Ribbon Spool Keepsake Mini Album
By Joy Shimabukuro
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Supplies: Empty Spool ‘O Ribbon spool 10" of 3/8" ribbon 12" x 12" Printed Paper for covers and embellishing 3 – 5/8" x 10" Coordinating Printed Paper for rim 2 – 3" circles of Cardstock – coordinating color for inner covers 12" x 12" Cardstock – coordinating color A 12" x 12" Cardstock – coordinating color B Fiskars Circle cutter #7794 1583 Paper trimmer#3001 1732 Cutting Mat #7794 1575 Tacky Glue #7760 9875 Adhesive #3001 3283 Pencil Scissors
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Directions:
Preparing the Spool: Carefully pull the sides off of the empty ribbon spool, one at a time. You should have two cardboard circles and one thick cardboard ring.
Using the circle cutter cut two 4" circles from the printed scrapbook paper. Place the circles in front of you with the printed side down. Center the ribbon spool cardboard circles on top and trace the edge lightly with a pencil. Remove the cardboard circles. With a scissors, make snips about 1/4" apart completely around the paper circles, stopping at the pencil line. Spread a thin layer of tacky glue onto the snipped edge. Place the cardboard circles back and carefully fold over the snips and adhere to the circles to make the outside covers. Next, center the 3" circles over and adhere for the inner cover.
Take one of the 5/8" x 10" strips of printed-paper. Wrap the strip along one edge of the cardboard ring from the ribbon spool, folding half over to the inside of the ring. Glue in place. This is the top edge of the ring. Place the second strip along the inside wall of the ring, matching up the edges along the top and bottom. Glue in place. Take the last strip and wrap around the outside of the ring and glue in place.
Center the ring onto the inside of one of the covers. Place a thing layer of glue on the uncovered edge of the ring and glue to the inside cover. Let dry.
Making the pages-Use the circle cutter to cut out seven 2 7/8" circles from cardstock A and seven 2 7/8" from cardstock B. Line up seven circles, starting with color A and alternating the colors. Leave about 1/8” space in between them. Cut six pieces of the 3/8" ribbon into 1" lengths. Center each ribbon between the circles and glue in place, linking the circles together. Place an opposite color circle on top of the circles, except for the first and last ones. Match the edges and glue in place, sandwiching the ribbon pieces. You should still have alternating colors for the circles.
Flip the linked circles over. Cut a piece of the 3/8" ribbon 2 1/2" long. Place 1/2" on the last circle and glue in place like the other links, leaving the 2" tail. Leaving about 1 1/2" of ribbon between, place another circle next and glue the remaining 1/2" of ribbon on. Flip over the linked cardstock circles. Place the last circle with the ribbon side down inside of the rimmed cover. Glue in place. The extra length of ribbon is needed between the last circles to let the pages come out of the spool. Center the first circle with the ribbon side down onto the inside flat cover. Glue in place.
Decorate the circle pages as desired on both sides. Place circles back into the spool and close top cover. Decorate the top cover.
© 2006 Ben Franklin Crafts,
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