Happy Sunday, everyone.

Today's post is all about a special card I made for my husband's godmother's 90th birthday next Sunday. This summer I had some extra time and spent most of it creating this project.

I decided to see what happened the year Aunt Fran was born (1924) and then put it in a keepsake card. Well, the card came out more like a book! LOL!

I used the Cricut Mini Books cartridge as a guide and blew it up! There's nothing mini about this project, let me tell you! Each page is 6.5" h x 7.25" w. The cover and the pages for the inside are all scalable, which meant I had the chance to use my 12" x 24" mats! Of course, it's hard to find cardstock that long, but Michael's has a small inventory of colors that are as long as 27", so it all worked out.

The flap folds into a small notch on the cover

and then instead of having the belly band and its notches show on the front, I thought I'd turn it around, put the notches on the back and put the year on the band:

The events I decided to include were The Roaring 20s, Calvin Coolidge (President at the time), the 1st Winter Olympic Games, discovery of King Tut's tomb, patent of the ice cream cone, formation of Mercedes-Benz (her son is a big car buff), premiere of "Rhapsody in Blue" and publication of the song, "Happy Birthday to You."

 Some of the pages had vellum overlays, like the flappers' page above.

Of course, the moist important event that year was Aunt Fran's birthday, so I had to include that! LOL!

And, finally, I put my stamp on the back (thanks, Sheri!) to make it official!

Would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for coming by and reading!

Take care, Alice