Java Jen Creations

Welcome to another challenge Wednesday here and over at  COOKING WITH CRICUT ! This week we are cooking up our Christmas In July projects using our scraps! This is a great project for using some of my seemingly endless stash of scraps!  I'm sharing a few pics of how I store my scraps and keep them organized. This is a file cart that I got at an office supply store - it is just perfect for keeping my scraps organized by color! It fits so neatly under my Cricut table!  Here is my completed mini album for our grandson's first Christmas. It is a Piggy Tales lift-the-flap album. It was so easy to decorate because I had so many gorgeous papers in my scraps stash! I used Lyrical Letters and Jolly Holidays for the cover. The inside pages: The baby bird is from 3 Birds on Parade. The filmstrip is from Wall Decor and More. The "smile" and camera are from Going Places. The Christmas Tree is from Cheerful Seasons - I think! :-/ I forgot to w...

Hi there!! Today I have this project featured over at  She's a Sassy Lady  ! You can read the "book" that I wrote about this project by visiting her site! :-) Suffice it to say that I believe that our everyday moments are just as important as the big events so they should be celebrated too! I simply hang each month's calendar page on my fridge and write all of our comings and goings on it. At the end of the month, I put it in our family scrapbook and put all the pictures from that month in the album behind it. I've been using this "system" for years now and it really helps me stay on top of our pictures since we take so many! Even if I don't get the pictures in my album right away, I have them sorted by the month so I can easily scrap them when I have the time! All of these pages are, obviously, 12x12 and I have used a Creative Memories calendar grid. I have used various cricut cartridges for the die cuts and have those detailed under each picture.  ...

Since my first grandchild, a boy, was born on December 2nd, he definitely needs a first Christmas album! I used an 8x8 Piggy Tales Hide & Seek flap book for this special project! The paper and journaling boxes are from the Creative Memories Candy Cane collection. I used several cricut cartridges: Lyrical Letters, Jolly Holidays, 3 Birds on Parade, Going Places, Winter Frolic and Wall Decor & More. I also used these Imagine cartridges: Snapshot Textures, Imagine More Cards and Imagine More. I will obviously add pics when we take them at Christmas but I had to include one special pic of my little angel sitting by our tree looking so angelic!! I just love my little bundle of joy!!

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...