Aloha, all!
This weekend, our Duplicate Bridge club is being introduced to the new baby of one of our members. We're going to welcome Baby Luca with a gift from the club, including this fun pocket-sized Accordion Fold Album to use to show off baby pictures.
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You've seen me show off this album style on a couple of occasions. In fact, I was just looking over my introduction to the tutorial for the album and found that my husband had said last Valentine's Day that this was a great gift for just about any occasion. And it's just perfect as a little baby gift!
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The nice thing about this album is that you can make what I'm showing off here with just one sheet of 8-1/2" x 11" card stock! Of course, I added some Designer Series Paper and used a bit more card stock for the "photo corners," but it's still a very economical album to make – AND QUICK!
For today's album, I used Marina Mist Card Stock, and paper from the Designer Series Paper set, Nursery Nest. This paper set features some primarily blue (Marina Mist), pink (Blushing Bride) and green (Pear Pizzazz) prints, with a sprinkling of Perfect Plum for its colors. About those photo corners: As you know (if you use Stampin' Up! products exclusively, as I do) Stampin' Up! retired its Photo Corners punch this past year. But they just added a 1" Square Punch, which is what I used as the basis for my photo corners. I punched some Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, and Marina Mist 1" squares, cut them on the diagonal, snipped out a triangle on the diagonal, and voila! I had photo corners!
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To decorate the front of the album, I tied on some Marina Mist Scallop Dots Ribbon, added some Marina Mist lettering which I cut using my Sizzix Big Shot and the Decorative Strip Die, Naturally Serif. I added a strip of the ribbon on the back, too, to tie the whole look together. I punched the little flower in the upper right corner of the front with the Boho Blossoms Punch and added a Pear Pizzazz Glimmer Brad as a fun accent.
I have a one-page tutorial for this Simple Accordion Fold album right here on my blog! I hope you'll enjoy using it the next time you need a quick and easy "occasion" gift! Next week I'll show off the Money Card Holder that we're going to use to present the gift to Luca's mom and dad at next Sunday's bridge game. I'll have a tutorial for that, too! Be sure to keep an eye out for it!
Just love this album!!! The colors are fun, and I like how there is room for nice size photo on each page. Thanks for the chance to win blog candy. I think this would be a great little album to showcase Christmas photos.
I think an album like this would be perfect to put a few of the special photos from my daughter's wedding in.
Your album is beautiful!
How sweet and adorable is this–and how much more so will it be with Baby Luca's pictures?!
The glimmer brad flower looks kinda like a sunflower, which reminded me of my mom's 80th birthday coming up. (She's from Kansas.) I just got the Sunflower stamp to make the invitations. . . a coordinating album like this would be a delightful gift!
Thanks for the album tutorial! This would be perfect for any holiday or occasion.
What a wonderful gift this sweet album will make! Another album like this one would be great to share photos of her first Halloween! TFS.
There aren't anymore stops? Oh heavens no. I have enjoyed this hop so much. I love your book and hope I have time to make it before baby Graham (a friend at work) comes. This would be absolutely perfect. Thanks mam.
Carey Rogers
aka Roscoe's mommy (the swap eating dog)
What a gorgeous gift, I just love it. I have enjoyed the blog hop today and have found I need to scrapbook more. Thanks for sharing.
OMG Robin!!!
This is so adorable!
this would make a great gift to present to someone who has just learned that their adoption process is being finalized and that they WILL be bringing home a child. I have a friend whose daughter just got the announcement and I've been trying to figure out what I could give to her other than a Congrats card. This album is just perfect!!!!
Thanks for sharing your talent with all of us.
LOVELY! I think this would be great for a birthday, trip to the beach or zoo…Thank you for Sharing!
Since I'm just getting my business rolling from a hobbiest to a real business, I think this would be a great album to put pictures in of Stampin' Up! projects that could highlight classes I'm offering – including a class for the album itself. I'm actually participating in two craft fairs over the next two months for the first time – the album could advertise my classes and a class itself!
Robin this is a very nice book–also an excellent gift for new parents or a birthday etc etc–thank you so much for sharing.
What a beautiful book and a great blog prize. Thanks for the instructions.
My daughter is always taking photos of her twin boys! ,,, Going to Topsmead, a state park…and pictures of their first fishing expidition. This would be a great album to put them in. They are 2 1/2 yrs old…and I can only tell them apart by their ears!
Very cute album! I would love to win one for my upcoming baby for my mom to use as a brag book.
I would love to have one of these albums for my pet family. We have one Simese cat & one mini Schnauzer dog. An album like this to show them off would be so special!!! I think your album is just darling!!!!
Heidi
This is adorable. Wow I can't believe it only took 1 sheet of paper. So many places for pictures that you'd think it took more. TFS
That is so adorable!! Too bad I don't have any baby grandchildren to make one for!! So cute
Robin, this is a darling project and like your husband said good for all types of occasions.
What a terrific bragbook! Love it. Thanks for the PDF, too.
yes, it is a great mini…lets see, birthday, wedding, 1st day of school, last day of school, job, summer time, vac trip, kid pics, halloween, parties, thanksgiving, christmas, easter, val day, special day or week, pics of pets, new baby, new house/home, spring, fall, winter pics, how about weight loss pics….just some ideas…….
Thanks for the tutorial! I think this album would be great for my folks' 70th anniversary if I hadn't already made them one!
Robin, This album could be used for any occasion. It would make a perfect hostess gift. A perfect gift to take to someone home when visiting.. I need one for my sister-in-law who just became a new grandmother.
This is just so cute. The woman who cuts my hair (shhh, she also colors it) had a baby recently. I just have not done a good job on one I tried to make and already ripped it up. Your tutorial may help me out. Otherwise, I found some photos of my mom's brothers who have all passed away. This might be a neat idea for me to make something like this for my cousins featuring their uncles in uniform. I am sure some of my cousins have not seen some of these photos. This would be easy to mail and could be embelished with all kinds of fun things. So many ideas and not much time! Thanks for the help!
Wow, this turned out wonderful and i am sure they will love it. So nice of you to do a scrapbook for them. I would do pictures of my Dad who passed away Jan. 18th, 2010. I miss him so much and his sense on humor, Dad was a person anyone could come to and was loved by so many. Always there when you needed him even if it was to just talk. He collected antique cars and I used to help him clean and wax them
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Debby
This is really wonderful! I will be casing it for some holiday gifts!!
Too cute. How about a get-well version showing soup and kleenex or sick critters…something to make a person under-the-weather feel better.
Lynn
What an adorable mini album! Wouldn't this be fantastic for any occasion! I think I may need one to chronicle the building of our new home!!!
What occasion wouldn't be fitting for such an awesome album? Hmmmm…. can't think of one because it would be great for anything. I'm making mini albums for my two brothers and two sisters for Christmas and will put old pictures and other memorabilia I found in a box at my parents' house in them. I think this album would be a great way to show all the dogs and cats my daughter and son-in-law have fostered and adopted.
Your husband is right-this is perfect for any occasion! Since I plan on going to Leadership this year, I think this would be a great way to show off new friends and all the fun of Stampin' Up! events!
Thanks for sharing your tutorial.
Robin:
This is so adorable…I see so many possibilities, from pet pictures to a quick weekend trip. I just love that paper and those colors!
Robin,
I love this!!! What a great, fun, easy idea for a priceless gift!! We had two nieces and a nephew born last month – so it was fun for me to see a baby thing, as I have lots of new babies photos to scrap, and gifts to make.
What an awesome idea! Thank you for a chance to win a great blog candy. Love the colors! Keep creating!
What a great album. It would make a great engagement gift. I started a small album for my kids when they got married – started with taste testing, gown selection, and little things along the way to the big day. Sometimes people are so busy that they enjoy looking back to see what happened. It's also a great teacher gift. SO many options. Thanks for sharing your wonderful idea and the chance to win this blog candy.
This is really great! My Mom had a big surprise birthday this spring–her 80th. I went down to WA (from AK) as part of the surprise. It would be fun to scrap pictures of that for her.
Thanks for the directions,
Bonnie S
How cute! I need to make some mini albums for my grandson's first birthday and my youngest son's wedding ceremony (just got married on Aug. 21st). This would be perfect. TFS!
Cindy Ferenz
Proud Parent of 2 Soldiers