Blog Quick Quotes: This Adventure with Alicia!

Hello Quick Quotes readers, Alicia here with you today to host the blog.

I have a mini album I created for a Christmas gift. I made this for my brother-in-law with the hopes it would be used on his desk. He absolutely loved it! I used select pieces from the Adventure Awaits Paper Pack to maintain a masculine feel throughout.

To begin this project:

Cut a piece of chipboard to 6.25"x8.75"
Score at 4.25" and 4.5"
Adhere magnet with strong tape to outside front cover
Layer strong tape on top of magnet to adhere to cover paper
Cut 2 pieces of Quick Quotes designer paper to 6.25"x10-11" (the extra length is to create the flap, overlap to your preference)
Ink ALL edges with PowderPuff Chalking Inks
Adhere each paper piece to the outside and inside cover leaving the flap open
Embed the second magnet inside the flap to meet up with the magnet on the cover (use plenty of strong tape to stay in place)
Seal the magnet in the flap
Adhere ribbon to edges of flap for durability

I kept the flap shorter because I wanted to use this great quote on front. I placed it on the cover to determine how long I wanted my flap prior to cutting the paper.

In hindsight I should have used a couple of sets of magnets spread apart or not put so many photos inside...I couldn't help myself there were so many cute ones! I did realize this issue and for that reason there are no bulky embellishments inside the album so that it would stay shut with one magnet set and lay flat.

Basic directions for the accordion inside:
Cut a 12"x12" piece of card stock to 2-6"x12"
Score consecutively at 4"
Adhere the two pieces together
Adhere one end to the front inside cover and one to the back inside cover
Cover the card stock with pieces of 4" x 6" patterned paper
Add photos and sentiments
Don't forget to ink all those edges with PowderPuff Chalking Inks

You can tell from the photos I have three pieces of paper, I did not start with a 12" x 12" piece so it complicated the process a little but allowed me to add extra pages!

The Adventure Awaits 105 paper was perfect for this project since one side has 6 panels at the 4"x6" size. If possible I used the designs from the paper to provide the sentiment.

On other pages I used pieces I cut from Adventure Awaits 500 sheet which includes quotes and phrases.

I used my Canon PIXMA iP8720 13x19 Wireless Printer to easily print the photos I downloaded from Facebook for my mini album. This project went very smoothly because of the great products.