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Monday, September 3, 2012

This is Absolutely Fantastic!

Hi! This is Sara from www.sarawandrews.com  with a quick mini album to share.

I don't think I've had this much fun crafting in a long time. Also,I think I giggled through the whole process.

It all started with the purchase of the DCWV the Snapshot Stack. I love this stack. I love the colors, the prints and of course the camera images.  So when I had to come up with a project to share here, I decided to make this a family affair. I wanted to have snapshots of the kids and me just having some good old, silly fun.

And what's more fun than making your 13 year olds wear funny looking hats, glasses and mustaches while posing with a giant Polaroid cut out?

I know NOTHING! Right?

My props~


I used various images from my Cricut Imagine collection to make my props with the Hello Speech Bubble being my absolute favorite.

With all the options found on the Best Friends cartridge I could have made an entire wardrobe, but I think I'll save that for next time.

The Mustaches and Glasses Digital Cartridge was perfect for this as well.  Those glasses were super easy to assemble.

I simply adhered all of the images on to wood skewers with Glossy Accents.

My album~
 
 
 





My album pages are 5 x 6" giving me plenty of room for multiple pictures and embellishments.
I printed all of my pictures as 3 x 3", so they could easily be trimmed to fit into the glittered Polaroid paper found in the stack.

I have to tell you that I am still giggling at these pictures.So, I think that means this project was a success! Plus, I have some pretty embarrassing pictures of the kids to use in the future if needed.

Cricut Info & Supplies Used:
Designed By: Sara W Andrews
Cartridges Used:
Best Friends for the Tie, Spinner Hat and Crown cut at Fit to Page
Imagine More Cards for the Pointing Finger and Hello Speech Bubble cut at Fit to Page
Mustaches and Glasses Digital Cartridge for the Mustaches cut at 5.5" and 8.8" and Glasses cut at 7.5"
Cricut Machine used: Cricut Imagine and Cricut Expression
Project Type: Mini Album
Project Theme: Family, Kids
Suppies Used:DCWV the Snapshot Stack, Studio Calico Mistable Fabric Camera Sticker Shapes, Mister Huey's Inky Black, Tim Holtz Paper Clips, Tim Holtz Type Charms, Amy Tangerine Bits Happy Memory tag, Pebbles Clothes Pins, Doodlebug Boutique Buttons in Bettle Black, Crate Paper Storyteller Brads, Papertrey Ink Twine, Misc Flair Buttons and Brads, Making Memories Tiny Alphas, Recollection Gems, and White Chipboard
Studio Calico PL Adventure, Heyday Sentiments and Wonderful World Stamps, Basic Grey Guest Check Stamps, Unity Simple Pointers Stamps, Dear Lizzy Date Stamp, Smash Date Stamp and Glitz Destressing Stamps
 
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53 comments:

  1. WOW...what a super fun mini album project! And those props are adorable and could be used time and time again. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  2. Very cute and trendy with the Polaroid look, I love it! I had to giggle, too, when I looked at the pictures, how fun :)
    ~Rachel

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  3. I love the Mask Props you made for the kids. I remember those days with my kids. These type of pictures are so much better because they are fun and sweet side of kids. I love the page layouts, great job.

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  4. What a great idea and I love the props!

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  5. Great idea and I love the props! Super cute, can't wait to see if my family would be game for something like that.

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  6. What a wonderful and fun project - I love your use of colors, layers, and props. The word bubble, the finger, the whirly hat, mustaches, and tiara are terrific. The album pages are wonderful too - and what a great idea to use one photo shoot for one mini album. Wonderful!

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  7. This is an adorable project!!! OMGosh how fun!!!

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  8. This is just too funny! :) Love the mini album and the props! This is good inspiration for me to use my Imagine! TFS.

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  9. Sara! This is wonderful! What a great gift for grandparents or a favorite aunt. Thank you so much for sharing. :) Christine

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  10. I simply adore this! How fun! Love all the extras that went into making this mini album.

    mj (grannyemnjay from the cc board)

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  11. The title says it all! This is Fantastic!!! Great job, love the mini album and have a few new ideas when my Imgaine returns from repair...

    thanks for sharing,

    Freda

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  12. I have to try these mini albums. I love the concept. This is a fun project! TFS!

    Julie

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  13. Love this project! How much fun this would be to do with your kids! Bet you they love this mini album as much as you do!

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  14. Great project! It makes me want to fire up my Imagineand get crafting!

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  15. Sara, oh my gosh, this looks like so much fun. I bet your kids had an absolute blast. Lol. I love your comment about embarrassing pictures. I used to hate when my mom bought out my pics as a kid for company. I was so awkward. But now it doesn't matter. They are great memories.

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  16. Your album is so cute, what a great project!

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  17. Love this stack so much (waiting for the right idea and now..hmm) Great mini.

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  18. Love everything about your project! Great job, and so fun!

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  19. Looks like everyone had fun doing this, great family memories! I love that you put them in a fun little mini book.. Great job!!

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  20. What a cute and silly album! :) I wished I would have done something like this when my 2 younger grandkids were here this past weekend. They,along with myself,would have had a ball! Great idea and so happy you shared this with us. :) And very funny photos of your kids too.

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  21. Sara, this is a most wonderful mini album that the whole family will enjoy for years to come.
    It is colorful, clever, creative and fun.

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  22. Sara - love it what a great album. Love the funny hat/mustache. How fun for you and your family to do these photos. GREAT idea.

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  23. Such an awesome album. What fun!

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  24. Wow! I bet this is one album your kids will WANT to share with their friends. Super job!

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  25. This is too funny! I love the whole thing! My favorite picture is the pointing finger up the nose! LOL!!

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  26. Love it (well, them?) so many pages! I also love that the photos look like they were Polaroids!

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  27. What a fun idea! Love the end result, great job!

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  28. I absolutely love this concept! Polaroids!!! Love it, sara!

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  29. How fun! This is a project you are sure to cherish for years to come! TFS!!

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  30. I absolutely love this Sara! I'm sure this will be scraplifted many times!

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  31. Just LOVE it! You did an excellent job, and what a wonderful keepsake!

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  32. This album made me giggle too! What fun pictures and beautiful children! I love that you even included yourself in the book. The pages and props are awesome!

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  33. Sara what a cute mini. Love those props and the polaroids of the kids. Great idea for a fun day with the kiddos.

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  34. Looks like they had a lot of fun!

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  35. Sara what a fun and a wonderful idea! I bet the kids had fun, even if they didn't admit it. And absolutely love the idea of future blackmail ;-) Your mini-album is just too cute! I still don't know how you put this stuff together so faaasssst!

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  36. This is such a great project & how sweet that your kiddos were willing to play along!

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  37. Fun book! Looks like you enjoyed making the mini and they had fun posing!

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  38. great mini. I love that paper too

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  39. Wonderful mini album. Love the little props!

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  40. super cute! looks like you had fun! I love minis too!

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  41. Such a great mini, I love that stack too!

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  42. How kool! I love that your children took part in such a great project.

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  43. This looks so fun! Fun making the props, posing, and then the mini book after. Great idea! TFS

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  44. So much fun -- love your props and the resulting mini book!!

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  45. What a great idea and it sure looks like the family had lots of fun! TFS. Deb

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  46. Great job! Loved how the kids really seemed to get into the project as well!

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  47. Hi!
    Too funny, too much fun, DD and her friends would have a blast doing this, thanks for the idea

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  48. Oh my gosh I will be doing this for a project

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  49. Oh my gosh I will be doing this

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  50. I'm still new to the Imagine, this looks like a great project to familiarIze myself with my machine!

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  51. What a fun mini! I bet taking these pictures and creating this mini will remain a memorable moment shared for a long time!

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  52. Love your mini, its great

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