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Family history journals

Filed Under DT: Kriss, Nature, Other projects 

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For the longest time Kriss says she’s been wanting to do a genealogy search but has just never gotten around to it. NBC has launched a show, “Who Do You Think You Are?” in which each episode takes viewers on an emotional and personal quest into some of America’s best-known celebrities family history.

Well this was just the jump start she needed and what better way to start things off then by creating some wonderful journals to keep all her findings in.

She says she spent a couple weeks laying the foundation for each family tree and it’s been fascinating! Although she did note that she sure hopes her relatives took root and became mighty oak trees…and just didn’t remain a bunch of nuts like the rubber stamp says. Ha ha. :)

Wonderful job Kriss! I’m sure you’ll have a great time filling these up!

Instructions: COMPOSITION BOOK

  1. Cover front and back covers of composition book with solid and pattern papers.
  2. Stamp Tree Hill on cream cardstock, color, trim to 4” x 4 ½”, and ink edges with black ink. Attach to 4 ½” x 5 ¼” pattern paper panel and attach to front of book.
  3. Stamp Today’s Mighty Oak with black ink on cream cardstock and trim to size. Attach to black cardstock allowing room at the bottom to border punch. Punch border with Lacy Days of Summer, and attach to book.
  4. Cut a 1 ½ ” square from black cardstock and then cut in half on the diagonal. Use Lacy Days of Summer Border Punch and punch edge. Use these as corner embellishments and attach one to the lower left corner of the book and the other to the upper right corner of the stamped image panel.

Instructions: JOURNAL

  1. Cut pattern paper to fit pocket on front of journal.
  2. Stamp Summer Neighborhood with black ink on cream cardstock.
  3. Circle cut out one of the houses and cut out a coordinating scallop circle from black cardstock.
  4. Color house and adhere to black scallop circle. Attach to pattern paper panel and slip into to cover’s front pocket.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
6034-R Summer Neighborhood
7047-W Tree Hill
8069-E Today’s Mighty Oak

Other supplies:
Archival™ Ink Stamp Pad – Jet Black, Ranger Industries
Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor
Blender Pen, Marvy-Uchida
Circle and Scallop Circle Dies, Nestabilities by Spellbinders
Cuttlebug, Die Cutting Machine, Provo Craft
Lacy Days of Summer, Border Punch, Fiskars
Pattern Paper, BasicGrey and My Mind’s Eye
Cream, Dark Turquoise and Black Cardstock
Gel Medium

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Comments

2 Responses to “Family history journals”

  1. Nancy on May 16th, 2010 4:41 pm

    Oh Kriss I love this! I did a family tree and gave a copy to my brother and sister. They are in boring binders. I’m doing one for Brian and guess how he will get his? Thanks!

  2. Crafty Math Chick on May 18th, 2010 6:14 pm

    What a lovely way to record your geneaology Kriss! Well done.

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