Thursday, June 27, 2013

This Way and That Flip Album - Easy Assembly Directions

I've had a couple requests to show exactly how all of the pages for the This Way and That Flip Album go together.  I usually work on all of my pages first then assemble but I guess that can be confusing.  I thought I'd make it easy and assemble an album with various color papers so you could see where each piece goes.

You're going to start by cutting and scoring the following pieces of cardstock:

 
**Cut one sheet of cardstock 12" x 8"
 
Score as follows:  2.25"; 2.75"; 9.25"; 9.75"
(Dark Red in the Example)

**Cut one sheet 6.5 x 8"
and
**Cut one sheet 6.25" x 8"
(Light Red)
 
 
**Cut 3 sheets of cardstock exactly the same -
 (3) - 12 x 7.75"
 
Score each sheet at 3" & 9"
(White)
 
 
**Cut 2 sheets of cardstock 5.5" x 9.5"
 
Score both sheets of cardstock at 2"
so you end up with a sheet of cardstock that is 2" + 7.5" total.
(Blue)
 
To Assemble the outer portion of the album -
 
Dark red album base -
 
This Way and That RWB Album Assembly 001
 
 
Take the 6.5 x 8" sheet of light red cardstock and affix it to the left side flap of the dark red cardstock base.
 
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Now take the smaller light red sheet of cardstock and glue it to the right side flap of the dark red cardstock base.
 
This Way and That RWB Album Assembly 005
 
Your base should look like this....
(set it aside for now)
 
This Way and That RWB Album Assembly 006
 
Assemble the inside pages:
 
Next, take all three of the white pages and align them as so:
 
This Way and That RWB Album Assembly 007
 
 
You now have 6 flaps aligned in a row.
Glue the flaps that touch together - flaps 2 & 3 and flaps 4 & 5.
 
 
This Way and That RWB Album Assembly 008
 
You should now have 4 flaps as shown.
 
 
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It folds shut as follows:
The two center flaps fold in towards the center first

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then the right side folds in...


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and finally the left side folds in.
(sorry for the blurry pic)

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Open all of the pages back up so you're at the very center of the pages.
Take one of the blue pages and apply adhesive to the 2" flap.
Align this page so it is centered on the very back page. 
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Glue the flap of the blue page to the back side of the back page as shown.
 
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Using the second blue page center, align and affix it on the bottom of the back page.
 
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And here are what the pages look all opened up.
 
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Fold the entire set of pages up and glue them to the album base.
 
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Here's what it looks like all folded up ready to be decorated...
 
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And here it is fully opened up.
 
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That is how you assemble all the parts and pieces
to this very unique album!
 
I hope this helps explain where all of the various parts and pieces go.
It really is very easy once you make your first album.
 
Would you like to win this Red, White and Blue
This Way and That Flip Album?
 
Simply post a comment and you'll be entered to win!
I'll pull a winner from all the comments next week on the July 5th....
Good Luck Everyone!

19 comments:

  1. Thanks for showing this, Roni! I was wondering how it all went together also. Now I know!

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  2. Thank you for this tutorial..I have the perfect idea for this....

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  3. This is a fun construction I don't think I have seen before. Thanks for posting instructions.

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  4. Roni, you have done it again!!! Another amazing post about a fantastic album. I really like your clear instructions & pics. I'll be giving this one a go myself. cheers :)

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  5. YES I would LOVE to win your beautiful album )

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  6. Just love this album and thanks for the so easy tutorial, I feel I will be able to make this now, thanks for sharing

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  7. I love your blog am subscriber and would love to win this flip album.

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  8. Thanks for this excellently written tutorial..This looks like fun to make and decorate. I'd love to win it and share with our papercraft club.
    Thanks for sharing you ideas. We all appreciate it!

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  9. Awesome project. Great for kids to use as a summer memory book.

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  10. Great tutorial! Thanks for the opportunity to win the red, white & blue album. :)

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  11. I love the one you made first and think that this would be a fun project for showing off July 4th pics & such!! Thanks for the handy tips! Hope you have a great weekend!

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  12. Wow, you make everything look so doable! Thank you for the generous tutorial!

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  13. This was fantastic, thanks so much for sharing and for the opportunity to win this album

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  14. Thanks for posting this. Really different.
    DianeD
    Mansfield, MA

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  15. This looks like fun. I need to try to make one of these. Thank you for the chance to win too.

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  16. I love these "little" albums - so much fun to make and give.

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  17. What a great album! I'm not really a 'mini album maker' but you have peeked my interest so I'm going to build this one! Thanks for the great instructions!

    Blessings,
    Melitta

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  18. Thanks for this technique, it is a lovely style of album, can't wait to try it, thanks again for sharing!!!!

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  19. Hi Roni, thanks for doing this in the different colours. It makes it so clear to see. Just come from the finished album post and that is stunning. Thanks for another great tutorial. Would love to win this. It would be a blast to decorate.

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Thanks for your thoughts and comments!