Flip album Tutorial My heart

My Heart Flip Album

This album is an adaptation of the “Gears” album. Tutorial.

I want to show you that there are many ways to decorate and personalize this simple album tutorial.

Supplies:

• ·      Scissors
• ·      Double sided tape - white

• ·      Double sided tape - red extra strong.

• ·      3 pieces of 12" x 12" card stock. 2 of 1 colour (A) (I used black), 1 of co-ordinating colours. (B) ( I used purple)
• ·      
A cutting/scoring tool with bone score
• ·      Spellbinders Heart die.
• ·      Heart punch (whatever you have in your stash)
• ·      Various co-ordinating papers.
• ·      Glue stick or wet glue 

Instructions:

Back cover:

Make 1.

Cut black card stock 6' x 12". Score at 2 3/4" and 3". Then rotate and repeat on the other side.

Image’s in green but cut in black

Fold along both score lines

Pages:

Cut the black  12" x 12" in  to two  5 3/4" x 12" pieces. Score at 3 " on either end of each piece. Fold with score tool. 

All 4 pages should be black

Cut the remaining black 12" x 6" down to 5 3/4" x 12" and score at 3" each end then fold.

These make up the base pages.

Cover pieces:

Using the purple 12" x 12" card stock cut 4 pieces 5 1/2 " x 5 1/2"

Image in cream but yours should be purple

  

Assembling the base album:

Using glue (I used double sided tape around the edges and glue stick in the middle)

Adhere 3 black folded pages in this order

1,2,3.

All pages black

Adhere the 12" x 6" black cover  to the back of the centre page, ensuring that the page sits squarely between the inner crease folds of the cover. I used the red double sided tape and glue stick for extra hold.

Build the front and back covers by sandwiching the 4 (A) pieces to the cover page (C) colour  2 each side, attach and glue these to the cover 

This is the basis of your album and should look like this.

Your pages should be black and the cover flaps purple.

Follow the instructions of part 2 of the Gears album to mat your album with

co-ordinating papers.

http://yorkrosecards.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/flip-flop-album-tutorial-part-2-matting.htm

This album does not have the extra pages, and is a basic album to make.

Here is what I did:

Now to embellish your album:

I used spellbinders hearts die and a die punch in my stash.

There are many available.

I also purchased some ready made cards from Kaiser crafts with little messages and places for notes and to attach photo’s.

The pages were left blank for photo’s.

I have done several tutorials on how to make envelopes, using envelope punch board, and flap pockets.

http://yorkrosecards.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/envelope-punch-board-tutorial-to-make.html

In this album I have simply punched the flap with a 1 1/2 “ circle punch.

I’ve added tags and mini pockets and bands.

These are very simple.

Measure the width of the page or flap and cut the base card to that width and desired height.

Then mat using same principles of matting, ie mat slightly smaller than card stock.

Adhere using double sided tape.

For bands run tape at the edges x 2.

For pockets on 3 sides.

This is such a simple and versatile album base pattern.

Have a go, you are only limited by your imagination.

Enjoy