Mini Book and Gift Box

My husbands Cousin is having her first baby in a week or so.  I decided to make her a mini album that she can place her own special photos in.  This is my second Mini and I do enjoy making them.  I wanted to get this one done in time for her, so believe it or not I did finish in one day.

I hope you enjoy it:

Recipe:

Box cut @11" using Sweet Tooth Boxes

Stroller cut @3.25 using American Alphabet E2

Paper-Bazzill & Little Yellow Bicycle, Tiny Princess Collection

Ribbon- Celebrate it

Recipe:

Medium weight chipboard cut @ 6x4

Bind it All

Letter Stickers-Recollections

Ribbon- Celebrate i

Flower-Floral Embellishments, Recollections

Paper-Little Yellow Bicycle, Tiny Princess

Punch-Martha Stewart, Doily Lace

Sentiments/Stamps-For the Record, Autumn Leaves

Puffy Stickers/Pebbles-Layered Embellishments

10 Things Pocket-Deja Views Little Yellow Bicycle Baby Girl

Lace Borders-Recollections

Pearls-Recollections

Tags-The paper Company

Velvet Sayings-Baby, Making Memories

Cricut-Tags, bags, boxes & More, tag holders

Spiral Bound Gift Card Holder

This year we decided to do something a little different for my Parents Christmas Gift.  What do you get for someone that has everything?   When you ask, "What would you like for Christmas", and get "nothing" really makes it hard to figure something out.  Well my Sister came up with this Brilliant idea to all chip in $$ and get them a bunch of gift cards.  You may think gift cards are not a very personal gift for your parents, but ours just moved and retired,  so we thought this would be perfect. The shopping began for the cards...  They ranged from Gas cards to Grocery Cards to restaurants and Coffee to Crafts and Hardware.  Since I'm the only one that does not live in the same state as the rest of them and did not have access to the same stores and restaurants, it was my job to make the book to keep them in.  I was honored when my Sister asked me to make something to put them all in.  So here you go...............................

I used the paper collection from October Afternoon: Seaside

I love this collection and had it even before I was asked to make the book.  When she asked me to make a book for the gift cards, I knew exactly what papers I was going to use.  It is so perfect because as I mentioned my parents moved, well they moved from the City to the shore. This is the first time I had done anything like this, even the first time I used my Bind It All that I had for several months. 

Enjoy.............