Highway 45 Mini Album

This is a LONG post!

I have been really busy these last few days! After making my House mini album, Karen was right, I got hooked. I then decided I wanted to make a mini journal/album about my quest to lose some weight and get fit (see my 'On the Right Track' blog). I was deciding what I was going to do, in fact I did my title page with some travel themed papers from Little Yellow Bicycle and then October Afternoon came out with the Road Trip papers and it was perfect for what I wanted to do!!! Of course I then needed the Cricut cartridge 'Going Places' to add to it. So after ordering some paper and a cartridge my mini album has cost me about $75! LOL. I was chomping at the bit wanting to start but had to wait for the supplies to come in. Well they all arrived last week and I began my journey (well the real journey started about 1 month ago). The more I played the more things fell together for me. Everything just flowed and I LOVE the end product! I called it Highway 45 as I hope to lose that much weight. You will notice on one of the journaling cards I said I wanted to lose 36 pounds, well I bought a new scale the other day and realized my old scale was not that accurate! How depressing!

I made all the pages separately. When adhereing them together, I only adhered 3 sides so that there was a pocket to hold some journaling cards. You can see the tabs. Many items are on foam squares for dimension. The only thing I am disappointed about is that I had wanted to use my BIA since I haven't used it much since getting it, but my wires weren't big enough.  To adhere many of the items on the pages, especially the smaller ones I have used Glue Dots, I love Glue Dots.

Cover

Close up of the tags in the pocket - I can't believe I am posting that terrible picture of me - ugh! That in itself should keep me motivated!

The pages where I will keep a monthly record.

On the back of the after picture I have some journaling space to write in some new measurements.

Some of the journaling card inserts

Pattern Paper: October Afternoon, MAMBI, Making Memories, Sassafras Lass, Far Flung Crafts

Cardstock: CTMH

Stamps: CTMH, Hero Arts, Stampingbella

Ink: CTMH

Stickers: OA

Rub Ons: OA, CTMH

Number Stickers: CTMH

Ribbon: CTMH, Michael's

Journaling Cards: CTMH, LYB, Theresa Collins
Cricut: Going Places, Graphically Speaking, Plantin Schoolbook