The Amazing Folding Photo Album !!!

Presented by Mary Ellen Walsh - April 1V", 2013

Supplies Cover

Album

2 pieces of patterned paper, 6 Vj squares 2 pieces of cardboard, 4 'A squares 2 - 1 2 inch pieces of ribbon I - glue stick

3 pieces of multi-purpose paper, %Y" x 1 ] ' Instructions Album

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Take the 3 sheets of 8'/2"xl 1" paper and cut into three g'/z" squares. Fold in half carefully, hot dog style, matching corners. Crease one way, unfold and crease opposite way for mobilirv'. Open that same sheet o f paper and fold hot dog style in half in the other direction . Crease one way, unfold and crease opposite way. This wi l l give you a folded piece of paper showing 4 quarter squares. Unfold; then fold on one diagonal only. This wi l l give you two small squares and four triangles, (you then wall be attaching your pages together at the squares). Set aside. Repeat above on two other pieces of 8'/2" x S'/i" paper. Tric^ (Part Fold each piece of creased paper such that the diagonal creases and triangles are hidden in the center. Arrange the 3 folded paper pieces alternating open points up and open points down, ending up with the fx)inLs facing upwards on the two end pieces. -After checking that it is properly assembled, adhere the three pieces connecting the two interior square sides with adhesive. Mark an X on each end piece facing out, this wi l l be the front and back covers. Arrange and adhere photos now or after you have attached the cover. Cut photos on diagonal where needed.

I ^ y one piece of patterned paper face down and place one piece of cardboard in the center. Fold each comer toward the center (in other words, miter the comers), now crease and fo ld 'wrapping' the patterned paper around the cardboard. Lightly adhere the toner comers of the cardboani to the cover, then run adhesive along the full length of each edge. Repeat with second piece o f patterned paper to make back. Lay ribbon across the inside o f back cover. Adhere. One side at a time attach the front and back covers by placing adhesive along the full length of each edge of the album pages marked X. Put adhesive on bottom piece o f album and lay firmly in the center bottom album cover. Flip and repeat to adhere album to top cover. Add any other desired stamped design, embellishment to front cover. Tie ribbon. A plastic template cut on diagonal may be used to cut photos where needed.

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. .Cut paper into an 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" square. . .Fold sheet in half on two lines. 1st is side to side, 2nd is top to bottom. Fold both forward and backwards .creasing well. Be careful to fold a straight line through the middle and corners....be neat with these folds. . .Fold ONE diagonal line through the middle....both forwards and backwards....again be neat. . .Place the sheet on table with the diagonal fold facing UP and the other folds facing down. . .Carefully pull outside tips of the diagonal together and collapse the sheet folds together.