Mini Scrapbook Albums

This is an album I made for my daughter and 3 of her closest friends. Each album was slightly different but they were all made from the same coordinating papers. The front cover and the circle tage are made from chipboard and covered in paper. The rest of the cover is embellished with ribbon, stamps, distressing ink, stickers, a brad, and chipboard letters. I made the pages out of 9" white envelopes with the flaps cut off. Some of the pages were cut at an angle on one side to show that they all made pocket pages and show some interest inside the book. I also Included a package of coordinating stickers in each girl's book so she could embellish the pages herself.


The edges of the covers and each individual page is distressed with ink to add more interest.

You can use this idea for several different varations to fit your own needs.






One of the most precious gifts you can give is a scrapbook full of treasured memories. You can make your scrapbook gift even more personalized by creating your own mini album. Mini albums are fun and express your own creativity. Creating your own mini album allows you to choose the shape and size you want. Mini scrapbook albums are perfect for theme type albums.
There are a vast amount of choices in scrapbooking papers, embellishment, and other supplies to choose from. If you are pressed for time you can even choose to purchase a plain scrapbook and then decorate the outside cover to make it more interesting. If you decide to make your own scrapbook covers you can use the 5.5" x 9" envelopes for pages and just cut off the flaps. This would create pocket pages which would hold other memorabilia or tags used as pull outs for additional space to hold pictures. You could even make an entire mini album out of tags with ribbon adorning the top of each tag. Another option would be to purchase a CD tin and include a circle album inside. CD tins are great for sports theme albums because you can decorate the outside of the tin to look like a basketball or baseball or any other sport you are scrapbooking.
Mini albums are a great gift for any occasion. You can even create a scrapbook for your child and each of his or her closest friends. This is a wonderful surprise to everyone involved especially when presented on the last day of a school year. They will have a treasured keepsake of the year's memories with their friends tucked inside the mini album. You can purchase mini albums in a variety of shapes and sizes. A mini album is a wonderful gift for the bride to be. Mini albums can even be used as decorative recipe books to hold the famly's most prized collections. Mini scrapbooks can be found in the shape of circles, flowers, hearts, and stars. They are easily found at most craft stores ready to be decorated. Just use one of the pages as a template for the paper you are going to adhere to each side. Try making your own mini scrapbook album.


Original design by by Audrey Key, CTMH Consultant