Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Chunky Twine Challenge: Mini Album Cover by Traci Penrod

Hi Doodlebug fans!  It's Traci from Artsy Albums and I have a tutorial to share with you today.  The design team was asked to create a project where Chunky Twine was the star of the project.  I created a simple 4x6 album full of black & white family photos, but the fun part was the cover!  
To create my album, I found three small pieces of scrap chipboard.  I used white, but you could easily use regular grey chipboard and cover the pieces with pattern paper or paint.  The two cover pieces are 5" x 6 1/4", and the other piece is 4" x 6".  I used a heavy-duty hole punch to punch binding holes in the front and back cover pieces.
Next, I taped one end of my black chunky twine to the back of my 4x6 chipboard, applied a small amount of liquid glue to the front, and starting wrapping the twine around the board.  I repeated this process several times with black, grey, and white chunky twine ... taping the ends on the back, and glueing on the front.  I finish the top of the piece with red twine for a pop of color.
Once the twine was wrapped around the entire 4x6 piece, I used a strong liquid glue to adhere it to the cover of my album (Note:  I added a piece of 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" mint pattern paper and some fancy frills stickers to the album cover before adhering the twine piece)
I added mint pattern paper to the inside front and back covers also, and created a chunky twine heart to carry the twine into the inside.  
For the heart, I just punched out a heart shape from white card stock and then added red twine to the heart, glueing as a followed the card stock shape.
For my inside pages, I kept them simple -- plain white card stock measuring 4 3/4" x 6 1/4".  I punched the binding holes and then just added my black and white photos.  I added 10 pages, so I have 20 fun family photos throughout my album.  This little album will be a fun keepsake to carry in my purse and share with friends :)
I hope you enjoyed this quick little tutorial and find fun ways to use chunky twine in your projects!!
Supplies:
Chipboard
Binding rings
Strong liquid adhesive

6 comments:

  1. To cute, Traci! I love how you used the chunky twine on your mini! Super fun and innovative inspiration!!! Thank you!!

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  2. Such a clever way to use the chunky twine! I love that heart! The globe image is my very favorite from the Sweet Things collection. Great to see how you used it on this project.

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  3. Love how you used the twine on your album Traci!!!

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  4. This is so clever Traci! Your heart is amazing! :)

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  5. Incredibly cool and what a fantastic cover to this album!! Loving so much that heart - AMAZING!!!

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  6. Traci, this is just beautiful!!!

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