September Blogaversary Mini Album Tutorials and Challenge

Join me in celebrating Mini Album Makers Challenge first Blogaversary today!  To celebrate our Blogaversary, we've organized a blog hop this month.  We're giving away a $25 gift certificate to Blitsy.com to one lucky reader whose name will be chosen at random from all of the comments on the Design Team blogs.  In addition, Lindy's Stamp Gang will give a $25 gift certificate to one lucky participant in our challenge.

Make sure to click on each designer and comment for a chance to win our hop prize from Blitsy.  And play along to win our challenge prize from Lindy's.

Website - https://www.lindysgang.com/

Blog - https://lindysgang.blog/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/lindysgang/

We finished our first year with an amazing array of entries in our August Challenge.  If you haven't reviewed those, you're in for a treat!  This month our designers have worked hard to bring you a great new selection of mini album tutorials.  Without further ado...

Nancy Wethington

Hop on over to Art-From-The-Heart to see what I'm up to for our Blogaversary post and a free PDF on how to use magnets.

Jennie

A diary within a box within a journal!  Want to see more?  Then hop on over to Live The Dream for all the details and a tutorial for the little mini album diary.

Anne

I have gone all teeny tiny for my project this month, if you would like to see more, please visit my blog here to see my sea themed project.

Maria

This is our Blogaversary! Today it is all about bright colors on my blog :) Please see THIS POST for more pictures of my notebooks and a tutorial on cover coloring with alcohol inks.

Alison

With so much excitement with all this celebrating and hopping, I was in need of something calm and soothing, so I created a very gentle journal.  Hop over to Words and Pictures to find out the other reason I was in need of these lovely calming neutrals.

Inna

Hello!  I did something interesting and recorded a video tutorial for you.  You need to go to my blog to find out what kind of work I prepared for you ;))

Autumn

I'm sharing a quick and easy cardboard junk journal tutorial for you gelli plate lovers.  Take a look at SewPaperPaint.

We would like to take a moment to say thank you to our DT member Astrid for being a part of our first year.  Astrid has made the tough decision to step down from our team.  We wish her the very best in the future!  Make sure to follow Astrid's blog to keep up with her other creative pursuits.  Thank you so much for making our first year memorable Astrid!  <3

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I hope these peeks have sparked your imagination and you will pay the design team blogs a visit plus play along with our challenge, which ends at 11:55 pm EST on September 30.  Join us on September 7 for our August winners announcement.

Our challenge follows a few simple rules:

Any Handmade Book Goes.  Enter any form of handmade mini albums, scrapbooks, journals and book arts.  Our focus is on completed works, so no layouts or journal spreads that are not part of a complete handmade book project.  You do not have to provide a tutorial, but we wish you would.  Feel free to use one of the DT tutorials to make your project and give proper credit where due.  No back linking allowed.  You must add our badge to your post and link to our challenge to be eligible to win the prize.  Combine with any other challenges as applicable.  Please limit to entering 3 (three) handmade books per month in our challenge.  Permalinks only and no back linking.  Share the love by visiting and commenting on other entries.  Please become a follower.  That's it - have fun!

* Make sure to add our badge to your post *
and link back to our challenge. 

*GET SOCIAL*
Submit your entries to our Facebook page for extra love.
Tag us @minialbummakers with your entries on Instagram for a repost.

Please note: This is a public blog and by linking your project you agree to have your name, blog link and the creation you linked shown on this blog and other Mini Album Maker Challenge social media sites. If you do not agree to this, please do not join in the challenge. Also, remember that any comments and/or linked projects left on this blog will be visible/clickable by third parties as this blog is public.  Email addresses are required for entry by InLinkz and accessible to this blog's moderators.  Your email address may be used to contact you regarding your entries.  We will not share your information willingly for any other purposes.  (This was posted to be in compliance with the new GDPR law that will soon become effective in the EU, and will also apply to blogs located in the US if blog visitors reside in the EU.)

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GIVEAWAY! Facebook and Instagram Launch

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Friends I have an exciting announcement and fabulous giveaway for you today!  When I started this challenge it was with the goal to build community among fellow paper crafters and bookmakers, all under the umbrella of providing quality education and tutorials.  It has taken a few months, but we have finally established a Facebook and Instagram page, with which to advertise your beautiful entries and form new connections in the papercraft world.  We need YOU to make these platforms a success, so that means an exciting giveaway is in order.  One lucky winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Funkie Junkie Boutique, where you can order all of the latest releases from Creativation!  Please read the rules below:

You will receive one entry for each of the following:

*Follow on Blogger (link in sidebar)

*Like us on Facebook

*Repost the Above Graphic via our Facebook Post

*Follow on Instagram

*Repost the Above Graphic on Instagram with #mamvalentinesgiveaway

*Subscribe via Email (link in sidebar)

*Add the Above Graphic to your Blog Sidebar & Link Back

Once you've completed as many of the above qualifications as you wish, leave a comment on this post letting me know how you qualify for an additional entry.  This challenge ends on February 13 at midnight EST and the winner will be announced on Valentine's Day!  <3

Going forward, when you add your entries into our monthly challenge you will be able to post them to our Facebook page and tag us on Instagram for a repost.  In addition to introducing you to new friends and inspiration, we hope this exciting opportunity will give your beautifully crafted works (and our blog :)) more exposure.  Cheers friends!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Blog Launch Giveaway and Design Team Call

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Mini Album Makers Challenge is pleased to announce the launch of this new challenge blog that focuses on handmade mini albums, scrapbooks, journals and book arts.  If you've longed for a place to share and learn more about creating such books, please take a moment to become a follower!  Our monthly challenge theme is any handmade book goes.

Follower's Giveaway!
To encourage growth in this new venture, I'm offering a giveaway of a $25 gift card to the Funkie Junkie Boutique to one lucky follower.  All you need to do to enter is become a follower.  I would love for you to add our blog badge below to your sidebar to help us grow.  Please link it to our homepage.  If you do so, please leave a comment and you will receive an extra entry in the draw.  If you copy and paste this post and repost it on your blog you can receive a third entry.  Just say so in the comments below and give a link to your post.  The winner will be announced on September 1st in our inaugural challenge post.

Design Team Call!
I’m looking for a team of five or so creative individuals who will share design team duties to include:

1. As a part of the monthly challenge inspiration, one project photo per month with link to your own personal blog post containing a tutorial or tips and tricks for assembling one of the abovementioned book forms.
2. Rotating with other DT members to post one complete tutorial on challenge blog per month.  (If five team members, then one complete project every five months.)
3. Encourage, comment and support challenge entries.

Please email Autumn at teamclark@rocketmail.com with questions or applications.  Include your blog and social media links with a permalink to your favorite handmade book(s).  Please note this is a teaching blog and all projects, even if they are CASEd from another designer, must be tutorial based (photos or videos).  Applications will be taken through August 25.  Selected applicants will be notified by August 28.  Challenges begin September 1 with DT announcement (including a photo of your application book and backlink to that post – no new project necessary for September).  Thanks and best of luck!

Please share with your friends and get projects ready for our first challenge September 1!

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