Sweet Baby Girl ~ Scrapbook Page

Hi all!  It's another last minute post from me.  I'm scrambling before the weekend's activities.  Lots more basketball this weekend and February school vacation begins today.  My kids are happy to be without homework for a week, but they're less than thrilled that we have no snow on the ground.  We usually spend a few of our vacation days in New Hampshire with my parents.  The kids love to sled and snow tube there.  But that's looking unlikely with no snow in the forecast.  Such a strange winter!

Today I'm sharing a scrapbook page of my daughter at 6 months old.  It's hard to believe that she was a 4-pound preemie!  I find I'm spending less time on my pages....I no longer flounder for hours with layout designs and paper matching like I did a few months back.  For this page, I quickly pulled together my papers and decided on die-cuts one day, then cut, assembled and embellished yesterday.  I'm trying to use more embellishments, but that's real hard for a girl with a clean and simple style!!  I'd appreciate any advice you might have for me! 



Recipe

"Sweet" word art, dress and socks - Cricut Baby Steps

Scalloped square - Cricut Mini Monograms

Patterned papers and journaling tag - SEI

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Flowers, pink skittle - goodies from scrapping friends
Puffy black letters - Target dollar bin

Glittered heart brads - Recollections

EK Success dimensionals

Colorbox chalk ink

Creative Memories markers for doodling/journaling

I'm entering this page into 3 challenges:

Crop Stop Challenge #58: It's a Baby - Make a project with a baby theme.

Lasting Memories Challenge #75: All You Need is Love - Use the word "love" on your layout.

My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge #44: Girly Girl projects - Create a project that just screams "girl"!

Have a great weekend!

~Sharon C.





Welcome Baby! Shaped Card using Baby Steps cartridge

Happy Tuesday!  If it's sunny and warm where you are, please send a bit of the sunshine and warmth to the East...we're on day 3 of cloudy, drizzly and cool.  Spring arrived here...briefly...and decided to retreat back into hibernation, I think.  But it could be much worse, right?  At least I have a good reason to stay indoors and be crafty.  :-)  I keep telling myself that.  You agree, don't you?  LOL

So I was on a mission last week to find the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge.  I thought I would be able to price match Jo-Ann's $29.99 sale price at A.C. Moore or Michael's if Jo-Ann's was out of stock.  Well, all 5 retail outlets near me had none.  Boo hoo!  But don't go feeling too badly for me yet...I consoled myself by picking up both Baby Steps and Campin' Critters....whoo hoo!  My scrapping budget will remain at zilch for a bit, but I have some fun new cartridges to play with!  :-)   

On to today's card....a shaped baby card from...you guessed it...Baby Steps!  Oh, I'm going to have fun scrapping my baby pics with this cartridge.  It has some very, very cute images.  I used one of the baby boy images to create this card with my Gypsy.  I will be sending it to my middle son's 2nd grade teacher...she just had a baby boy last week...I'm so excited for her and her family.  :-)   I thought the face on the die cut was so sweet...but when I stamped it with my Peachy Keen face stamp, I thought he looked even cuter.  What do you all think?

Recipe

Baby boy cut from Cricut Baby Steps cartridge, welded into a shaped card with my Gypsy

Polka dot paper from my stash

Cardstock - Bazzill, Recollections

Peachy Keen 'Wide Eyed Kids' face stamp

Black Creative Memories marker, white Gelly Roll pen for doodling/stitching

Blue Stickles on hat

Stampin' Up! watercolor pencils to color face

I'm entering this card into two challenges:

Cricut Cardz Challenge #74 - Create a card for a brand new baby, using any colors and any Cricut cartridge.

My Craft Spot: Monday Challenge #8 - Congratulations! - Make a paper project to say "congratulations!" to someone special.

Have a great day!
~Sharon C.

Sugar & Spice - Baby Girl Layout

Good afternoon!  Oh, the sun is shining brightly today...and it's 55 degrees outside...yahoo!  I just came in from outdoors and the sheet of ice that was formerly our driveway is slowing disappearing.  I have a feeling we'll see the pavement tomorrow...the forecast is a whopping 60 degrees.  Oh, spring might just come after all!!

Speaking of warmer times, today I'm posting a scrapbook page of my daughter at 8 months.  Yes, another one!  I'm so happy to have completed quite a few pages this year.  Those albums are filling up.  Anyway, my daughter was a very patient (she had to be...her twin brother was incredibly vocal when things weren't going his way), happy, sweet and funny baby.  We called her 'wild thing' because of the way her whole body would wiggle and bounce when she was happy.  Which was quite often!  :-)  She also had an early fascination with shoes...as these pictures show.  She LOVED to check out what people had on their feet...and always chose the brightest, shiniest, prettiest shoes for herself.  My sister bought her these sandals...hot pink...perfect.  She was (and still is) very sweet...we are so lucky to have her....one girl among three boys. 

Recipe

Patterned papers - My Mind's Eye everyday tango

Textured cardstock - DCWV brights

"Sugar & Spice" title from Cricut Alphalicious; letters and heart welded together using my Gypsy; cut from SEI Claire patterned paper and popped up for dimension

Martha Stewart border punch

Journaling tag from SEI Claire chiplet pack

Pearls - Recollections

Baby shoes die-cuts - Recollections

Buttons - WalMart

EK Success dimensionals

Black Creative Memories marker for journaling, stitching

I'm entering this page into 3 challenges:

Get Your Sketch On: Sketch #7 - Create a project using the following sketch as inspiration:



More Than Favors: Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #6 - Rock Princess - Create a project using the Cricut Rock Princess cartridge, chosen as this week's challenge cartridge by the blog's followers.  If you don't have this cartridge (I don't), you can use a similar cut from a different one.  While browsing thru the images in the online Rock Princess handbook, I noticed the "Sugar & Spice" word art on page 41.  I attempted to create similar word art by using the Alphalicious font cartridge and the heart from George and Basic Shapes.  I sized and welded these with my Gypsy...I love the versatility that little gadget gives me!

Scrapaholic by Abby: SEI Challenge with Abby #3 - Use Pink - Create anything, but make sure you use the color pink. 

Enjoy the day!

~Sharon C.

Life is So Sweet - Baby Girl Layout

Hi there!  Today I'm posting a scrapbook page of my daughter at 8 months old (she's now 7 years!).  I'm always amazed when I look back at her (and her twin brother's) baby pictures.  They were just over 4 pounds each at birth, but within months they really put on some weight!  And that's a good thing!  This picture was taken outside during the early summer when she couldn't do much more than sit and reach...check out those chunky arms and cheeks...you'd never guess she was a preemie!  :-)

I have soooo many pictures to scrap, so I'm trying to focus on making layouts....with a few cards thrown in here and there!  This page was a fun one to make...I love the colors and the felt flowers and ribbon.  I'm getting better at using pretty embellishments, but with 3 boys at home too, it can be difficult!



Recipe

Patterned papers "borrowed" from my daughter's American Girl paper pad

Cardstock - Recollections

Stamp - Close to My Heart 'Kid Power' set; lilac ink from Michael's; black Marvy marker on bee

Tag cut from A Child's Year Cricut cartridge, p. 50; added a shadow; inked

Felt flowers - Target

Faux pearls - Recollections

Ribbon - Making Memories

EK Success dimensionals to pop up photo & tag/sentiment

White Gelly Roll pen for journaling

I'm entering this page into four challenges:

Abby's Scrappy Mom's Challenge: Anything Goes - Create any project, just be sure to use a stamp.

CropStop Challenge Blog: #5 Sketch! - Follow the sketch provided HERE to create a project of your choice...a card, layout or altered item.
Amanda's Crafts & More: Scrappy Saturday with the Bug - Challenge #1: Anything Goes! - Make a new layout using a Cricut or SVG cut...anything goes!

The Paper Variety: Yummy Hearts Challenge - Photo inspiration - Use the picture provided HERE to create a layout, card or other paper project.  As you can probably tell, I was inspired by the colors of those yummy candies!