Ribbon Binding for a Paper Bag Mini Album

This is a tutorial on how I did the ribbon binding that I used on my Mariposa paper bag album. It uses one long piece of ribbon to attach a paper bag album to a chipboard cover.

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• baby album
• chipboard album
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• scrapbook album
• scrapbook binding technique
• mini album binding

[TJtheNonna]

Just watched the Mariposa Album and this one... I think YOU have definitely become my favorite! The albums are beautiful and you make it look so easy. I have wanted to do a paperbag mini for a looooooong time, but didn't love the little "flap page". That you have incorporated a tag-book pocket in that space makes alll the difference. I just hope that mine turns out 1/2 as beautiful as yours!

[LittlePeaceOfMyHrt]

@TJtheNonna Hi! Thanks so much for the nice comments. I hope you have fun creating your paper bag album. I also have another video tutorial for constructing a modified paper bag album which also takes care of the "flap page". Glad you're enjoying the videos! :)

[Ammiel7]

What paper bags are you using?

they seem quite small on the little flap

[LittlePeaceOfMyHrt]

@Ammiel7 These yellow bags are the regular paper bags that they sell at Michaels. The flap just looks small because it's folded in half, on either side, rather than the way it comes in the package. Hope that makes sense. I have a video from June 2010 called Mariposa Paper Bag Album where I show how I folded the flaps on the bags. :)

[cjucoder]

That is so cool and pretty! Are you an engineer by trade? LOL I'm a bit worried about ribbon holding up and getting frayed while being handled over time, although I have little experience so I may be way off base with that worry. Maybe this could be done with jute or chain instead of ribbon.

[LittlePeaceOfMyHrt]

@cjucoder Thanks! The ends of the ribbon could possibly get a little frayed over time. I use a product called fray check which really helps to keep the ends of the ribbon from getting tattered. You definitely could use jute or really anything that will fit through the eyelet twice though =)

[scrappylatina]

Love this ribbon binding!!! Thank you for the tutorial =D

[jessiecastro71]

Love it!!!!

TFS*

Jessie

[fernlintner65]

this is so unique and pretty I love it This is something that I will definitely be usingTFS Deanna

[vianneylu1]

Just beautiful!

[Ammiel7]

Ok thank you

I will check out the envelopes again, our envelopes are a little different here in Australia but i can cut them down

thanks heaps love your tutorials helping me greatly

Deni

[PrimaDonnaCraft]

Thank you for this tutorial. It is a great binding technique esp with thick albums.