Mother's Day Mini Photo Album: Measuring Paper for the Front

Series Summary

Wrapping has been a part of giving gifts for centuries. It makes the act of giving a gift to someone that much more enjoyable because it is allows both the person receiving and the person giving to see one another's reactions at the moment the gift it revealed. This way both parties are privy to the joy instead of only the person receiving. Gift wrapping seems so ingrained in our society that we look forward to days like Christmas and birthdays partially because of opening a gift or two. In this free video series a craft expert, Janet Casto, will show you how to make a Mother's Day mini photo album to surprise your mother with for Mother's Day. Janet will begin by teaching you how to measure and cut out designer paper in order to add a little character and dimension to your special gift. You'll then learn how to assemble the inside and outer cover of your box. In the end Janet will show you a few useful tips for finalizing your unique gift. Watch these videos and learn to create a special Mother's Day mini photo album for your mother this coming Mother's Day.

Video Transcript

"The next project we're going to do is called the itty bitty board book. And it comes like this with your board book already here, and then it comes with a box, that all you need to do is assemble and slide your book in it to store. But, we're going to make it more beautiful with some designer series paper. And what I've chosen for this project is the fall flowers designer series paper, and some coordinating really rust paper. The card stock. So the first thing that we're going to do is cover the box. And how I got these measurements is like this. I just measured from here, and it goes to four and seven eighths, by four, and then I've got, so I've got two of those, and then I have two measurements at four, I just double checked these, for you. Four and three quarters by three and three quarters by two. So, first thing we need to do is go ahead and cut all our papers. I know that was a lot of numbers, so I'll go through them slowly. The box papers again, is four and seven eighths. Four and seven eighths, by four. And we're going to need two of those. And when you're cutting twelve inch paper, just a reminder, take out your scoring blade so you can get all the way down, so I'm just going to trim that last little inch. So, four and seven eighths times four, and I need two of those. And that is going to be the front and the back of my box."