Create a Critter Mini Album-TUTORIAL

Hi everyone! I was amazed to see how many people liked this mini album I made for my blog candy last week. I got asked by many of you how I made it and if I would share the details. So like I previously said before I decided to do a little tutorial on how it was made....just to warn you, THERE ARE LOTS OF PICS! I created the entire album on my Gypsy, so you can probably do the same thing on the DS, but you do have to do a lot of welding so you need one or the other....so here we go...

Here is the 1st screen shot of what the album looks like before all the welding. Basically, you pick all the images you want and line them up and rotate them to where ever  you want them to be. I kept the height at 4 inches. The album measure 4x12.

*Here is what each page looks like on the G after welding each image to a rectangle...the rectangle is always 4 inches high, by whatever length you need it to be..You just need each page to be a bit longer than the previous page, another thing is I only used the SHADOW of each image..

Here is how to weld the images..I used a rectangle from the Plantin Schoolbook cart, but you could even use a square b-cuz you need to unlink the little yellow bar anyway to get the length and height needed.

*Make sure to turn off the link button (yellow) ONLY for the rectangle! When you do that, then you can stretch it to the length you need. Always keep the HEIGHT at 4 inches (or whatever height you are using).
Next push the weld button..

Your image should look like this after grouping together and welding..

Once you have your image the way you want it, it's time to cut! I used chipboard (I don't know the exact measurements..sorry)..I've used cereal boxes before..so whatever thickness works for you and your cricut go for it! :) I used the DEEP CUT BLADE, now I did have to play around a bit for the correct settings and here is what worked for me..
Blade set at 4
Pressure set at HIGH

TIME TO CUT!..So now you will have to cut the base and the front and back layers..

To get the back layer right, you need to place the paper on the mat backwards (so printed side down), like this..(excuse the dirty mat..lol..)..

Now that you have the 3 layers, it's time to cut the image, and you do this the usual way..

Once you have that cut, just glue everything together..

So now you have the image (owl) and the base, now you just glue the owl to the base!..

Then punch holes for the rings..

Here is what the front and back should look like once you are done...

 So once you do this, you just copy the same technique for each page of your album and embellish it the way you want.

*I hope this was helpful..remember this is my very first tutorial so please let me know how I did and if you have any questions I will be happy to answer them! Thanks for stopping by! :)