| Good Tuesday morning to you! It's Pam's Birthday week, and she is having a give-away and Guest Designers on her blog all week!  http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/ You do NOT want to miss this!! Every day is a NEW GIVE-AWAY! Her give-away for today is:
Prima 6" x 6" Reflections collection paper stack
Prima 6" x 6" Moulin Rouge collection paper stack
Petaloo Blue & Green paper flowers
 I am extremely honored to be her Guest Designer today! For my birthday project, I decided to make a MATCHBOOK MINI ALBUM. This is my first attempt at making one of these, and it was a lot easier than I anticipated as well as so much FUN! If you'd like to WIN THIS BIRTHDAY MATCHBOOK MINI ALBUM just leave me a comment on this post answering ONE of the following questions about your birthday either last year or your birthday this year: 3 People who made your birthday special OR 3 Things you Wish for your birthday OR 3 Things you did for your birthday OR 3 Goals to accomplish before your next birthday So.... you could win a prize from both our sites this week! How cool is that?! I will post the winner of my BIRTHDAY MATCHBOOK MINI ALBUM on Monday! Get ready for lots of pictures! If you have any questions on the instructions, please do not hesitate to leave them in a comment. If you will provide your email, I will respond as quickly as possible to you. :)  |
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This is the outside of the matchbook mini closed. You want to be sure not to add a lot of puffy embellishments so that it will end up closing with no problem.
Above you can see it snuggly closed. Below you can see how much it expands when not tucked under the matchbox cover and closed.
Below is the inside cover and first 1/2 page.
All Tags cut from TAGS, BAGS, BOXES & MORE page 89.
Tag for inside front cover cut @ 4" with Shadow Feature.
All other tags cut @ 3 3/4" with Shadow Feature.
And all of the tags look like this one with the numbers "1, 2, & 3" handwritten on them.
This is how LONG it is when all the pages are unfolded. WOW!
Hippo on front from BIRTHDAY BASH page 32 cut @ 4".
Candle from BIRTHDAY BASH page 52 cut @ 3".
Mushroom from LIVE SIMPLY cut @ 3".
(found on keypad overlay Row 4, Column 9)
Snail from LIVE SIMPLY cut @ 2".
(found on keypad overlay Row 2, Column 10)
Directions for making a
MATCHBOOK MINI ALBUM:
- Cut cover using Double-Sided Pattern cardstock @ 12" x 4 1/4"
- Score cover @ 1", 6 1/2", and 7". Fold all score lines into matchbook shape.
- Cut inside pages using pattern or solid colored cardstock @ 12" x 4" (3 times)
- Score one page @ 5 1/2" and 9 3/4". Cut smallest section off of end. Insert the largest section into the matchbook & center it under the small flap, adhering to matchbook.
- Punch 2 holes on front of flap about 1" from each side and secure with brads.
- Score remaining two pages @ 4 1/4" and 8 1/2".
- Lay matchbook horizontally and adhere remaining two strips overlapping small scored sections and using mountain and valley folds.
Don't forget, in order to be entered to win Pam's prize, you must pop over to her blog and leave a comment on today's post!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAM!
Thanks for visiting me today.
Don't forget to win my MATCHBOOK MINI ALBUM, answer one of the questions listed above in a comment HERE on THIS post. Winner will be posted on Monday! Good luck!
:) Janis
