Now that we are three months into the new year it is time to start printing out your photos for 2023 and putting them into a mini album. Try out this gorgeous Flower Market 12-Month Mini Album system that Graphic 45 Brand Ambassador, Kristine Woods has come up with. Each month has photo mats for up to five photos and a few cute journaling spots, making it a cinch to document your whole year! Watch the video tour and tutorials and join in the fun! Speaking of fun, be sure to try out for our Brand Ambassador Call for 2023-2024.

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Flower Market 12-Month Mini Album

By Kristine Woods

“Hi crafty friends. For my #G45Feature project, I am going to show you how to use the entire Flower Market collection in your project. Today, we will create a mini album with one page for each month of the year. Each page is removable and slides into a short sleeve to keep it in the album. The new Flower Market collection is perfect for this style of album. With the coordinating Patterns & Solids paper, creating and decorating the album is a breeze. So grab your supplies and join me for the tutorial!

Graphic 45 Supplies

Other Supplies

12 pieces of 8 ½” x 11” cardstock (I used ivory)
Chipboard
Scoring tool
Paper trimmer and scissors
Adhesive

If you like to pre-cut and prepare your papers before assembling your album, please use the cutting guides below. In the video tutorial, I will give measurements and construct the entire album.

-FLIP THROUGH VIDEO-

12 Month Mini Album Tour – Flower Market – by Kristine Woods

-2 PART VIDEO TUTORIAL-

Part 1: Creating the Pages

Part 2: Creating the Cover

Cardstock Cutting Guide

6 pieces: 4 ½” x 8 ½”, score at ½” and 7 ⅛” on the 8 ½” side
6 pieces: 4 ½” x 6 ½”
6 pieces: 1 ⅞” x 4 ½”, score at ½” on the 1 ⅞” side
6 pieces: 4 ½” x 7”, score at ½” on the 7” side
6 pieces: 3” x 9 ¾”, score at ½” and 5 ⅛” on the 9 ¾” side

Each page of the album will be decorated in a similar style. To prepare your pages, you will need to fussy cut one of each monthly sheet from the 8×8 Flower Market paper.

Fussy cut the main square floral image, the two postage stamps, calendar, tag, two circle images, and two word pieces.
Trim the floral section on the bottom left to include the border with the butterfly at the top and fussy cut the right side of the floral images. The piece will measure approximately 2 ⅞” x 4 ½”.

Sleeve background: Patterns & Solids cut to 2 ⅞” x 4 ½”

Front flap: Patterns & Solids cut to 4 ⅜” x 6 ⅜”

Back of flap: 8×8 Flower Market monthly page (b-side) cut to 4 ⅜” x 6 ⅜”

Base of page: Patterns & Solids cut to 4 ⅜” x 6 ½”

Small side panel: 8×8 Flower Market monthly page (b-side) cut to 1 ¼” x 4 ⅜”

Cutting Guide for the Cover

2 pieces chipboard 4 ¾” x 7 ¾”
1 piece chipboard 1 ¾” x 4 ¾”
1 piece chipboard 3 ⅞” x 5 ⅞”
2 pieces Purple Patterns & Solids 5 ¾” x 8 ¾”
1 piece Purple Patterns & Solids 3 ¼” x 5 ¾”
1 piece Purple Patterns & Solids 3 ¼” x 4 ⅝”
2 pieces Pink Patterns & Solids 4 ⅝” x 7 ⅝”
1 piece Pink Patterns & Solids 2 ¼” x 4 ⅝”, score at ½”, 1”, 1 ¼”, and 1 ¾” on the 2 ¼” side
1 piece Pink Patterns & Solids 2 ¾” x 4 ⅝”, score at ½”, 1”, 1 ¾”, and 2 ¼” in the 2 ¾” side
1 piece Pink Patterns & Solids 3 ¼” x 4 ⅝”, score at ½”, 1”, 2 ¼”, and 2 ¾” on the 3 ¼” side