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Tropical Wilds

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°o° 12x12 Scrapbook for Jan. 2012 Disney Trip
°o° Mini-book for Jan. 2012 Disney Trip

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°o° Scrapbook for Disney trip taken Sept. 2011
°o° Movie Night: Peter Pan
°o° Themed Exploding Box
°o° 2nd Birthday Party for Son
 
Here is the main scrapbook that I'm currently working through. It's from our trip in January, 2012.

Just some notes... The black boxes on some of the tickets and info and the smile faces on the pictures of peple are added by me before uploading. Simple reason is they are hiding either personal information (names, reservation numbers, etc) or people that I haven't asked yet if it's OK to post their pics online. The internet is a weird place, so I'm just making sure I don't hurt feelings (or reveal too much) by publishing people or information that's really identifying. I'm sure you guys understand. :)

Page 1:
Full page spread and individual page closeup:


Driving to the airport. Was actually doing the page like the GPS screen in our car since the biggest laughs came from taking the new airport exit and discovering it wasn't on the GPS. It freaked out as it showed us blasting through a dark void, over a bridge-less river, and through a major housing complex. LoL! You had to be there...

Anyway, black background with blue, lines and GPS pointer made with the Cricut Accent Essentials Cart. Photos are matted blue and the text boxes are actually Facebook updates (with day, date, and exact time) I did along the trip. I don't like to journal and never know what to write, so I figured the actual FB posts I made during the trip would be kind of neat.

Page 2 and 3:
Full page spread



Taking the Magic Express. Theme is obvious (hopefully)... Mickey and Company taking the Magic Express. The background is a blue sky pre-printed cardstock from Joann, the bushes are torn cardstock highlighted with ink. Magic Express bus was made using Craftroom and Accent Essentials cart (see Cricut Creations below) and accented with an image found online and "Disney's Magic Express" text cut from the ME travel brochure, as was the "Orlando Airport" text (inked to match the rest of the colors). The "bus stop" graphic was lifted from online and the pole made with Cricut. Textbox is a FB update, and the rest are pages from the ME travel brochure. At some point, I will add a park bench to the space to the left of the airline confirmation.

Single page closeups


Left page


Right Page

Page 4 and 5:
Full page spread


Arriving at Disney World. Left page is a map that I got from... Well, honestly, I don't remember where, but it shows the layout of the property and gives directions on how to get everywhere via bus. The right page is the picture I took from the bus of the "Welcome to Disney" gate. The page itself is fairly simple, I opted for a matte purple paper with a pearlized teal layered over, and a large blue sparkle paper making up the bulk of the page, then I reversed the teal and purple for the next page. Layered over top is a glitter vellum secured with blue and green brads. The right page is matted with a purple Mickey silhouette.

Single page closeups


Left Page


Right Page

Next Pages
Pop Century
 
My most recent Cricut creations:


The first things I've done with Cricut, an overview.


My first ever Cricut creation, the Cheshire Cat. Assembled on a black base, mounted on a black shadow with popouts for depth. Disney Classics Cart


First attempt at human on Cricut, Alice. Assembled on black base, mounted on black shadow with popouts for depth. Disney Classics Cart


Mickey Mouse. Assembled on black base, no shadow. Mickey's face was pink paper inked with white to get a better color. Mickey and Friends Cart


Magic Express page border. Assembled on a light blue base, no shadow. Created using Cricut Craftroom by me. Final product on page 2 of January 2012 scrapbook. Accent Essentials Cart
 

Ok, last one. 5 is my unlucky number so I couldn't have 5 reserved posts. :/
 
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Magic Express page border. Assembled on a light blue base, no shadow. Created using Cricut Craftroom by me. Final product on page 2 of January 2012 scrapbook. Accent Essentials Cart

Oh, this is adorable! Do you have a file of this? Are you willing to share? ;)

PS - Manchester, NH? I'm in Massachusetts. Will be visiting Madison, NH next month with another Diser for a weekend crop!
 
Oh, this is adorable! Do you have a file of this? Are you willing to share? ;)

PS - Manchester, NH? I'm in Massachusetts. Will be visiting Madison, NH next month with another Diser for a weekend crop!

That is a wonderful idea - I was studying & figure out that the figures are from the Mickey & Friends cart (shift base) then you just need to cut the yellow with the windows (I'm betting that is on Accents Ess. - since she named that cart) then stripes on the top & bottom

REally wonderful job - I love the whole page -- wish I got to ride the ME but we drive there. Maybe I could change it to the Disney Bus for going to the parks, got to finish swaps first.
 
Thanks for sharing all of this. We are also in NH, not far from Manch. Haven't had to try the new exit yet (we are a bit west of Manch), but I totally understand being "off road" on the GPS! Glad you were able to find it without trouble.

Thanks for sharing your creations! ...................P
 
Oh, this is adorable! Do you have a file of this? Are you willing to share? ;)

PS - Manchester, NH? I'm in Massachusetts. Will be visiting Madison, NH next month with another Diser for a weekend crop!

I'd be happy to share it since I did it all in Craftroom, but I'm not sure how to... :( And to get it to print, you'd have to have the Accent Essentials cart. It's pretty simple though, if you have Craftroom and a cartridge that can make square, I simply used a square, enlarged and tilted it to make the windows and cut on a cream-colored paper, then elongated the squares again to cut the blue and grey bands. The text and pictures are cut off the brochure.

That is a wonderful idea - I was studying & figure out that the figures are from the Mickey & Friends cart (shift base) then you just need to cut the yellow with the windows (I'm betting that is on Accents Ess. - since she named that cart) then stripes on the top & bottom

REally wonderful job - I love the whole page -- wish I got to ride the ME but we drive there. Maybe I could change it to the Disney Bus for going to the parks, got to finish swaps first.

Let me know if you do. That one seemed a touch harder, but I didn't really study it like I did the ME. I will say for the Mickey and Friends, I did the regular base, the one that shows the outlines. I tried with and without, and with looked so much better. It added nice, but subtle, definition to the critters.

Love the ME border :)

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing all of this. We are also in NH, not far from Manch. Haven't had to try the new exit yet (we are a bit west of Manch), but I totally understand being "off road" on the GPS! Glad you were able to find it without trouble.

Thanks for sharing your creations! ...................P

We actually are in mid NH, about 1.5-2 hrs away. We go to Manchester at least once a month, though. Getting ready to head down there, probably next week.
 
Thanks for sharing! I love the ME border, going to have to try and see if I can duplicate it in design studio.

Cassey
 












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