Tutorial | Chipboard Mini Album Base

Today I wanted to show you how I constructed this mini album . When I came up with the idea for the album I knew I wanted it to be a square chipboard mini. Looking through my basket of blank minibooks, I didn’t have one that fit my idea, but I did come across a package of 5″x5″ Bazzill Really Big Chips. I’d also been hoarding some kraft book binding tape for a couple years now, and thought this would be the perfect time to try it out!

Mini albums are great little projects for using up scraps, trying out new products and experimenting with techniques and designs. Above are the supplies I used, plus scissors and a craft knife. The tape is gummed and when wet becomes sticky.

I cut three pieces of the tape just longer than 5″

Then lay two of the pieces of chipboard next to each other, like so

Then with a sticky piece of tape attached them together

The tape forms the hinge between the pages. To finish up the book I folded the pages up

cut off the excess, then added the next page

and so on until the book was complete.

I used a fourth piece of tape as a binding on the outside of the book.

Finally, I covered all the pages with kraft cardstock.

And voila! A blank mini- album ready to fill with memories!