Backpack Mini Album

Hi friends! Happy Monday! It’s Memorial Day – please take a moment to remember what this day is really about… not just the start of summer, cooking out and chilling in the pool. Please take a moment to honor the men and women who died serving in the US Military. Now, on a happier note, I have a fun project to share with you today – a backpack mini album!

We moved last year and when unpacking my studio, I ‘unearthed’ a Technique Junkies mini album CD that I bought quite a while ago but am not able to play because I don’t have a CD-ROM on my laptop. I’ve had a lot of fun over the years creating projects from the tutorials on the CD, and this little backpack was one I particularly enjoyed so I reconfigured the measurements for my tutorials folder because I know I’ll be making more of them! The backpack base and flap, front pocket and inside pages were all cut from heavy kraft cardstock. I embellished the flap and created the front pocket from coordinating patterned paper. The front flap and little pocket both have small velcro circle closures. The little pocket on the front holds two journaling cards. The straps are made from brown twill ribbon. It’s not part of the tutorial but I created two scored pieces of kraft cardstock to cover the twill ribbon knots on the inside of the album to give it a more finished look.

There are eight pages on the inside embellished with more coordinating papers.

And one more peek… I’m so smitten! Love how this turned out and I can’t wait to gift it!

Sharing in the following challenges:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #132 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #440/441 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Cardstock Warehouse Brown Box kraft cardstock, The Paper Studio Tattered and Worn 12×12 paper pad
Dies/Punches: Kadomaru Pro corner rounder, Stampin’ Up 1″ circle punch, Stampin’ Up Scalloped Tag Topper punch
Accessories: ScraPerfect Best Glue Ever, brushed copper brads and black eyelets from stash, Crop-A-Dile, brown Totally Twill ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, Velcro circles

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,