Coaster Mini Album

I've tried to be really good lately, but illness will get you every time.  I have had a nasty cough/cold for a couple of weeks now, and thought it was getting better.  But starting last Thursday, it was whooping my butt!  Busy mom of 4 that I am, I didn't take time to go to the doc til Sunday, and guess what?  I have pneumonia, bwaaa!  I don't have time to be that sick!  But by that night I felt like pure death and was soooo glad that I had gone.  Today is a bit better, and tonight I'm antsy from the stupid meds so I thought I'd catch up.  Sorry to be away!

I obviously haven't felt like stamping this weekend, but earlier in the week I put together a bit of a tutorial and a cute mini-book.  The mini album is made for a gal at my kids' dentist that just had a baby.  She's a sweetheart, and I thought it would be a bit of good advertising, tehehe.

Here's the finished product, I thought it turned out kinda cute!  I wanted to keep it simple though, so I used a Simply Scrappin' Kit, Special Delivery Boy from Stampin' Up!  And I hate to admit, but there's no stamping involved! The kits are great because they now have 3 sheets of each of the pattern papers, and textured cardstock!!  Not to mention of course the million punchouts.

So, for the tutorial bit: I started with 5 plain medium weight coasters and 10 pieces of 4x4 pattern paper.  In order to cover the coaster you will need a good adhesive.  My favorite for chipboard is a spray adhesive, but they are sooo messy, so if a prject involves a lot of pieces, I don't go that route.  Next favorite is SNAIL adhesive, AKA Mono ADhesive.  I lay the adhesive down on the chipboard, not the paper.

Be careful to get all the edges, then a good portion of the middle of the piece as well.  Place the paper on the coaster, being careful to line up the edges so there is no blank space and adhesive showing.    After covering all you pieces front and back, you want to sand the edges with sandpaper or a sanding block.

After finishing the 5 coasters I punched through the top one with a standard 1/4" hole punch (I really need a crop-a-dile!).  Line up this hole onto the next coaster, trace, and punch.   Repeat until all coasters are punched.  The insert a loose leaf ring, attach ribbons, and voila!

Again, I did no stamping on this project, just used the punchouts, and added some simple mats from the cardstock within the Simply Scrappin' pack.  I wanted it to stay very simple.  Here are some pics from the inside:

  Thanks for visiting!  I hope to feel like stamping in a few days and I'll share more then :)

Comments

[Tamera]

Hey Cyndi,
So glad you went to the doctor finally! You sounded terrible this weekend. Hope the meds work magic on you.
Thanks for the time on Saturday. Loved the Halloween pages. Wish I had bought more - I am dying for some alphabets and some paper, too. Patti's party won't get here soon enough!
:) Tammy

[Nancy Riley]

Super cute mini coaster album! Hope you're feeling yourself again realy soon!

[samantha]

This is wonderful. TFS!!!

[Pattyjo]

So sorry about the pnemonia. My DH just got out of the hospital with that. He catches a cold and blam...it always turns to pnemonia and he has to be kept in the hospital for a week. Mothers never have time to get sick, but we do anyway. Hope your feeling better soon! I will be thinking of you.

[Pattyjo]

That is just adorable! What a great tutorial you made too! Thank you so much~

[StampMom]

This is adorable -- my friend is having a baby and this will be perfect for her. Time to order the girl scrapping kit! :-) Thanks so much for all the great tutorials, they are excellent.