Readers Mini Scrapbooks

Just wanted to share some of the fab mini albums that have been sent in from our fabulous readers.
If you have a mini scrapbook or altered project that you would like to share with the world then please send us a message or use our submit form to send your mini lovin our way.

First mini we have is from Scrappin Wendy. It is a sweet baby girl mini album that Wendy made for a friend for her first grandbaby. love baby albums and especially this little beauty. It's nice n chunky filled with lotsa pretty embellies. dig the bunting. bunting is soooo in.

You can see more details on Wendys website

Next is Jessicas Contreras mini. This is Jessica's first mini album using cardboard.She found it was really easy to use and made a great first time mini maker project.  She made it to put her daughters pictures in it for her dads gift from her. Jessica purchased most of the materials from target and Michaels. Great job Jessica!

A funky Penguin shaped mini album for Christmas from Xinia Quesada  . Pages were made with the Sizzix die cuts.

Sarabeth shares her mini album for a Spring Time themed swap-after an info exchange she realized that her swapping partner was really looking for a brag book of her Grand daugters photo shoot in pink gingham dresses.  She used SEI's paper collection and the swap was hosted at 2Peas in a Bucket.  Hope you like!

Luurve this fabric covered MINI of quotes made with printable labels. It is very easy and versatile. alexandra has a little tutorial that you can folow to make this mini. You can download the free printable labels that she used in the construction as well. Bonus!

Minialbum of quotes in beautiful blue hues

Ok this one is a little tricky. Jacira has sent us her Mini para as meninas which i'm pretty sure translates to a mini album for girls.  I hope i got that right. Jacira tells me its a "Pequeno mini álbum em tons rosa e marron com tags e muitas fitas..." which i think means "Small mini album in pink and brown with many ribbons and tags" Please correct me if im wrong..

That's all for now. Thank you to all of you for sharing your minis with us.

If you have an Easter Mini album or altered art project that you would like to share with us we would love to see it. Submit your project today!

Happy Scrapping!

Another gatefold mini scrapbook

Glenda made this very sweet gate fold accordion mini album - (sheez what a mouthfull)
Full of fun and summer her mini album
She used the wonderful instructions from the Scrapbook-Crazy.com website and made it for the first time with hardly a glitch. She plans to use it with pics of family and friends in our pool. She used lots of pretty Amy Butler papers and lots of cricut cuts as well. Stickles for glitter and gel pens for accents, too. Made in a single day it is ready to be filled with memories in a snap.
You can find the instructions that she used to make this mini album in a tutorial on the main scrapbook crazy webstie here

1st of August Mini Album

The Nostalgic Scrapper made this minimalist styled mini album to mark 8 years together with her partner. We hope you both had a great day together.
It was made from scratch using 7gypsies Family papers, and transparencies from Hambly for the book cover... Inspired by a book from Ali Edwards - Sharing Your Story-Recording life's details with mini books.
To see more photos of this mini album click here

Alcohol inked acrylic mini album

Louise Forsyth has made this beautiful acrylic album altered using alcohol inks and patterned papers. She has also used inked chipboard and lace. Titled 'smiles from u' it features photos of her baby girls gorgeous smiles that she share with them. Check out some more photos of this most gorgeous mini.

A mini album in an egg

Another totally creative mini album.
This time it is a mini photo album inside this shabby chic swan designed egg made by Loriete from A perfect waste of time

Go and check out the rest of this mini album inside the swan here

Box set mini albums.

Kaye from Kayes Kreative Korner makes these Small boxsets of 3 mini albums. These ones do not yet have photo's, they've just been decorated. See more of this mini album here.

a mini book

See Gabi's free tutorial to make this funky cool mini book. It is written in german (i think) but the clear pictures show you exactly how to make this mini scrapbook.
I love the binding on this album, it's reminds me of a corset laced up with ribbon.
Keep your memories safe within. I'd love to make this mini album for myself....sigh... one of the many projects i am yet to get around to.
So get on over to Gabi's Scrap Boutique to check out the tutorial, there is also a whole bunch of other crafty tidbits that you may enjoy.

Patty's tip: If you just hit the "translate" button on the Google toolbar, the tutorial will be in English.

make a Cupcake Mini Album

Leslie makes this cute Sweet Angel Cupcake Mini Album.
Using old or scratched cd's create a "chain" by gluying 2" of ribbon to a cd. This can be repeated until you have 4 or 5 cd's (pages) to play with. Glue patterned paper to all the cd's covering the ribbon. Add your photos, envelopes, chipboards, flowers, rub ons, etc to album. For the top I used a 5" foam ball. I punched 1" circles and glued to ball, then added ball to a 5" circle covered with a doilie. For the base I used a cd case. I trimmed the case with paper and added chipboard, rub ons, flower and bling. At the top of the cupcake add layers of flowers and a pin. You can see my album by visiting my blog...www.leslieguerrero.blogspot.com

Toilet paper roll mini album lovin

Check out Leannes fabulous Family mini album made from toilet paper rolls. We also have a tutorial for making your own mini toilet paper roll scrapbooks so be sure to go and check out How to make a toilet paper roll mini album.

Im thinking maybe a toilet paper roll mini competition is in order... stay tuned.

10 reasons i adore you mini scrapbook

Vanessa Fernandez used our gatefold mini scrapbook tutorial (with a few alterations) to make this sweet mini album. Take a gander at the rest of her '10 reasons I adore you' mini. What a perfect gift idea for Valentines Day... Fill one with all the reasons you dig you're other half.



What are you making for Valentines Day?

Pink Mini Albums for a Cause

Now this is truly an awesome way to get behind a good cause and also score a fabulous Pink Mini Album.
This is a 4x6 gate fold mini album that Joy Nieva has made to raise funds through a Silent Auction hosted by Laura of Following The Paper Trail.
All proceeds from this awesome initiative will go to the Susan G. Komen for a Cure Foundation through their Passionately Pink for a Cure event program. So be sure to pop over there for a visit, check out the minis up for grabs and Bid BIG!
The bidding place will be at Laura's blog site HERE and it will start on Oct. 31st and will end on Nov. 7 at 6 pm Pacific Time. I hope to see you in the auction and thank you! :)

To bid on Joys album go to this post

A Non Scrapbook Mini Scrapbook!

Now what is that supposed to mean?!
Let's ask Lori from A Scrapmom's Musings if she can shed a little light...


This is a mini album created for a challenge on Scrapbooking and Crafting Friends (ning)in which the entire album had to be created from 'non-scrapbook related items'. In other words, nothing on it could be from a scrapping company. Everything had to be found objects, packaging, that sort of thing.

Lori's mini album was created from a photo album purchased at the dollar store with the photo pages removed. The papers are envies, cards, packaging, artwork, etc. Embellishment are all found items from the junk drawer, kids rooms, basement, garage, any where that you wouldn't expect to find items to use in a scrapbooking project.

Says Lori..
I have to admit, it was difficult at first, but once I got going, it was easy. The covering of the album is made out of worn out jeans. I acually used the pocket of the jeans to insert a clothing tag with the title "Zac" (recycled felt letters). The Wrangler tag is from a new pair of jeans--the '10' represents his age and "regular" represents that he's a typical boy! The pages in the book are created from chipboard (think cereal boxes and such) and covered with either envelopes, artwork or packaging and are kept together using old shoelaces.

This was a fun mini album and I suggest that everyone who loves mini's create one---see what you can find and create an album!

For more detailed info, please go to Lori's Blog

Ceramic tile mini scrapbook

Just when I think I have seen every kind of mini album that can be possibly made, A mini album maker like Shallale Figaro goes and amazes me with a fresh new idea and think to myself..."now why didn't i think of that"

Now how gorgeous is this mini book? All the pretty colors and stamp designs... I want!

Shallale bought few squares ceramic tiles and decided to alter them for the cover of a minibook. All tiles are inked with alcohol ink then stamped with black staz-on and finally glazed with epoxy resin.

Go and have a look at more pictures of this very cool ceramic tile mini book. and if you are inspired to make one then be sure to let us know.

Cherry Pie Mini Scrapbook

I found this most awesome mini in our flickr group yesterday that I just had to share. Stacey from the Oh Scrap! blog has created this cute cherry pie mini scrapbook with digital scrappy stuff, pipe cleaners and godd ol creativityness which i swear looks good enough to eat (especially that cherry on top - made with a wooden bead and a piece of scrap leather)

I asked Stacey if she could share a little about how she made her mini and what inspired her and this is what she had to say...

My inspiration as always is my son. But the prompt 'Sweet' came from this great little contest blog called One Little Word. As soon as I saw the word sweet I thought of Sweet as Pie. Our (my family's) nickname is Pie... Piegirl, pieman and little baby pie :)

As soon as I thought of the idea the whole image appeared in my head - that I wanted to make the top of the pie a mini album and the base was just the pie plate. The base is a wooden box that I covered with the b/w pattern paper. I wanted to make the crust and the pipe cleaners just seem to work as it allowed it to be more flexible and added the bulk I needed. I have been blessed to have taken on my grandmother's thriftiness in making things out of unrelated items - so I am lucky that way. I also think living in a small town where you can't find all the craft supplies you want you must create your own.

Do you prefer making minis with digi kits to old fashioned papers? Would you make another?

I usually don't used digital papers all that often as I do have soooo much paper from the years of shopping and not creating. But none fit the cherry theme that I wanted and I found the digital kits. THis way I was able to have all the elements I love (buttons, flowers etc...) without the bulk....Make another??? Depends.... not sure...

Thanks a bunch Stacey for sharing this truly creative mini. If you want to see more pictures of this mini album then hop over to Staceys Sweet As Pie Blog Post

cuttlebug mini album

This mini book was sent to us by Rowee. It's a ChipBoard album that she made for a gift and was inspired by the cuttlebug. The size is a bit smaller than a CD. It's a 4-page mini album. She used the cuttlebug embossing folder, DCWV papers and some prima flowers.

More pictures of this cute mini here

Sharing the mini album love

It's a beautiful day here in sunny sydney. A great day to share a couple of great little mini albums sent in by some of our readers.


Sarah's daughters fill her heart with so much joy, she filled a heart shaped album with their photos.


Beth Bugart shares her Domino Accordion Book too. It's a mini album made out of 2 dominoes and Bristol board accordion pages. It is painted with rich natural colors and a gold boarder and is held together with a gold ribbon. Nothing on the inside yet, still waiting for just the right thing to put inside. :)

Kraftykeepsakes shares her recycled cardboard mini scrapbook as well.

until next time....

want to show us your album or have a tip to share? submit it here

The Facts of My Life Mini Album

Another groovy mini book for the gallery. This time an acrylic album made by Barbara from somewhere in the middle of Texas.

Barbaras husband made the acrylic mini album from plexi-glass purchased cheap cheap at lowes. He even rounded the corners for her. good man.

Barbaras hot tip: Don't cover up the acrylic with patterned paper.

I gotta agree with ya Barbara. The whole idea of using acrylic is to make your album transparent, covering it up with scrapbook papers certainly does not acheive that. Each to their own i guess.

Go and take a look at Barbaras The Facts of My Life Mini Album

have fun
p.