A Good Egg for Babies

I am late posting this morning from a busy weekend, but here I am, finally :). Over the weekend I was preparing for my stamp class this evening and I was working with the stamp set, 'A Good Egg' for Easter cards. I kept looking at that adorable little chick and thinking how cute it would be for a baby card. This morning I got up and made one for a baby boy and one for a baby girl to add to my card stash. I used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons and a blender pen to color in the baby chicks. Lol! These little chicks just crack me up- they are so stinkin' cute!

The baby chicks are popped up on Stampin' Dimensionals.

I left the inside plain, but I used two sentiments. One of my favorite baby sentiments comes from the stamp set, 'God's Blessings'. It says: "A baby is a gift from Heaven above, bringing joy down to earth, filling hearts full of love." I paired it with another sentiment from 'Well Scripted', which is "Congratulations." And here is the baby boy version....

The 'Perfect Polka Dots' Textured Impressions embossing folder is great for so many different kinds of cards, but it really lends itself well for baby cards. Hope you are having a great day so far and wishing you a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!
Barb

Supplies:
Stamps: A Good Egg- 114974, Teeny Tiny Wishes- 115370, God's Blessings- 114972, Well Scripted- 118601 clear mount & 117072 wood mount
Paper: Whisper White- 100730, Barely Banana- 102701, Pretty in Pink- 100459, Bashful Blue- 105120, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper- 118401, Bashful Blue Designer Series Paper- 112151
Classic Stampin' Ink: Pretty in Pink- 101301, Bashful Blue- 105209. Black Staz-on- 101406, White gel pen- 105021, Blender pen- 102845
Watercolor Wonder Crayons: So Saffron- 106698, Barely Banana- 106697, Only Orange- 106695
Punches: Scallop Circle- 109043, 1 3/8" Circle- 104401, Word Window- 105090
Textured Impressions Embossing Folder: Perfect Polka Dots- 117335
Other: 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon in Pretty in Pink- 109032 & Bashful Blue- 109029, Stampin' Dimensionals- 104430

Fold Up Scrapbook for Spring Part 1

I have seen these fold up mini scrapbooks around on different blogs and have always loved them. Of course, I have always wanted to make one, but didn't want to spend a ton of cash on a tutorial. I found a blogger that had instructions for making these on her blog for only $3.97! What a deal! I jumped on that 'Buy Now' button, lol! This post is going to be in two parts because I have a ton of photos for this book so you can see all the parts. It is such a cool book- all the little pages that open up are like going on a treasure hunt. I did use a retired Sale-a-Bration 2009 Designer Series Paper for this 6x6 scrapbook. I love this DSP and wish they had added it to the 2009/2010 Idea Book and Catalog. Since it didn't make it to the big catalog, I use it only for special projects ;-). I just put together the book- there are no photos or embellishments in it yet. I am pretty sure I am going to use this one for Spring photos, so will get to the finishing touches later :-). OK, let's look at this cool little scrapbook...

This is the cover. As you can see it ties closed and has a little bit of an overlap on the front cover. The ribbon is added at the beginning of making this book, so no worries about it coming out.

When you open up the cover, you will see the front right flap, the first page in the middle, and the inside of the front cover. All great places to add journaling, stamped images, and other embellishments of your choice. The center section is where I plan to add my title.

The photo above is the middle section with the right flap opened up.

The middle page opens up to the left and this is the next middle page. You can still see the right flap from the previous page and then a peek of the new flap to the left. This book is just so fun! Please go to post number two to see the rest of the book and for the supplies list :-).

Barb

Fold Up Scrapbook for Spring Part 2

The photo above is the middle striped second section with another page and a flap to the left of the striped middle section.

Opening up the narrow left flap on the left reveals the page underneath with a photo mat. I double matted my photo mats with Certainly Celery and So Saffron.

Next the second striped middle section opens up to the right to reveal a twin page to the one you see on the very left side. You can see the twin pages in the photo below.

In the center of the twin pages, is a gate fold that leads to the very middle of the book. There are two flaps on either side that open to reveal the last page.

And here it is- the very center of the scrapbook. When fully opened, this book measures 24" wide from end to end, but folds up into a sweet little 6x6 book. I love this fun folded scrapbook so much that I plan to make several for gifts and to have on hand for personal use :-). I can hardly wait to get some photos together so I can finish up my little book and embellish it! If you would like to make one of your own, you can purchase the tutorial for it from Jenny at Stamping Moments. Just scroll down on the right hand side of the page until you find the "I Wish Flip Album Stamp Class Instructions". She is in the UK, but when you pay by PayPal, the cost comes out to $3.97 U.S. dollars. Her tutorial is very well written with lots of photos! Very easy to follow!
I hope that you enjoyed my scrapbook because I sure had a ton of fun making it, lol! Hope you all have a wonderful week and I will be back tomorrow with another project.

Blessings!
Barb

Supplies:
Paper: Certainly Celery textured 12x12- 108695, Almost Amethyst 12x12- 107080, Lavendar Lace 12x12- 107077, So Saffron- 105118, Bashful Blue- 105120
Punches: Scallop edge- 112091
Other: Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon- 109025

'Sending Love' Little Scrapbook

Yesterday I posted my little Christmas scrapbook that I made with my 'Clear Scalloped Square' Bigz die. Just to show you that you can use this great die year round, I started work on another little scrapbook using the GORGEOUS 'Sending Love' Designer Series Paper. Even though you can't tell in my photo, the cover paper has glitter on it so it's super pretty. I haven't added anything yet to the cover embellishment wise because I am not completely sure what theme I am going to use it for. It would be a wonderful Valentine book, great for a baby girl, birthday, teen, moms.... lots of different possibilities.

The inside covers are also covered with a paper from the 'Sending Love' DSP. Isn't it pretty?

My inside pages are die cut from Very Vanilla and I used my Real Red Stampin' Write marker to make the lines on my journaling blocks. I used the same format as my Christmas book, but I left the square space on the journaling block blank for now until I figure out my theme for this book.

So there ya' have it. This is a die that everyone needs in their stamping supplies ;-). I hope you have a great day today!

Blessings!
Barb

Supplies:
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Sending Love Specialty DSP
Stampin' Write Markers: Real Red
Dies: Clear Scalloped Square Bigz die
Other: Bind it All machine