Tranquility Mini Album by KAREN MOSS

I have a video showing the pages of this album here.

I am going to Paris at the end of March, with my daughter and wanted to make a mini-album to add my photos to. Whilst browsing for inspiration on Pinterest (the famous time sucking app) I came across a lady who made amazing mini-book pages and she had a tutorial for sale on special offer - so I snapped it up and when I downloaded the PDF it had so many unusual page suggestions that I knew that if I used some of those along with some File Essentials I could make an interesting mini-album.

I started by cutting two pieces of gray board to 4.5" x 6.5" and covered the front and back with paper from the Tranquility 6" x 8" paper pad.

I then made the standard folded accordian folded page binding and added this to my inside covers and then added patterned paper on top of this.

I made my pages and added them either side of each hinge and then glued each pair together to form one page.

Page 1

For this page I used a file folder from the File Essentials Set, along with some washi stickers and pieces from the ephemera pack.

Pages 2 & 3

I made an angled pocket using a piece of paper from the 6" x 8" pad and decorated with pieces from the ephemera pack.

For my third page I folded a piece of paper from the 6" x 8" pad and embellished the top fold.

Pages 4 & 5

I made two pockets, one taller than the other and covered with papers from the 6" x 8" pad.

The file pocket on page 5 was made from a piece from the File Essentials pack but I needed to cut it down to make it fit my page.

Pages 6 & 7

Page 6 had a small square pocket, made from the 6" x 8" pad, and embellished with Tranquility ephemera and page 7 folds up from the top and bottom and is also decorated with Tranquility ephemera.

Pages 8 & 9

I used a piece from the Tranquility Foundations Collection Pack to make an accordian page and on page 9 made a belly band which I decorated with pieces from the ephemera pack and vellum stickers.

Pages 9 & 10

Page 9 uses a piece of 6" x 8" pad which has been split and folded and then stitched (one of the fantastic ideas from the PDF) and page 10 is a piece of 6" x 8" pad, cut to size with the top right corner folded back and secured with a glue dot.

Page 11

This page uses two envelopes from the Essential File Set, which fitted perfectly.

I decorated the front cover with pieces from the Cluster Kit and washi stickers.

Now I have finished my album, I love it so much that I don't want to spoil it by adding Paris photos but want to save it for something even more special!

Supplies used

Vintage Artistry Tranquility Cluster Kit

Vintage Artistry Tranquility Ephemera Bits

Vintage Artistry Tranquility Laser Cut Outs - Elements

Vintage Artistry Tranquility Washi Sticker Roll

Vintage Artistry Tranquility Collection Pack 6"X8"

Tranquility Foundations Collection Pack 12"X12"

Vintage Artistry Tranquility File Essentials

Scor-Tape - 3/8" Double sided Tape