Baby Album Layouts continued......

This layout was made almost exclusively from just the background paper itself.  I found the paper last summer at the LSS, so I am pretty sure it is no longer available.  I think I got the last couple of sheets the store had, which means it was likely an older line.  The letters for the title were cut with the Cricut, and I used some Baker's Twine.  Other than cardstock, the embellishments were cut from leftovers of the paper and popped.

The LSS still carries this paper line, so it's relatively recent.  Again, the embellishment is pretty much just done with the papers, and the letters were cut with the Cricut.  I can't remember which cartridge I used for the font.  I will try to look that up and update later if anyone really wants to know.

The funny thing about these pictures is that this baby girl loves shoes.  She really, really loves shoes.  If she finds a pair, she wants them on, whether they are hers, her brother's, her mommy's, whatever.  I noticed, though, she seems to be barefoot more often than not.

Bee Card

A dear friend moved away.  We sometimes scrapbooked together and other times went shopping together for scrapbooking and stamping supplies.  One of those shopping trips was relatively recent, and I bought some bee themed stamp sets.  I also bought a honeycomb embossing folder.  We had gone to Hobby Lobby first where I bought a bunch of paper packs and some canvas ribbon for stamping on.  I already had some canvas bought from JoAnn Fabrics, so instead of the canvas ribbon, I cut and frayed a piece from my fabric piece.  Then I stamped on it with a stamp by Hero Arts (Art of the Card set).  The bee stamps I used are from two of Darcie's clear stamp sets (Day Is Sweet and BEEutiful).  The filigree brad in the center of the flower on the canvas is from Close to My Heart.  I used Copics to color the canvas.

For the inside, I stamped a few bees and wrote a corny little verse on the computer to go with the theme.

The card meant more to her because she recognized the stamps used as ones I had bought on our recent shopping trip.

More baby girl album layouts

Every year their family gets a picture taken among the Texas Bluebonnets.

I made the pink "flower" in the upper left corner.  The butterflies were originally white glitter.

I used pink Stickles to give color to the butterflies and added pink rhinestones.

The deeper blue papers are by Bo Bunny.  The lighter floral print is old paper from my stash.

She was the littlest flower girl for her auntie's wedding.

I think the papers were Anna Griffin.  Not sure.

The flowers were cut from the paper, and rubbed with ink.  They were embossed with

something that resisted the ink.  The blue flourishes were cut with the Cricut.

More Baby Girl Layouts

The paper is years old, from my stash.  The stamps I used were Close to My Heart stamps.

I used micro beads glued on with Glossy Accents to give the texture and dimension to the sun and title.

The background paper is at least a year old.  I don't remember who makes it, and I'm too tired to check.

Sizzix Butterflies and label were cut with Tim Holtz dies.  The Flourishes were also cut w/Sizzix dies.

I think these papers were also from my stash and were probably older.

Baby Girl album 5 month layout

This will be the last scanned image for awhile, although I will be posting more pages from the album.  I gave the album to the mother, and didn't have time to scan everything before I gave it to her.  I did take photos, but they probably won't be as good as the scans.

This is one of my favorite pages in the baby album I did for her.  The papers were in the Disney section at the LSS, but I  may have bought them awhile back.  The paper flowers were also in the Disney section.  It's been so long since I scrapped this one that it would take awhile to figure out the paper manufacturers.  If anyone is dying to know, you can ask.  Otherwise, I probably won't take the time to hunt the info down.

Valentine's Day Gift for my Husband

I made this "Subway Art" for my husband for Valentine's Day.  The background paper was from my stash and is at least a few years old.  It was by Me and My Big Ideas.  I used Cricut cartridges and my Gypsy to do a little welding, although most of the designs were taken right from the various cartridges I used, namely:

Botanicals (font), Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art (font), Quarter Note (musical notes and font), Sophisticated, Sweethearts, Tie the Knot, and Wild Card.

Sometimes it's surprising what you can find on a cartridge.  Even so, it was not as quick a project as I had hoped and expected it to be.  My husband seemed to like it.  I put it on the wall in the area where he uses his computer when at home, so he can have a reminder of my love for him.  We've been happily married for 37 years.

More of my Baby Girl Album

Most of my scrapbooking has been focused on the Baby Girl Album that I have been making for a gift.  I have actually gotten up to 8 months done, but haven't scanned all the pages yet.  Here are the next few layouts from the baby album.

The papers for the above layout are from the 2011 Little Yellow Bicycle Wonder Wishes line of papers.  I used decorative chipboard elements by K & Company.  The Christmas light garland is a very, very old Jolee's  product that I had in my stash.  The title was probably done using a Cricut cartridge and my Gypsy, but I honestly am not sure.  I did this layout months ago.  All of these layouts were done quite awhile ago.  I'm just slow getting them scanned and posted.

The Blessing Day layout was created with papers, flowers, and glittered dots I found at Archiver's in July 2012.  One of the papers is embossed, but it doesn't show up well.  The border was a Cricut cartridge, probably from one of their Paper Lace carts.  The font is also probably a Cricut font.  I have done most of the baby pages while scrapping with friends at the LSS, and I usually use the Cricut when I scrap away from home.  I'm sorry I can't be more specific.

The border on the 3 Month layout was another Cricut border.  It was either a Paper Lace cart or from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge.  I can't find the paper scraps to identify who manufactured the paper.  Obviously I should have scanned and posted right after doing the layout, so I could have been more specific.

This will be the last layout for today's post.  I used a die that I bought at Great American Scrapbook Convention a couple of years ago.  It is the scalloped circle die and the flourishes.  I think the name of the company that makes it is called Marianne or something like that.  It is similar to Spellbinder dies, in that they are wafer thin dies that allow you to cut and then emboss.  Unfortunately, they are sometimes hard to get out of the die intact.  The hearts and the borders were probably from Cricut cartridges.  The plaid I used for the scalloped border was a paper by Three Bugs in a Rug, but it's an older line.  I am not sure about the polka dot.  I think it was from my stash, so it may have come from a paper stack of long ago.  Hopefully once I get to layouts I've done more recently, I can give better details regarding manufacturers than I have with these layouts that I did months ago.