Last week at camp we made explosion boxes. I used the Cricut Cartridge "Mini Albums" to create the templates. I cut each shape out, traced it with a sharpie and photocopied the pages on cardstock. The kids went bananas over this project and their albums/ boxes were amazing! They used stickers, embellishments and drawings to decorate their pages with all kinds of colorful, happy, playful themes.
You don't have to own a Cricut to make this super cool project.
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Since I had the cartridge out, I decided to play with some of the projects. What a fun cartridge!! I have had a blast these last few days creating my own explosion box, two accordion albums and a really, really nice book. I took a ton of notes so I can share what I learned plus offer tips and tricks to use the cartridge successfully. There is no reason for you to waste paper like I did learning how the sizes work and what kind of paper/ cardstock to use. I will share these findings later this week once I've written everything up. For now, here is a little eye candy to show you what you can do with this cartridge.
EXPLOSION BOX
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| KaBoom! (It exploded) |
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| There are 32 pages (front and back) to decorate. |
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| This box is 3.75" in width when it is assembled. |
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| It is almost 12" wide when open. |
ACCORDION ALBUMS
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| These accordion albums fit into into darling albums. |
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| This project is 6.5" and the album is in a vertical orientation. |
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| This project is 4.5" and the album is in a horizontal orientation. |
(SO STINKIN' CUTE) MINI-ALBUM
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| I had no idea how stinkin cute this project would turn out! |
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| I love how the album includes envelope pages! |
So in love with the mini book cart.. Great fun you are having.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize it was so cool! I love it! Now I'm trying to find pictures to go with the album which is backwards, I know.
DeleteThank you so much for sharing this and all your other super projects. I have this cartridge and you have inspired me to get it out and use it, although I don't expect my project to be as good as yours! Keep on crafting and showing us, I so look forward to reading your blog here in the UK. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Margaret - I am sure your project will be as good as, probably better than mine! The cartridge did all the heavy lifting on these projects. All I did was kind paper collections I hadn't used and put them on the sticky mat. I am delighted to hear that you enjoy my blog. It means so much to me to hear that.
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