Java Jen Creations

For our niece's 8th birthday, I made her a princess minibook!  It was so much fun! I used a chipboard book that I got at Michael's for $1!  I used 4 cricut cartridges: Once Upon a Princess, Sweet Treats, Paisley and Going Places.  I will list the cartridge and then the cuts from that cartridge. ONCE UPON A PRINCESS:      - crown letters on front cover - 1.24"H      - pull up tag behind some of the pictures - 2.88"H      - butterfly - 1.82"H      - crown - 1"H SWEET TREATS:      - flower and center - 1.24"H      - cupcake and layers - 1.24"H      - number 8 on back cover - 4.30"H PAISLEY:      - shoes and layers - 1.24"H      - necklace - 1.71"H GOING PLACES:      - Smile - 1.24"H The papers that I used for covering the chipboard pages is from a big "The Best of K and Co." paper pad. Of course, I used some sti...

Hello everyone!  This project is the one that Kim featured over at Olive Juice Studio this week!! It was so much fun to be able to share these invites with so many!!  Be sure to visit her site and become a follower because she has so many awesome projects and tidbits that you won't want to miss a thing!!  Her site is www.olivejuicestudio.com . Now on to the project! I am making baby shower invitations for our daughter's shower that will be in late September. She loves owls so we found this adorable one on Create a Critter!  I'm also showing you how to create multiples of images so that you can assemble lots of cards at once.  We started out thinking that we would only need about 30 of these invites but once we started preparing our guest list......ummmm........looks like we're gonna need about 100!  Oh well, good thing I have my Gypsy to make this easy!! Here we go! Here is a pic of the completed invites. We chose two different color schemes so they wou...

Hello everyone!! Just a quick note to let you know that I will be featured at Olive Juice Studio this week, starting on Tues. July 20th!  I am so excited and humbled to share a little corner of my world with all of you!!!  If you have not been over to the Olive Juice Studio site yet, YOU MUST GO!!  Was that suttle enough??!! :-)  Kim has oodles of cool projects from various contributors and there are even recipes! How cool is that??  You can go directly to her site by clicking the Olive Juice Studio button on the right.  Oh, by the way, while you're there be sure to follow her too so that you won't miss any of her wonderful posts!  Thanks for stopping by! Java Jen

I wanted to make a special card to send to my daughter-in-law because I had some pictures that I wanted her to have so I came up with this cute cupcake card.  (She is such a sweetie so cupcakes are very appropriate!) The card is a 5x7 and I cut the cupcake from pg. 49 of Once Upon A Princess. I did the layer but not the shift layer because I didn't want the face on this one.  It is cut at 4.41"H.  Pinks and browns are some of my favorite color combinations! The label on the front is from Fabulous Finds and is cut at 1.35"H. The stamp on the label is one I found in the $1 bin at Michael's and the brads were in a set from Hobby Lobby. Inside, I made a little pocket to tuck the pictures in. The tag on the inside is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More - sorry, I didn't take the time to look up the page number because I already had this tag cut previously.  The stamps on the tag are a $1 set from Joann's.  My custom stamp on the back is one I sent for after seeing the ...

Hello everyone!  I just wanted to let everyone know that Creative Memories has some great Disney items and they are on sale right now!  To see the products, just go to My CM site   and check them out!  (There are lots of other great products to see as well so take a minute or two and browse my website for lots of inspiration!)  I'll be back in a day or two with more craftiness so stay tuned! Java Jen

Here is the other reunion project that I made into kits for the kids this year. It was so well-liked that the "big" kids, aka adults, wanted to make one of their own!  I made enough pieces for 35 kits! This turned into a full-time job for about 2 weeks but it was so worth it! I thought this would be a great way for the kids to see where all of our family lives!  Definitely a keepsake! The covers and pages are from Fabulous Finds! I really like that cartridge! All of the states and state names are from the 50 states cartridge! Perfect! We even had another country - France! I got this cutout from the My World cartridge. The finished kits with all the covers, pages, states and state names - all ready to assemble! This would be very easy to adapt to your own family by cutting the states that are represented by your family! Thanks for looking!