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Wild About my Animal Expedition Mini Album!

I am soooo excited with the project I have for you today, it's one of those things you put on your "I must do some day list" and you keep putting it off. I've lost count of the number of tutorials I've watched over time for mini albums, I always have every intention of making one, but.... well, I just watch another tutorial instead of sitting down and creating.  Well, not on last Sunday afternoon, it was cold, wet, raining & I had discovered my retiring DSP "situation"  I grabbed the Animal Expedition DSP, I had about a quarter of a pack, and started to plan - yep, I can't do anything easy, I decided to make a custom size album rather than a 6" x 6" like so many of the tutorials I've watched. My pocket pages are made from half a piece of A4 cardstock, which fits a 4" wide piece of DSP perfectly - that ticked a big box for me (less fiddly cuts), my first try at the spine mechanism was a disaster... or sh...

Got lots of DSP? Create a Mini Album

I had the perfect excuse to try a project that's been on my list for sometime, you see, I watched a Facebook Live from fellow demonstrator about using DSP before it retires, that made me really think about my DSP "situation" Oh dear, Houston we have a problem ran through my head, I've had a desire to create an album for ages, but just not got around to it (watched lots of videos of how to though...hahaha), so I did it, I started small with a mini album, here's what I came up with using the Best Route Designer Series Paper. I used the design of a zig-zag album and converted measurements to metric, the inside pages were simple enough, but it was a little trial an error when I made the album front, but on the 2nd attempt it worked, yay I was on my way to cutting into DSP!  I used as many of the patterns as I could, and the great thing about Stampin' Up! DSP is the coordination is done for your already. The idea is at add your photo where t...