Patriotic Mini Book

There are several challenges this week/month to make something in red, white and blue in celebration of America’s Independence. On the Fantabulous Blog there is a Red White and Blue Cricut Crawl. Over on Mema's Crafts there is an all month challenge. And at SOC Sista//Brotha Blogger Week 28 challenge is display red white and blue.


I chose to make this 3 X 3 mini book using papers from the Authentique PRIDE collection 6 X 6 pad. The pages for the book are made from one 12 X 12 piece of DCWV(Stack 7) paper (Tutorial  by Tracy’s Treasures24 part 1 & part 2)

Front Cover

The postage stamp frames are from Cricut cartridge Elegant Edges ( page 37) cut at 2.75 inches by 2.75 inches. I used the Gypsy to get the exact size and the Cricut Expression.

The placards and postcards were scissor cut from the Authentique PRIDE paper. The placards on the front and back covers are elevated using Recollections Foam Squares.

Red/White and Blue/White Twine by American Crafts were used for the closure.

Edges are inked using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Blue Gems by Want2Scrap are adhered to both sides of the tags. The toppers for the tags were the leftover pieces cut from the inside of the postage stamp frames folded in half. (nothing goes to waste) LOL

I used many adhesives. Terrifically Tacky Red tape to adhere the pages together to form the pockets and to paper outside of the covers. Glue Glider Pro to adhere the covers to the book. Zig 2 Way to adhere the postage stamp frames to the pages and Scotch 2-Way to adhere toppers on the tags.





 pages 1 & 2 with and without tags                                        

pages 3 & 4 with and without tags                                        



pages 5 & 6 with and without tags                                        



pages 7 & 8 with and without tags                                        

 

Back Cover

 

Tags front & back

Gift Mini Book Made for My Granddaughter’s High School Graduation

Earlier this month my oldest granddaughter graduated from high school in Virginia. Instead of putting her gift check into a card, I decided to make a small mini photo book with tags and place the check in the bellyband of the final tag. Purple is her favorite color, so of course the book had to be purple.

The pages of the book are made from a single piece of 12 X 12 paper. The instructions for making the mini books are by Tracys Treasures 24, find part 1 here and part 2 here.

I scanned some of the pictures I had of her. When I printed them I thought they would be larger, but it worked out just fine. I started with her new born picture and ended with her senior class picture. Included is a picture with her father, a picture with her great grandmother, mother and myself. Pictures taken when she was a toddler growing up in England and then again when her family returned to the USA(Air Force family). A cute one dressed in cap and gown when she graduated from kindergarten is also included.

Cardstock and printed paper used are DCWV. I inked all the edges using Tim Holtz Distress Ink. I used ATG, Tombow and Glue Dots for adhesive. Corners of the tags were rounded used the We R Memory Keepers Chomper. Embellishments used are K & Company, Recollections and Tim Holtz. Many of the quotes used were from DCWV.