Using 2 sheets of A4 card the same colour, place the first sheet portrait view onto a score board and score at 8.5 cms. Rotate 1/4 turn anticlockwise and score at 1.5 cms, 13.5 cms, 26 cms and 26.5 cms. Remove sections shown in the photo to the left. Add tape to the left edge, but avoid the tab.
Now take the second sheet and score again, portrait at 8.5 cms, rotate 1/4 turn anticlockwise. Score at 12.5 cms, 13 cms, 25.5 cms and 26 cms. Again cut away the excess as shown in the photo on the left. You will notice the upper right has been cut into a shape, this can be done using a die, or simply use the curve of a plate as a guide. Also trim another 1/2 cm down the already cut length of the inner side, on the lower half.
Attach the two pieces together, then crease all the scored lines using a bone folder. Fold the bottom pockets up, but don't fix the side tab until you've decorated .... it just makes it much easier to manage. The album should neatly fold in from the right hand side.
I fastened mine with a simple button and some sheering elastic, but you could make a coordinating belly band or fasten up with a length of ribbon. I chose to use the Graphic 45 Mother Goose collection. I could tell you that I love this collection, but the truth is I love all their collections as they are so detailed and are of an excellent quality which makes working with them such a pleasure.
I haven't actually stuck those grey photo/journal mats down yet, as I haven't quite made my mind up what I am going to do with them. They were however, the waste discarded from the first two steps above, so I simply trimmed them and will leave them with the mini album, until I am ready to finish it for a particular person.
Here are some of the pictures of the inside, with the lower pockets now glued down to seal the right hand side of them.
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