Mini Album Purses

Mini Album Purses

Hi friends sharing 2 cute Mini Purses which open in a cascading style into a pocket style mini album.

I have shared a similar purse earlier in this post : Expanding Mini Album Tutorial 

Mini Album Purses

I used gorgeous papers called Dazzling Divas from  Craftreat, an Indian brand owned by my friend Priya Sivaraj who had sent me these papers long back and I had hoarded them waiting for the  right project to showcase them.

Mini Album Purses

The pockets inside the  purse cascade out in an accordion fashion and stand up for display. I made the  edges of the  pockets using Crealies  dies

Mini Album Purses

I had so much making one Purse that I made another one!

Mini Album Purses

The Purse measures 4 x  5 and 1/4 inches and the  pockets can hold inserts measuring 3 and 1/2 x 4 and 3/4 inches.

Mini Album Purses

You can use the pockets to hold all kinds of lists, reminders  mini notes and photos and vary the  papers according to your theme

Mini Album Purses

I added magnets to the  flaps so that the  purses shut firmly and easily

Mini Album Purses

Here is the  Tutorial to making the  Purses

Supplies :
Papers : Dazzling Divas from Craftreat
Dies : On the  Edge dies from Crealies  

Baby Girl Scrapbook Tutorial

I love seeing little girls in pink dresses and  when I saw the  adorable Onesie dies from Crealies  I knew just what I had to make! Cute baby girl dresses and of course it had to be pink!

I made a special type of scrapbook / mini album where each dress is your canvas for adding photos and journalling . Each  dress  has a front and a back , so you can add a minimum of 4 photos in each dress and tuck in even more if you add pockets inside each dress.

Unlike conventional albums...the  pages are not attached to each other but each dress has its own individual hanger from which you can take out the  dress and look at the  photos inside or add a bit of journalling within it.

I made the  hangers out of wire and prettied it up by wrapping satin ribbon around the  wire hanger.

I also made the stand using skewer sticks and ribbon. it is quite long and has room to hang  lots and lots of dresses! Can you see the  dangling crystal heart ...it is adorable ...if I may say so myself!

I made 10 dresses in all and kept the  dresses fairly simple but you can embellish away to glory or follow the  minimalist style!

All the  dresses have ribbon roses, bits of lace and paper buttons die cut with Crealies  dies. I also made a cute shaker baby bottle  using the  Crealies  bottle die. It is tiny and filled with hearts and stars and turned out sooo cute!

Baby Girl Scrapbook Tutorial 

Here is how I made the Dresses 
Even though you may not have the  Crealies  dies I have used you can adapt this idea to a hand cut pattern or any other die cut you may have

I die cut 2 dresses using Crealies  Cardzz die using thick card stock and pattern paper to create the  back and front of  the  baby girl's dress.

The front and back of the  dress are joined at the  sleeves using a 1/2 inch width strip of reinforced card stock.

Take a strip of card stock around 1 x 1 and 1/8 inches and score at 1/2 inch and 1/8th inch after that. 

This piece will help to join the  front and back of the  dress. Optionally reinforce this joining piece of card with  duct tape or Tyvek.

Fold along  the  score lines and cut this into two along the  1 inch length so that you have two 1/2 inch pieces scored in the  middle. Each piece will  have a 1/8th inch strip in the  middle and a 1/2 inch strips on either side of this.

Stick the 1/2 inch parts onto the  sleeves of the  dress as shown below.

Fold the  strips. Leaving the  1/8th inch part, apply glue to the  remaining 1/2 inch strip and stick the  back of the  dress on to this. This way you will make a dress with enough room inside to add pockets and each half and slip in a couple of photos.

To glue the  dresses, liquid adhesive is a better choice that tacky  tape as it will allow you to adjust your dress to get a perfect alignment of the  front and back.

After roughly adhering and ensuring correct alignment...lay the dress parts flat and press the  joint to ensure a good adhesion.

I made 10 dresses with space to add 40 photos!

You can make your own  dress hangers using a bit of wire . My hangers are tailor made to the  dress size and measures around 4 inches across.  

I first made one hanger roughly using wire and then nailed 3 nails to a piece of wood to help wind the  wire around the  nails to make all the  hangers fairly  uniform in size. The loop at the  top was made by wrapping the  wire around a pen and then I wound the  remaining wire around the  nails  . It was time consuming and not the  easiest of tasks as I was working with really stiff wire and had to take frequent breaks but in the  end it was totally worth the  effort!

The best thing about this style of scrap-booking is you can add more dresses to hold more photos and you are not limited by the  number of pages of your album

and it does look super cute when displayed!

I hope you liked this idea.

Here are the  supplies used:-

Crealies Dies/Stansen :

Cardzz No 19

Partzz No 25

Partzz No 39

Duo Dies No 35

Set of 3 No 35

Set of 3 No 41

Set of 3 No 44

Uno No 58

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial

Flip and Fold Folio

Hi crafters. I know you will agree with me when I say it feels good to be able to stretch our supplies isn't it ! I created this folio / folder  by tweaking the  die-cut shapes from a Crealies  tag die [Crealies Big Labelzz and Tagzz No.16 ]

Flip and Fold Folio

I made the dimensional paper flowers using Crealies  dies and really thick card stock so that they won't be squished when the  folio is handled!The leaves are holly leaves inked, shaped and glittered to give a beautiful look.

Flip and Fold Folio

The  closure of the album is magnetic and made with Crealies tag dies, a blingy heart and backed by a lacy flower die cut.

Flip and Fold Folio

Can you see the flower pearls  on the  base...they add such a lovely texture!

Flip and Fold Folio

Here is the look when you open the latch...

a dual panel which opens out further into a triplet.

Flip and Fold Folio

The upper flaps which are magnetic open up to reveal the design underneath.

The beautiful On the edge dies from Crealies are so eye catching!

Flip and Fold Folio

These 3 tags flip down to reveal  6 panels!

Flip and Fold Folio

Here is the  top trio with a pocket inside to hold notes, tags, recipes, to do lists etc.

Flip and Fold Folio

And here is the  lower trio with pockets made with Crealies tags.

I used Crealies Bits and Pieces stamps on one of the  pockets

Flip and Fold Folio

And here is the  whole folio when completely opened out.

Flip and Fold Folio

Here is the  Video to show you how the  mechanism is

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial.

Rather than give a full fledged Tutorial, I am sharing the salient steps so that you can adapt the  Tutorial to any  large dies in your collection  or you can even use the  idea for hand-cut shapes

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

Die cut 6 tags from fairly thick cardstock using the biggest die in the

Crealies Big Labelzz and Tagzz No.16

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

Die cut 12 tags from pattern paper from the next size smaller tag from the same set.

Just to get a unique symmetrical shape, I have shaped the lower part of all the  tags

using on the edge die cutting as shown below.

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

Create Flaps

Die cut 3 smaller shapes from card stock using the largest tag die

and 6 smaller shapes from pattern paper using the  next smaller size die.

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

Here is how you can place the  die cut shape on the  edge of the die to create a new shape! 

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

It is best to tape it so that it doesn't move while die cutting.

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

You need 3 flap pieces cut from card stock and  6 flap pieces cut from pattern paper pieces to stick on either side of the  card stock flap pieces.

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

Make connecting strips using card stock as long as your tag at the middle part and
about 6 ^1/2  x  1  ^3/8  inch  and  6 ^1/2   x 1  ^5/8   inch.
Score ½ inch from either end as shown. 

You can increase or decrease the middle width depending on the  thickness of your folio.
If you going to add many tags...increase the width in between
the outer 1/2 inch scores in both the strips

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

Create strips to connect the flaps to the base tags using

approx 6 cm x 1 ^1/8   inch [I used a mix of  centimeters and inches as it gave

the most accurate measurement in  this particular case....

you can adapt to suit your design]. Score 1/2 inch from either end.

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

To connect the 3 upper tags to the  3 lower tags:

Take 3 cardstock strips 6 cm  x 1 inch and score at 1/2 inch [in the  center]

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

Here is how it will look when you attach the strips

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial  

You can add magnets to the  inside of the  flap if you wish. Do so before sticking the pattern paper. And this is how it will look after adding the pattern paper

Flip and Fold Folio Tutorial 

You can use these as mini planners, recipe booklet, add special photos or you can add notebooks, pens etc inside each panel and adjust the  measurements accordingly.

I hope you liked this idea on how to extend your dies.

Flip and Fold Folio

Crealies  Dies:

Big Labelzz and Tagzz No.15,Big Labelzz and Tagzz No.16
Duo Dies no.41,Duo Dies No.55
Inside or Out no.13,On the Edge No 101,On the Edge No.103
Partz No 30,Set of 3 no.41,Set of 3 No.55

Crealies  Stamps:
Bits and Pieces No.146,Bits and Pieces No.162

Linking to  CraftyHazelnut's Pattern Paper Challenge