Flipbook Album | Bloom Street | Rachel Lowe

Hi CK friends, Rachel here and today I have a pretty Flipbook album to share. I have used Paige Evans Bloom street papers , puffy words and die cuts. For the cover I used the acetate speciality paper from the same collection.

To use acetate as a cover machine stitching is the best way to secure your folds and it still looks good on the other side (I have never found a tape that doesn't show on the other side even vellum tape). Don't be afraid to machine stitch, it does not need to be perfect but keeping it on the slowest speed is the best advise I can share especially if you are sewing around corners/bends etc.

I cut a strip measuring 12x6 inches and then fold using a bone scorer at 1 1/2inches, 6 inches and 10 1/2 inches. Your inserts at the largest can be 6x4 1/4 inches. The 1/4 is the fold needed to adhere. Fold each page you want to insert at the 1/4 inch and then adhere to the second page of your cover, once you have added everything you want use a 6x4 1/2 inch strip and cover the folds and back page. This is the point where I added machine stitching to hold all folds. There are lots of Youtube video tutorials to show you how to do hidden binding which is the technique used here.

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The fun part is decorating your album! I added a vellum page which I used a polka dot embossing folder, die cut pages, tags and journal blocks (folding at a 1/4 inch), having your pages different sizes and textures really adds visual interest to your album. I have left lots of space to add photos and journal. Remember what ever element you use on acetate or vellum on one side you will need a similar sized element for the other side. These types of albums are perfect for an event, a special day out, you can add tickets or memorabilia in the front and back folds, journal memories and add the highlight photos. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you give a flip album a go, they are quite addictive and there is so much in the cliquekits.com shop to start your new project!