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Instructions: Springtime mini album

Today we have a beautiful tutorial for you from Laetitia from our design team. She combines spring-like design paper, cute dies and a grey cardboard set to create this little work of art that you can fill with your precious memories.

rabbit paper flowers
mini album bound paper

Step 1

The cover

Cut the design paper 'Forsythia tendrils' to a size of 25.5 x 19 cm and the design paper 'Black dot grid' to a size of 20.5 x 19 cm .

design paper flowers floral
design paper pattern dots

Glue and sew the two pieces together with an overlap of 0.5 cm .

sewn papers

Step 2

The heart

Cut the boxes as follows:
A: 12 cm (heart cardboard and thick cardboard)

W: 11.5 cm (thin cardboard)

C: 2.5 cm (thin cardboard)

D: 2.2 cm (thin cardboard)

Place the cardboard pieces on the back of the patterned paper as shown in the picture and glue them in place.

greyboard paper

Fold the outline. Cut out the inside of the heart and glue it as shown in the photo.

grey cardboard paper heart cutout
grey cardboard heart cutout

Cut a piece of forsythia paper measuring 11.5 x 15.5 cm . Sew along the edge (optional).

Trace the heart shape and cut out the outline.

paper seam

Step 3

The pocket

Cut a piece of dotted design paper measuring 19 x 10 cm and fold it along the dotted line. Then apply glue to the marked places and stick it as shown.

paper seam
paper folding
paper folded

Cut out a 11.3 x 30 cm piece of polka dot paper and fold it along the dotted line.

Fold and glue the next two steps exactly as shown in the photos.

design paper folded
paper edges folded
paper folded dots

Cut two pieces of patterned paper, each measuring 9.6 x 4 cm , and fold them.

Glue the three pieces together and the pocket for the inside of the mini album is ready.

paper folded
paper folded

Before gluing the pocket to the inside of the album, cut out a piece of forsythia paper measuring 30 x 15.5 cm and glue it in place.

patterned paper floral binding
paper flowers

Step 4

The decoration

Make the layered bunny, the mini chick, the negative flower and the intertwined branch and glue them to the inside and outside of the album.

paper bunny design

This is the result! Laetitia also put a small notebook measuring 14.5 x 10.5 cm inside.

mini album
mini album paper

A ribbon can be attached to close it.

rabbit paper mini album
rabbit paper mini album heart

Laetitia used watercolors and colored pencils to color the little animals.

rabbit paper heart flowers

And done!

What do you want to collect in your mini album?


We hope you enjoy making this recipe.

From us to you ⭐

Laeti & Graphics Team


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22 comments

Danke für diese tolle Anleitung! Freu mich schon jetzt aufs Ausprobieren und Nachwerkeln. So schön!!!

Judith

Ich finde es eine schöne Idee. Gut nachzubasteln. Allerdings habe ich einige Schritte gefunden (Foto) die nicht so gut beschrieben sind. Für mich ein kleineres Problem, aber für Anfängerinnen könnte es schwierig sein.

Martina

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