On my last trip to Phoenix to visit my daughter and her family, I told my 2 year old granddaughter when I left, that I would send her 3 Fire Engine Pictures. So, good to my word, they went into the mail this week and she has received them. She LOVES looking at pictures and even better if they have her in them.
My sister Jill, is a Fire Fighter in Seattle. Last year on a visit that included my daughter and her family we stopped by Jill's station and she posed for the center picture that included Lauren, at that time nearly one year old. I knew that Lauren didn't quite get it, but I knew that she would one day in the future. Last month while I was visiting my sister I had the opportunity to put myself in the drivers seat- see me in the picture on the right AND can you believe I was even wearing a Fire Engine Red t-shirt!!!??! The picture on the left is my sis, of course, and because she was on duty, she was dressed in her uniform (hmmm.... I wonder if she would have worn Fire Engine Red if she wasn't in her uniform?).
OK, you probably mainly stopped by to see what you can do with Rubber Stamps and Paper crafting, so I am getting to that.
I used a retired Stamp Set (just couldn't part with it because of Jill being a Fire Fighter) and here is the cover of this tri-fold picture display:
And here is the back page (Lauren LOVES dogs):
And lastly so you can see how it all folds up together here is another picture (sorry it is a teeny bit blury). I don't have any directions for this. But will mention that the core of it is the cardboard backing that comes in my Stampin' Up! DSDP and the inside pages have lots of layers making it very sturdy and stands up very well. Because Lauren will be handling it, I made the spine of each of the sections out of 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, giving it lots of flexibility! All was put together with Sticky Strip, some SNAIL and even some Glue Stick to adhere the bottom layers of card stock to the light weight card board.
Pennie, this is so fun! I had that set but got rid of it....I just love that image of the dalmatians! She is going to LOVE this!
Posted by: LeAnne | July 10, 2009 at 04:05 PM
Love this, whish I had that retired stamp. You did such a great job on this layout.
Thanks
Posted by: Carol Smith | July 10, 2009 at 09:10 PM
Wonderful job. She will treasure this for many years to come. Such a wonderful Grandma.
Posted by: Dixie Finn | July 12, 2009 at 04:15 AM
This is a really lovely photo booklet! I think it was brilliant to use grosgrain ribbon for the spines--I will have to use that in the future. You've probably shared that before, but now it just "clicked"!
-Mary
ps-I think you look great in red!
Posted by: Mary Caronna | July 17, 2009 at 05:15 AM