Vintage Travel Paper Bag Album

I love the "Up and Away" paper range from Kaisercraft. Very vintage, with lots of foil, varnish and flocking papers. Perfect for an album about your travels.

I used a large 30cmx30cm white paper bag and folded it so that you get six pockets at the top, rather than just three on the side.

There are 12 pages including covers, four flip pages, 16 photo mats, six large tags and 12 small pull out tags for more photo and journalling space, making this quite an interactive journal. Which is of course the best kind.

I love this style of album as I can flip up pages and turn pages to discover even more photos. Its almost like the "Where's Spot" books I used to love as a child.

If you wish to purchase this album its up on madeit now, just click on the link on the right to go directly to my little store.

Thanks for looking

LOVE - Mini Envelope Album

A 4x6" album I've made with envelopes I brought from Vinnies a while ago.

The covers are chipboard to make it sturdier and I've used cardstock to bind the envelopes together.

The album has been decorated with lace and pearls and I've used Kaisercraft paper.

I had some left over paper so there is also a small card as well as a gift tag that goes along with the album.

Moments to Remember - Envelope Album

A mini 6.5 x 4.5 inches envelope album perfect for carry around in your handbag.

There is 14 pages, including chipboard covers, 10 journalling tags and five pull out photo matts.

Embellished with butterflies, pearls and blossoms.

I used the DCWV mariposa papers (wish I had brought more when I had the chance)

Along the Garden Path - Mini album

Along the Garden Path - you'll find butterflies, blossoms, bees, ladybirds and the occasional dragonfly.

This album is about 8x6 inches. It has 22 various sized pages including chipboard covers and Grace Taylor journalling pages. It is packed with embellishments and bling.

The front cover has a Kaisercraft wooden tag with the words "along the garden path" spelled out in Kaisercraft alpha stickers.

There is also buttons, brads, rub ons, lace, mini clothespegs and 14 gorgeous journalling tags.

I've used paper from Kaisercraft, DCWV and Grace Taylor.

Pocket Albums

Here are a few of my pocket albums that are up on my madeit store. All are a perfect size to fit your handbag and carry around for a quick show and tell.

Baby Onesie Fold-Over Mini Album

My first baby onesie mini album for a woman at my son's daycare who was expecting her first baby. I designed the shape of the album on my adobe photoshop, each page flips open so that there is extra space for journalling and photos.

Supplies:
     - DCWV cardstock, pastel textured and Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
     - Prima flowers
     - Coloured brads
     - Satin ribbon
     - Cereal box for covers

Total Material Cost:
     Around $12

Time to complete album:
     About 8-9 hours

What Little Girls Are Made Of Paper bag album

This album was made for a work friend who was having a little baby girl. The album is 6x6 inches, has 12 pages with three pockets and is bound with ribbon and fibres. All the words in the album I printed onto the paper myself from my computer.

Supplies:
     - 12x12 inch white paper bags from Lombards
     - Kaisercrafts Sweet paper collection, brads and pearls
     - DCWV textured cardstock
     - Mulberry flowers
     - Various ribbon and fibres
     - Distress ink in brown
     - Adhesive

Total Material Cost:
      Estimate about $16

Time to complete album:
     About 6-7 hours

Featured in the Craftumi newsletter

My paper bag albums were featured in the Craftumi newsletter! If you haven't recieved your newsletter you can check it out here

Lombards Paper bags

Just a few of the colour paper bags from Lombards. Each of these albums is 3 paper bags laid on top of each other, folded in half and then hole punched down the side. Easy to make and so cheap.
There is 12  5x10 inch paper bags per pack for $3.48, thats only $0.87 per album. The paper bags are not acid or lignin free that I know of, so to be safe you must ensure you cover all pages with good quality scrapbook paper.
They have a lot more colours than I have pictured, I think there is a yellow, a silver, a gold, a dark blue, but no black.
If you can't get to a lombards or don't have one close by you can purchase these albums premade at my craftumi store here.

Home Sweet Home

A mini paper bag album that's great for a housewarming gift.
The album measures 5 x 5 1/4 inches, has six pages and three large pockets.
I intend to use this one more as a house-leaving gift. I'll fill it with photos of our home so that when we move next year I'll have something to show my son of the house he lived in for his first two years.

Supplies:
     - 3 blue paper bags from Lombards, cost of the bags if I remember correctly is about $4 for a pack of 12
     - From Chandon Craft, I brought the Kaisercraft Homemade Collection 6x6 inch paper pad, the die cut elements, the printed chipboard, all of the 12x12 papers and the specialiaty papers. I also brought the brown album rings, the white lace pack, flowers in blue, brown and white and pearl brads. All of this cost me about $55 and I was left with enough supplies to make another album and a few cards.
   - From my own leftover supplies I used a piece of blue cardstock to give the front and back covers more stability, some organza ribbon and wool fibres and some shaped paper clips.

Total cost:
     I'd estimate at about $25.

Time:
     About 5 hours to complete the album.