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Hello Friends! Amy here, visiting from The Happy Scraps. I’m so delighted to be here today sharing this fun little Mini Album, perfect to give Grandma for Mother’s Day.

I started by collecting my supplies.

Using my electronic die cutting machine, I cut my chipboard into the shapes I wanted for the pages.

Next, I cut the same images out of the paper. I flipped the images and cut them for the back sides of the chipboard as well. I ran them through my sticker maker to make it easier to adhere all the paper to the chipboard pages.

I adhered the paper to the chipboard.

Once I had all the patterned paper adhered to the chipboard, I punched holes for the binding using the Cinch.

I cut the binding down to the size I needed it for this book.

Then put the pages on the binding and closed the binding.

Now you are ready to embellish your cute little book. I started by adding letters using Thickers to the front cover.

Next I made some little flowers for the cover as well. I hand cut out some circles in different sizes. Layered them, pierced a hole, and used a brad to hold them together.

I adhered the flowers to the front of the album. I attached the larger one directly down on the page, and I used dimension squares for the smaller one, adding a little bit of height.

I continued through the book, adding the words to write “Home is where Grandma is” using the Thickers. I also embellished using ribbon & twine, and adding the little clip on the second page. I had each of my boys draw a little picture for grandma, and then I added a couple of family pictures at the end. You can see each page below.