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Make
it quick and give it as a gift!
What makes it instant? You use a Polaroid camera
to take your pictures. My first Instant Gift Album
was great fun to make, received with joy, but
filled with pictures from my 35mm camera. The
choice is yours.
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- Select
the special occasion.
- Create
pages in a 5"X7" album.
- Take
pictures of the guests at your party
and have them write a message on one
of the pages of your beautiful Instant
Gift Album.
- If
you are using a Polaroid, immediately
mount pictures in the book. Ask your
guest to sign their name on the white
end piece.
- If
using a conventional camera, keep the
book until film is developed and the
book is completed.
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1.
Start with a small 5"X 7" album.
2. Select five sets of two coordinating
12"X 12" patterned papers, and
several matching pieces of cardstock.
- From
one set of two papers, you will make
four pages.
- Cut
each piece of patterned paper to make
two 7 3/8" X 5 1/2" to use
as your background papers. Save the
scraps to use as accents.
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3.
Get out that box of embellishments and
match a few to each set of papers. Try
using fibers, buttons, eyelets, die cuts,
punches, rubber stamps, etc.
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4.
Use one sheet from each of the two patterned
papers to make facing pages. |
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5.
Trim each page with coordinating papers.
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6.
Add a rectangle or other shape approximately
3"X4" from one of your cardstocks
for your guests to journal on. Mount to one
side of your page. |
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7.
Add an embellishment or two to give it
that finishing touch.
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This is a picture of my first Instant Gift Book.
It was lots of fun!
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Enjoy
this Tutorial? Wait till you see the next one!
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