Hi Ladies! It’s Flóra here today with a cute Mother’s Day gift idea. As we can’t meet so often with my Mom the time we can spend together is highly appreciated. We always have lots of plans what we want to do once so I decided to make her a bucket list album for 2019. This album is empty as I hope she will fill it up with photos this year. The idea was to write the plans on the pages and leave an empty place for the photos. I was thinking a lot about what kind of format to use. I found backpack album ideas on Pinterest, but they seemed too complicated for me so I designed my own version of something you can put put together fast.
I cut the base from cardstock. You need:
12”x4” strip what you score at 5”, 6” 11” and 11 ½ “
5”x4” strip what you score at 2” and 2 ½ “ and round one of the edge
½ “x6” strip two times what you score at ½” and 5 ½”
I assembled the backpack and covered with patterned paper. To make it stable I machine stitched the pieces, what is more the stitches also match the backpack theme. I covered the inside with patterned paper as well but this time I only used glue. On the bottom of the backpack I added four eyelets to imitate the backpack feet.
I trimmed 4”x10” stripes for inside pages. I used four different patterned paper to create two individual booklets. I fixed the booklets into the album with a thin ribbon through the eyelet holes. I put the bow inside so the backpack can stand on its feet.
I have decorated the front with Ephemera pieces, Cardstock, Puffy and Chipboard Stickers. I also added a button to reach a more realistic backpack look. I even created a charm using Paper Tassels and a metal star.
Inside I decorated the pages and wrote the planes. I marked the place of the photos with a 3”x3” vellum piece.
I hope you will try out the backpack mini album for Mother's Day or for any other occasion! Thanks for stopping by!
Used products:
All Heart:
12x12 Paper - Peace Out (SKU 350842), 12x12 Paper - Collage (SKU 350841), 12x12 Paper - Star Dust (SKU 350851), 12x12 Paper – Hustle (SKU 350844), 12x12 Paper – Go Girl (SKU 350849), Charm Embellishments (SKU 350861), Ephemera (SKU 350859), Puffy Stickers (SKU 350863), Cardstock Stickers (SKU 350860), 12x12 Chipboard Stickers (SKU 350858), Paper Tassels (SKU 350862)
Super adorable!
Posted by: Dara Hale | May 02, 2019 at 07:35 AM
What a fun project! Thank you for great inspiration.
Posted by: Hamutal Shafrir | May 05, 2019 at 04:02 AM