Aloha Mint Fans, it’s Joscie with a quick little mini book.  I got this new Sizzix Die that cuts a fancy label shape and I knew immediately I’d like to use it to make my own chipboard mini book. Since it’s Halloween time, I figured, why not do a little mini book featuring the costumes of Halloweens gone by? 

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First I designed each page in PSE with a Halloween costume picture or jack-o-lantern picture.

I added Halloween wordfetti from the Witches Brew kit and a little number to represent the year.  I also added the name of the picture on the bottom of the wordfetti.  When I was satisfied with all the digital elements, I printed them on matte photo paper. 

I also printed two sheets of SK8r Boy orange dotted paper for the covers.  I trimmed into 4.5” strips and run them through the big shot to die cut the pictures.

I also cut 5 label shapes out of chipboard.

I adhered the pictures to the chipboard using a glue stick and brayer.

I punched a hole with a crop-a-dile and set a large eyelet in each page.

I used a binder ring to hold the pages together.

I added a piece of Making Memories ribbon to the ring and glittered letters to the cover.  I attached a felt flower and brad to the cover with a dimensional glue dot.  I stamped the back cover with a personalized stamp.

You could do this project with ready made chipboard albums if you don’t have access to a die cutting machine.  I hope you’ll try it out and share your results~ J