I wanted to make an album for our recent camping trip but I didn't want to spend any money on it. I had seen a bunch of envelope albums online but I wanted my album to be bigger so I started playing around with some envelopes and adhesive and before too long I had an album that I am just thrilled with.
When the album is done it will hold 24+ pictures. If you need more room you could easily use more envelopes. I am just going to show you the basics. This album could be made anywhere since you don't need much to do it. I was talking to a good friend and I realized this album could even be done during a power outage or a camping trip ;)
Supplies used:
Cereal box (any chipboard would work)
6 envelopes (mine were 8 3/4x 5 3/4)
Patterned paper
adhesive
ruler
paper trimmer
BIA (or you could punch holes and use rings)
Scoring tool
Let's get started.
Here is the envelope. You can use any color because you will be covering it all up. The first thing you are going to do is cut off the flap. I used a ruler and craft knife.
Next you will score the envelope at 7 1/2". This give you plenty of room in the pocket so that you can have matted pictures or whatever else you want to add.
Next you add adhesive so that your fold will stay down this will also make one side a bit thicker which will help when you bind your album.
Last step for this post. You are going to cover your envelope using patterned paper. I used 12 pieces of paper cut down to 7 1/2 x 5 3/4. I used my ATG but any adhesive would work. The one thing you need to be watch out for is getting adhesive inside the envelope. I accidentally stuck a couple of my envelopes together with some ATG boogers. I sure do love my Undo. :P
In the next post I will talk about making the covers and binding it. Thanks for looking :)
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