Clearly Unique Travel Album

A Purple Cows Designer Project

by Robin Gibson
http://ohscrapblog.blogspot.com

It's a paperless mini-album! Here's an easy way to let your vacation pictures take
the spotlight! Make laminated photo-pages, frame the pics with some beads, and
clip your pages together, for a super easy, super fun mini-album.

Tools:
Purple Cows Hot and Cold Laminator #3025
Purple Cows Freestyle Mouse Kit #6045
Hole Punch
Supplies:
Purple Cows Hot Pockets 5"x7" #4021
Anna Griffin Calisto Collection Vellum Quotes
American Crafts 1/2" double-sided tape
Beader's Paradise Emerald Mix & Topaz Luster Mix
Wide Brown Ribbon
2 Book Rings Creative solutions for Hobby, School, and Home Office!
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Step by Step:
1. Place 2 photos back-to-back (this will make 1 page).
Choose a quote from the Anna Griffin Calisto Collection
Vellum Quote pack, and trim it using your favorite Purple Cow
Decorative-edged Click Blade with the #6045 Freestyle Mouse
Kit.

2. Place the quote directly onto your photo, in a place where

it can be clearly seen. Run the hot pocket through the #3020
laminator. Instantly you have a photo page!

3. On the surface of your photo page, place a strip of

American Crafts 1/2" double-sided tape along each edge
of your now-sealed photo. Repeat this step on the
backside of the photo page as well, before you embellish.

4. Now you are ready to place the beads around the

photo edge. I did this step inside a shoe-box lid, for easy Year
catching and clean up of the loose beads. Pour the beads n te e
over the photo and press them into the tape. Shake off
loose beads, and save for another page. Here, I used
Emerald Mix & Topaz Luster Mix by Beader's Paradise.

5. Repeat step 4 on the backside of the page, so both

pictures now have beaded frames. Repeat steps 1-5 for
each page in your book.

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3210 North Canyon Rd. Suite 307 Provo, UT 84604 USA
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6. Line up your pages, and punch holes in the left-hand side, using a crop-a-dile or other type of hole punch tool. I made
the ring covers for my book, by folding a wide piece of brown (scrap) ribbon in half, and sewing a seam down the edge. Run
the rings through until you have enough 'scrunch' to your liking. Cut the ribbon end and secure the rings through the pages
of your book.

Purple Cows Inc.

3210 North Canyon Rd. Suite 307 Provo, UT 84604 USA
www.purplecows.net • information@purplecows.net