Tuesday, October 11, 2011

BARN SHAPED ALBUM

I finally finished my super easy to make barn shaped album.  The only Cricut cartridge needed to make the base of the album is My World or any cartridge  with a barn and the blackout feature.
  To cut the barn use the blackout feature along with the fit to page button and a 12x12 sheet of chipboard and again with cardstock for the front and back of the album.  Remember for the trim you will want to turn fit to page off and manually set the size to the size the barn cut at.
 I hand cut the barn doors/pages of the album at 5" tall and 4 1/2" wide.  I cut in chipboard and covered in decorative cardstock.
 I used my gypsy to size the rectangles from the George cartridge for the trim on the barn doors. 

 Animals are from the Animal Kingdom cartridge and hay bales are from the Old West cartridge.
 I have not embellished the pages yet as I wanted to add my pictures first and then see what fits.


 I used the Bind it All to bind my album, but you could use a hole punch and binder rings.
It felt good to get back in my craft room and make an album. :)  Thanks for looking!

32 comments:

  1. Lisa, so good to see yoy creating again!! What a cute, cute album!! As usual you amaze me!!! You go, girl!!!

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  2. How cute is this!! You are such a genius with these shaped albums! This is too darn cute!! Hugs, Joy

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  3. You do such fantastic albums! Love it!

    Janice

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  4. OMG!!! LOVE THIS!!! So stinkin' cute!! You did a fantastic job on this. Can't tell you how much I love it, keep looking at the pics over and over again....WOW!!!

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  5. This is just so adorable Lisa, love it!!

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  6. It looks soooo cute. I love the little barn animals inside. And whata cute way to open the barn. LOVE it!

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  7. So darn cute. Glad to see you back. Will definitely make one of these!

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  8. Oh my gosh, Lisa. So great!! Really really can not express how great this is!

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  9. OK, this is just the cutest barn I've ever seen! Those barn animals are too cuuute! Great Album!

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  10. Glad to see you back. I always enjoy seeing all of your wonderful creations.
    (:(:Smiles:):)

    Robin

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  11. Oh So Darn Cute, Cute, Cute!!! Love this and I love barns so this really caught my eye, I love it! Thanks for the inspiration!
    ((Hugs)) Theresa

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  12. Lisa so adorable. When I first saw it, I thought how preschool moms could use this as a fun learning tool or book. Are lounging to start selling tutorials on your projects? I'm just so tickled to see you back and designing. I've always loved your style and projects!!! Big hugs!!! Jen at upcycledscrapbooking.blogspot.con

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  13. Cute Barn album! Glad to see you back. :) :)

    Hugs, Sheena

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  14. Great to have you back crafting again. This barn book is the cutest! I am always looking for ideas for books and this is where I will come to get them!

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  15. OMG! That is ADORABLE!!! Great job.

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  16. This is adorable! Your shaped albums are simply amazing! TFS and for the inspiration. Great to have you back!

    KimMJ
    bast830@comcast.net

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  17. DING DANG THIS IS SO DARN CUTE!!!!!!!
    I adore your work!!!! What a gift you have!!!
    :O)
    xoxo
    Jen

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  18. This is too, too cute!! I love the flexibility of a 4-page layout...especially if you have too many photos to make a discard decision! TFS!
    LVAllen

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  19. Great work and glad to have you back creating again. I'll bet it feels so good to be at it again.

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  20. Aaand...she's BACK!!! :) :) :)
    Great shape book Lisa! Always love your stuff!
    Hugs...Kathy ♥

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  21. It is so, so, soooo good to have you back here. This is such a great project. I'm going to try it with a house with my family. You are such a wonderful source for inspiration.

    YOU are an amazing person.
    Mary R.
    Chattanooga, TN

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  22. Very cute. Your so creative. I love your projects.

    Pookie
    scraptaculardesigns.blogspot.com

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  23. Love all your shape albums!! You do such a great job on them. Glad to see you back. TFS

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  24. Love, love, love this mini Lisa!! Right up our alley. lol Great for photos around the farm!!

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  25. So glad you are doing well and back to your fantastic creating. Such a cute barn. Love all your projects and can't wait to see more.
    Again - welcome back - you were very much missed.

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  26. Glad to see you back!!! You are definitely the "guru" of shaped albums/books. LOVE 'em!!! :-)

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  27. It is GREAT to see your creations again. I am glad you got back in your craft room. I am even more happy for you that you took time for you to heal from whatever terrible thing happened to you. It was necessary and important for you!

    When I was first on the craft scene, I remember seeing your blog and your shape/word books. I watched your videos. What I remember the most, is emailing you for some help a couple of times on my first shape book and particularly difficult book. You emailed me right away. gave me clear directions. I LOVE making word books. Thank you for being so sweet and helpful! That was TWO years ago!! :)

    I LOVE the barn book!!! :)

    Hugs,
    Michelle
    michelles-crafty-creations.blogspot.com

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  28. so precious. I gotta do this. my grandson loves farm animals

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