National Scrapbook Day Post 5

What could be better than a sleeping baby?  They always look so adorable and angelic.  Of course, we all know that they don't always sleep so well.  I have five kids and I'm not sure how I managed to get past baby number three.  That girl never slept and cried all the time.  I'm sure that was when I completely lost my sanity.  A good night was having her wake me up less than ten times.  I'm so hoping that my granddaughter doesn't have a baby that won't let her sleep.  I look back now on those days and really don't know how I managed.  This paper is from a Mambo Breast Cancer paper pack.  It had the predesigned border piece at the top which I thought was perfect for the title.  I simply cut the title and the moon and starts from the First Few Years cartridge.  I know there will be some beautiful sleepy time photos of this sweet baby to put on these pages.

Were about halfway through the album now.  Come back next hour to see the next pages.  Hope you're enjoying your day.  Leave me a comment and tell me what you are doing to celebrate National Scrapbook day.  I'm going to choose one follower to win a 6x6 paper pack and a couple other goodies.  More info to follow in the next post.

National Scrapbook Day Post 4

Okay, time for another page of the baby album.  I made pages six and seven exactly the same only flip floppped the images.  Again I used the First Few Years cartridge for everything on this page except the heart and button.  Both the heart and the button are dies.  The heart is from My Creative Times Stitched Scallop Heart Die Set and the button is from Obsession Impression which my local scrapbook store carries.  The background paper is Bazzill. 

I ran the white strip through my Cutttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder to add a little texture then added a little jute through the buttonholes and tied a bow for the finishing touch.

National Scrapbook Day Post 3

 For this layout I used the First Few Years cartridge, which by the way, I highly recommend for anyone that scraps for their children or grandchildren.  I was so excited to get this cartridge to help me get this scrapbook done.  The frames and the banners are from the cartridge.  The stroller is from the Simply Charmed cartridge.  I used a Peachy Keen face stamp for the baby's face.  Isn't it so cute?

Just a simple and easy page with a frame cut from the First Few Years as well as the banner.  The lamb is from the Cricut Lite cartridge Sugar and Spice.   All of the sentiment stamps on these two pages are from Cardz TV Stamps Oh Baby stamp set.  If you'd like to check out the stamps and some of the other fantastic stamp sets that my friend Mary creates please click HERE.  I'm already running out of page ideas.  I guess I better hit the internet to get my brain in gear.

National Scrapbook Day Post 2

Next up are pages two and three from my baby album.  I used Cricut's NewAarrival cartridge for the mat, which has the It's A Girl sentiment cut into it.  I added the titles for the baby's statistics and the little stork. 

This page has room for one large photo and three smaller photos.  I cut the large scalloped mat from the new Cricut cartridge The First Few Years.  The small frames are from My Creative Times newest release.  It's called the Stitched Mini Frame and Arrow Die.  The sentiments are from the new We Are Family stamp set.  I just love Miss Emma's products.  In fact, I'm addicted to them.  You can find them HERE. 

National Scrapbook Day Post 1

I'm so excited to be participating in National Scrapbook Day this year.  Today I will be showing off the scrapbook that I'm making for my granddaughter.  She is expecting a baby girl due in July.  This will be our first great grandchild.  It is so unbelievable.  Sadly, her baby shower is today and I won't be there because we haven't left our winter home in Florida and she is back in Michigan. 

I must admit that I find scrapbooking very stressful.  I have a hard time coming up with page ideas, so I gather lots of ideas from blogs, Pinterest and many of the websites that sell scrapbook supplies.  I decided to make a 6x6 scrapbook to make the job a little easier.  Of course, one of the disadvantages of making such a small album is only having a small surface area so you can't always put a lot of stuff on each page.  For my first page of the album I used both my Silhouette (for the pregnant tummy image) and my Cricut.  I designed my photo mat using my Gypsy and the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge along with the New Arrival cartridge.  It mimics the popular trend of poloroid frames.  All my sentiments are from My Creative Times stamp sets as well as the banner and the arrow.  I thought this would be the perfect way to show off the ultrasound picture when we found out the baby would be a girl.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day

SNEAK PEEK



I've always wanted to do something to take part in National Scrapbooking Day.  We are usually on the road traveling for this weekend making it impossible.  This year we won't be heading north to our summer residence until the end of next week so before I pack up my supplies for the trip I'm going to make a mini scrapbook for my granddaughter, Brytnie.  She is going to make me a great grandmother in July.  Let me tell you, it's even more shocking to say great grandmother than it was to say grandmother.  I kind of laughed recently when I heard the announcement that George W. and Laura Bush had become grandparents.  They are ten years older than my husband and I and just had their first grandchild.  We have nine grandkids and our first great granddaughter on the way.  I will be posting a page or two from my mini album each hour tomorrow, May 4th, starting at 8:00am (EST).  I hope you'll come by and see what I'm making and maybe get a little inspiration for your own scrapbooks.  There may be some blog candy along the way for my followers.  Hope you enjoy the day and get some time to create some of your own projects.  Have FUN!

Cardz TV Stamps-There's No Other Like My Mother

Hello my crafty friends!  It's time for a new Cardz TV Stamps challenge.  This week Mary asked the Design Team to create a card, layout or project for Mother's Day.  I always make cards to send to my two aunts on Mother's Day.  Though distance keeps us apart, I want them to know that they are always in my heart and mind.  Usually I design them each a different card, but this year we are traveling back to our summer home in Michigan from Florida and time is short and I've had to pack up my supplies for travel.  I used a new 6x6" paper pad that I found on a recent excursion to JoAnn's.  It's actually a DCWV Kid's stack, but I bought it because most of the papers in it could be used for other occasions.  I made matching cards and just used different colors and placed my border papers on the bottom a little differently.  I cut a label using one of the preloaded images on my Silhouette machine and then cut it in half to use on each card.  I added a sentiment from the Cardz TV Stamps set More Encouraging Thoughts.  I embellished the labels with some paper buttons I cut from a die I picked up at my LSS from Obsession Impressions and some yellow chevron ribbon. I hope you can join our challenge and post your Mother's Day project using Mr. Linky over at Cardz TV  for a chance to win a set of stamps from Cardz TV Stamps.  This challenge will run until May 16th.