today i’d like to share a quick little mini album i’ve worked on for the past few days. i took step by step photos so you can make your own, if you’d like 
the idea is not something i came up with on my own, but rather compiled from various DIY mini albums i’ve seen all over the internet. i hope you enjoy it!
the idea is not something i came up with on my own, but rather compiled from various DIY mini albums i’ve seen all over the internet. i hope you enjoy it!before we get started, you will need the following supplies:
* a piece of chipboard/light cardboard the height you want your book to be (mine is 4″), and at least width + 1″ to be able to make a spine piece.
* a piece of transparency the size you want your cover (the size of your book). alternatively you could replace this with chipboard or any other material of your choosing.
* patterned paper, 8.5″x4″ or (cover+cover+spine) size, as many sheets as you’d like. i only used four sheets so that i could include more chunky embellishments in my book.
* additional patterned paper for covering chipboard and spine binding.
* good adhesive
* scorer, optional, but handy for this project
* a piece of transparency the size you want your cover (the size of your book). alternatively you could replace this with chipboard or any other material of your choosing.
* patterned paper, 8.5″x4″ or (cover+cover+spine) size, as many sheets as you’d like. i only used four sheets so that i could include more chunky embellishments in my book.
* additional patterned paper for covering chipboard and spine binding.
* good adhesive
* scorer, optional, but handy for this project
first off, you need to cut down your chipboard and transparency to make the covers and spine of your book. my book is 4×4″, so i cut a 4×4″ piece of chipboard and transparency, and a 4″x.5″ piece for the spine.
next, cut a piece of “additional” patterned paper to wrap around your back cover & spine. in my case, my paper was 4.5″ tall and about 4.75″ wide. i left a 1/4″ margin around the outsides so i can wrap the paper around the cover, and i also left a wee bit (about 1/16″) extra on the width to help the crease at the spine.
i scored this piece 1/4″ from the top, bottom, and one side, and 1/2″+ a tad from the opposite side, to make it easier to wrap around the chipboard. i cut out the squares formed by the score intersections to make a nice clean wrap.
(NOTE: in this picture i have only creased 3 of the 4 sides, because i cut my paper 1/4″ too short, but if you want the clean, completely wrapped look, make sure to include that extra 1/4″ on the side opposite the spine! oops!!)
and here is the back cover and spine, completed. i used double sided tape to adhere, because i’m cheap. i lined up the edge of the paper with the edge of the spine, and adhered the back cover along the edge of the crease at the spine. i wrapped the overlap pieces around and since i cut 1/4″ too short the side of the cover also lines up with the paper. i fixed it a little by cutting a 4×4″ piece of the AC POW! Glitter paper to cover:
next i cut a piece of patterned paper, 4″ tall by 1.5″ wide for the spine binding. i scored it tall-ways at 1/2″ increments, and adhered it overlapping the back cover to the crease, then the spine, and finally added my transparency, aligning it with the opposite crease to form the entire cover. i also ended up adding a 4×1.5″ piece to the inside to cover the ugly gaps in the binding.
now for the pages! take the patterned paper you selected for the pages, cut to size – mine is 8.5″x4″ – but you could make it any length by adding the width of both covers + the width of the spine. score these sheets on the side you want facing inwards at 4″ and 4.5″ to make a space for the spine.
add adhesive and layer onto the spine in the desired order. as i said, i only used four sheets for a total of 16 pages from cover to cover.
and you’re finished! it took me about 20 minutes total to put this together and i think it will make a great Mother’s Day gift for someone
at this point, feel free to go wild and embellish this little baby however you want! last night i pulled out supplies from every Sampler kit since January that i still have left and started going to town on this one… i am not ready to share pictures yet, but will update this post when i do.
i hope this is helpful to you, if you have never seen anything like this somewhere else already! don’t forget this month’s FANTASTIC AWESOME kit is available at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us along with the latest and greatest of everything right now! you definitely don’t want to miss this kit!!!
stay tuned for more inspiration and this month’s challenges – and don’t forget you still have time to get your entries in for this month’s card and sketch challenges!! thanks for stopping by today, have a beautiful weekend
peace, love and stickers -
shaunnaRooskie 
SUPPLIES:
* Cardstock – Bazzill “Festive” (from The Sampler May 2012 kit)
* Patterned Paper – My Mind’s Eye “Miss Caroline – Dilly Dally Hello”; Bella Blvd. “Family Dynamix – Roots”; American Crafts “Dear Lizzy – Neapolitan Sunny Skip”; Crate Paper “Farmhouse – Sunday Dinner” (from The Sampler May 2012 kit)
* Glitter Paper – American Crafts POW! “Apricot” (from The Sampler May 2012 kit)
* Transparency – Hambly Studios ”Grandma’s Wallpaper – Yellow”
* Scotch Double-Sided Tape, Zots Glue Dots
* Martha Stewart Scoring Board
* Cardstock – Bazzill “Festive” (from The Sampler May 2012 kit)
* Patterned Paper – My Mind’s Eye “Miss Caroline – Dilly Dally Hello”; Bella Blvd. “Family Dynamix – Roots”; American Crafts “Dear Lizzy – Neapolitan Sunny Skip”; Crate Paper “Farmhouse – Sunday Dinner” (from The Sampler May 2012 kit)
* Glitter Paper – American Crafts POW! “Apricot” (from The Sampler May 2012 kit)
* Transparency – Hambly Studios ”Grandma’s Wallpaper – Yellow”
* Scotch Double-Sided Tape, Zots Glue Dots
* Martha Stewart Scoring Board
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