Sassy Paper Bag Album Tutorial!

I am the Guest Designer today over on the  She's a Sassy Lady blog. My August tutorial project today is a "Sassy Paper Bag Album"! I love to make altered projects so this one was fun for me.

Materials You will need:

• 3 Paper bags
• Hole Puncher
• Ribbon, eyelets, book rings, or fibers
• Your favorite pattern paper
• A bunch of your favorite embellishments

First lay your paper bags on top of each other. Make sure that the middle bag is going the opposite way of the first and the last bag. Adhere your bags together. You can adhere them using stitching, brads, staples or eyelets. I love to stitch/sew them together for better durability.

Here's a close-up picture of the stitching and the holes that I punched. I punch from the outside going in so that I can gauge a good distance between each hole to keep it even.

I also love the ready made built-in pockets that are formed when you put your paper bag album together. These pockets are great for storing mementos, cute tags, journal blocks, or any other keepsake.

Here's the paper bag album after it's put together and ready to decorate. Now it's time to make your pages. 

With your paper trimmer cut enough patterned paper to cover each page. I cut each paper piece at 5" x 5.5".

Adhere each of your papers to the front cover and each page of your album.  Also make sure to cut and adhere some photo mats or pockets to store journal tags. You can also ink the sides to make the mats stand out.

 This is how one of my pages looks with journaling tags. 

I made the pocket to hold the journal tags with patterned paper. 

Now it's time to embellish. I used various embellies from Me & My Big Ideas.

 I add my ribbon last after I make sure all of my patterned paper and embellishments are sturdy and secure. Add different color and textured ribbon to make it more colorful.

Decorate your pages any way you want. It's best to use coordinating papers that match well together. I used paper from a ColorBok kit so that all the papers would go well together.

Here are 2 of my pages in a side by side view.

 I will show more pages of this album soon once I get the video tutorial finished. If I post everything then this tutorial will be 2 or 3 web pages long. (smile)

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial today. Please be sure to check out the She's a Sassy Lady blog today for more wonderful tutorials. You can visit by clicking HERE