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Saturday, 26 July 2014

Three, four, knock on the door

Back with another double layout from the baby book I am making, this one features Little Miss Attitude Lola from the Baby Teen Scene collection from Simply B Stamps.

This layout features developmental milestones and I followed the current sketch over at Perfectly Rustics to make it up, I just flipped the sketch on its side and then mirrored it for the second side. I made the centre element larger to fit room for all the text and for a good sized photo of baby.

I thought the cute little feet buttons worked well as embellies for the theme of the page and with my buttons I’m entering it in the current challenge at Lasting Memories.

Simply Create Too have a for a child challenge and this book is definitely for a child so I am also linking it over there.

If you’re interested you can see the cover to this baby book at this post, the first page here, the last page at this post and another double layout here. The final pages will be posted up over the coming days.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E21, E30, E33 (R20 cheeks)

Eyes E23, E27, 0

Mouth R000, R00, R02

Hair T4, T6, T8, 100

Outfit RV10, RV11, RV32, RV34, RV66

Embellishments

Jesse James Button It Up ~ New Arrival Girl

Little B ~ Baby Shoes

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Papers

7 Dots Studio The Queen’s Heart ~ Way of Life

13@rts Magic Moments ~ Evening in Venice

Christina Re Shimmer Cardstock ~ Pearl

Kaisercraft Pitter Patter ~ Baby Cakes & New Born

Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics ~ No 16

Pion Design Baby ~ Pink Baby Blanket

Vellum from stash

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live & Love Crafts Scalloped Venice Lace ~ Rose Pennant Edge

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Little Miss Attitude Lola

Challenges

Lasting Memories #200 ~ Buttons

Perfectly Rustics #27 ~ Sketch

Simply Create Too #66 ~ “For a child”

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

Waiting in anticipation

I’ve got another single layout from the baby book I am making to share today, this one is the first page.

I’ve kept the papers and the embellies the same as the inside cover as they open up to a double page. This page is for pictures before baby arrives and I’ve added interest with my Foto Folder, which is where the photos go.

With all the lovely dots (don’t pink dots just say little girl so perfectly?) I am entering this page in the current challenge over at SimonSays Stamp Wednesday challenge. I’ve got loads of layers on this as well as insde the folder so I am also entering my layout at Deep Ocean’s current challenge.

For the inside I’ve followed the current sketch over at Retrosketches. Their sketches are more geared toward cards but I thought it suited the space I had and the sort of layout I wanted to do. I just swapped out the circle for a larger oval as I wanted space for a full length photo of the mother-to-be with her belly. Not sure an ultrasound photo will fit in a vertical oval, might need to turn the book to see that photo properly but that is what I am envisaging on the right-hand side.

Stayed tuned for more pages in this baby book, four more to be precise. If you’re interested you can see the cover here (took me ages as this is a Tim Holtz Collection Folio so there’s lots of space to decorate!), the last page at this post, and a double layout here.

Ingredients:

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Papertrey Ink ~ Notched Star Banner

Wild Rose Studio ~ Oval Frame

Embellishments

Freckled Fawn ~ Resin and Metal Flowers & Sequined Bow

Kaisercraft Pearl Strip ~ Pink Champagne

Kaisercraft Stickers ~ Pitter Patter Girl

Jesse James Dress It Up Button ~ New Arrival Girl

Petaloo Darjeeling ~ Wild Mini Blossoms Pink

Petaloo Penny Lane ~ Forget Me Nots Soft Pink

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Dried Marigold, Pumice Stone & Tea Dye

Papers

Carta Bella Baby Mine ~ Baby Floral

Heidi Swapp Foto Folder ~ Pink

Kaisercraft Pitter Patter ~ Bundle of Joy

Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics ~ No 2

Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics ~ 9th of March

Pion Design Fairytale of Spring ~ Pink Dot

Riddersholm Design Huntington Garden ~ Tea Room

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live & Love Crafts Lace ~ Pastello Pink & Scalloped Rose Pennant Edge

Challenges

Deep Ocean #82 ~ “Lot of Layers”

Retrosketches #124

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday ~ Spots and dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, 21 July 2014

The memories are all in my mind

Yesterday I shared a double layout from the baby book I am making (you can see it here) and today I have a single layout.

This one is the last page (I’m not your conventional scrapbooker so have been doing the pages out of order) and I’ve done it in papers and embellies to match the inside back cover (see it at this post).

The current song theme at A Song In Your He{ART} is Three Times a Lady, now if the lyrics to that song don’t just inspire a lovely layout for a special little lady I don’t know what will. Listen to the song, it’s lovely and about the memories inspired by a very loved lady. So while it may have been written for a lover it could just as easily describe the love between a parent and a special daughter. I picked out my journal cards with words inspired by those in the song, they come from a Authentique Classique Pretty’s Life Cards and are just perfect for a layout looking back on the first precious year of a baby girl’s life.

I made up my layout following the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, I think their sketches are more geared toward cards but I think it worked for this. I just resized it to be a rectangle rather than a square and swapped out the button element for some flowers to match the back cover. I also swapped out the three gems for a swirl of them, again to match the back.

With all the pink and flowers and girl journaling there’s no mistaking that this is a book for a baby girl so I’m also entering it at Fussy and Fancy’s current challenge.

Ingredients:

Embellishments

BoBunny Jewels ~ Frosting (coloured with RV34 Various Inks)

I Am Roses ~ Mulberry Paper Roses Variegated Pink and Pink

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye, Walnut Stain & Worn Lipstick

Papers

Authentique Classique Pretty ~ Life Cards

Carta Bella Baby Mine ~ Baby Girl Dots

Pion Design Fairytale of Spring ~ Hope

Ribbons & Trims etc

Lace from stash

Challenges

A Song In Your He{ART} #11 ~ Three Times a Lady

Fussy and Fancy #118 ~ “It’s all about girls”

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #21

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, 29 June 2014

Sugar and spice

Today I’ve got the first part of a big project I am doing up, a baby book for a colleague at work who is expecting her first little girl. This is taking a lot longer than I thought to complete so to motivate me I am going to post up the only bit that is finished so far, the cover.

To make up my baby book I’ve used a Tim Holtz Collection Folio, the large size, and gone to town with the decorating of it. To do up the front cover I have followed the layout sketch at Feeling Sketchy and got inky and powdery with all sorts of good things. I started with Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Picket Fence and then sprinkled on some Fran-tage. On the layout I used modelling paste and a stencil for my butterflies and added some Distress Ink into the modelling paste as well as some more embossing powders over the top. I also did the same with the textured background that is only just visible under the papers.

With all my various effects on the cover I am also entering this in the current Craft Hoarders Anonymous challenge. There are copious amounts of flowers all over the cover, as expected for little girl’s book, so I am also entering this in the current challenge at Paper Crafting Journey.

I swapped out the black elastic closure for some pink elastic. I was going to put a word band or some letter charms on the elastic but the cover is way too busy as it is. Notice that border, looks pretty good, doesn’t it? Well it had better for the work that went into it, let’s just say these Collection Folios are made thick and tough and it was also too big to go through my Grand Calibur so I traced and cut round my Sizzix die and then used various sized hole punches for the lacy edge.

Opening up the folio you get two flaps top and bottom and I decorated the outside of these with some chippie words, these I painted up and sprinkled with Fran-tage also. The large heart buttons have been in my stash for ever as have the tulle flowers, I think they were from Webster’s Pages.

I’ve tried to tie things together with matching elements so I’ve got some of the same Organza Pearl Pink on the inside of these flaps. The top one is missing the pocket, I have no idea where I’ve put the packet, it’s got to be somewhere in my craft room! It’s meant to be for the hospital name card from the baby’s crib. The bottom one is ready to go with a pocket for the baby’s wrist tag.

There’s also a flap on the right side and I’ve used the same Organza Pearl Pink on the outside with some buttons from Jesse James. On the inside I have the same lace as the top and bottom flaps and some chippies and more of the Jesse James buttons and flowers to tie in with the other flaps too.

You’ve got to have space in a baby book for all the vital statistics from the birth and I’ve put that on the inside left cover using a piece of vellum over some lovely shimmering cardstock with some more flowers and another piece of lace.

The back inside cover I’ve done up as the last page looking back over baby’s first year with some journaling cards ready to go. I’ve tied this in with the flaps using the same lace and roses too.