Purse album Tutorial

Last September,  I had the honour of being chosen as the Inspirational Scrapper at ArtzDescrap. My chosen tutorial was a purse album which I have decided to re-release here.  If you are interested in seeing some of the beautiful albums that the rest of the designers and readers have come up with,  please head over to the Artzdescrap blog.

Things you would need

Chipboard covers (I have used 6.5 by 6.5 inches here)
One chipboard strip for the spine of the album
Paper for inside of the album
(I have cut mine to 4.5 by 12 inches)
One pipe cleaner (for threading the pearls through)
Pearls
Glue
Scissors
Crop-a-dile or anything you can make a hole with
Scorer

Step 1 - We start by making the inner pages.  Firstly - score 4.5 inches by 12 inches inner pages into half.  Then add double sided tape to the both outer corners of the page is in the photo below.

Step 2:  Align each corner of the inner page together and stick the pages together in a fan-like manner.

Step 3:  The results of the inner page album should look like this:

Step 4 : Measure half an inch off the square chipboard cover on side and cut the excess away as in pic.

Step 5: Cover the chipboard with patterned paper.

Step 6: Add the spine to the 2 covers, add double sided tape to both side to adhere the spine to the covers and remove the double sided tape.

Step 7:  Cover the spine with patterned paper.

Step 8:  Cover the rest of the spine carefully and overlap the inner chipboard cover.

Step 9: Make 2 holes on the spine of the album using your crop a dile.

Step 10: Add the handle which you have threaded the pearls through previously.

Step 11:  Stick the inner pages onto the cover of the album.

Step 12: The album is then ready to be embellished as you please.

Hope you like this tutorial and if you have done one,  please do share with us at chowchow138@gmail.com.  We would love to see your beautiful creation. I am proud to announce that I will be demonstrating this album at Scrap-n-Crop on Saturday,  1st November,  2008.  If you are interested,  please register with Valerie.Gan@gmail.com.