Baby Book with a card

***WARNING: PHOTO HEAVY!!! ***

Happy Sunday!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Yesterday was spent at my nephew's girlfriend's baby shower down in Montreal.

It was pleasant (and long!).

 I hadn't seen some of the people that were there in such a long time.

And the baby shower was a success; I think the new parents-to-be

have everything necessary for their new baby. 

LOTS of gifts! 

I made them a baby book, because I believe that the baby's first year 

(and seond, third, etc!) should be recorded.

I purchased the chipboard book from Michael's awhile ago.

I 'had' wanted to buy a certain collection, but time was a factor (and also, I kinda forgot!!)

OOPS!

BUT!

I have a HUGE amount of papers, I was sure to find something in there 

suitable for a baby book! 

There is a collection that I absoltely adore; so much so, that I had purchased everything I could

from that line.

Crate Paper Oh Darling!

***Sigh!!!***

LOVE IT!

It called out my name, and all I could think about were the projects I could do with these papers

concerning my daughter.

SO!

I pulled out this collection, and the elements; along with various papers from my ...uh..stash.

Front cover: Crate Paper Oh Darling papers and elements; Maggie Holmes elements; Glitz it now washi tape

Crate Paper Oh Darling! papers; Fancy Pants Designs About a Girl rub-ons; American Crafts stamps

Crate Paper Oh Darling papers; American Studio Thickers; Studio Calico letter stickers; Maggie Holmes vellum elements (camera) Fancy Pants designs flower sticker.

October Afternoon papers; Graphic 45 Mother Goose journaling card; various letter stickers from October Afternoon Daily Flash  and My Mind's Eye. Elements from Maggie Holmes.

Paper from stash (sorry! don't remember the company--had this paper for years!), EK Success sticker; Fancy Pants Designs stickers , rub ons from stash.

Papers from Fancy Pants Designs Be You; various journal circles from Jillibean Soup, October Afternoon, Elle's Studio; American Crafts Thickers; Echo Park Sweet Girl Element sticker (cutie pie); Jesse James button (BABYS)

Paper from Crate Paper (teal) and October Afternoon (yellow); element stickers from October Afternoon, Fancy Pants Designs, Echo Park, Maggie Holmes, Heidi Swapp. Die cut is cut from my Cricut Expression, and the Sugar n' Spice cartridge.

Paper from Crate Paper Oh Darling!; Banner from Crate Paper; washi tape and moon tag from DCWV; bird is a rub on from My Mind's Eye; journal spot from Jillibean Soup.

Papers from Crate Paper Oh Darling!;journal tag is MME;'SWEER' is from Teresa Collins; 'Adore' is from Heidi Swapp; Girl tag and ticket from Crate Paper Oh Darling!

Papers from Fancy Pants Designs Little Dancer; washi tape is from Fawn Lawn ; Fiskars Heart punch; Ranger stickles

Papers are from October Afternoon and Crate Paper; journal spots from October Afternoon and Echo Park; other elements are from stash.

Papers are from Crate Paper Oh Darling!; sticker elements fro Echo Park Sweet Girl; yo-yo flower from Paper Issues swag bag; chipboard elements from Crate Paper. Journal spot from Fancy Pants designs; washi tape from Lawn Fawn.

Paper are from Webster's Pages, and My Mind's Eye (chalk); banner sticker from Echo Park; journal spot sticker from Crate Paper; flair from the Paper Bakery, others--stash.

Paper and Princess rub on from Fancy Pants designs; file folder from Teresa Collins (white/black flourish) and Webster's Pages (brown); chipboard flowers from Crate Paper; journal spot (heart) from Elle's Studio. Twine from My Mind's Eye.

Inside the file folder.

Paper is from Cosmo Cricket; journal tag is from Echo Park Sweet Girl, as are the washi tape.

Paper from October Afternoon; journal tag from Echo Park Sweet Girl; hearts punched with Fiskars heart punch; sticker elements from Fancy Pants. Pink acrylic bow from stash.

Papers from October Afternoon, journal tag from Echo Park Sweet Girl

Back cover. Paper from Crate Paper Oh Darling!

Crate Paper Oh Darling papers and elements; ribbons from stash.

 This is the card I made to accompany our gifts (we had also bought the high chair). I had won the newly released collection from Purple Onion Designs. These designs are so adorable!!! I was so happy to use these ---the designs are uber cute! I used my Distress Markers, with a waterbrush. The banner sticker is from Kelly Purkey.

 So, are you still here, after all that??!! Thank you!

I don't know bout you, but I am in dire need of some R & R today! Thanks for stopping by!

I am linking this up to :

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Artsy stamp

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Have a great day!

Stay safe! Get crafty!

Blooming Sunday!

Happy Sunday!

OMG--It's been almost 3 weeks since I have lasted posted!

Time is surely going fast!

Life has been keeping me super duper busy,

and haven't really had to time get crafty.

But, this weekend saw me carving out a few hours for crafty fun.

In my last post, I created a page with my new Prima Bloom stamp.

That has got to be one of my fave stamps of all time.

Sooooo....

I used it again.

With some of my new Prima sprays, and another new stamp, 

the Jillibean butterfly dictionary stamp.

Add a little of this, a little of that, and voila!

I sprayed some of those Prima sprays (SOO fun!!), 

stamped my dictonary stamp, heat set it, 

then stamped my Bloom stamp.

More fun coming---coloring!!

I used a mixture of mediums--Derwent color pencils, Distress Ink pads, 

watercolor crayons; all which go on great with my water brush.

Then I decided to go a step further, because

I had a vision of what my gal showed look like..

I wanted to put flowers in her hair!

Those who know me know that I am not a flower person at all, 

until recently, that is!

BRING ON THE FLOWERS!! :D

BUT!

There is a problem with that...I do not have many flowers in my stash.

Working on that bit by bit.

Anyhow, 

That is one project done. 

Planning on getting some more crafty work done/finished.

Almost finished a baby shower gift that is due next weekend.

EGADS!

Time is sure flying by!

I am entering my journal page into the following:

Simon Say Stamp Monday Challenge: Botanical

Thanks for dropping in!

Have a great rest of the weekend!

Stay safe--get crafty!

Blooming Wednesday

Hi y'all!

Last day of April...can you believe it??!!

Yesterday,  I received some happy mail.

My new Prima stamps had arrived!!

Yippee!

When I was looking at the Bloom girl, I was

thinking of what color to use for her.

So.... I asked my 4 yr. old.

The color? Yellow,  with some pinks and blues.

Her words. Seriously.

She's right!

I used a variety of mediums on her.

I stamped her with Hero Arts Shadow Ink,

then proceeded to use watercolor crayons, inks and paints.

Such fun. I just went with the flow.

I am linking this up to the following:

SimonSaysStamp--Monday Challenge--Not So Mellow Yellow

SimonSaysStamp--Wednesday Challenge--Anything goes

Thanks...and have a great day!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of you!

May you have a blessed day, 

and

May you remember....

 Have a great day!

Oh Hoppy day!

Hey!

How are you all??
My poor blog!

Time is just zooming by, and with work and family, my blog and crafting

(to my dismay!!) has taken a back burner....

But today, I carved out some time for me to craft.

I made a layout of an older picture of my daughter, wearing her bunny ears.

It was the day before Easter, and she was EXCITED!!

CHOCOLATE and TREATS galore! 

What's there not to be excited about, right???

lol

I kept it very simple, as I really wanted to get this picture scrapped!
I also wanted this layout to be about her. I have other pictures of the
rest of the gang collecting Easter eggs the next day..That's another layout!

Believe it or not, this layout was started early the week before, and alas, I never had time to 

finish it. Oh well!

Do I like it? Kinda....lol

It's cute, but definitely not my best. lol

Anyways, it's done.

I am linking it up to some challenges:

Paper Issues Pocketful of Sunshine

Simon Wednesday Challenge-Happy Easter and/or Sweet Treats

Scrapbooker's Paradise Playing in Paradise

Items used on my layout:

Bazzill Basics cardstock

Maggie Holmes Flea Market paper (pink and floral) 

Echo Park Springtime collection (yellow hexagon and 'sunshine' sticker tag)

Jillibean Soup  (bingo card, journal tags, butterfly, bunny, white letters)

American Crafts Thickers --Dear Lizzy (aqua)

Lawn Fawn letter stickers (oh)

Teresa Collins Enamel dots

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day!

Be safe. Get crafty (I sure wish I could do more!!) lol

Friday....with possibilty!

 TGIF?? 

YES!

I was able to get a few moments to create something in my art journal.

You know, it's very frustrating to want to create, and 

not be able to. lol

*sigh!*

So, I did this art journal, went with the flow.

Ever have those moments??

Want to create, but not sure, so you just 'let loose'??

This is the result of that:

 I used my Distress inks, with the blender, and some flower

stencils from Pebbles, and just went with it!

I ,then, used a Unity stamp, one of my personal faves.

I used my Bic markers to outline some of the words.

I love this quote--I must remember this!

So, that's it for me.

I am entering this into:

 Unity Friends with Flair

Have a great weekend!

Be safe. Get crafty!

Some brotherly love

Howdy folks!

Gosh, it seems like it has been forever since I've posted.

Or actually did a layout.

Working full time is crazy...lol

But hey, c'est la vie, right??

Anyways.

I did some playing in my craft room.

I am determined to scrap more and more of my mountain

of older photos I have accumulated.

Know what I mean? 

Sure you do! ;)

So, I used some of my newer goodies on this layout.

Crate Paper Boys Rule! 

Wow! 

Love this line!

 

I used American Crafts Kraft cardstock as the background; 

various Echo Park cardstock cute with my circle cutter;

numbered vellum is from Crate Paper Boys Rule;

the die cuts,journal cards, wood shapes, star sequins are all 

from the same Crate Paper line, Boys Rule.

The letters are from American Crafts Thickers.

That awesome stamp in the bottom right hand corner is from the 

Paper Bakery (LOVE that one!)

Enamel dots are from Doodlebug Designs.

See those awesome splatters??

Stamped with a Unity stamp. Seriously!

Those stamps are awesome---they are among my faves.

Sadly I haven't pulled them out often enough layely.

So, there you have it.

A layout of my 2 little guys, taken over 10 years ago.

Man! 

Time sure does fly.

So, I'm linking this up to the following:

Unity Friends with Flair

Practical Scrappers March Layout Sketch

Have a great day!

Be safe. Get crafty!

Natural challenge

Happy Monday!

Late posting for me today. 

Time is flying by for me, as I am sure it is for you all.

So much work, not enough time for anything anymore it seems. 

And what as taken the back burner for me?? 

Scrapbooking.

I ave been trying to complete a layout a week (my goal for this year)

and Boy! is it giving me a run to do it...lol

There are too many awesome challenges out there.

BUT!

I did manage to do one this past weekend.

I received a beautiful set of papers, 

and I just knew what pictures to use with them.

Then I used this awesome sketch over on the DCWV blog:

Here is my take:

I enjoyed doing this layout. 

It was therapeutic for me, especially after a long week. ;)

All the papers are from this gorgeous stack:

The letters are MME, as is the clear cut 'Beautiful'.

The wood hearts are from Studio Calico, the bling on the butterfly, 

(cut from my Slice machine) is from Teresa Collins.

That heart in the corner is also from DCWV, Vintage Collector

--an awesome score from Michael's...all the embellies on liquidation!!

 but alas, no papers...again. sigh!~
I used my small flower punch to make those little flowers,
 and added a touch glitter glue to the centre.

I am also linking this up to:
Crafty Steals Third Thursday Stash challenge--flowers

So, that's it for me for now.

Thanks for stopping by.

Be safe. Get crafty.