your pages you are ready for part 4 of the tutorial. This will show you the how to embellish the pages with lot’s of photo mats and using various dies.

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