Mini Album - Baby Girl (Pages) *Create Borders WITHOUT Die Cuts!

Hi hi! In this post I want to share on how I make some of the interactive pages.
Please refer to the tutorials provided below (Fyi, I got them from youtube or websites coz I'm to lazy busy to make one 😝)

Double Slidder Card

Check the tutorial here: http://scrapbookwonderland.com/pullme/ and below

Waterfall Card

Check the pull tab tutorial here: https://emilythings.com/tag/pull-tab-card/ and below

If you're not sure that you can make it right at the first try, you can do a mock up first with a scrap paper. Like this.

I also want to share with you on how to make page borders WITHOUT die cuts..
Yes, you read it right... WITHOUT die cuts! WITHOUT die cut machine!
It's nice to have a die cut machine. But you have to look at total overall expenses. A Cuttlebug or Big Shot are relatively inexpensive - but then you need to start buying cutting dies, and that's a never-ending process. Yes a cuttlebug or sizzix is a cheaper investment at first but then you gotta buy all the dies and each die only does one thing one size.

Anyway, I'm not saying that I will never but a die cut machine. Maybe someday I will... But not at the moment ☺️

Now, this technique involves cutting with paper knife. If you’re willing to cut, the sky is the limit!
First, find the die cut pattern (from the internet) you want to use. I used this Spellbinders die cut pattern.

The good thing about this technique is that we can always adjust the length of the "die" according to our paper and print it out. 1 pattern can be used for a lot of size. Where if we have the cutting die, each die only does one size...

Secure the pattern before you start to cut.. Here I used Post-It message flags 😃😃😃

Another sample..

As this is my very first mini album, I also made some mistakes..

You see, I'm a You Tube learners. I learned how to make a mini album from watching You Tube craft videos. I never attend any workshops. Anyway, crafting teaches you to be open to exploration, that mistakes really won’t kill you (Only break your hearts sometime 😃😃😃)

Like this one. I glued the paper wrongly and have to re-do. My heart screamed when I tore the paper out

For this one, I had not enough paper to cover the whole page.. Luckily the pattern is easy to combine with other scraps paper with the same pattern..

You can put a strip of text to cover some blank spots...

In this album, I used pictures from the internet. I also made my own pockets and tags like this..