ORIGAMI MINIALBUM … FOR MIMI !

Still minis! Ah, that one, the principle is not new… it trails on good number of blogs devoted to scrap ! But it deserves that it is not forgotten because one obtains with him mini-album charming and from an elegant simplicity.

In the following lines , only the principle is exposed : for decoration, it will be according to your tastes and practices ! Go Mimi, let's start !

The material

For 6 pages, you need 6 squares 21x21 of the paper of your choice (but you can easily adapt all dimensions who will be given to you).

2 cardboards 11x11 for the cover and matched paper to cover them.

Also envisage 6 cardboards with the format 10,5x10,5 (which you will be able to replace by photographs cut out with this format)

And to finish, your photographs cut out with the format 10x10.

Manufacture of one of the pages…

1 - Put a sheet 21x21 in front of you and fold into 2.

Open the fold and fold up each of the two halves towards the central line, mark the folds carefully.

Open the sheet, made swivel it of a quarter of turn and start again same manner. Mark initially the central fold:

Then again fold up each half towards the center.

2 - Now unfold the sheet to give it flat then turn over it on the table.

Start now by folding up each corner towards the center and mark the folds carefully.

When the 4 corners are well folded up on the center, fold back the corners backwards. Mark the folds carefully…

Courage, it is almost finished ! Unfold the sheet by leaving the folded little places and turn over.

With the right hand and the left hand out of grips, support in the middle of the sides (arrows):

A central square takes shape. Continue the movement to close again towards the center and to obtain:

the page is finished…

3 - Now take the cardboard 10x10 or your photograph with same dimensions and introduce it into the folded up corners. It is this cardboard which “will hold” your page.

initially on the left:

then on the right by slightly curving the photograph to facilitate its installation:

Build same manner your 5 other pages…

Assembly of the pages…

To assemble two pages, cut out in of Bazzil a square of 7cm on side.

Coat with adhesive a half of this square and slip it into the opening of one of the pages:

Now paste the second part of the square… and slip into the opening of the second page:

Embellishments and decoration

Assemble successively the 6 pages:

With the back of your minis, there are four more sites available for photographs or journaling…

It is now necessary to stick a cover and a bottom to your mini-album. For that, equip two cardboards with the paper of your choice, set up two ribbons to close the minis then stick your two covers.

Your can then pass to the embellishments and decorations… to your personal taste.

Some useful books

Forms ever seen for your albums. 20 projects and their alternatives: mini notebooks for stamp collections, notebook of envelopes, albums in triangles, albums sheets of lotus or clover sheets, accordions without end, serpentines with small pockets, notebooks of voyage, etc

Impossible to summarize one Weekend between friends, of the holidays to the sea on one only page of scrapbooking, then think mini!

To order… Soon available!