This week, we're going to knock your little socks off with Mini Book Madness here on the Webster's Pages blog! Some of our designers are going to town with various types of mini albums...and they may or may not tie in to March's CHALLENGE!
Today, Gerry van Gent is here to show you that with a bit of Webster's Pages, you can make magic out of some plain old boring cardboard. Take a peek:
Gerry's Mini tag book was made using our beautiful new Palm Beach Collection, and yes, it is the stuff dreams are made of...
But, believe it or not, these tags lived their previous life as drab, uninteresting cardboard. So go grab an empty box out of the garage and let's go to town with this thing.
Step One: Create (or download a free template online) a tag template and cut your base pages from your cardboard and cover with your favorite Webster's Pages patterned paper:
Step Two: Cut four additional tags as the "interior" for your pages from a coordinating Webster's Pages Patterned paper:
Step Three: Layer the interior pattern over the foundation of each tag. Gerry chose to stitch around the interior pattern, which gives her tags a finished look.
Step Four: Create some handmade embellishments for your mini book cover. Gerry used the following:
She created handmade flowers using these two trims, simply weaving the needle in and out along one edge of the ribbon, pulling both ends of the thread until they "met" and then tying the ends of the thread. Next, Gerry layered these two flowers together and embellished them in the center with a Sparkler.
Step Five: Embellish your individual pages:
Gerry's interior pages are the same basic layout with a different photo, giving the book a consistent look throughout.
The finished product is absolutely gorgeous:
By adding a few hand-made touches to this adorable little tag book, Gerry has created a mini album that she can give as a gift or hold on to for her own enjoyment.
What about you? Are you feeling the mini book love? We'd love to see what you've been creating lately, so be sure to head over to Inspire Me and fill up our gallery with some beautiful Webster's Pages creations!
OMG Gerry just love your mini album I'm going to create one to i'm hooked *grin* HUGS Amy :)
Posted by: Amy32 | March 05, 2012 at 02:46 AM
oh this is gorgeous ! I love this !
Posted by: cat lacigale | March 05, 2012 at 05:42 AM
I love this!!! Mini albums are my new face!
Posted by: Jean Maemo | March 05, 2012 at 08:34 AM
Awesome tag album! Love how you packed so many gorgeous and fun elements on such a tiny piece w/o it being overcrowded! Cohesive design from page to fabulous page! STUNNING work!
Posted by: Doris Widder | March 05, 2012 at 08:40 AM
Gerry's mini tag book is adorable!! Just love it! xx
Posted by: Gabrielle Pollacco | March 05, 2012 at 09:49 AM
This is Amazing!!!
Love
Jaz
Posted by: Jaz | March 05, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Very nice. I love your handmade embellisments .
Posted by: Julie Shearer | March 05, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Awesome cuteness !
Posted by: Rosann | March 05, 2012 at 11:37 AM
I think it is super cute and I love doing mini albums. My only problem with them is I find them hard to store.
Posted by: Patty | March 05, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Great inspiration from Gerry, I bet loads of tag-mini's will appear on Ispire Me!! :))
Kind regards, Corina
Posted by: Corina | March 05, 2012 at 06:21 PM
BEAUTIFUL mini album Gerry!!
Posted by: Jamie Harder | March 05, 2012 at 08:13 PM