Creating mini scrapbooks can be so fun and rewarding. They make great gifts, brag books, and can be a nice break from traditional scrapbooking. There are all kinds of fun surfaces you create mini books out of, chipboard, acrylic, and wood mini books are common as they are sturdy, and you can find them in lots of different sizes and shapes.

I created this crown shaped wood mini album using a Crown mini wood album from Kaiser Craft, and some fresh new papers and embellishments from Cosmo Cricket. Read on for basic information on how to create a mini scrapbook of your own!

Supplies

1. The surface you will create your mini book on. You can find many ready to go kits or shapes just for this purpose, many already have holes punched in the side to aide in binding the book together once you have designed it. Or you can find plain chipboard that you can later bind yourself either by punching holes,and using binder rings or ribbons or using the Bind It All machine,
2. The papers and embellishments of your choice
3. A crafting knife and cutting mat. (I like Fiskars finger knife and cutting mat) OR you can simply trace the shape of your scrapbook page with a pencil onto pattern paper and cut out with scissors.
4. A good glue that will hold the papers tight and wont wrinkle the papers. I prefer the Pioneer embellishment glue stick, but Zip Dry adhesive also works well.
5. Sanding tools, I like the Basic Grey Precision sanding tools as they allow you to get into tight spaces- especially helpful on shaped albums like the crown shape.
6. Ink pad or craft paint. This helps to paint the edges of the chipboard or wood.
7. The photos of your choice
8. 

Step 1- ink or paint edges of each page of your mini book. 

Step 2- cut paper of your choice to cover the page. Use a craft knife to accurately and easily cut the paper into the shape of your page.

Or trace the shape and cut out with scissors, and then glue down the cut out paper to the page.

If your page has pre-punched holes for binding like mine did, you will need to punch holes through the paper covered side, before covering the other side.

Step 3- Sand the edges of the 'page' This not only results in a more finished look, it also ensure that all of the edges have pressure applied to them-

helping to ensure that all edges are glued down tight. Hold your filing tool at a 45% angle. You aren't trying to sand the actual edge of the 'page' surface,

but rather the edge of the paper where it meets the 'page' surface. If during this process you discover any areas where you didn't get enough glue, you can fix them now.

Step 4- repeat steps 1-3 on all of the page- both sides. Then, if you like you can use the ink pad or paint you used on the page surface

to go back over the edges of the paper. This is not mandatory, but depending on the color you choose to use, and or the theme of your album, this is an option.

Now that you have the pages ready- you can go on and scrapbook your photos- adding embellishments as well. It's important that you use

strong adhesive on a mini book like this, as the book will be handled much more then traditional scrapbooks. I like to use Glue dots for most

embellishments. And the Pioneer Embellishment glue stick for adding photos, or layering papers.

Here are a few of the finished pages of my mini crown book:

Once you have your pages complete you can bind your book. My mini book came with the holes pre-punched for binding, so I added a couple of binder rings, and tied on some ribbon and lace for fun.