Europe Vacation

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Designer: Susan Weinroth
Intro: Almost 2 years ago, my husband and I took a four city/country trip to Europe.  Needless to say, I have TONS of photos from this vacation, and wanted to organize some of my favorites in a little mini-album.  I thought that dividing the album into four sections (one for each city: London, Paris, Barcelona, and Venice) would be the perfect way to do just this.  I used acrylic dividers premade with a file tab and then used the Fiskars Craft Drill to drill holes (according to the template I created) in the acrylic – attaching each sheet with bookrings.  Basic 4x6 photo prints are then simply inserted into the correct section and can be moved around or rearranged easily.  I also added little journaling tags in front of some photos that I wanted to record a special memory or story about.

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Instructions (Print version)

1. Start by creating a template from which to drill/punch holes.  I used a piece of kraft cardstock that measured 4 wide x 7.5 long and then measured in 2.75 inches from either end on the long side to punch my holes for the template – using the ¼ inch hole hand punch.
2. Line the template up to your acrylic sheet, and mark holes (where to drill) using permanent marker.

3. After marking where to drill, you are ready to drill your holes for binding.  I used the 3/16 inch drill bit with my craft drill.  TIP: It helps to have someone hold the acrylic in place while drilling.  If you don’t have a helper/assistant, try weighing each side of the acrylic down with heavy books.

4. After drilling, you should have clean holes approximately equal to the template you used as your guide.  Drill holes in each of the acrylic sheets for your book.

5. Now you are ready to punch holes in your 4x6 prints, to add to your album.  Use the template and ¼ inch hole hand punch to do this.
6. Combine acrylic divider sheets and photos and “bind” all together using bookrings.
7. Decorate the front and back of your album and each divider sheet using paper and embellishments from the Lil Davis ‘Away We Go’ line.

8. If desired, create journaling tags by trimming 6x2 pieces of patterned paper – corner rounding corners, using your template to punch holes, and then using Cloud 9 raindot eyelets to “reinforce” holes, and adding journaling, stickers, embellishments.  Then add journaling tag in before photos to explain different shots.

Supply List:
Fiskars: 12-9908 7097 12 inch Portable Rotary Trimmer
Fiskars: 12-7330 7097 1/2” Round the Bend Squeeze Punch
Fiskars: 12-92007897 Pinking Paper Edgers
Fiskars: 12-2597 7097 Adhesive Foam Set
Fiskars: 23527097 ¼ Inch Circle Hand Punch
Fiskars: 85167097 Craft Drill

Lil Davis: Paper, stickers, rubons, chipboard alphas from ‘Away We Go’ line

Heidi Grace Designs: Small brown alpha rubons from We are family line

Cloud 9 Design: Eyelet Raindots, Raindots

Other: acrylic sheets, permanent marker, bookrings, kraft cardstock