World Of Michael Trent

  Hello everyone.  A few weeks ago, I was checking out some videos on YouTube...SHOCKER...and Rosa Kelly's "Easy Hinges Mini Album Tutorial - Volume 2" popped up in my feed.  This is a tutorial for a BLANK book, meaning she teaches you how to make the book but decorating it and adding things to it is all up to you.     So, I made it.  Then I added a few things to it and decorated it.  This book has space for 49 photos of various sizes and the front and back pockets have space for even more.  The book measures 8.5" x 7" x 2.5".  In Rosa's video, she uses a 3.5" spine, but I wanted a smaller one.   I added the pockets and photo mats on the inside front and back covers. I added the pockets on the front of the first page, on the right and left sides of the gatefold, and I added the photo mat for a 5" x 7" photo.   On the back of Page 1, I used ephemera and magnets to make a closure for the top flap.  I added a bellyb...

  Hello everyone.  I recently posted a Shabby Chic Beach-Themed mini album on my blog and YouTube channel using the Petals Mini Album tutorial from Your Book of Memories.  The person I made this album for also asked me to make an ocean/mermaid-themed book for her friend.  I used the same Petals Mini Album, and this time, I used the Coral Reef Junk Journal Kit from Imagine the Art Design on Etsy. Since making this album, Imagine the Art Design has come out with 2 new digital collections that would work perfectly with the Coral Reef Junk Journal Kit - the Coral Reef Background Images Kit and the Ocean Beauty Junk Journal Kit.  I will probably get those soon for another album.  LOL     Links to everything I used are at the end of this post. Below is a video walk-through of the album, where I describe everything I did and what I used.  You can also find other mini-album videos on my YouTube Channel -  World of Michael Trent . Below are ...