Countdown to Christmas - Day 11 - a mini fold out photo album

Welcome to my second Countdown to Christmas project!  I hope you give it a try as it is really very simple and I think, looks fab when it's done.  The albums are a great project for using up kits and make lovely gifts for friends and family.

This is the finished album.

and this is the back.

I've made lots of these recently which I am hoping to sell them (amongst other things) to raise money for Macmillan and also our local hospice.

Right - here goes with the instructions.  There are a lot of photos which I hope will help you made the folder - I'm not great at explaining this you see :)

Materials required:-

Base of folder:
1 x 6" x 11 1/2"
2 x 3 15/16" x 9 1/2"

Mat in co-ordinating cardstock
2 x 2 7/8" x 5 7/8"
2 x 3 7/8" x 5 7/8"
2 x 3 5/8" x 5 7/8"
12 x 3 13/16" x 2 7/8"

Patterned paper
2 x 2 3/4" x 5 3/4"
2 x 3 3/4" x 5 3/4"
2 x 3 1/2" x 5 3/4"
12 x 3 11/16" x 2 3/4"

Take your 6" x 11 1/2" sheet of cardstock and with the  long edge at the top of your score board, score at 3 3/4", 4 1/8", 8 1/8" and 8 1/2"

Fold and burnish all score lines with a bone folder.

Take one of your 3 15/16" x 9 1/2" and with the long edge at the top of the score board, score at 3", 6" and 9".
Fold and burnish all creases in a concertina fashion.  Repeat with second piece of cardstock.

Take the wallet part and open out so that the smallest flap is at the top.

Place the concertina folded card with the narrow edge as show in the photo and glue down.  The folded edge should align with the edge of the wallet.

I use wet glue as it gives you a bit of wiggle time.

 Repeat with second concertina piece and they should meet nicely in the middle.

Now move on to  the mats and patterned paper.  Stick the pp to the mats.

Decide which you want where and start to glue them to the folder but leave the mat and patterned paper off the back of the folder if you want to do a ribbon closure.

Take this piece of card, turn it so the mat c/s is facing upwards and find the centre.  This is where you will place some double sided tape to hold your ribbon in place.

Cut a piece of ribbon approx 22" long to match your folder.

Take the back off the double sided tape and stick the ribbon down so that both ends are about the same length.

You can now glue this panel to the back of your folder making sure it is the right way up.

That's it, your folder is done.  Now you can decorate it as you wish but as I am selling mine, I made up a cello bag of bits and pieces from my remaining kit to put in with the folder.

This is the finished project.

Here are a sample of some of the others I have made.

I hope you enjoying making your mini folders and much as I have.  Thanks for popping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Don't forget to visit UK Scrappers to see what's coming tomorrow.