Super-fast One-Sheet Mini Album

This mini album is so easy to make - and all you need are a single sheet of cardstock and some Memories & More cards (the smaller ones). 

Cut and score the sheet as shown, cutting a sliver of cardstock away where you see the bold black lines, as this makes it easier to close up. Then decorate as desired and tie closed with ribbon.

All-Day Craftathon: Calendar Card Album

Photo: Victoria Wilcox

This was voted the favourite project at my All-Day Craftathon. But it was quite fiddly to make, especially with so many people and so many different coloured ink pads. 

The project is a calendar card album. Inside the chipboard covers there are 12 paper bags, with a blank calendar on the front of each one, for each month of the year. Fill in the calendar with people’s birthdays, then pop a card into the bag so that you have one ready when the time comes. 

It closes with a piece of baker’s twine wrapped around a circle on the back, so that the cards don’t fall out of the pockets. 

The trees represent the four seasons of the year, which is why they use so many different inks. I used the new Chalk ink for the spring blossom, as this ink sits on top of the cardstock without soaking in and muddying the colours. I couldn’t stamp on white because the snow wouldn’t show up!

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Come to my mini album class

Today is a reminder that time is running out to sign up for my Mini Album class on Saturday, 15th March. Everyone who attends this class will get a Mini Memories Simply Created Album Kit, plus a few other additions to pretty it up even more. 

In an afternoon, you’ll complete your album… or at least get it almost finished! You’ll need to bring photos along to add, then it’s just a case of arranging all the beautiful supplies in a pleasing order. This is really casual scrapbooking, and all the pieces go together beautifully, so no need to sweat about what goes where. I’m the world’s slowest scrapbooker so if I can do this in an afternoon - and I have done - then you can too!

The completed album would make the perfect gift for Mother’s Day. Fill it with pictures of your children, or of you and your siblings as children… or of family members, a holiday or special occasion. Whatever you do to your album, it’s sure to be gorgeous as the kit is so well put together. 

Don’t worry too much about the photos - as it’s a casual album, I printed mine on the computer, using good quality paper, and it looks absolutely fine. Unfortunately I’m not organised enough to have taken any photos of my project so you’ll have to wait to see it at the class. 

I have places left for this class but I need to know ASAP please, so that I have time to order the kits. Please find out more about this fun events by clicking HERE. And don’t forget to tell your friends! 

Been to a class before? Bring a friend who hasn’t and you’ll get a £5 gift voucher!

Not been to one of my classes before? Come along and you’ll get a welcome pack!