Tuesday, October 11, 2011

AP #7 and 8 dreamin' envelope album

first cut the flap off of 5 colonial white envelopes

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cut 5  4" x 6 1/4" chocolate pieces


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          score at 3/4"  (round the top 3/4" corner)


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apply strong adhesive to chocolate pieces, leave 1/4 gap from scored edge (this will allow the album to open and close easier)


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adhere the 3/4" scored side of the  chocolate piece to front of the envelope


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then adhere the 4 x5 1/2 " side to the back of the next envelope


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Repeat until all 5 envelopes are connected


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cut 5   2 1/2 x 5 1/2 strips and adhere to front of envelopes


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Add decorative strip to envelope page
I used the zip strips off of the patterned paper and matted them on 3/4" chocolate strips

I cut 5  3 3/4 x 5 1/4 pieces of a subtle patterned paper and matted this onto the 4 x 5 1/2 chocolate piece (on the back of the evelopes)

to make the cover


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cut a piece 6" x 12" in chocolate
score at 5 3/4 and 6 1/2

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add a 2 x 6 inch piece to the 5 3/4 side (I used pacifica)
note you should end up with a 6 x6 inch square for a front cover


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cut a 3 x 6 inch piece and add to other side, score in 1 inch
(you should have a 6x6 inch square back cover with a 2 inch flap)

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cut 2  6x6 inch squares of chocolate and adhere to inside of covers (leave the 3/4 inch scored center free for the spine of the album)

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adhere envelope stack to front cover. 
bottom of evelopes should be about 1/2 above bottom of cover

cut a 4 x 10 inch piece of chocolate and score it at 5 1/2"
adhere the 4 x 5 1/2 side to the back of the last envelope
and then glue down the 4 x 4/1/2 side to the back cover
(note:  do not glue the spine)

Time to use the Cricut AP cartridge

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cut  10   circle 3 (page 31) at  1 3/4 inch in colonial white
then stamp swirls from Love Life stamp set in sunset ink
and ink edges


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cut 5   circle 3 (page 31) at 2 inches and mat 5 of the white circles on the sunset circles

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cut 5   5 x 5 1/2" piece out of colonial white round top right corner

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adhere matted circles to front of removable pages


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the back of the removable pages will then look like this


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mat the remaining 5 colonial white circles like so


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make some cricut flowers I used flower 8 (page 50)
cut at 1 3/4 inches in colonial white
then I inked the edges in sunset
then used the sponge dauber to ink the center

then I matted these on 2" flower #8 (goldrush cardstock)


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I used these flowers to embellish the album


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front cover

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I used the big brad to adhere two of the flowers to the front cover
then I used some chocolate waxy flax to wrap around the brad to keep the album closed
(you could use ribbon)
you could futher bling this up any way you wanted

Hope these instructions are followable

shopping list
x1410  colonial white envelopes
D1482  love life stamp set
X7142B   dreamin' paper pack
z1088   chocolate waxy flax
z1338  sunset mini melody

1 comment:

  1. Terry,

    Thanks so much for sharing these FANTASTIC instructions! Can't wait to try one!

    Deanna

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