52 Reasons I Love You -Dad!!!!

 I finished the album, only a week late. I had lots of fun with the project.
 Just a deck of cards and a box of scrap paper, a little stamping and a few embellishments later I have a mini album with 52 reasons I love my Dad.
 Everyone should try this one. It's lots of fun and you can embellish as much or as little as you want.
 

I even went and dug up some old buttons and charms, what fun - using up my scraps!

Exploding Box Album

Side view of box

Top view of box


Top view of box bottom


Box Bottom

1. The first sheet of cardstock will be used for the outside of the box (I used light blue). Score the cardstock at 4 inches on all 4 sides. Make a diagonal score line through the center of the 4 corner squares. Fold all score lines so that the texture of the paper is to the outside.

2. Second sheet of cardstock (I used red) - cut to 11 X 11 inches, score at 3 3/4 inches on all 4 sides and cut out the 4 corners. Glue the center only to the inside center of the first piece.

3. Third sheet of cardstock (I used dark blue), cut to 10 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches and scored at 3 1/2 inches on all 4 sides. Cut only one side of the corner squares and fold over to create a pocket. Note: front of pocket should be textured. Glue bottom and open edge to make pocket. ( I cut the front of the pocket at an angle before I applied the glue. Once the pockets are created the piece can be glued in the center on top of the first and second pieces.

Box top:

1. With wrong side up, draw 2 diagnal lines to locate the center of the 12 X 12 piece of paper. Fold all four corners into the center of the sheet. Leaving these folds in place, fold one entire side and then the adjacent side into the center. Be sure to make a good crisp fold. Then unfold and repeat with the remaining two sides. Unfold paper completely.

2. At one corner you are are going to make some cuts. First locate the first score line as you go up the left side of one corner of the paper. Next you are going to cut this score line up through the first crossing score line and up to the next score line and then stopping. You will have a triangle piece that is attched by one side at a score line. Now cut this side on the score line and remove the triangle. Repeat this entire step on the same corner, but now on the right side.

3. Repeat the entire step 2 with the corner that is adjecant from the first corner you selected.

4. Fold corners that have not been cut in at score lines and adhere. Fold in the sides of box that were created when you made your cuts in steps 2 & 3 and fold in remaining 2 corners at score lines. Box top should have taken shape and in the inside of the box top all four corners came together and have been adhered.

5. Embellish like crazy. Paper flowers are stacked on top of the box with a brad through the top of the box. Ribbon is wrapped twice around the lid and tied. Epoxy sticker is adhere to cardstock, cut out and hole punched. Metal ring is attached and then hung from the ribbon on the box top.

"My Wish" Album

I have posted these pictures for you to use to complete your class kits. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you run into any problems when making your album.

Hint: I would lay the entire kit out into piles for each page. This way you know you are using the correct piece of red cardstock. Some of the embossed pieces are the same pattern, but different sizes, depending on the length of the verse for that page. Be careful as some of the embossed papers will want to stick together because they were embossed two at a time.

Pages are made from both side of the black chipboard. So when you complete a right hand page you will be turning it to create the next page.


The front and back covers are canvas boards. Cover with paper, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges that folds to the backside of the canvas board. The front cover has a flower rubon and is popped up with foam tape. Stitching has been done with a cream paint pen.


Inside Cover and Page 1 - Adhere the red pazzill papers to the inside front and back covers. Using a black chipboard page, adhere the four printed papers randomly on the page. Use photo for placement of cardstock with the words "My Wish" adhered to it. Add red photo corners. Embellish edges with paint pen.


Pages 2 & 3 - The embossed papers have matching patterns. Some of the words have been embellished. The picture doesn't show it, but the word "moments" has been spelled using clear stickers on red cardstock. The 3 snaps on the right side were put on using a crop-a-dile and then popped up with foam tape. Embellish edges with paint pen.


Pages 4 & 5 - Embossed pattern is a script pattern. Make sure you notice the placement of the papers so you can vary the paint pen embellishment around the edges.


Pages 6 & 7 - The cardstock flower has a large brad through the center. I glued the flower on rather than making a hole through the chipboard.


Pages 8 & 9 - The ribbon is wrapped all the way around the red cardstock before adhering. Small silver brads are in the centers of the cardstock flowers.


Pages 10 & 11 - The stickers are used to spell the words "big" and "small". Red ribbon is tied to each of the spiral clips.


Pages 12 & 13 - Three red flowers with small cardstock flowers and silver brads in the center of each. Notice there is a small verse (Yeah, this, is My Wish) adhered to the right page in the lower right corner.


Pages 14 & 15 - Bronze metal flower with brad center is adhered to red cardstock before cardstock is adhered to page.


Pages 16 & 17 - Large cordaroy brad through cardstock flower.


Pages 18 & 19 - Ribbon is cut flush with top and bottom of patterned paper rather than going around the back.


Pages 20 & 21


Pages 22 & 23


Page 24 & inside back cover