I started scrapbooking six years ago when my nephew Carter was born. I wasn't all that great at it. I printed letters from Word and cut out designs from patterned paper to make embellishments. Since then, I have acquired a Cricut. I honestly don't know what I ever did without one.
These pictures are a few of my favorites from the most recent scrapbook that I created for my nephew Liam. I used Lyrical Letters for most of the fonts, and all of the embellishments (with only a few exceptions) were made using the Create-A-Critter cartridge. I absolutely love this cartridge and the pages turned out super cute!
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| I used Cricut Craft Room to "squeeze" the letters together and add the curlicues. The machine cut it all out together, which was much easier to position on the paper. |
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| The vine is a sticker and the monkey and bananas were made by me. So cute! |
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| I used a different animal for each page opening. There are so many adorable animals to make with this cartridge, it was really hard to narrow it down to 11. |
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| His name was made using the All Mixed Up cartridge. I used the square feature and then "squeezed" it all together using Cricut Craft Room until it was all one big rectangle. |
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| I made two coordinating pages for each month of his first year. I fell in love with this squirrel and the little tiny acorns. |
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| The brads were store-bought, but the adorable dog is all me (with the help of Cricut, of course). |
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| For each page opening, I left spaces for three pictures and a place for mom to record some of Liam's memorable moments from the month. |
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| These are the last two pages in his scrapbook. Everything was created with Cricut. I made miniatures of all the animals that were used from the previous pages and they all came back on the train for his 1st birthday party. I am particularly proud of these pages. |
