Device and method for retaining and displaying a collection of folded cards

An assembly for retaining and displaying a plurality of greeting cards in a space efficient manner is claimed. The assembly includes an album structure that has a front cover and a back cover. Both the front cover and the back cover have interior surfaces that face each other when said album structure is closed. A plurality of elastic cord segments are arranged in parallel lines across the interior surface of at least one of the covers. A plurality of elastic cords can also be present on separate sheets that are bound within the album structure. Greeting cards can be placed around each of the segments of elastic cords. The elastic cords retain the greeting cards in an overlapping pattern in the same plane as the surface that supports the segments of elastic cords. Each segment of elastic cord can engage at least one greeting card. As such, multiple greeting cards can be retained and displayed on each surface that supports the elastic cords.