I started this little mini way back when I worked at
Archiver's.I wanted to document the millions of stuffed animals my son Cooper has collected and subsequently will not part with. The mini itself is a very quick and simple little concept. I started with 4x6 photos plus a front and back cover cut the same size from
KI Memories Sheers. I backed each photo with a 4x6
Journaling Card from Pebbles Inc. I then punched and bound the book with a
Zutter BinditAll. For a book title I used American Crafts
Thickers and Doodlebug
rubons. Overall, this part of the project took less than an hour.
I could not decide how to embellish the inside of the book so I set it aside for several months. Last week I finally got to work and finished it.
I cut a custom title on my
Cricut for each page and simply
handwrote the
journaling on the
preprinted cards. Here are some of my favorite pages, there were over 20 animals in all!
18 comments:
Oh Laina this is adorable! I wish I had done something like this when the kids were little!
Once again, you kill me!!
You're the queen of all things Cricut. BTW, got to try out the Gypsy this week. Not in love. :(
I so need to do a book like this for J & E. They're Webkinz fans, and this would be perfect!!
Love this! My littlest DS has about 43 stuffed pigs and I will have to do this for him. Thanks for the inspiration.
Oh how I love this mini. I usually don't do minis but HAVE to make one of these for my daughter who has so many Webkinz, I am embarassed to give the exact number!
Love this idea! Between my son's animals and my daughter's webkinz...I guess I'll be making two. :) Can I ask which cricut cartridge you used? I don't recognize the font. Thank you!!!
Adorable! I am so gonna copy this idea :-) Thanks for sharing!
What a clever idea - I love the mini - especially the Frank the Pug page. Great job!
laina, this is way too cute! my son, will, collects elephants, and he would get a kick out of a book like this! thanks for sharing!
Heather P--I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, but she uses the SCAL (which stands for Sure Cuts A Lot)on her cricut, which takes any font on your computer and makes it into a die cut. That is also how she welds the letters together and mats them perfectly.
Thanks Trish. I've never heard of it! Apparently I have much to learn. :)
I have to do one of these!!! What a wonderful idea! IT LOOKS AMAZING!
Okay this is maybe the greatest idea I've EVER seen. I am totally stealing it! :)
great book, laina! very fun idea...hmmm...ya got me thinking.
this is adorable! great job!
This couldn't be more perfect! I am going to lift this idea for sure to document both my son and daughter's favorite animals :D
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