Mickey Autograph book

Hi friends,
Today I have this cute and easy Mickey autograph book to share with you. A friend of mine was going to be visiting Mickey at Disneyland with her kids so I thought I'd make this autograph book for both of them.

It's really easy. All I did was use my Coluzzle circle template to cut out 8 black circles (6 large for the head, 2 Med for ears). This allowed for 10 autograph spaces. Add more circles for more spaces, if you'd like. If you don't have it, you can use your Cricut, Circle Scissor, or anything else that will help you make circles.
Next, I cut out 9 white circles the same size as the ears and adhered them to the inner black circles (except for the inside first page and the very back page. I shaped the ears because they're more oval-ish. I then adhered them to the back of the front page. Then I cut out & adhered an image from the cover of a scrapbook kit (I use it all!) I used my Crop-a-dile to easily punch through all those layers and used a large eyelet to hold it all together. I added the ribbon so they can choose to hang it around their necks. It also holds a Mini-gel pen (not pictured) I got from Staples. I decorated the insides with scrap strips & extra punches from another project. Kept it simple! That's it! Trust me it took me way longer to type this than to put one together.

Here are more pictures of the inside pages and the last page.




My friend said they got a lot of attention with these and several people wanted to know where they bought them! Awwww. That makes me happy :) I have a couple more designs in my head, so stay tuned ...

First Things First

I'm on spring break this week-YAY!!! Trust me I need it. I decided to join a card swap for the first time. I thought I was up for the challenge but now I don't know! How elaborate does my card have to be? I mean I don't want to get all fancy and look like I have too much time on my hands or make it too simple so people think I did it on the way to the swap. Now I'm stressing out!!! Are there any swappers out there? Can you give me a general idea? There are no specifics for this swap other than it should be "all occasion" OK, I guess I'll start with a card I created for the last Mojo Monday Sketch challenge (MOJO81). Hope you like it.

Why Me?

I know what you're thinking. Why did I start blogging? Probably because I said I didn't think I'd do it! Well, My main reason is to share my love for paper crafting and my work as a third grade teacher. Paper crafting is my therapy. I can't say it's cheaper than prescription medication- but it works for me! Thanks for joining me on my blog birthday. Let's get this ride started!