"Homemade for the Holidays": Photo Album Word Book

Happy Thursday everyone!  Welcome to the first post for my "Homemade for the Holidays" series.  I am making a lot of my Christmas gifts by hand this year, and I wanted to share them all with you.  Hopefully you will see something that you would like to make yourself :)

My first project is a photo album word book for my friend who has a two year old son.  I thought this would be a perfect "brag book" she could take to work and keep in her office.  I made it interactive and brightly colored so people would want to pick it up and look inside :)

I used the following things to make this word book:

• Make-The-Cut to weld the book together (I made it before I got my Gypsy girl!)
• DCWV "Nana's Kids" and "All About Boys" stacks for the patterned paper
• Cricut Cartridges
• Create a Critter
• Tags, Bags, Boxes and More
• George and Basic Shapes
• Birthday Cakes
• Mini Monsters
• Cinch Binding Machine
• Walnut Stain Distress Ink
• Martha Stewart Photo Corner Punch
• Martha Stewart "Cherish" PATP Set
• Martha Stewart "Bubble Bath" PATP Set
• Martha Stewart "Ribbon Loop" PATP Set

Here's the video, I hope you enjoy it!

"Boo" Recycled Mini Wordbook

Hi everyone!  I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend.  Today I've got a video showing you my newest project, a mini album/wordbook using recycled toilet paper rolls!

I was browsing Cardz TV the other day and I saw a cute little fall mini wordbook she made for a blog hop.  I thought it was so neat that I had to try to make it myself.  It was so easy to make!

I can't wait to explore the world of mini albums, but, I have to ask:

Bind-It-All or Cinch?
I want to get a binding machine but I just CAN'T make up my mind! If you own one of these machines, and have an opinion on why it's the one for me, leave me a comment!  I'd love to read what you think :)

What you need:

• 4 toilet paper rolls, cut in 1/2 inch intervals
• Halloween Paper (I reccomend DCWVs "Midnight Spell" stack, it's fabulous!).  You need two pieces of patterned paper for each roll.
• Cricut Happy Hauntings Cartridge (Fence, Tombstone Tags)
• Cricut Birthday Cakes Cartridge (BOO font)
• Cricut Holiday Cakes Cartridge (Pumpkins, Happy Halloween)
• Crop-A-Dile and 3/16" eyelets
• Binder Rings
• Large Tags (cut to fit each pocket)
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, and Black Soot
• Martha Stewart Halloween Clear Stamp Set
• Versamark Pad, clear and black embossing powder

• Stickles, brads, and any other embellishments you want to use