Java Jen Creations

                                Welcome to the THINK SPRING BLOG HOP!!  You should have arrived here from the amazingly talented  Crafty Baskets  !  If you just happened upon my blog, be sure to go back to the beginning at  Creations With Kathryn  . She is our wonderful host for this hop!  On to my project: I decided to make a Spring mini album to showcase a few pictures that I took at the Zilker Botanical Gardens in Austin, TX.  What is more telling of Spring than flowers?!   I used the Card/Tag feature on the Paisley Cricut cartridge and used paper from the DCWV Spring cardstack. (I think this stack was from last year or maybe even the year before! :-) I'm just finally using it! )  The paper flowers throughout are from the 3 Birds Pretty Petals collection.  Read to the end of this post to find the link for the next blog to hop to and for my ...

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...