Scrap Challenge: Birthday Story

The gals over at ScrapFreak have really got my creative juices flowing. The first Freaky Friday challenge was to scrap a special birthday, and as soon as I read the challenge, I knew just which pictures to scrap. I'd also recently got my order from the ScrapFreak store that included a ton of the Crate Paper Orbit line .. perfect for a boy's birthday page. Click on the photo to see a larger version. Pay particular attention to the look on Zak's face. We surprised him with a "half birthday" cookout when he was 10. His 1/7 birthday is always overshadowed by Christmas, and this was a huge surprise complete with cake and presents.



supplies:
patterned paper, rubons, die cuts are Crate Paper Orbit
Creative Memories markers (had them for years and they still are the best)
Colorbok ribbon (patterned), Target $1 ribbon (solid)
Stickles (that's glitter glue, only much cooler than it sounds)
a sandwich bag and staples to make the mini-book pouch (pretty high tech, huh?)
random silver tags from my stash, 1 1/4" circle punch was a perfect fit
xmas tree icicles (threaded through the tag photos)
coasters, Coluzzle circle template, star punch

I free-handed the rocket ship shape and added googly eyes to the alien on the mini-book.

Here's a closeup of some of the inside of the mini-book.



This was so easy to make, and Aly helped. We glued patterned paper to the coasters (seriously, I lifted them from a bar) and sanded the edges with sandpaper (I think I lifted that from my dad). I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes through the coasters and threaded a bead chain through the holes. I trimmed the pictures using my Coluzzle circle template, then added rubons, die cuts and ribbon. Viola!

Now, there's already another Freaky Friday challenge posted. I've got to get on that!