Boy Oh Boy

I made this cute little card for a friend's baby shower. I know I've use the brown/blue combination a lot, but I love it. Stamp is from high hopes, I colored it in with my limited copic supply. I used Nestabilities Oval Scallop to frame the image.
Some Prima Flowers with a brad to finish it off. :)

Sleepy Head

It's been a little while since my last baby scrapbook post... so here's the next layout in my oldest's baby book.



Like so many kids he had his days and nights mixed up. We would try to wake him during the day and we got some of the funniest looks from him.

Once again, I used an older sketch from Nuts About Sketches. Journaling and lots of pictures are so important to me as I try to document parts of our lives, and their sketches always work out so great for me! The picture of daddy and baby had a horrible orange date stamp on it, so it was covered up with a carefully placed star. My title was once again cut with my cricut compliments of make-the-cut. :)

Thank you for looking.

2 Page Michael

I'm back with another shot of baby boy!



Here's the next spread in my son's baby book. (Title page is a couple posts back) I wanted to carry over the same color and theme as the title page, so it doesn't look all that different. All though, I have a heck of a difficult time getting a decent picture. It sure would be helpful if we had some sunshine around here!

Anyhow, I started off with an old Nuts About Sketches sketch. Since this page is all about pregnancy and the excitement of his birth there is a LOT of journaling. My goal for these books is that when I'm not around my children and their children can look through them and find out everything I would be able to tell them. So there's a lot of journaling.

The stars and his name were all cut with MTC and my cricut. I inked the edges of the white pages with blue ink and did the same with the stars, though it's hard to see in this picture. Thanks for looking!

Baby Boy

I had mentioned in another post how I'm 10 years behind on my scrapbooking. Here's the proof. lol I posted the layout about my 11 year old son who is crazy about wood... well I'm starting his baby book. Finally! Yeah, we'll see how long this book takes to finish! Anyhow, looking over his pictures brought back so many memories, it's sad how quickly they grow up!



I rarely ever do a layout with only one picture, it was kind of a nice change of pace. The tag in the bottom corner says "a babe in your arms with all of its charms undeniably from God". The stars have been slightly glittered up with holographic embossing powder as you can see on the bottom trio of stars.



I added just a tad of dimension with thick adhesive under the letters and a few of the stars. Though it doesn't have a ton of embellishments it's simply clean and cute. That tends to be my style when it comes to layouts.

I don't know about you, but I am always trying to figure out how to get good lighting when I take pictures of my layouts. I have a plastic bin that's been turned into a mini photo studio for my cards, but it's not big enough for full sheets of 12x12 paper. In the quest for good lighting (as it is a cloudy, wet day today) I seemed to have gained a "helper" along the way.



My daughter's cat always has to be involved when there's something happening in the house, and this was no exception. I did get a good shot of him though. :) The light brought out his gorgeous stripes and blue eyes.

Newborn Babies - GS Sketch 1

I am back today with yet another card for a newborn baby girl. Okay, well girlS this time. Yup, another precious sister I know through church is due to pop any day now. But she's expecting twin girls! So exciting! I tell you, there are babies coming out of the woodwork!


Yesterday I stumbled across a new blog: Get Sketchy. They're just starting up, but their first sketch was exactly what I needed to push through the late night and create something adorable!

The patterned papers are from DCWV's Nana's Nursery Girl line. The vellumn saying is from DCWV's Baby scrap kit in a stack. (Hmm... wonder if I like DCWV?) The flowers are my creation, as quilling is my newest adventure in this craft that I love. I gave them a generous dosage of "sugar". It helps them stand out, but also ties in to the glitter that is on the left side patterned paper.

All in all I'm pleased with it! Now I'm feeling the urge to create something boyish!

Adorable

I'm back with another card! This one is for a mommy to be (kinda, as it's her fourth baby) in my church. Her baby shower is this Sunday, and I'm throwing it!


It's so soft and girlie and pretty!
The main image is from High Hopes stamps, and colored in with my markers. The flowers were a Dollar Store find. Though I don't encourage the use of those type of items on scrapbooks because of iffy acid issues, I figure on a card they're pretty and in the budget! The flourishes were all cut with a die, and given a healthy dose of embossing powder to give them some shine and dimension.

For my sis...

As I mentioned in the last post, this year is my Sister's first year as a Mommy! I just had to send her a special card.



I used a sketch from somewhere, but for the life of me I can't find it now. Measuring at four and half inches square, it is a little smaller than I usually make, but I think it's cute none the less.

The image is from High Hopes. I colored it in with my newly acquired Prisma Markers. I am seriously loving these things, just have to get used to working with them to shade more effectively!

High Hopes Challenge 23- Buttons Galore

This last week I got my order from High Hopes, and I've absolutely enjoyed creating with them. This weeks challenge is called Buttons Galore, bet you can guess this one. ;)



My little sis is having her first baby here in a few weeks. I had stamped and colored the image in with my Prismas a couple days ago, but then got stuck for a little while. Seeing this weeks challenge helped me complete it.

The white background paper was embossed with the fiskars dots plate in my cuttlebug. The image cut with nestabilities circle and a nestabilities scalloped circle behind it. I used my Cricut to cut chipboard letters and added a few thin coats of Modge Podge. (Love that stuff!) Added ribbon, flower, buttons, a few gems, and viola! You've got a cute card to welcome a new blessing into the world with!

CSAD #197

I was tickled pink to be able to do two more cards for the Card Sketch A Day Blog by Susan.

This time I used her great sketch to make two different cards.



This birthday card seems simple and elegant. It's not my usual style, but I like how it turned out. The sentiment strip is a piece of paper that's been embossed, stamped and has double sided tape wrapped around the top and bottom. I then sprinkled a hefty dose of silver glitter giving it a nice border. It's definitely something I'd like to experiment with in different colors for different occasions!



This card varies from the sketch a little more. I straightened out the four squares, added some space between them, and straightened out the sentiment. I'm pleased with how it turned out, not to mention it was supposed to somewhat match the announcements I had made for the same friend. I'm so glad her adorable baby girl is here now!

Sketches are a great tool, they give you a great starting place and you can totally customize them to give unique cards!

Baby Brain

My sis called yesterday. She had an ultrasound to try to figure out how far along she is. They're estimating her due date around April 1st. I joked with her that it would be totally like her spawn to be born on April Fools Day! lol But honestly truly, I'm excited for her!! I'm hoping I'll be able to sneak away from here for a week or so to help out with the new little one when it comes. We'll see how the hubby cares for the idea of being left alone with the kids for so long. lol

Anyhow, yesterday I stepped into a store that I've been wanting to visit but never got around to it. They had Fiskar texture plates cheap! *woo-hoo* They also had some discontinued paper at a good price. I found this cute blue and white paper perfect for little baby boys. Take that and add my desire to play with my new little glittery stuff, I came up with Baby Shower Invitations. I started to make a bunch of them last night. Today I've continued working on them between laundry and dishes, and chasing the 'tupid puppy. (She's not really stupid, I just got upset that she dug under the back fence and got out. She'd only been out there a short while!) Anyhow, I need to pick up some envelopes and see if I can sell them on ebay. Not that I'd make much off of them, but I need the practice.



I still need to get better at taking pictures of them. I brought down two lamps and almost all of the pics look rather yellowish. Perhaps it's the bulbs? I dunno.

Anywho... the dishes are calling my name once again.