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Holiday Projects
File Folder Mini Album with Bind-It-All

By: Diane Tuggle
(Courtesy of Close to My Heart)
Scrampin’ Love Bug
Beginner’s Scramping Team Designer

Supplies:
Treasure Life stamp set (CTMH)
Acrylic blocks for stamp set
Magic Moments Level 1 Paper Pack (CTMH)
Cardstock (CTMH):
    Hollyhock           
    Indian Corn Blue
    Honey                
    Colonial White
    Cocoa
Inks Pads (CTMH):
    Hollyhock            
    Honey
    Indian Corn Blue  
    Cocoa
Distressing inks and sponge (CTMH)
Paper Punches (Marvy)
3”scallop circle paper punch
2 1/2” circle paper punch
1 7/8” scallop oval paper punch
1”circle punch
1/16^” hole punch
¼” hole punch (Marvy)
Scotch Sanding block (3M)
Glue dots (Ellsworth Adhesives Co.)
Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares (3L)
Mono Adhesive tape runner (Tombow)
Bind-It-All Machine and binding rings (Zutter Innovative Products)
Coluzzle knife, pad, file folder template, envelope template (Provo Craft)
Cutter Bee Scissors (EK Success)
12” Paper trimmer (Carl)
Cleaning pad and mist for stamps (CTMH)
Embellishments (CTMH):
    Small pewter brads
    Large hollyhock brad
    Button
    Sassy Strands Fibers
    Rick Rack trims and ribbons
    Metal photo clip

Instructions:

1.  Using second to largest size template, cut the file folders from the following cardstock:  1 each of Cocoa, Hollyhock, Indian
Corn Blue, and Honey for the mini album base. 

2.  Fold file folders in half and punch all 4 in the Zutter Bind It All. Make sure all holes match up (you can process all 4 in one punch). 

3.  Cut a cover for your mini book from a page in Magic Moments Level 1 Paper Pack to ½ the size of file folder. 

4.  Sand edges of cover and adhere to front of book; do not cover punched holes. 

5.  Cut a pocket panel for the last page of the book that is as long as the file folder and 2 ½” deep.  Adhere the pocket on both sides and along the bottom leaving the top open.
Fold in half and re-punch holes through pocket. 

6.  Assemble your book by stacking the file folders together while alternating tabs.  Insert wires and close them with the Zutter Bind-It-All machine. 

7.  Punch a large circle in Honey card stock and sand edges. Stamp flowers in cocoa ink and add three pewter brads on the side of circle and adhere to cover.  This provides a look like the moon with a silhouette of wild flowers. 

8.  Cut a ¾”x 4¾” strip of honey cardstock and stamp “love is spoken here” for the title of album. Using Distress Ink, edge the sides. Cut a tail on one end of strip. Add a Cocoa gross grain ribbon to left edge of title and adhere to lower edge of cover. 

9.  Cut a piece of Sassy Strands fiber and adhere to edge of the cover next to bind it all rings.

10. Add rickrack, ribbons and twill tape to Bind-It-All rings. 

11. Using cardstock and patterned papers from paper pack, cut a mini file folder. Stamp a verse using your choice of inkpad. Add a metal photo clip and brad to hold this closed and adhere to inside front of cover.  Punch ½ of 1” circle and add to bottom of file folder for accent.  To achieve this, punch the circle on the straight edge of the cardstock. 

12. Cut a mini envelope from patterned paper and adhere to 2^nd page. Punch a scalloped oval from colonial white card stock. Stamp a verse on it using an ink pad of your choice. Using Distress Ink, edge the sides. Add the brad and waxy flax or fiber pull and insert in envelope.

13.Cut a piece of patterned paper 3” X 3” and fold in half.  Stamp the flowers image on the front and a verse inside using the ink pad of your choice. Adhere this above your envelope on 2^nd page. 

14.Using large punches, punch several colors of cardstock for use on more pages throughout the book.  Adhere them so that some edge the tabs of file folders and some are centered on pages. Do the same with scallop oval punch. Stamp some of these
circles/ovals with flowers and some with verse from stamps in
your choice of Ink Pad. Punch holes in some scallops cut outs
with ¼” paper punch. 

15.Using Colonial White card stock, stamp flowers in a bouquet using the ink pad of your choice. Cut out around edges and apply distressing Ink on edges to soften. Insert one of these bouquets in the back pocket of the book.  

16.Cut a small 3” x 2½” pocket of patterned paper.  Sand edges and pop up with foam dots on 3 sides to make a pocket. Add a 2^nd bouquet to this pocket and add fiber ribbon to the bouquet. 

17.For other pages, do random stamping on pages in your choice of ink pad color.  Add mats made from patterned papers, sand edges of mats, and add rick rack trims or ribbons, buttons, etc. to embellish pages.

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