Has anyone made an autograph book with the Cricut?

[hkp1042]

I am making each of my three kids one with all the characters. Talk about time consuming but it's looking good. I would love to see yours if you made one!

 

[youngnos]

I made one for each of my kids and it ended up being a pain. We carried them around and they were heavey and got worn pretty quick. Then when I tried to put pics of the kids in it I didnt have the pic the way I needed it (horizontal or vertical). Next time I will be taking card stock cut into the size I want and have the characters sign those and then put them together accordingly.

 

[wdwmickey]

I've made them for 3 trips. They were great converstion starters with the characters. I'll try to get some pictures up shortly.

 

[bskts4bj]

I made one for each of my kids and it ended up being a pain. We carried them around and they were heavey and got worn pretty quick. Then when I tried to put pics of the kids in it I didnt have the pic the way I needed it (horizontal or vertical). Next time I will be taking card stock cut into the size I want and have the characters sign those and then put them together accordingly.

I always try to take 2 pics of the kids with the characters -- one vertical, the other horizontal so that that problem is hopefully avoided. I've done the cardstock route too -- just be sure to carry a clipboard or something for the characters to use as a hard surface to write on.

 

[bskts4bj]

I've made them for 3 trips. They were great converstion starters with the characters. I'll try to get some pictures up shortly.

They make great conversation starters -- and I think a lot of times you get a better, more "embellished" autograph as well.

 

[hkp1042]

Can't wait to see pics I will try and get mine up tonight, if my computer will cooperate

I am not adding pictures to them i figure I will do that in the scrapbook itself. Our books are only 6 x 8 so not too heavy and we will have the stroller so I don't have to carry them the whole time. I just can't believe how much time I have spent on them..LOL Oh well I guess we gotta kill time till the trip somehow!

 

[hkp1042]

I know he doesn't sign but he was so cute I had to put him in there

 

[hkp1042]

back cover

I still have a handful of pages left to make still

And our countdown calendar

 

[Lisa]

You did an awesome job.

I made an autograph book for our trip in August. I modge podge the front and the back so it would be protection from wear. Well, it rained each day, the book got drenched, and goopy!!! Yuck.

I was able to dry it out, but I will never forget all that goopy modge podge.

 

[mecllap]

Holly -- those are terrific -- beautiful job. Am wondering how it would work to photocopy each page onto cardstock to have other blanks for future use as well. Hope you report back on how well they work for your family (I'd never expect to be able to get that many sigs in one trip).

 

[wdwmickey]

Holly those are great!

No pics from me tonight, photobucket is being a pain! Maybe tomorrow.

 

[morgansmom2000]

Great job!

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

Those are great!! I love the Lightning McQueen--I've never had the patience to piece him together!

I saw where you wrote that he didn't sign. My DS (2) loves Lightning, and when we went last trip (June '10), I was saying to the CM, "Oh, how I wish he had a stamp or something". The CM said that they will let (and do for a lot of people) you "rub" the autograph card/page/book on his tire and get the tire imprint! Just a thought. . .

 

[hkp1042]

Those are great!! I love the Lightning McQueen--I've never had the patience to piece him together!

I saw where you wrote that he didn't sign. My DS (2) loves Lightning, and when we went last trip (June '10), I was saying to the CM, "Oh, how I wish he had a stamp or something". The CM said that they will let (and do for a lot of people) you "rub" the autograph card/page/book on his tire and get the tire imprint! Just a thought. . .

Oh that is cool I will have to remember that!

 

[mommy2mrb]

very cute album Holly! hope you get lots of signatures to fill it up!
looks like we have the same countdown days too!

 

[DisneyIsTerrific]

That's a really cute autograph book!!! You might want to add a few blank pages in the back incase you come across a character you hadn't made a page for.

 

[srauchbauer]

I made one for each of my kids and it ended up being a pain. We carried them around and they were heavey and got worn pretty quick. Then when I tried to put pics of the kids in it I didnt have the pic the way I needed it (horizontal or vertical). Next time I will be taking card stock cut into the size I want and have the characters sign those and then put them together accordingly.

I had the same issue - first time we went to DL I spent hours and i mean hours working on autograph books. Got to the park and had to carry these books around I was more concerned about the books getting wrecked then I was about the kids getting lost. Yes I got a lot of compliments on the book but when I started scrapping the memories they autograph pages didn't fit with either the color scheme or layout design. On our next trip I purchased a notebook with plain white paper. Enjoyed the ease of the notebooks.

So my suggestion if you are planning on using the autographs in a scrap book wait to be creative until you are ready to scrap.

 

[Reddy]

I make alot of my scrapbook LOs ahead of time
I know for the World Showcase I need one picture 5x7 & 4 regular size - so that is 5 pictures - I will take 7 to 10 pictures in each land to make sure I get good ones for my books - if I have extra ones that are good then they can go in my extra pages.

for Character greets - I try to get a pic of the Character while we are in line between kids

I do take alot of pictures but a take my laptop with me & upload my pictures almost nightly then I crop while looking at my books (yeah I make up several for a trip - next trip has 4 but might get a 5th) then I know which way to crop

 

[srauchbauer]

I make alot of my scrapbook LOs ahead of time
I know for the World Showcase I need one picture 5x7 & 4 regular size - so that is 5 pictures - I will take 7 to 10 pictures in each land to make sure I get good ones for my books - if I have extra ones that are good then they can go in my extra pages.

for Character greets - I try to get a pic of the Character while we are in line between kids

I do take alot of pictures but a take my laptop with me & upload my pictures almost nightly then I crop while looking at my books (yeah I make up several for a trip - next trip has 4 but might get a 5th) then I know which way to crop

hello Reddy how are you doing - how was your trip to WDW. By now you are probably wondering who I am. We were on a challenge a couple of years ago on the cricut sight and you were working on some awesome Disney pages.

 

[hkp1042]

That's a really cute autograph book!!! You might want to add a few blank pages in the back incase you come across a character you hadn't made a page for.

I have about 10-12 black pages in the back of each book

I had the same issue - first time we went to DL I spent hours and i mean hours working on autograph books. Got to the park and had to carry these books around I was more concerned about the books getting wrecked then I was about the kids getting lost. Yes I got a lot of compliments on the book but when I started scrapping the memories they autograph pages didn't fit with either the color scheme or layout design. On our next trip I purchased a notebook with plain white paper. Enjoyed the ease of the notebooks.

So my suggestion if you are planning on using the autographs in a scrap book wait to be creative until you are ready to scrap.

These books will stay intact, they aren't going in the scrapbook. I have some simple cards I am going to get for the scrapbook