Father’s Day Mini-Book

By Leslie, on June 10, 2012, at 7:36 pm

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Time to use another great cutting set from The Cutting Cafe, this one is called Shirt and Tie Shaped Card Set. This is really fun shaped card, and since I want to make something special for my husband for father’s day I decide to change it up bit and make a fancy fold book using the envelope that come with the Shirt and Tie Shaped Card Set as a base. I’m always looking for ways to make mini books for pictures and this envelope was perfect for the job. I have several pictures below showing many of the different stages in making the mini-book.

Requirements

Cutting Machine (Sizzix, Cricut, Pazzles, Boss Kut, etc) with Software
- OR Vector Viewing/Editing Software, a Printer, and Scissors
Desktop Publishing Software

Featured Product
All the cut files referenced in this tutorial are from The Cutting Cafe I am using their great Shirt and Tie Shaped Card Set.

Other Products Used

Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
Black Cardstock
Cream Cardstock
Red Cardstock
Echo Park Company (Times and Seasons) Scrapbooking paper collection
Stampin’ Up! 1-3/8” Circle Punch (119849)
Stampin’ Up! Pastels
Hemp Twine
Offray Woven Ribbon (Black and White)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink (frayed burlap)
We R Memory Keepers (Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper)
Celebrate it Paper Sacks (Black)
Brown Buttons

Here is the envelope, you will need to make it a little bigger than the default cut size in order to make it fit the paper bags.

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Here you can see the two paper bags on the sides they need to be able to open and close inside of the book.

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This shows tie shape card was used here using the Shirt and Tie Shaped Card Set.

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Here is the book open , the inserts that are behind the pictures are going to be letters my kids are going to write to their dad. I think this will be an awesome present for my husband and something fun to see when years pass and read that letters again.

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I hope you will enjoy making this layout. As always I hope you will make your own embellishments and unique tweaks to make it your own. If you have any questions feel free to post them in the comments.

Have a great day!

- Leslie