Java Jen Creations

Welcome to another challenge Wednesday here and over at  COOKING WITH CRICUT ! This week's challenge is asking the question, "Where did Summer Go?" Doesn't it always go by way too fast?? This is a mini book made with A2 envelopes and cards that we made in a kids papercrafting class that I taught before the kids went back to school.  It's a great way for them to document all of their many summer memories and pics! You need 8 cards and 8 envelopes and various cardstock colors and stickers depending on your theme. I used the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more cartridge for the tags throughout my book and George and Basic Shapes for the mats on the envelope and card fronts. I will be posting a full tutorial soon with all the details of sizes and such. (I am currently out of state at my daughter's house as she just had a new baby so I am pretty busy being Mom and Grandma!) :-) Here are more pics of the inside pages and inserts: ...

Well, it's that time of year again and I have the pleasure of doing some crafts with the kids at our family reunion! I absolutely LOVE it!! I thought it would be fun to create a little lanyard album for them to remember the fun times we had together!   We started with a piece of cardstock cut to 11.25"x3.25".  I pre-scored them, starting at the left, at each 2.25" mark, (2.25", 4.5", 6.75" and 9"). After scoring, I then did an accordion fold. I used my Creative Memories tag punch to make tags to go on the front of the album saying "OFFICIAL MEMBER of the BARGER FAMILY".   I brought all kinds of goodies from my stash for the kids to use like stickers, gems, gel pens etc.!  They had so much fun decorating them! Here are some pics of the finished products! Needless to say, the sticker gems were a hit! :-) To see another version of this album, check out my gallery on  Club Ruby Designers  . It's called a summer lanyard album.   ...