One Sheet Mini Christmas Album

By: Carlene Eshelman for AllFreeChristmasCrafts.com

Looking for easy Christmas paper crafts? Make a One Sheet Mini Christmas Album from Carlene Eshelman and give it to a dear friend or close family member. Best of all, you only need one sheet of 12" X 12" double sided paper. Save yourself a trip to the craft store!

Materials:

12” X 12” double sided paper
Scoring board/bone folder
Scissors
Liquid glue
Four sheets of 3-1/2” square paper
Two sheets of 3-1/2” square chipboard
2-1/2” square paper
20-1/2” ivory ribbon
Stamped image

Instructions:

Take 12” X 12” paper and score at 3”, 6”, and 9”.
Turn it once, and score again at 3”,6”, and 9”. You should have 16 three inch squares.
Cut left score mark column, from bottom of paper to the start of the fourth square. Leave the fourth square in tact.
Cut the right score mark column the same way, leaving the fourth square intact.
Turn paper 180 degrees, and cut middle score mark column, from bottom to the start of the fourth square. Your paper should now form the letter “m” or “w”.
Start at one end, folding squares until you reach the end. When you get to a new row of squares, you can fold all to the right to be consistent.
Leave the end squares as single squares, but start gluing the next two square pairs together. Continue to glue successive paired squares together. Leave the last square single.
Cover all sides of chipboard squares with 3-1/2” square paper.
Fold ribbon in half.
Place center line of ribbon onto the middle of one of your covered chipboard pieces.
Place a line of glue in the middle of the chipboard piece. Put ribbon onto glue line.
Take the right end of your mini album squares, and glue to the chipboard piece with the ribbon.
Leave a 1/2” extra of ribbon in the middle, then glue the ribbon to the center of the other chipboard piece.
Glue the left side of the mini album squares to the chipboard.
Decorate the cover with your stamped image.
Tie your ribbon together, and trim.