Coloring Books!!

Notice how I go forever without posting, and then suddenly have a LOT to post?  Yeah, that's the fun of my illness.  I may get a card or project done in a week, but will not be able to post them for a long time. 
:::Sigh:::

A few weeks ago  two of my little nieces were in the hospital.  (Not at the same time, thank goodness!)  But my 5-year old niece was in the ICU for a couple days, and while she was there, I made her a few quick coloring pages using my Cricut.  Well, those few coloring pages turned into a personalized coloring book! 
Then, my 2 year old niece (they are sisters) split her mouth open, and had to have a plastic surgeon fix it!  Oh the drama!  That lil' girl is fiesty!!  She was NOT letting the doc near her! (lol)  Well, they are both fine now, and all healed up.  But while they were recovering, I wanted them to have a "Quiet-Time" activity.  So here goes:

For my 5 year old niece, she is all about the princesses.
  Cover:

Then I did each of her favorite princesses by section, so Ariel is first:

Snow White Pages:

Sleeping Beauty (Aurora):

Belle/Beauty And The Beast:

Cinderella:

 Jasmine and Aladdin:

I tried to include each of the princess's castles/dwellings. :)  The book measures 8.5" x 11". She loved it!!

Now, here's an Animal Coloring book for her little sister.  I made it like this so that she can learn the animals names and sounds!!  (She already knows so many, but has so much fun saying their names, and sounding out the sounds they make!!  MOOOOO!!)

Cover:

Close up of the Dragonfly sticker:

and the inside pages:

I had to throw the adorable apple in there:

And that's it!  This book measures 6" X 6".  A smaller book for smaller hands! :) 

Gotta love those Cricut Markers!!

Have a good one!








"Don't glue anything I wouldn't glue!!"
               

Disney Autograph Books!

Hey there!!

I haven't posted in a long time, I have been so busy making various projects...and have had no time to post them!  :( Boo.  

I started making these Autograph  books last May.  (yeah, I know!)  I didn't work steadily on them, but just did a page here and there when I had spare time between other projects.   My brothers typically take their kids to Disneyland in the winter, so I had plenty of time.   Then the holiday season came, and I had many, MANY other projects to make, and the autograph books were pushed aside.  So, around December 27th, I hear that one family is heading off to Disneyland in January!  AND.....I only had about three pages done!  EEK!  It was time to buckle down!  

Luckily I finished theirs in time, and I hope they get to meet all the characters, and get a ton of autographs!  The kids were excited to have them, I can't wait 'till they get back to hear how it went! 

I have a LOT of pictures.  I tried to make each child's book a little different from his/her brother or sister's book.  So the characters and names are different in their books.  Keep in mind, I had five of these to make, and I didn't have that many options in some of the Cricut cuts, so I did what I coul.d   I am going to show two different books in this post.     Again, I have a LOT of pic's!  

Also, I designed the book with room for the character's autograph on the right page, and left room for a photo of the character on the left page!! My brothers typically get a picture of their kids with the characters, and I thought it would be neat to display them next to their autographs!! :)

And now, here are the pictures! 

Here is the inside cover and front page: 

Mickey Mouse!

Minnie Mouse:

Donald Duck:

Daisy Duck:

Goofy:

Pluto:

Chip:

Dale:

Winnie The Pooh!!

Tigger:

Piglet:

Eeyore:

Cinderella: 

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty):

Aladdin & Jasmine:

Belle:

Ariel:

Alice:

Snow White:

The 7 Dwarfs:

Tinkerbell:

Faries:

Woody:

Buzz:

Inside of Cover and first page, along with Inside of Back Cover and last page:

Outside Covers: 

I put paper over the kids names on the covers.  Just because they are not MY kids, so I'm not showing their names in the pictures I post online..  :)

The book covers are laminated for protection.  The covers are made out of thick chipboard.  I punched two holes in the back cover, inserted eyelets and elastic strap for a closure.  I like that style of book closure. It's so easy to do, and keeps the books closed tightly so they don't get damaged in backpacks / purses / suit cases /etc at Disneyland!!  

The books measure 4.5" tall by 8" wide.  And all of the characters were cut at 4" 

Wait, I lied.  Not ALL of the characters are cut at 4", but most are.  The faries are cut at 3" I believe...  And Buzz Lightyear is also smaller, but i can't remember off the top of my head what he is cut at.  

I had so much fun making these books!!  I hope the kids have just as much fun getting them autographed! :)  

Thanks for looking!