Crocheted Mini Scrapbook

Have you ever tried blending a crafting passion that you have with another to create something totally unique. Say Painting and sewing, knitting and card making. Kerri has used a combination of two crafting techniques that she is passionate about, making mini albums and crochet. While is may sound like an unusual mix the end product is this gorgeous hand crocheted mini book.

As you can see each page has been hand crocheted around the edges to create a detailed border. The album is even bound together using a single crochet stitch.

Follow along with Kerris Crocheted Mini Scrapbook tutorial to create this fab little mini album. If you don't know how to crochet then pick up a 'crochet for dummies' book from your library. Or you can simple google 'how to crochet'

I learned the basic single crochet(sc) double crochet (dc) and a half double crochet stitch in under an hour when i needed to make a baby cocoon photography prop that i just had to have. It's really quite easy. I'll take crochet over knitting any day.

Coca Cola Can Mini Scrapbook

To celebrate Earth Day The Two Paper Divas created these super cute mini notebooks made from recycled coke cans.
I am a huge fan of upcycling products and this mini is definitely a great way to both create something fab and useful and show our planet a bit of love.

The Two Paper Diva gals have a breif tutorial on their blog to show you how to make these soda can notebooks.
Note - they are made with the handy bind it all.

New mini scrapbook tutorial and new team member

Two bits of news for you all today.

The first is that we have a new mini book tutorial over at scrapbook-crazy. It's for a super mini bottle cap mini book and has been made with...yep, you guessed it...bottle tops or milk bottle lids to be more exact. Love the upcycled mini albums.

Bottle cap mini album

It's has been written for us by Kerri Steward from Kerri's crafts which brings me to my second piece of news. We have a new team member, although i'm not really sure if i had a team to begin with since i was really just a solo act until now. Well whatever Scrapbook Crazy had before, it has a team now! Woohoo, so exciting.

So you will be seeing a lot more of Kerri and her fabulous crafts and tutorials around the place from now on. You can read a little bit about Kerri here as well as head over to Kerri's blog to check out some of her other crafty projects. Kerri also has an Etsy Store The Craft Stewards.

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

A very cool stumpwork mini fabric book

Love this stumpwork mini fabric book made by Beth Lea from the Bluebell Wood blog. In case you were wondering, Stumpwork is another type of embroidery, it's 3 dimensional and is often referred to as raised work. It was popular in the olden days (around the late 1600 - 1700's)

This little mini is only 2 inches high.
If you want to see how Beth created this mini then head over to her blog for a very detailed description including templates, advice and even a shopping list of supplies. Beth has really done a great job putting this together (It makes me want to add stumpwork to my growing list of crafts i want to learn.... sigh)

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.

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.

License Plate Mini Album Tutorial

Wow 2010 already. I've just arrived home after a month long holiday and itching to scrap something.
Here is a mini album to make a mini book with license plates. They use a bind it all machine so you will need to have access to one. If you don't you can maybe use some sort of power tool. You will also need some wire cutters, the wire coil and a piece of chipboard for the back cover, cardstock for your pages and of course some license plates.
You can use any old license plates or you can pick some up from your scrapbook store.

Record Album Tutorial

For the music lovers we have a Record Album Mini Scrapbook tutorial that was written for us by Megan Anderson from The Nerd Nes This very hip and trendy mini book is made from a couple of 45" records that you can pick up cheap from thrift stores and the like, you may have some in storage waiting for you to upcycle and create something fabulous. Well now is your chance.
You will find the half record that Megan also makes on her blog so be sure to head over and check it out.

Tutorial Mini Álbum Pétalos

All the way from Buenos Aires we have a flower shaped mini album tutorial by Fernanda. The tutorial is in the form of a 2 part word document (you will find the links at the bottom of the post) Each page of the mini album is in the form of a petal and when assembled it opens up to make a pretty flower.
The tutorial includes a template for the petals, template for the different accents used and instructions. Now these instructions are written in Spanish but the pictures give you a general idea of what you should be doing.

Making Plastic Bag Mini Scrapbooks

Now I know I tried making one of these a long time ago and I have probably already blogged about them here on SC but I had to post this tutorial to make a plastic bag mini book, or rather a mini book made from plastic bags (now i've confused myself) A great way to Upcycle.
So check out this youtube video tutorial.
In a nutshell you need 12 or more layers of plastic bag to make each page.
Iron the pages between some brown paper to make it all stick together and form a page. (you may want to experiment a little with this part - iron setting shouldn't be too hot)
Once you have your page you can paint them if you like then use them just like you would a chipboard page.
Pretty it up with pics and embellies, bind it and you're set.
Anyways, enjoy the vid.

paper cup mini scrapbook

How about this paper cup mini scrapbook album. JoAnn shows us how to put together this fabulous mini book in this video. JoAnn says Its so much fun to make because there are so many cute paper and wax-covered cups out there. She found it great for recycling those popular coffee house cups.

Domino Mini Scrapbook

I made my first ever domino mini book. So super simple to make. I received one with a sweet poem in it from a friend so i simply had to make one myself. I used some scraps of paper that were lying in the waste basket + the little half dress is from the back of a really old simplicity sewing pattern. I would say that this is a good way to use up those scrap bits of paper except that you don't really manage to reuse a whole heap of it - but it is still recycling so i still get bonus points i guess.

I wrote a quick tutorial to give you the basic run down of how you can make your own altered domino mini book.
Be warned... you have to get out the power drill which brings me to my hot tip of the day... make sure the cordless drill is charged before you start your project! Don't start with a nearly dead battery like i did then wait for 4hrs for it to recharge... grrrr

Have fun and send us pics of your mini domino album and share the inspiration.

Tutorial to make a domino mini book.

waterfall scrapbook tutorial

A new mini album tutorial for a waterfall scrapbpook at Scrapbook Crazy. It's kinda difficult to explain how they work. If you can imagine opening the front cover of a book, pulling a tab on the right hand side (attached to bottom page) and all the pages open one at a time as you pull.
Lots of fun and actually pretty easy to make once you get the hang of it. For those of you whom have made waterfall cards and used the waterfall technique in your scrapbook layouts will be very familiar with the techniques used here. But if you've never seen them before then I recommend practising on a scrap piece of paper first to get a feel for it.
So check it out, give it a whirl and let us know how you got on with it...

waterfall mini scrapbook tutorial
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found an old tutorial to make a journal to jot down all your ideas and sketches from used brown paper sacks. Unlike a paper bag album these bags are opened up, soaked and bound together with a coptic stitch. Definitely a great way to upcycle your paper grocery bags into a workable piece of art.

Gatefold mini albums

A new gatefold mini album tutorial over at scrapbook-crazy.
As the name suggests these little mini's open up just like a gate...
Take a gander at some of these mini's for some extra inspiration making your mini gate fold...

Loving this summer mini album by jennifer priest gives me that happy feeling. You can see more pictures of it here.




Kristie Bentley has made this art notebook to add photographs of her paintings, drawings and sketches etc. See more pics of this mini here

Jo Elgin makes a cute Castle gatefold mini book and Noell Hyman shares her vacation to Arizona in this fab little mini.

A.Fain Books makes custom handmade books. Here are a few of their many altered books on offer.

A quick round gatefold card to make by debbie at Thinking Inking.


And to finish this unusual mini by Christine at Just Because

cd mini scrapbook

A CD mini scrapbook i made the other day... at least its the beginning of one. There are still a few pages to go yet. I flicked through my stash of 10 million photos (it never seems to lessen) and picked out a few of the kid at play. love that pic of her on the bike, she's a regular easy rider. Holy moly!, I just realized that photo is two bikes old... she's on to her third bike now... sheez time flies.
Made a cd mini scrapbook tutorial to share as well while i was at it. Girl can multitask, lol.

Halloween Mini Scrapbook Video Tutorial

Cute little tutorial made by Marion for a Halloween Mini album made with chipboard pages that measures around It's 4 1/2" by 6 1/2". Lots of hand cut items and embellishments. Marion's camera battery dies about half way through (don't you just hate it when that happens) so she skips to the end but it is definately still worth a look or two.



what are your halloween projects?

Toilet roll art

Toilet roll art
Now this is just too cute. It's a gift card holder made from a toilet roll. Can totally create a mini album along the same lines don't ya reckon... too cute....
Check out Deannes blog for a quick little tutorial to make one here.
Would love to see any mini albums made with toilet rolls so be sure to drop us a line with a link to yours.

A baby mini album by paperview.

I loving this mini book put together with cutouts and chipboard made by Nancy over at the paperview blog. She has generously shared a tutorial complete with pictures to make this cute little 6x6.

There is a blue print to work from + some tips on cutting shapes from patterned paper and painting chipboard. And the pics of the assembled mini - how can you go wrong.