American Crafts Studio Blog: Plus One Mini Album Tutorial by Becki Adams

Today's step-by-step tutorial making a mini album using the Plus One line is brought to you by Becki Adams (Blog: Becki Adams | Instagram: @beckiadams | Pinterest: @jbckadams | Twitter: @beckiadams3)

Supplies: Combo (66804) - Patterned Paper, Tandem (66805) - Patterned Paper, Assistant (66806) - Patterned Paper, Counterpart (66807) - Patterned Paper, Doubles (66808) - Patterned Paper, Buddy (66812) - Patterned Paper, Sidekick (66813) - Patterned Paper, Partner (66814) Patterned Paper, Duet (66817) - Patterned Paper, Companion (66824) - Patterned Paper, Pair (66821) - Patterned Paper, Match/Aqua (66833) - Thickers, Tickets (366838) - Stickers, Washi Tape (366839) - Tape, Plus One Letter Stickers (366841) - Stickers, Plus One Puffy Matte Stickers (366842) - Remarks, Plus One Bits and Cardstock Shapes (366849) - Elements, Plus One Clear Acrylic Stamps (366856) - Stamps, Amy Tan Dies (366860) - Dies, Amy Tan Plus One Adhesive Metal Flair (366906) - Elements, Charcoal (331343) - Thickers, Hinged O Rings (366612) - Elements, Chalkboard Labels (366622) - Elements, Chalkboard Labels (366623) - Elements, Chalkboard Die Cut Frames (366637) - Elements, Chalkboard Banner Stickers (366635) - Elements, Chalkboard Tags (366641) - Elements, Solid Metallic Gold/Silver (366614) - Washi Tape, White (AC71259) - American Crafts Cardstock Pack, Black (AC712P12-60) - American Crafts Cardstock Pack

The first thing I do is gather all the supplies that I want to use. Gathering my supplies and putting them in a basket next to my desk makes the process easier because I'm not searching for all my supplies.

After my supplies are gathered I started by creating my pages. I cut pieces of white cardstock at 5 1/2 inches wide by 4 1/4 inches tall. I cut all black cardsock just slightly larger than the white cardstock. I then moved on to doing all of my diecuts. I cut all of the die cuts at one time so I didn't have to get my die cutting supplies out multiple times.

Then I did all my stamping. I knew I wanted the word "darling" as part of my title so I stamped that and then a few accent pieces while I had all my stamping supplies on my desk. I didn't use all of these pieces. I have a few left that are sitting in a little bowl on my desk waiting to be used on another project.

After I had my die cuts and stamping all finished, I laid out all the pages on my desk and created the base of the pages, meaning that I didn't add photos, or many embellishments. I just wanted the basic layout of each page completed. I then took my stack of pages to my sewing machine and did a little bit of stitching on a few of the pages.

After that I added my photos, a bit of journaling, adhered the white cardstock to the black cardstock, and a few more embellishments. Then, I was ready to put my album together. When I punched the holes for the album I clipped a few pages together with a clip and then punched them.