Boy Name Book

Hello blogger world. I know its been a while since I have posted a new book. Well now that school is back in for my kids I have been super dupper busy. Here is a recent book that I completed for a client of mine. As you can see I used the Superman Cricut Cart for the character cut at 6inches. The letters were from the Jasmine Cart cut at I think 5 1/2 inches. I have been asked by several of you all out there how I put together these books. To be honest I have tried to put it in writing form but cant seem to remember to write everything down at the time. So I've decided to try my best with this book. 1st I cut all the chip board to the size I want, this book measures 6 inches tall and 12 inches long. each spach between the letters are measured at 2 1/2 inches apart (with this I kinds just wing it until I think its spaced far enough apart). From there I cover all the chipboard with DP I use spray adhesive because it works the best for me. Once the book is all covered then I just cut out the Cricut shapes or letters all at the same size. Then I adhere them to each one of the flaps. Last once the book is complete I embelish and put the matting on each. The mini flaps in between I put just to add more photos. There is really no rhyme or reason to the wideth I just make sure that the height fits properly. I punch holds in the side with my Crop A Dial, add 3 rings and ribbon and walla its complete. I hope this helps all of you out there. If you have more questions I will do my best to answer them.Thanks again all of you that have supported my blogg and been followers. One day I hope to do a video of the whole think. Well until this everyone. Take care.

Cherry On Top Award

2010 Cherry on Top Award

The rules for this award are:

1. Thank the person who gave it to you.

Thanks sooooo much Savahanna at http://sivoratomora.blogspot.com aka Tiny Creativity for this award. It means so much when you put all your heart and soul into something that you love and are recognized. This was my 1st Award and I feel like I just won an Oscar. Thank again doll. Please check out her blog she has some really great stuff. Become a follower.

2. Copy the award to your blog.

3. List 3 things you like about yourself.

Three things I like about myself would have to be the patience that I have as mother and wife. My strong creativty and lastly the ablity to finally start my own business in crafting.

4. Post a picture that you love

This is a pic of my DH and my DK at Raging Waters 2009. They were so cold.

5. Tag 5 people you would like to give this award to

1.Trisha  http://txpaperdoll.blogspot.com/
2. Melody http://melodysmagicalmoments.blogspot.com/
3. Lesleyanne http://las-cricut.blogspot.com/
4. Lia aka Scrapsation  http://scrapsation.blogspot.com/
and last but not least
5. Bug Junkie http://bugjunkie.blogspot.com/

KaliCards

I've been wanting to give it a go at card making. Here are 2 birthday cards that I made for some co-workers of mine. I used the Hello Kitty Cards and Forever Young. I had so much fun making them. At this point I dont know if I'll be doing more :) we will see.

Big Lot Deals

Hey blogger world. I just wanted to run by you all out there the latest deals that I have come across. I went to Big Lots about 1 week ago and was blown away. As you can see from my picture I got some really great stuff. 2 Prima paper packs $5.00 each, 2Prima flower buckets $2.00 each, Martha Stewart Stamps and much more I think my total was $25.00

Toilet Paper Roll Mini (can you believe it)

I just completed this mini today. Omg I have seen so many tutorials on this type of mini I just had to try it. So its the famous Toilet Paper Roll Mini. What you do is take your old toiler paper rolls once the toilet paper is used. Then you flaten them. I painted the the rolls first with blue and pink paint. Then adhere DT to them to cover on each one back and front. I use DCWV paper BE MINE (so pretty). Cut out tags and flowers from George Basic Shapes. As you can see the paper is so beautiful I didnt want to add anything extra to each page. I havent figured out what pictures to put in them yet but Im sure Ill find something. Thanks again for looking.

Tinker Bell and Friends Book

Good Evening my blogger buddies. Here is anothe character book that I just finished for a client of mine. Boy o boy they keep me busy, busy, busy. This book here can hold up to 32 pictures. There is room on each matting block as well as on the back and front of each tag. I used the cricut Tinker Bell and Friends Cart with a little Serenade for the swirls (I love this Cart.) A few of you have asked how I do these books and to be honest I just wing it the whole way thru, but this time I managed to write down some notes. First of all I dont use DS or Gypsy. The the book is 7x14in (which I cut myself and not on the cricut. Each character is cut at 6 1/2. The Tink name was cut from the Storybook font cart. Basically I cut the character and then adhere them to the book flaps once they are covered with DT. Then I embelish and add tags ribbon etc. Ooops forgot the tags were cut from Planton School book at 4 1/2. I think I got it all in there. I've also been asked to do a video on making them. Stay tuned I plan to do that in the near future. As always thanks for looking. Comments appreciated

Baby Blue and Elmo Too

Well its Tuesday everyone and I just completed another mini book for a client. I call this Baby Blue and Elmo Too. Its for a newborn baby boy. I changed the color of Elmo because I thought it would look so cute with the theme I was going for and well what do you know, cute cute cute. I showed my husband the book and he thought it was
great, awesome, one of my best. As you can see from the photos I added alot of tags. Some of them have boy quotes on them and the others are blank for journaling or pictures could be added in the space. The cartridges I used for this mini was Seasame Street, Planton School Book, Storybook, New Arrival, and Serenade. I hope you enjoy looking.

Batman Mini Book

Hi again everyone its me with another character book I created "BATMAN". This book like so many of my others was a speacial request from a co-worker for her grandson. Now this book I must admit took some timmmmmmeee. What I mean by that is...this cartridge has alot of little pieces to glue together and it was very very time consuming and at times frustrating. All in all I got it done. I love how it turned out. What do yo think?

Mini Book Anonymous

Hello all I am proud to announce that I am now DT member of Mini Book Anonymous (MBA). I found out the exciting new in July and thought to share it with all my followers. So please check us out at http://minibookanonymous.blogspot.com/ .
Congratulations to the following ladies who have been selected to be member of the new team.
Raquel (Me)
Wirda http://www.thenostalgicscrapper.blogspot.com/
Crystal http://bloomingincolor.blogspot.com/
Sandra http://t42originals.blogspot.com
Jenna www.kellsocollage.com
Lida http://rainbowcrafter.blogspot.com/
Cheryl http://craft-thing.blogspot.com/
Melody http://melodysmagicalmoments.blogspot.com/

Twilight Rose Bouquet

Here are some roses that I made. They were stamped,embossed and stickled. I attached them to pens so it can be placed on your desk at work or just in your crafting area. Thanks for looking

New CD Mini Book (Kids Day)

I havent seen this type of mini done but I have heard of some people trying it. So I decided to give it a shot. So my DH had like 100 old and blank Cds in the garage and I decided to make use of them. I used about 45 cds, covered them all with DP and added some embellies to each one, including velum quotes and some swirly dos from the Cricut Elegant Cakes cartridge. I also used alot of ribbon. And here if the final project. I really love how it came out, just really creative. Thanks for looking

Spongebob Square Pants Mini Book

Hello everyone. Here is a book that I made for a client of mine 3 year old son . He is really into Spongebob. When she first asked me to make a SB book I didnt have the cartridge yet. So I got on Ebay and won the bid for 20.51 free shipping. I was so happy cause I had been wanting to get it for some time now but didnt want to spend $40-$50 on it. I really got into the icons button with all the sea plants on every page. I think she is going to really love it. Alright so the book is 6 1/2x12. I cut each character at 5 1/2. I put a few cute velum quotes in the book with a few tags. Some water dots alot of ribbon and 3 rings to keep it all together. Now my books i dont cut with the Cricut or use DS. I cut each flap from either folders, cereal boxes, 12 pack soda boxes, really anything that I can get my hands on. I adhere them with spray glue so the pages will not have bubbles in it and wont come apart. Well thanks for stopping by and taking a peek. If you have any quesions let me know

Beautiful Love Mini Book

This book I did to put pictures of my husband and I through the years. The folders I found at BigLots. It came in a pack of 2 sets of 4 in a pack for $5.00. When I first seen them I immediatly thought those colors would be so cute if it were a book. So with just that quick idea and here it is. It took me quite a few days to put it all together. Once I was finished I was completly happy with the finished product. I was suppose to put the letters love on each tab but oops I forgot now that Im looking at it. Well hope you all like it and please leave any comments and if your interested in me making one for you let me know.