Fake it, paper bag album...... EASY

[sharron246]

Take 4 Cards fold so the nice side is on the inside.

please use plaine one's the first time..

mark the outside front A.. mark the back B.


You need 5 Envelopes Seal them all shut.

Lay one card onto the envelope put it so it touches the bottom corner and mark the excess. Now glue the long thin section so the envelope and the card are the same width. and cut the excess off the top so it's just shorter than the card.

You can't cut the folded over bit off or you won't have a pocket which is what you should have made.


Do this to all 5 envelopes. mark one side A and one side B . ( it won't show through but help to show where you going to place them.)

Take your first card and glue an envelope side A to Card side A.

Make sure the envelope is level with the open section of the card.
It doesn't matter if a few millimetres show by the crease of the card.


Now glue a second card to the B section of the first envelope.

Make sure you have the open sections of the envelopes both at the top.
also that the spines are in the same place.

Keep going till you have a Glued stack of 5 envelopes and 4 cards.

I now measure the width and height. Also how high my pile is.

Cards 4 by 6 inches.

Pile height 5/8th inches

I cut my book cover to this size.

4 1/4 by 5/8 by 4 1/4 = 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches.

Score it at 4 1/4 from each end.


Now glue the book inside the front cover, once more I line the edges up and centre it to leave a 1/8th top and bottom.


Enjoy decorating.

[sharron246]

Forgot to say I make tag inserts for the pockets by taking another 3 cards.

Just cut the card so the you take about 1/2" off to include the spine.

you should find this fits perfectly inside the envelope sandwiched between the two cards.


You can make it by cutting the card to fit the envelopes.
I made one using mini coin envelopes...

It looks so cute.

Also since the envelopes don't show you can reuse the ones the bills came in if you just cut the top of a short end.

[lucindabowker]

Do you have a pic of this? I'd love to see the finished product!

[sharron246]

covered envelopes by sharron246 at Splitcoaststampers

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I used normal envelope size for the ink one.

the small one is the coin envelope

The other one is made using nasty bill envelopes.. the buisness ones