Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I was off this week, so I had some time to catch up on some projects that I've been meaning to do. I finished up the bookmarkers that I made for a customer on Monday, then I put up all my Christmas decorations and borrowed my friend's kid to help decorate the Christmas tree, and yesterday I worked on this retirement book. A friend at work will be retiring next month and I wanted to make her something special. So I made her this retirement word book. My husband said it would make him feel old. I think he equates retirement with old age. I think of it more as an accomplishment to finally enter into a new stage of life and to celebrate all the good work you've done in your lifetime. At least that was what I was trying to go for when I made this. I used the Cricut Design Studio Software to make the word book and most of the images came off my new Child's year cartridge. I've been having a lot of fun playing with this new cartridge. It is becoming one of my favorites. I have to go to the store to buy some stuff for tommorrow's dinner, so without further ado, here are the pictures. Enjoy and have a blessed week of thankfulness.
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I went to a craft store the other day and they had these super cute mini scrapbooks that had a letter on each page and it spelled out a word when they are closed. I really liked the one that said sisters. I didn't buy it because I don't have a sister. I'm not sure if they're called Word Scrabooks or not---but that's what I'm calling them today.
I was on cricut.com earlier in the week and I found the instructions on how to make these books. So I decided to challenge myself and attempt to make one. I had a lot of fall type stuff lying around, so I decided my word would be AUTUMN. This happens to be my dog's name, so I might eventually put some of her pictures in there or maybe I can sell these little books. It wasn't that hard to make when you welded the letters together with the Cricut design studio software. It was kind of time consuming. I think with more practice I could get faster at making them. I binded my book together with eyelets and ribbon, because I don't have one of those Bind-It-All things yet....that's on my wish list too :) BTW I used my Cricut to cut out the base of each letter page so it wasn't so flimsy. You could probably use heavy weight cardstock, but this was easier for me. The day after I made this book, my sil wanted me to mak her a scrapbook for a baby shower. I thought it would make a cool brag book by personalizing this word book with the baby's name. So I sent her these pictures and I'm waiting to see what she wants to do. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Tell me what you think. Have a great week and happy crafting to you!!! |
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