Making Memories Last with Holiday Mini Albums

Hello, G45ers!

 Print out those holiday photos and put them in a gorgeous handmade album.  In this blog G45 Brand Ambassador, Einat Kessler shares her interactive album that she created using Winter Wonderland and St Nicholas ephemera cards this album is easy to create and would great with any of collections.  Let’s jump into the fun memory keeping album below.  

Christmas Mini Album

By Einat Kessler

“Hi dear crafty friends! Einat Kessler here with a new project. Today I’m sharing this festive mini album that will fit all your holiday photos.

I love creating mini albums from scratch. I feel like I have more creative freedom when I can decide what size the mini album will be, how many pages it’ll have etc. This mini album is no different! I have a great tutorial for you showing you how to build the cover and the pages.

Check out How to Create a Journaling Cards Mini Album by Einat Kessler on Snapguide.

How to Create a Journaling Card Mini Album

Instead of using the paper collection for the pages I decided to use the beautiful Ephemera Cards to create the pages. After creating the cover and the binding mechanism I attached the cards back to back. I created pockets and divided pages just to make it more fun!

Here are some of the pages:

The Ephemera cards are double sided so there are so many patterns to play with!
 

Tip #1: When creating a mini album always make it thick enough to allow room for the photos.

 

Tip #2: Use a thick enough chipboard for the cover. It needs not only to hold the cover but the entire weight of the pages and photos.

Graphic 45 Supplies:

• Winter Wonderland 12×12
• St. Nicholas Journaling and Ephemera Cards
• Chipboard
• Flowers and embellishments

Have a wonderful holiday season and a Merry Christmas!”

~Einat

Looking for more projects done with Ephemera cards by Einat.  

Master Detective Mini Album 

By Einat Kessler

Tip: When embellishing the cover don’t add just cut out paper images from the collection. Add more dimension and interest with an object that goes with your theme. For example: I used two little small “evidence” bottles and added little images on them.

See full post here…

Big thanks to you for joining us for this mini album edition, and to Einat for sharing her awe-inspiring ideas and creations.  We hope you too share your projects by posting your projects online using the #Graphic45 hashtag.  We look forward to seeing what you create!

Happy Papercrafting!