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A Princess Party

When I saw this assignment posted I just knew I had to do it. Now that I have a little princess of my own, I jump at the chance to do anything girlie. So many ideas swirled around in my head of what I could do with this project. I thought about taking pictures of my daughter in her new pink TuTu and centering the album around a “Fairy theme”. Then I thought about maybe using the Halloween pictures from last year, my daughter was a blue flower fairy. Her second birthday came along when I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with this assignment, so it was fresh on my mind. I had some pictures of the party printed out and laying on my desk with the Kaiser Castle and that is when the idea for a storybook came to me. I thought, I have all these pictures of different stages of her party, what if I made a fun little story out of them that I could share with her now, and later when she learned to read, she could enjoy it even more. My kids love reading, they get this from their mother of course In fact when I actually finished this album my oldest son read it a few times. He loved it. This was a great way to capture a fun event and make an amazing keepsake for my daughter to enjoy.

 

 

 

Instructions-

 

1. Paint the cover, first page, sixth page and the back of the ablum in the pink paint. Paint pages two, three, four, and five with the antique white paint. When it dries you might want to go over it a couple more times with the paint to make even strokes and the paint a little darker. When the paint is dry add the mod podge over each pages to seal the paint on and to give it a more finished look.

 

1. Cover-

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      1. Add pearls to the top scallops.
      2. Add a thin strip of the striped patterned paper. Ink them and then add across the top.
      3. Cut two, 1 inch flourish5 die cut’s from the Storybook cartridge and your Cricut. Ink them and add.
      4. Cut the title using the cuttlebug and the fairy alphabet die cuts. Cut “Princess” out of the street sign at 1 inch. Ink and add them. Add a pearl for the “i” dot in “princess”.
      5. Trace windows and the door on the white patterned paper. Run them through your cuttlebug using the d’vine swirl embossing folder and then ink. Once you add the patterned paper on the other side (page one) you can add these to the cover.
      6. Add the jewel to the door.
      7. Last add the chipboard princess.

 

1. Page one-

1.) Add the flower patterned paper as your background. (Now you can add the windows and the door to the front cover of the book).

2.) Cut the dot patterned paper to fit the background. Ink it.

3.) Cut two funky circles with your cuttlebug. Ink and add to the dot paper. Cut two strips of the striped patterned paper ad add.

4.) Mount the picture on white cardstock, ink and add to the dot patterned paper. Sew around it and add the page to the flowered background/wodden page.

5.) Cut 2 poppy’s using your storybook cart at 1 inch, ink and add to the page. Next cut 1 tulip at 2 inches, ink and add to page. Next cut out 3 flowers from the flower patterned paper and add over the tw poppy flowers and tulip.

6.) Add inked journaling strip.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Page 2-

1.) Cut out the flower patterned paper to fit the wood page. Ink all around it.

2.) Add matted photo on white cardstock to flower patterned paper and sew around it. Add to the wooden page.

3.) Cut out one funky circle with your cuttlebug, ink it and add it. Cut out one tulip at 2 inches and one tulip at 1 ½ inches, ink and add. Next cut out 3 asterisks (flowers) ink and add. Using the crop-a-dile II at 3/16, hole punch three dots with the brown paper and adhere to the flower centers.

4.) Ink and add journaling strips.

5.) Cut and ink two strips of the striped patterned paper. Add them.

6.) Last, add the three pearls.

 

 

 

 

1. Page 3-

1.) Cut dot patterned paper to fit wooden page. Ink all around it.

2.) Mount pictures on white cardstock, ink, and add to the dot patterned paper. Sew around the pictures.

3.) Cut one strip, inked from the striped patterned paper, add to the top of the page.

4.) Cut two tulip1 at 2 inches, ink, cut one swirl from one of the tulips. Add the three pieces to the page. Next cut two poppy flowers at 1 ½ inches, ink and add to the page. Next cut 3 flowers from the flower patterned paper and add.

5.) Add journaling strips.

 

 

 

 

1. Page 4-

1.) Trace the towers on the white patterned paper. Cut out and run through your cuttlebug using the d’vine swirl embossing folder. Ink and add to the wooden towers.

2.) Cut two pieces from the striped patterned paper, ink and add to the two towers. Add the pearl strips to each tower.

3.) Cut two strips of the striped patterned paper. Ink and add to the top of the page. Add three pearls.

4.) Mount picture on white cardstock, ink and add to flower patterned paper background. Fit to wooden page. Sew around it and add to page.

5.) Add two inked funky circles to the page. Next cut two tulip1 dies at 2 inches, ink and add. Cut one poppy at 1 ½ inches, ink and add to page. Add hand cut flower to center. Cut one asterisks die (flower) ink and add. Using the crop-a-dile II at 3/16 punch a hole with the brown patterned paper, add to flower center.

6.) Cut one strip of the striped patterned paper. Ink and add to the bottom of the page.

7.) Add inked journaling strips.

 

 

 

 

1. Page 5-

1.) Trace the towers on the white patterned paper. Cut out and run through your cuttlebug using the d’vine swirl embossing folder. Ink and add to the wooden towers.

2.) Cut two pieces from the striped patterned paper, ink and add to the two towers. Add the pearl strips to each tower.

3.) Cut two strips of the striped patterned paper. Ink and add to the top of the page. Add three pearls.

4.) Mount the two pictures on white cardstock, ink and add to the dot patterned paper, sew all around it.

5.) Cut one tulip1 at 2 inches, ink and add. Cut one poppy at 1 inch, add to the tulip1 and hand cut flower for the center of the poppy.

6.) Cut one sswirl at 1 ½ inches, ink and add. Cut one asterisks (flower) ink and add. Next using the crop-a-dile II at 3/16 punch a hole using the brown patterned paper. Add to flower center.

7.) Last add inked journaling strips.

 

 

 

 

1. Page 6-

1.)Block off the page where just the middle tower roof is showing. Add adhesive and glitter. When dry, add a strip of the striped inked patterned paper. Next add the dot paper, inked for the window area. Add the pearl strip and pink jewel. Next cut out a flourish5 at 1 inch, ink and add under the window. Add an inked strip of the striped paper under it.

2.) Cut a piece of the flower patterned paper to fit the wooden page. Ink it and add.

3.) Next add a piece of the dot patterned paper, inked, add to the flower paper. Add a strip of the inked striped patterned paper to that.

4.) Add a funky circle, inked.

5.) Mount the picture on white cardstock, ink and add to the patterned paper, sew around the picture.

6.) Cut sswirl at 1 ½ inch, and two poppy flowers at 1 inch, ink and add to the page. Hand cut two flowers from the flower patterned paper and add to poppy flower center.

7.) Last, add your inked journaling strips.

 

9.) Add thread and buttons to hold the pages together and in place. Now you are done and have a fabulous keepsake.

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