today i want to share a very simple and easy DIY to create a gorgeous interactive gratitude mini album with the heidi swapp honey and spice collection that makes a great keepsake. whether you fill it with photos, journaling, favourite thoughts from the month or if you are hosting a thanksgiving dinner, try having your guests handwrite their gratitudes inside. just think what a treasure this will be all filled up with the best of the best!
to create my cover, i first had my laser printer print out this heidi swapp handwritten 'blessings' freebie onto a piece of honey and spice pattern paper. you can find the freebie here.
i laid a piece of rose gold minc foil on top and ran through my minc on heat setting 3.
always so beautiful. i just love how this turned out for my cover.
next, find a piece of chipboard and trim to your desired size. you can make this book any size you want....mine is just under 4x6 size.
cover the chipboard pieces with the patterned paper.
for the inside of my mini book i created a bunch of openable envelope pockets, tags and included tags from this honey and spice tag set. this way it allows me a ton of options to add in photos, journaling and notes that i want to collect. i also love the interactivity of it all.
using my heidi swapp we r memory keepers cinch i punched all of my inside pages.
the first step to binding a book using the cinch is to layer all of your inside pages starting with the last album page and ending with what will be your first page.
then add your album front cover face up and then the back cover on top face side down. make sure the back of the back cover is facing your front cover because when you flip it around that will be what side you will see.
place onto the binding side of your cinch and push down.
voila! a beautifully professionally bound keepsake album ready to go. the cinch truly is one of my most favourite tools.
and how about that minc shine?!
i love how it fits easily in the palm of my hand.
i cannot wait to fill my album up with all the things.
here in canada we have already officially celebrated our thanksgiving, but for those of you who are looking forward to celebrations this week i hope i have inspired you to make create your own version of a gratitude mini book that you can share with your family and friends.
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