This Star Mini Book makes a great Mothering Sunday Gift. A star to give the person who is a “star in your life!”

You can make it as personal as you like too, with sayings, drawnings from the children and photographs too.

An idea size to keep in a a handbag as a brag book to share and once open can be displayed to share too.

However, this little mini Book does not have to only be for Mother’s Day as it can fit many different occassions, Christmas, Birthdays, Weddings, Just beacuse!, Teacher gifts to name but a few.

So go ahead sort out your crafty stash and make this quick and simply mini.

Supplies you will need to make this quick and easy projects are,
7 pieces of cardstock 4” x 12”
7 pieces of cardstock 4” x 10”
7 pieces of cardstock 4” x 8”
2 pieces of cardstock 4” x 6”
Photo mats cut 7 or 14 (your choice on how you are decoration the book) 3 ¾ “x 3 ¾” out of patterned paper.
24″ ribbon.

If you would like to use the Mother Verse to add to your album the PDF is here:

My Graphic45 Place in Time Mini Birthday Book Tutorial is now live.

Using a Graphic45 Place in Time 6×6 paper pad that came free with issue 118 of Simply Cards and Papercrafts along with some kraft cards I have made this beautiful Mini Birthday Book.

Please note, this video is in a playlist and the next one automatically follows at the end

Here are some images of my page layouts using the papers to there full potential. To see a bigger picture please click on each image.

If you cannot get 8×8 kraft cards you can still craft along with me using some 12×12 kraft cardstock to make your pages. The last video in this playlist is a tutorial on how to do this.

There are the measurements to go with this video.

Cut a strip 4” x 12” then cut a piece of the 12” side so your card now measures 4” x 11 ¼”.

Get this ¾” piece and cut it in half on the short side, then score both these pieces in half again and burnish the fold and set aside.

Now get the 4”x 11 ¼” piece and score on the long side at 3 ½” and 7 ½”.

Then make an extra score line at 1/8”to the left of the 7 ½” score line.

You will need to cut 12 photo/tags for your pockets and these measure 3 ¼” x 3 ¾ ”.

You can now follow the rest of the video tutorials to make up your Place in Time Birthday Book.

Well one rainy Sunday I headed of to my craftroom with a project in mind to use a Freebie paper pad I got from Simply Crads & Papercraft Magazine.

 

 

 

 

I had this for a few weeks and I knew I wanted to make a mini book but was not sure how to get the most from it. It contain 12 double sided pages however, one side of the paper was the foundation page and the other was the cut a parts to go with that month. But I wanted to use both and I didn’t want to go and buy a second magazine, so this is what I came up with.

I have filmed a video tutorial so you too can craft along with me and make this great little project.

I will let you know as soon as it is “live” so please subscribe to my website, YouTube Channel or Facebook Page and you will be one of the first to know so you too can make your own Place in Time Mini Birthday Book.

 

 

Here is Style 4 in my File Folder Mini Series. With my step by step video tutorial you can craft along with me to make this beautiful mini album.

Again all I have used is an office foolscap file folder, a sheet of 12×12 kraft card stock and some patterned papers, so with the use of a very few materials you to can make a quick and easy mini album to house lots of 6×4 photos and memorabilia.

So go on dust off your file folders and make a mini scrapbook album!