St. Louis Zoo Album

Last year we went to the St. Louis Zoo with our son, his girlfriend and one of my nieces. I wanted to make my first, from scratch album, using the pictures from this trip.

This album cover was made from those 8 1/2" x 11" cardboard sheets that you get in a ream of paper. You can also use chipboard, cereal boxes, any type of thin cardboard. I covered the front and back with the leopard cardstock and all of the inside cardstock was black. I used my Bind-It-All to secure the cover and inside pages together. I'm still working on some of the inside pages and I will post those when I am finished.

Five Quick and Easy Cards

I made this for my son to give to a lady who gave him a set of

old time Jayhawks salt and pepper shakers.

This is an anniversary card for my brother and sister-in-law.

Birthday card for my sister-in-law.

Birthday card for my great-newphew who is a
Sponge Bob Squarepants fan.

Birthday card for my niece.

Engagement Card

This card was made for our son's engagement party.

Stork 'n Diapers

This little stork with his brown polka dot hat was made with the New Arrival cartridge. I attached him to his brown polka dotted bundle of diapers with blue ribbon and he was ready to go to the baby shower to make his diaper delivery.

Baby Bag

I bought a plain white gift bag, used my Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge to spell out the name, Paxton in green and white checked paper with the brown shadow, added a couple of monkeys from my New Arrival cartridge and now it's custom gift bag.

Zebra Album and Gift Bag

This album was another gift I made for one of my nieces. The album covers are made with chipboard or any type of heavy cardboard...even empty cereal boxes can be used. I cut my chipboard to size and covered it with cardstock. I secured the cover and inside pages together using my Bind-It-All and black O-rings. I used my Plantin School Book Cricut Cartridge to cut out the letter R in the zebra print paper and then used black cardstock for the shadowed R. On the inside of the album I made a money holder for the most 'important gift' because she's been saving for a new cell phone.

She loves graffiti so I did a search for graffiti fonts for the title on the outside cover of the album.

There are thousands of free fonts on the Internet that you can download to your computer.

Tri-Fold Wedding Card

Here's a wedding tri-fold card. Love the look of these cards and they easily fit into regular #6 invitation envelopes.

Sweet 16 Photo Album

This is a Sweet 16 Album I made as birthday gift. I started out with chipboard that I covered with the striped paper, added the flower made from the Plantin Cricut Cartridge. I made several flowers in different sizes and attached them together with a brad and then used pop dots to attach the flower to the album. The word 'Sweet' was made using the New Arrival Cartridge. I left the inside pages blank so the birthday girl could add pictures and scrap it herself. I used my Bind-It-All to secure everything together and added ribbons.

Tri-Fold Birthday Card

This is one of the first tri-fold cards that I made for a Sweet 16 Birthday girl. I was surprised by how easy it was to make. I found and printed out directions at http://www.wordpress.com/.