6x6 scrapbook for autograph book? [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

pantherlj

09-26-2006, 06:10 PM

I am thinking of making my own autograph book. I found a nice spiral 6x6 scrapbook today at AC Moore. It has 40 pages. What I want to do with my autograph book is do the autograph on one side, the picture of my child with the character on the other side. Are there any 6x6 spiral bound that come big than 40 pages? I am not sure 20 autograph pages will be enough. Any other ideas?

Thanks

PartyFromSaturn

09-27-2006, 09:59 PM

I've never done an autograph scrapbook, but since you've got a 6x6 page to fill, would it work if you had a couple of charcters sign on one side, and then crop the coordinating pics for the other side? You could group characters who kind of go together...Chip/Dale, Pooh/Tigger. In a book that big, I bet you will find that you can fit more than one character on a page. Good luck! Sounds neat.

lazydazy8

09-27-2006, 10:44 PM

pantherlj

09-28-2006, 05:42 AM

Ya know, I was thinking of the same thing. With the those spiral bround scrapbooks, the album can really turn into a neat altered mini-album. I saw adding lots of notions and tabs on some of my daughter's or son's favorite pictures, etc. The cover would be awesome to embellish, too.

I was concerned about the number of pages as well. I really like the spiral album idea, so what if we brought pre-cut cardstock on a mini-clipboard to simply put INTO the spiral bound album?

I don't know... I want it to be a cool book for the kids to look back on, but I also want ease of getting it out to get signed (which, the clipboard may make more difficult)...

I saw the idea on a trip report - there was a picture of the cover embellished and it just got my wheels turning! I could use their favorite characters and colors for the cover and make it unique for them. I keep going back and forth on this - it would be fun to bring it pre decorated but it would probably make more sense to have a top loading one so I can add more pages as needed. I am just not sure how much fun having a character sign an index card would be LOL

ddavis860

09-28-2006, 07:06 AM

I like the idea of having 2 characters on 1 page. I was also thinking of having 2 books, incase. Then you have back up if needed, and when you get home, you could make 1 book by undoing the spiral part, and lacing it up with ribbons.

Or a book for each park would be cute too.

Please post pics of the final product....

stenogoddess

10-04-2006, 09:48 AM

I've seen where someone made large tags, double matted I think, and then had those on a little clipboard for the signing part. The when she got home the tags went into the album with the pictures. I thought that was cool because I also thought using the index card seemed kinda blah.

I saw the idea on a trip report - there was a picture of the cover embellished and it just got my wheels turning! I could use their favorite characters and colors for the cover and make it unique for them. I keep going back and forth on this - it would be fun to bring it pre decorated but it would probably make more sense to have a top loading one so I can add more pages as needed. I am just not sure how much fun having a character sign an index card would be LOL

lazydazy8

10-06-2006, 10:53 AM

I had NOT thought of undo-ing the spiral bound book after the trip.... I think that's brillant! Have you done it before? Is it relatively easy to do? I love the books bound with ribbon, so that would be cute.

I wonder how the kids would feel about having one book done. If they both had a spiral bound book to get signed, then I could simply put them together when I was scrapping it after the trip. Hmmmmmmm....

Anyone know of or have any pictures of the spiral bound book used?

Also, do you think the paper is thick enough for a Sharpie permanent marker? Oh, geese, I wonder if the Sharpie is acid free!?

Caitsmama

10-06-2006, 11:27 AM

I am finishing my dd's 6x6 spiral autograph bk. tonight at a crop, i can post the pics tomorrow! I used mod podge to glue down some disney papers on the front, I will share more tomorrow! (BTW- i have to finish 5 books tonight!! LOL)

ddavis860

10-06-2006, 01:39 PM

You know, I thought I had saved a pic if that laced up binding. :confused3 It was really cute. They used 2 colors of ribbon, and laced from the bottom of the spine to the top...like a sneaker, so it crossed. Then at the top there was a bow, and at the long ends of the ribbons there were Mickey Icon heads...

BuzzBelleMom

10-16-2006, 07:35 AM

The 6x6 seems like a great size. I am doing a 5 3/4 binder with decorated pages for our autograph books. I am having a blast. I have some plastic sleeve protectors to protect the pages.

lazydazy8

10-16-2006, 08:23 PM

Please share Caitsmama!! I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. I love do altered mini albums as gifts. If I can get the covers done, and then make a double matted area on every-other page for the characters to sign on, I should be in good shape. I think I will have to do one for each of my kids (my DD is 7 and will definitely appreciate a princess one over a general Disney one).

I think I will bring a blank spare book as well, incase I need extra sheets for signing.

Thanks for helping me make my decision!

Ilovemyprincesses

10-16-2006, 09:47 PM

I have never done this before so I am not sure if this will work but I am thinking about making large tags and holding them together with a jump ring and having them signed. When I get home and work on my book I can add the tags to the page about the character.

Will that work?

lazydazy8

10-16-2006, 10:19 PM

I love the idea of tags for the signatures, but you will need to keep them on something that is larger than a usual tag and something flat for them to hold them on to sign them. Many of the characters cannot see, or even feel, what they are signing, so you need to make it as easy as possible for them.

I had the idea of making an altered clipboard for the pages (or tags) to be clipped onto for the characters to sign them on. Staples sells the mini-clipboards that are perfect for this.

Ilovemyprincesses

10-17-2006, 01:51 PM

I have a large sizzix tag die if anyone know the size of that. I was thinking about using those in different colors. Primary colors and pastels for the princesses.

MinnieMommy

10-23-2006, 12:45 PM

Caitsmama,

I'd love to see a pic when you get a chance! I was thinking of doing the same (mod podge cover). :)

lazydazy8

10-23-2006, 01:05 PM

I started my kids' two 6x6 spirals last night. For the covers, I am just using regular adhesives (being generous).... do you think that will be okay? Maybe I will mount the page that I am making for the cover with modge podge underneath, but I won't be doing it over the top (it's 3D). I may need to store them in ziplocks in my day bag to protect them (from water, too, just in case).

For the inside, I have been battling what to do for the trip itself. I planned to put double pages, facing one another, of a color, to mat the white page that I would mount in the middle of the color. Then, the character could sign on side and the pic with oppose it. Well, then I got to thinking, of my son getting excited and putting the wrong page in front of the character and getting two pages facing each other signed, etc. (I am sorry, I am a planner and uptight about these things!)

So, I decided to simply put one page for each character to sign in the book for now. I found that the book comes apart rather simply. I will take it apart carefully and add the other pages with the pictures when we get home. I won't have to worry about the other pages being left blank, and the kids will be excited to see the book looking complete from the beginning.

I am still looking for a Tink the right size for my daughter's cover, but I hope to finish my son's tonight. I'll post pictures soon!

How is everyone else doing??

BuzzBelleMom

10-23-2006, 05:09 PM

I have a large sizzix tag die if anyone know the size of that. I was thinking about using those in different colors. Primary colors and pastels for the princesses.

Sounds like a good idea. Are you going to put them on a clipboard to steady them?

lazydazy8

10-23-2006, 10:28 PM

Here's TJ's autograph book! I have glued down colored sheets on each page inside to be signed. After we're home, I will add the sheets for the pictures and ties for the spirals! I'm thrilled to have it done! One more to go!

http://mallymccoy.com/lazydazy/TJAutographBook.jpg

BuzzBelleMom

10-24-2006, 09:39 AM

Ohmigosh, Amy, that looks incredible! I am so impressed. TJ must be thrilled!

(I really need to post ours, even though they are not as cute.)

lazydazy8

10-24-2006, 09:48 AM

Ilovemyprincesses

10-24-2006, 10:51 AM

Sounds like a good idea. Are you going to put them on a clipboard to steady them?

I haven't really thought about it. We won't be going till Dec 07.

BuzzBelleMom

10-24-2006, 11:00 AM

Thank so much! TJ won't see it until the morning we leave when he opens his care package! My kids don't know about their trip in 37 days! It'll be their first time. I am channeling all my nervous excitement through my crafting!

I'll post pictures of Mally's once I finish it! Hers is going to be Tink.

You are much better at keeping secrets than we are! DH slipped sometime back, so the kids found out that we are going over Thanksgiving week. We have the countdown on the calendar. DD's teacher knows and would like for me to take her out of school early that day. Can't say that I blame her. how are you keeping it secret????

Mally and TJ will love their books. My two both want every page I make, so I am having to make duplicates. DS's only stipulation is that there not be too much pink.

lazydazy8

10-24-2006, 07:32 PM

BuzzBelleMom... My son is a BEAR when it comes to anticipation! He'll ask "how much more longer?" for something weeks away... Whenever we have a fun day planned, we rarely tell the kids where we are going! It's fun to have them sit and make guesses. They often say, "Disney??" and then chuckle afterwards, b/c they know darn well that's not where they are going! This time it's going to be a HOOT!

I'm still not sure how we'll tell them... we have to get them out of bed by 3:30am to get on the road by 4am (we're an hour and half from the airport and our flight is at 7:30am!).... they are going to be totally disoriented. We'd like for them to open their care packages on the plane and have them find out then.

By the way, I ended up using Modge Podge on the cover after I painted it. Then after it was fully dried, I used it to glue down the paper. I don't know if Modge Podge is acid free, but I figured it would be fine since it won't have contact with any pictures.

sherreis

10-24-2006, 09:59 PM

Amy,

The Buzz cover came out beautiful! TJ will love it and I bet he gets a lot of attention from the characters when he gets his autographs. Looking forward to seeing Mally's as well.

What did you print out for the inside pages? I am sure you did a great job on those as well.

I think it is great that you are surprising them with their first trip. I wish we could've done that, but, I needed DS11 to be my accomplice in defeating DH.

BuzzBelleMom

10-24-2006, 11:03 PM

Amy, that is so funny! DD and DS will be going on the plane in their jammies. Our flight is at 7pm. We get into Orlando at midnight. Your kids will love the surprise!

Here are some of my pages for our autograph books:

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/arianaalex/MickeySafari.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/arianaalex/DonaldSafari.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/arianaalex/Woody2.jpg

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/arianaalex/Woody1.jpg

lazydazy8

10-25-2006, 08:46 AM

Thank you, guys! I'd love to see what you all have done as well!

BuzzBelleMom, your pages are great!

My inside pages aren't decorated, yet. I may add some notions to the Mickey and Minnie pages.... and maybe some other pages for characters that I KNOW we'll see b/c of the dinners we have booked. Otherwise, I will keep them plane and I will embellish them when I get home and add the pictures.

So far, I only cut colored paper (to correlate to the appropriate character) and distressed the edges. I chose red for Mickey and Minnie, blue for Cinderella, brown for Chip and Dale, etc. In the back, I added some neutral colors for characters I may have forgotten or ones that I didn't think we'd actually see.

I'm not totally decided, but I think I will mount white on top of the colored paper for the actual signing. Only, a silver pen would look really cool on the dark colors....

Anyone know of fatter markers that are acid free? I wanted to get the fat Sharpies, but I don't think they can be acid free. I've read on other posts that the charcters have an easier time if you use fat markers.

Ilovemyprincesses

10-25-2006, 11:55 AM

I was at joanns today looking for a small spiral book and I found one. They were $6.99 but they wrang up 50% off. So I got them for $3.50 each. :cheer2:

sherreis

10-25-2006, 08:02 PM

BuzzBelleMom -- your pages are beautiful! You're going to get lots of comments, I'm sure!

BuzzBelleMom

10-26-2006, 07:51 AM

Thanks for the comments, Sherri and Amy! I am having so much fun, that I am thinking of making a couple for some friends who are going in January.

lazydazy8

11-08-2006, 09:03 PM

http://mallymccoy.com/lazydazy/MallysAutographBook.jpg

sherreis

11-08-2006, 10:14 PM

Amy,
Your cover is beautiful! What a great job!

lazydazy8

11-08-2006, 10:28 PM

I'd love to see anyone else's! Did anyone else decide to do a 6x6 spiral, too?

The only downfall of them, I see so far, is that after I added cardstock to each page for the characters to sign, it's quite heavy!!

sherreis

11-10-2006, 08:53 AM

Here is the cover I made for DS11.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/sherreis/Cover2-1.jpg

MazdaUK

11-10-2006, 09:42 AM

That is so lovely! Its not fair, you're all going and I'm not :sad:

I had an idea though for the pen problem. How about using the regular thick scrapbooking pens but adding a thicker grip round the barrel - something like pipe insulator might work. I thought of that because the pens we bought from DISstore had a spongy thick bit to hold.

BuzzBelleMom

11-10-2006, 10:30 AM

Sherri,

That cover is ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish I had thought to put the date. Oh well............

lazydazy8

11-10-2006, 01:52 PM

That is fantastic that you did the date! I plan to put a copy of the little letter/poem that the kids will open the morning we leave telling them we're going, into the cover of the book. I will have to remember to put the date there, at least!

So neat, please all be sure to share how you finish them,too!

sherreis

11-10-2006, 02:38 PM

Thank you. I printed the cover out on photo paper. Now, I have to find good quality paper to print the actual pages on. I bought some cardstock at Walmart and the pictures/writing don't look very good on that paper - very dull looking and kinda blurry. I would prefer to not use matte photo paper due to the expense. Trying to figure out what to do... :confused3

lazydazy8

11-10-2006, 04:25 PM

It sounds like you did digital images for the pages that will actually get signed, too? I'm not sure what to suggest as far as paper goes.

I am a Bazzill addict. I am fond of the cardstock made by DCWV... their cardstock can be sold by the sheet or by the pad. I have all the pads they currently have. They sell printed paper in pads as well.... I particularly love the textured cardstock (great for distressing with sandpaper b/c of it's white core). I used this paper for each of the pages that the characters will sign. I have Galaxy Markers (made by American Crafts). They are like Gel pens (only markers). The look great on colored cardstock.

I plan to embellish the pages with the signatures with a little bit of accents. I did a page for Ariel already with foamie flowers and sea shaped plants on the bottom of the page. For Cinderella I put some punched flowers with eyelets in the middle of them... I have a crown stamp that I will add to some of the princess pages, too...

If the kids get too many signatures, I'm not sure what I'll do! I may just need to add tags tied into the spiral to coorespond with the proper signature. The book is pretty bulked up already with the cardstock on both sides of each of the 20 pages.

I'll have to decide the outcome of the book after we get home, I guess! Being a planner, this is a challenge! LOL

sherreis

11-10-2006, 05:21 PM

Where do you get that kind of paper?

Here's an example of 1 of my cards....

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/sherreis/Autograph-Goofycopy-1.jpg

lazydazy8

11-11-2006, 09:01 AM

Sherrie, I have been getting my DCWV cardstock at JoAnn's. The 12x12 pads are $19.99 each, so I save my coupons for them. I will try to take a picture of the pages and what the pads look like if you'd like. If you just bought the white (it is sold loose with the cardstock as well), you could cut the sheets in quarters and put through the printer. The texture is really nice.

I'll try to post back pictures of the paper tonight.

I love your digital pages! Especially, b/c it says "Daniel's First Trip to Disney World"....

sherreis

11-11-2006, 10:20 AM

Thank you. I found the Bazzill paper at Recollections last night. There's a store about 30 minutes away from us. I bought 12x12 but I'm having problems printing it out because I keep getting messages that the margins aren't right or the image is too big. I cut the paper down to 8 1/2 x 12 and I can get 2 images on a page if I do that. If I use the smaller size paper, I'm going to need to buy more. Luckily, I can ask my daughter to pick me up some at the Recollections near here cause she'll be meeting us at my parents tonight. I need to get these printed by tomorrow night since we leave on Friday.

I couldn't decide about putting Daniel's or Joey's 1st trip to Disney World on the pages....I know we won't be getting every autograph that I'm printing and with that written on it can't use the cards again. Don't know why I'm getting thrifty when we're spending over $3000 on the vacation :rotfl:
But, I'm glad I did put it there. I figure it might help the characters interact with them differently.

lazydazy8

11-11-2006, 08:29 PM

Try printing a test sheet... when my computer says, "printing set outside margins..." it ends up coming out just the way I wanted. So, cut a piece of plain printer paper the same size and print it out in grayscale (so you don't waste the color ink).

You will be hooked on Bazzill. It is such wonderful paper!

sherreis

11-12-2006, 08:25 AM

BuzzBelleMom

11-12-2006, 02:27 PM

I tried printing on a 6x6 page and it didn't work. I will have to play with it some other time. For now, I'm going to have to waste paper and do a little cropping. Me and DH love the Bazzill paper - what a difference! Thank you.

I think I made too many pages. Cause these books are HEAVY!

Glad you love the Bazzill. It is so wonderful.

Just how many pages do you have? I could only get so many page protectors in the binders, so I am taking a small box of extra pages, just in case.

(We are talking way too many pages, like 100 for each child. Just in case)

sherreis

11-12-2006, 03:21 PM

As of right now, they have between 76-82 depending on the kid. The younger one has more because he wanted characters from some of the younger children shows such as Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, etc. I also plan on taking blank pages.

DH and I talked about it this morning. Here's the plan --
punching a hole in the upper corner of the pages and attach them to a ring. Every evening, we're going to remove the pages that have been signed. This way, the "book" will get smaller as the week progresses and the pages will be protected from little, dirty fingers. I'll crop the pages when I make up the scrapbook and put some scrapbook paper behind them. Maybe, I'll do a bigger scrapbook then originally planned if it is too thick when I have pictures on the pages as well.

lazydazy8

11-12-2006, 07:54 PM

Hole punching in the corner is a fabulous idea...

My kids' 6x6 albums are HEEEEEAAAVVY, too! The brand of ours is Canson. It's great quality, but after adding cardstock over each side of every page, it's even heavier and bulky. It feels nice in the hand, but I think it's going to be quite heavy for my little day bag!

I had a friend as me to make her a pair for her daughters. I suggested NOT adding cardstock, but simply signing the white pages. The white pages alone are very nice weight. She is not a scrapbooker, so she really just wanted the girls to be able to have signatures in it.

lazydazy8

11-12-2006, 07:56 PM

lazydazy8

11-17-2006, 07:37 PM

I did these two for a friend's daughters.... I really love the way they look after adding the ribbon! She doesn't plan to take them apart, so I tied all the ribbons now. I also didn't add the cardstock (much easier to carry around!)...

http://mallymccoy.com/lazydazy/BothAutographBooks.jpg

StitchIsOurHero

11-17-2006, 09:49 PM

Those are beautiful! I know your friend is tickled with those!! :teeth:

BuzzBelleMom

11-25-2006, 09:39 AM

Oh, and the books have 20 pages... so it could hold 40 signatures. If we go over that, I will have blank cardstock for them to sign on a small clipboard. I can buy another book and simply take the pages out for this album. I hope we don't go over the 40 signatures, b/c I wanted to be able to add pictures, too!

We just got back last night (sob!) and we saw 44 different characters! Of those 44, we saw 12 characters twice (character meals) and 4 characters three times (Mickey, Pluto, Belle and Jasmine.)

I ended up just removing our pages from the protectors and carrying them around with me in a plastic carrier.

Those books are beautiful!

lazydazy8

11-25-2006, 08:02 PM

Thank you for the heads up on the # of characters!! Yikes! I ended up making altered mini-clipboards for my kids. I figured, I can take the pages out if they get too heavy. I also packed some extra pages incase we went over the 40 sigs...

I'm sorry that you're so bummed about it being over already... I already feel that dread and I don't leave for another 5 days! I know I'll be sobbing as we pull away... :guilty:

Thanks for the great comments!

BuzzBelleMom

11-26-2006, 09:05 AM

I am doing better today. We took about 2300 pics and had another 140 on the photo pass cd, so I will be reliving our memories for quite some time. I need to do our albums, plus minis for the grandmas. I may be done by our next visit in a couple of years! :)

I highly recommend the photo pass, btw. We used it mainly for family photos in front of all the icons (castle, Space Ship Earth, Tower of Terror) except in AK because we couldn't find one photographer.

You are going to have a blast!!! Let us know how many characters you find!

sherreis

11-26-2006, 06:47 PM

We just got home a few hours ago. I haven't had time to count how many autographs the boys got but they got a lot. A lot of extra interaction because of their personalized pages too which made them and me feel extra special.

I can't wait to look at my photopass stuff. Maybe later, once we eat some dinner and get some more laundry going. (isn't coming home a lot of fun :sad2: )

Now, I'll get to relive the vacation when I start scrapbooking it all. We need to add some stuff to our daily recaps that we tried to do everynight so I'll have a lot of that written down for when I scrap it all.

Just getting thru my 239 emails now.

BuzzBelleMom

11-27-2006, 12:11 PM

Welcome back Sherri!

I saw someone in MGM who had used some of your ideas and the pages were great!

We also had great interaction with the personalized pages. Unfortunately, we saw a few characters that we had no pages for (Darth Vader, Storm Trooper, Daisy Duck, etc) because we didn't know that the first two existed and were told that DD was extremely rare. Oh, well!

Once I scrap everything (it should take a least a year), I am going to start work on the next pages... And we haven't even decided when we are going back!

lazydazy8

11-27-2006, 02:24 PM

My son will lose it if he sees Darth Vader or a Storm Trooper! OMG. I will have to really look into catching them!

I'm really looking forward to seeing yours all done! I personalized a couple of pages for characters I'd know we'd see (Mickey, Minnie, Ariel, a couple other princesses). I didn't want to use up a page personalizing for a character we MAY not catch!

For those of you that caught 40+ characters, were you chasing them all day long? I'm hoping to avoid doing that with the ADR's I made, but if that's what's exciting to my kids, we'll be doing it!

3 more days. I don't know if I'm going to make it to then!!

BuzzBelleMom

11-29-2006, 12:12 PM

Oh, gosh, no! We had Breakfastasaurus, 2 Pooh Breakfasts, Breakfast at the Castle, Dinner at the Castle and Princess Storybook Breakfast at Akershus. (Love the Dining Plan!)

There were at least four characters at everything but the castle dinner, so that gave us 14 or more right there. When we went to see Daisy and Chip and Dale, the Tweedles were there, so there we got five more. We had seen Belle at two breakfasts, but when we found out about the Beast, we just had to wait. Prince Eric arrived with Ariel just before our turn and we just happened to see Jose Carioca outside of Mexico.

We rarely stood in line more than 15 minutes, but there were some must-haves, Darth being one. We didn't even know he was going to appear. It was pure luck. He only did shows twice that day and we were lucky to get the next one.

I have the Disney Rewards Visa, so we got a special visit with Mickey and Pluto for as long as we wanted. It was so worth it!

That's how we got so many characters, and if there had been fewer people, we would have had more! :wizard:

lazydazy8

11-29-2006, 01:06 PM

That's encouraging, b/c I really don't want to spend the bulk of my vacation getting signatures, but I know my kids will want as many as possible!

I really really hope I can find Darth!

sherreis

11-29-2006, 07:33 PM

I'm jealous about Darth. DS11 would've gone crazy! We were hoping we would meet him cause our DSIL is Star Wars crazy. We did get a startrooper though. I didn't have any pages for them.

We rarely waited more than 10-15 min. for our autographs. If it was longer than that, I talked the boys out of waiting. They thoroughly enjoyed getting autographs and meeting the characters.

Character Connection at Epcot was a great spot early in the morning cause it was empty then. We only had 2-3 people ahead of us going through the line. We didn't do the Visa meet and greet cause we were back in World Showcase by the time it opened.

we're all talking about next time as well. Tonight, we finished writing up our daily summaries that we tried to do every night. Now, when DS6 finishes his homework, the boys want to watch the new planning video. Here we go again!