Masquerade Mini Album Tutorial

Hello Everyone!! I have the tutorial for my Masquerade Mini Album ready for you! This is the 3rd design team project I did for Country Craft Creations using Authentique's amazing "Masquerade" paper collection. I have come up with a couple of new ideas and I think you will like it! Everything except for the cover embellishments, orange seam binding, and flowers came from Country Craft Creations. Please visit them!!! https://www.countrycraftcreations.com

This album is 8 1/2" tall, 7" wide, and has a 2 1/2" spine. It has 4 pages, each has pockets and interactions, as do the front and back inside covers. I used Black and Brown Artisan cardstock (the brown did cover the backs of the base pages. Since I did that, I used 7 sheets of patterned paper, but if you choose to use patterned paper throughout you should have at least 12 (if not more) sheets of patterned paper. It does take a lot of seam binding for this album, but I designed it that way, as I wanted to have the bows as part of the decoration. There are no magnets used.

On my blog is a visual cutting guide for the black and brown cardstock. Here is the link.
http://creativeoperation.blogspot.com...
I do not do that for the patterned papers, as you may want to decorate differently than I do. I will, however, let you know the measurements of the patterned paper in the video. Below I have a cutting list that will have measurements for the cardstock.

I hope you enjoy it! I do my best to make sure everything is accurate, but remember I'm human. If you notice something, or just have questions, let me know. Thanks so much for watching!!

Masquerade Mini Album Tutorial Cutting Guide
Michelle Allen
Country Craft Creations Design Team Project
#3 for August/September, 2020

Chipboard
2 at 8 1/2 x 7
1 at 8 1/2 x 2

Cardstock to cover chipboard (black)
2 at 9 x 10 1/2
1 at 5 1/2 x 10 1/2
1 at 5 1/2 8 3/8 (inner spine cover)

Pages (black cardstock)
4 at 8 x 7
4 at 5 x 8 (pockets)

Inner front cover
Black cardstock
2 at 6 x 12
Brown cardstock
1 at 4 x 6 (photo mat)
1 at 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 (element base)
1 at 3 x 6 (tag)

Front page 1
Black cardstock
1 at 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (large pocket photo mat)
1 at 4 x 12 (accordion)

Back page 1
Black cardstock
1 at 4 x 9 (pocketed belly band)
2 at 4 x 6 (mats)
2 at 3 x 4 (mats)
Brown cardstock
1 at 6 3/8 x 7 7/8 (mat for page)

Front page 2
Black cardstock
1 at 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (tag)
2 at 3 x 4 (mats)
1 at 3 1/4 x 6 1/2 (tag)

Back page 2
Black cardstock
2 at 3 3/4 x 8 (gatefold pages)
4 at 3 x 8 (mats)
Brown cardstock
2 at 3 1/8 x 7 7/8 (back of gatefold)
1 at 6 3/8 x 7 7/8 (page mat)

Front page 3
Black cardstock
1 at 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (large tag)
1 at 4 x 12 (photo mat)
Brown cardstock
1 at 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 (element base)

Back page 3
Black cardstock
1 at 4 x 9 (pocketed belly band)
2 at 4 x 6 (mats)
2 at 3 x 4 (mats)
Brown cardstock
1 at 6 3/8 x 7 7/8 (mat for page)

Front page 4
Black cardstock
1 at 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 (tag)
2 at 3 x 4 (mats)
1 at 3 1/4 x 6 1/2 (tag)
Brown cardstock
1 at 3 1/8 x 6 3/8 (mat for tag)

Back page 4
Black cardstock
2 at 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 (gatefold pages)
2 at 4 x 12 (photo mats)
Brown cardstock
1 at 6 3/8 x 7 7/8 (page mat)
2 at 3 7/8 x 6 3/8 (mats for back of gatefold pages)

Inside back cover
Black cardstock
2 at 6 x 9 1/2
2 at 6 x 8 1/2