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First pages - it is hard to fit the whole book into the picture, especially on the last pages as they are so long. The book is about 9 1/2 cm tall (4 inches). The picture is of me holding my little brother. I love how unhappy he looks and how scared I look...
On the back of the "H" page and the front of the "A" page. The word art reads, " The best part of life is when your family becomes your friends." Both pictures are of me and my two brothers.
This is the back of the "A" page and the front of the "W" page. It is pictures of my brother with his nephew and nieces. His two sons are also in the helmet picture.
This is the back of the "W" page. These are pictures of my brother with our dad and mom.
This is the front of the "N" page (the last page of the scrapbook). The first picture is my family and the second picture is my brother with his family. The circle word art reads "a family is a circle of love".
All the word art was made by Bethany. She is very talented and has a free word art EVERY day! What a sweetie!
I used my Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software to create the pages. Thank goodness box board (cereal boxes) are plentiful as it took quite a few tries to get it right. Some box board is too thick to cut with the Cricut. The box board didn't stick well to the mat, even if I sprayed it with tacky adhesive first. I also found it best to tape down the edges to the mat.
I also wasn't very successful with doing a multiple cut. I liked cutting it once with the Cricut and then using scissors to cut all the way through. I had to remember to put the paper for the backside of the letter down on the mat so it was cut backwards. It also pays to go slow and make sure the paper is placed on the right spot of the mat before you cut. (I had to borrow another piece of cardstock from a friend after I messed up because I put the mat in the Cricut backwards!!! Argh!)
If I was to do this again, I would try making the shape of the pages without the inside of the letters cut out and then cut out the letters out of contrasting card stock to put on top of the pages. This would prevent the pictures from peeking through when the book is all closed up.
Thanks for looking,
Kim
I love the above card, but I needed a thank you card and didn't have one ready - of course! So I pulled off the sentiment and changed it to "Thank You". I added the scalloped oval because I wanted to see if I could make the SU scalloped oval with my Cricut and 
We made two of each of the five designs at the Stamp-a-Stack, plus a bonus project. I'll try and get the others posted soon as they are all so cute. 
I did an Internet search and came up with 
I finally broke down and bought the 
I created this card for my great niece's third birthday on Friday. I used the cupcake treat bag on page 201 of the Spring-Summer 2009 catalogue as inspiration. While I own the Big Shot, I don't own the Sizzlets dies, so I used my Cricut and the Cricut Design Studio to create the base of the cupcake, the icing and the candles. (The icing is six circles welded on to an oval.) I finally bought the Sure Cuts A Lot software (WOW! and YAHOO!) so I used it for the flames (Wingdings - Uppercase S) and the three (Arial Black 1.85") I didn't have the three on the card at first, but decided to add it afterwards... I'm wondering if I should have made it a different colour or used designer series paper. Here is the card minus the three: 
I don't think you tell that I used the Glassy Glaze enamel on the flames so that they shine. If I had Crystal Effects, that might have been easier than using the Glassy Glaze Enamel as the flames were tiny and had to be temporarily stuck down so the heat tool wouldn't blow them away, but then the Glassy Glaze oozing over the sides stuck to the scrap paper!