Sharing the pics of the Epcot passport I made for GS

[angelajo]

thank you for taking the time to share! very cool!!!!

 

[c3h3a3r]

I think I found some pages in Natalie's Photobucket. But I have put various other pages in my Photobucket - http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/Dibber1/

I sprayed the pages with Crafter's Companion Spray & Shine to give them protection. The printer ink will run if it gets wet, i.e. rain or sticky sweaty fingers. On the tin it says "Similar protective and preservational qualities to a layer of glass".

The passport ID page is the one after the front cover.

I used MS Word to make the passport. I inserted a picture and using "picture tools" I put it in the centre top of the page, then I resized the picture to 4" x 4". For the rectangular pages, I had to uncheck "Lock aspect ratio" and "Relevant to original picture size", to enable a square page to be formed.

Enjoy making them! I had a ball. In fact, someone has asked me to make two for her grandchildren.

I would really love to see photos of yours when they are done.

Firstly, your passport looks FAB!
Secondly, roughly how much did it cost to make, and also how long did it take to make?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sue's Mum]

Thanks for the compliment. I am glad you like it.

The cost was about £1 (UK sterling) for the cardstock, I am guessing at about £1 for the printer ink and £3.50 to have it bound at Staples. I chose a binding that would enable the passport to be folded back completely and this was slightly more costly than a comb binding. So total cost about £5.50.

Once I had sorted out how to accurately do back-to-back printing, it was not long at all - about 30 mins for the printing. Then, my DH took about another 30 mins to do the trimming (2 passport pages each side of one A4 sheet of cardstock), then the time taken getting to Staples and back.

 

[c3h3a3r]

Thanks for the compliment. I am glad you like it.

The cost was about £1 (UK sterling) for the cardstock, I am guessing at about £1 for the printer ink and £3.50 to have it bound at Staples. I chose a binding that would enable the passport to be folded back completely and this was slightly more costly than a comb binding. So total cost about £5.50.

Once I had sorted out how to accurately do back-to-back printing, it was not long at all - about 30 mins for the printing. Then, my DH took about another 30 mins to do the trimming (2 passport pages each side of one A4 sheet of cardstock), then the time taken getting to Staples and back.

That's cheaper than I would have thought. Don't suppose u fancy making me one, if your making another 2 anyway? Yours look so professional and I would have a hard time doing one without the boys seeing it (they don't know we are going yet!) Obviously I would pay p & p, plus another £5 on top for your time? Let me know.

 

[gertiesquidge]

Wow! They look so professional, you'd never believe they cost so little! I'd love to make something similar (or commission you to make one for me??). Do you have a link to "Natalie's photobucket"? So that I can try and make one myself.

Thank you
Best wishes
Gertiesquidge

That's cheaper than I would have thought. Don't suppose u fancy making me one, if your making another 2 anyway? Yours look so professional and I would have a hard time doing one without the boys seeing it (they don't know we are going yet!) Obviously I would pay p & p, plus another £5 on top for your time? Let me know.

 

[Sue's Mum]

Wow! They look so professional, you'd never believe they cost so little! I'd love to make something similar (or commission you to make one for me??). Do you have a link to "Natalie's photobucket"? So that I can try and make one myself.

Thank you
Best wishes
Gertiesquidge

Most of the pages were from Otterpop but you will find the rest in here: - http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/Dibber1/

 

[gertiesquidge]

Thank you so much for the link, I'm ploughing my way through it and saving the pages I need

I'm probably being incredibly dense, but what is Otterpop?? And where can I find it??

Thank you again for helping me out

Best wishes
Gertiesquidge

Most of the pages were from Otterpop but you will find the rest in here: - http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u296/Dibber1/

 

[Sue's Mum]

Here is a link to Otterpop's passport pages. I used the 10 x 10 and made them 4 x 4.

http://s1019.photobucket.com/albums/af319/Shwymie/10x10 passport V1/

Here is a link to Otterpop's DISign thread:-

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2631668

Hope that helps.

 

[gertiesquidge]

Thank you so much for giving me those links, and helping me out again

Best wishes
Gertiesquidge

Here is a link to Otterpop's passport pages. I used the 10 x 10 and made them 4 x 4.

http://s1019.photobucket.com/albums/af319/Shwymie/10x10 passport V1/

Here is a link to Otterpop's DISign thread:-

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2631668

Hope that helps.

 

[Mommydust]

Thanks for the inspiration Sues Mum. And special gratitude to Otterpop, Natalie and Dolly for their design creativity. These are passports I made for my DGD and DGS. And Dolly's travel journal was awesome. She has saved it in Word so it was easy to edit for our upcoming trip. I've also included a pic of the free StarTours passport available at startourspassport.com. in case some of you weren't aware of it. Great thing about the passports and journal: they were VERY inexpensive to have bound at Staples... less than $5 for the journal, including mylar front cover, and vinyl back cover. The passports cost even less. I took Sue's Mum advice and sprayed the passport pages with a clear acrylic sealer I had hanging around. Can't wait for the kids to use these in June!

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[Sue's Mum]

Thanks for showing us your passports and journals. I especially like the passport page "Today I embark ..........".

 

[alayne]

Very cute items. Thank you for sharing.