Make a Scrapbook Mini Album with 1 Sheet of Paper
A handmade card is a special gift to give. An even more special card idea is a MINI album!
You can fill the album with little photos and write your memories down too. This mini album is perfect for Instax photos! It’s the same size as a regular card so you can also put it inside of an envelope and mail it too!
I have a giveaway at the end of the post for FIVE kits – be sure to scroll down and enter!
It’s also a really fun craft to make for a girls’ night or as a craft at a birthday party!
You can make a little photo backdrop and take photos during the party and then have the guests make the album and pop the pictures inside when the party is over!
A wonderful little keepsake of the party for them to take home as a party favor!
I showed some wonderful ladies how to make this Mini Album last weekend. It was a fun class to teach.
You can make this album in under an hour. I used the new We R Memory Keepers Cut and Score Board.
Make a Scrapbook Mini Album with 1 Sheet of Paper
Here’s how to make this Mini Album out of ONE sheet of paper:
- Cut the paper 4 inches on one side. So you take the scrapbook paper from 12×12 to 8×12. The 4 x8 inch paper you just cut off will be used to make the cover of your book.
- Score the paper down the middle of the paper, lengthwise.
- Turn the paper sideways and score the whole paper the opposite direction in 3 inch sections.
- Cut paper lengthwise through the score lines through three of the sections, leaving the fourth uncut.
- Fold the sections accordion-style, making the pages of the book.
- Glue the pages together, the end pages will be single width and will be glued to the cover in the next step.
- Use the 12×4 piece left over from the first step and trim it to 6 1/4 inch by 4 inches – this is the cover. Score the paper in the middle twice, 1/4 inch apart, this is the spine of the book. Glue the cover onto the single front and back pages, be sure to glue the spine onto the pages in the middle.
Also — I had a few kits left over from the class I taught so I am having a little giveaway for a kit and it includes enough materials that you can make TWO mini albums out of each kit! Plus you will have extra embellishments left over. The kits use items from my new Heart of Home line. You can get the line through the Pebbles online store!! I love this line!!
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Have a HAPPY day!
xoxo
Disclosure – I am a designer with American Crafts and Pebbles and I am so grateful for the opportunity. All opinions are my own!
Beatiful and nice album. Love the colors.
Nice result. Thanks for sharing
These look like so much fun to make! Thanks for the chance.
Thought it was a great idea for a card swap, but I just wasted my paper—can not figure out how the pages are supposed to be glued together to form the book.
I love pretty paper & little books…
Great idea–I am going to use it as an addition to a monthly card swap that is coming up. Heading off to try it now.
Great project!!
Beautiful! Thanks for the great info! I will have to try making this.
What fun this would be when I am snowed in this winter!
Thank you for the specific instructions! I’m ready to give it a go! Love your blog!
Thanks Wendy!!!
I love how the the card turned out. Pretty.
Very cute little album! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!!
Such a cute idea!
Thanks for sharing this! What a great idea to get others together and teach them some craft ideas! Many want to learn or have never done anything before or have no confidence that they too can do this! It is a wonderful idea for some fun and learn together, meet others at the same time and have a lot of fun!
What a wonderful idea! I love it and would love to make this mini album for my grandchildren.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Patricia
Super cute! Thanks for a chance to win.
What a wonderful giveaway. Thanks! Love your site
These are darling and small enough that I might finish!
I like making homemade cards. The details and personalization I can put into them is awesome!
What a great technique for making an album. This would make a great card/book gift as well.
Love these!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Darling scrapbooks!
Love the mini scrapbook!
This is such a nice set and it came out beautiful.
So creative! I love making cards — clearly I have to up my game!
My daughter and I are just starting to “scrap.” It would be great to when a kit!
Great idea for a girl’s DYI night. Add wine and potluck appetizers and it would be so fun as a late summer or early fall gathering with friends!!!
As always, super cute! These would be perfect for some of the travels we’ve done this summer 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Wow, this is incredibly adorable and such a thoughtful idea for a card. I am so tired of wasting my money on store-bought cards that don’t even “say” what I really want them to. I never thought of doing something like this with my scrapbook paper. Thanks!
Pretty paper is my spirit animal!! Every year, my mom & I host a craft party for about 10 ladies who come, craft and take home easy, affordable gifts and I am absolutely adding this to our agenda for this year. What an awesome project!!
What a wonderful idea! I love doing this in lieu of a birthday card!
Just the inspiration I need
I love the mini album. It would make for a thoughtful card!
What a fun project! I’d love to win!
What a fun project! I’d love to win!
This is a gorgeous idea. What a great party favor!
I think my two girls would have so much fun with this!
Love it! I can make this with my daughter and niece! It would be fun to win!
Yes, I’d love to make an album! Your creativity and supplies always inspire me, Jen!
Love your blog! Thanks for chance to win 🙂
I love this project! So adorable. Love ya, Jen!
So HaPpy to get my hands on the instructions. Wow the possibility of winning a kit….ECSTATIC!!!
That is super cute! I love your ideas.
This is so cute and clever. I would love to win. Thanks for the opportunity.
What cute project!
I would love to make one with my grandaughter
What a cute idea for a craft to do at a woman’s retreat! Fun to make and a great way to remember the event,
Jen, you are so creative. This is a great little mini album. I leave for camp with a bunch of kids today and now plan on gathering some supplies so all the girls can make these mini albums while at camp! Great project. So excited!
Oh, and thanks so much for the chance to win your kit! I love it!
Just saw this darling post. This looks like great fun and a quick memento for a summer activity.