sharinashackscraps: A Christmas Carol

Wow, so I haven't gotten my hands into a mini album in a while and it was so fun and refreshing to do it again. I used "A Christmas Carol" from G45 (which I've been told they are out of print now, but you can still purchase some at Country Craft Creations). Also, I used a new binding system by Tamra Merrill called the Hingeless Waterfall, and it is quite genious! It was such a fun project to make and just in time for the fun holiday season.

I did make a few adjustments (as I seem to always). My album size is quite different in size than Tamra's (smaller) and I may have put the cover together a little differently. Anyway, I thought I would list the sizes here in case you'd like smaller size dimensions. Then you can follow Tamra's video it putting it together. :)

Cover pieces (chipboard):

cut 1 (front right side)- 7(h) x 6(w)

cut 1 (front left side) - 7(h) x 4 1/2 (w)

cut 1 (back) - 7 (h) x 7 1/2 (w)

cut 2 (spines) - 7 (h) x 2 (w)

Left side Waterfall (on the inside):

Cut 1 (base piece) - 6 1/2 x 4 1/4

Cut 6 (waterfall pieces) - 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 (score at 1/2)

Hingeless Waterfall (center on inside):

Cut 1 (base page) - 7 1/4 x 6 3/4

Cut 6 (main pages) - 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 (score at 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2)

(makes the pages 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 when finished scoring)

Cut 1 (part that holds the main pages down) 7 1/2 x 2 (score at 1/2)

Random Flips (right on inside):
Cut 1 (base) - 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 (score at 1/2)

Cut 1 (middle that connects to hinge, on top of base) - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 (score at 5 1/4)

Also, I made this using only 9 pieces of 12x12 designer paper (from my winnings at Tamra's last crop hop event in September). I only had 3 pieces left, (about 1x2). To do this I made my pages so the designer paper would be 4" wide on most of the pages. Then I cut most of them at 6" in height (which isn't quite tall enough, but then I used a designer punch and black cardstock to fill the gap). I also added about 5 journaling spots from cream cardstock to fill in any extra spaces.