Fall Blog Hop

Mini albums the easy way

If you don't have a lot of money to spend on a traditional "album", this is Memories in Tyme's easy version of a cheap scrapbook album!  All you will need is 5 sheets of 12 x 12 paper or cardstock and also colors to match, stickers or die cuts, ribbon, buttons, or whatever!  

 

This is page 2 and 3 of the mini album.  I used brads, and markers around the edges, and stickers matted.  The entire album was easy to create, using what was available to me. 

This is page 4 and 5 of the mini album, again, using stickers on the bottom, only this time I added buttons for the middle of the flowers to create a bit of dimension. 

This is side 6 and 7, so you can see the pattern of the album.  I used stickers, brads, ribbon and a button, with a bit more color around the edge with a marker. 

As you put the album together, each of the 2 pages are back to back.  I use a hotglue gun to glue the pages back to back, and then using a hole punch, create 3-6 holes for ribbon to go through.  After you put the ribbon through the holes, tie a loose knot with a bit of streamers on the end for a finished up look.  This type of album can be done quickly, in a theme, or no theme.  Make a gift album for your mom for Mothers Day, in her favorite colors!  Or your dad for Fathers Day even!   This type of album makes it easy to learn on as well, if you have a kid or teenage group that you want them to learn crafts with.  This is just one quick idea what you can do with mini albums! 

Lynda Jeffs,

Memories in Tyme