I have this goal to make a scrapbook page for each of Hayden's monthly pictures. Since he is 11 months now, you can see I am very much behind! I did manage to finish his 4 month page these last few days. For the background I actually just used the back of his 3 month page. It's double-sided paper, which I love but also hate, since you can only pick one pattern! I loved the stripes so I didn't want them to go to waste, so I just scrapped on the back. The upside is it takes up less room in my scrapbook, so less bulk. The downside is that I cant put any brads through, or use too much liquid adhesive, since I don't want to ruin the other side. I had a few scraps of canvase type fabric that I just loved the texture of, so I sewed them together to create a sort of matting for his first picture. Then I slipped in three paper doilies and placed my second picture down. I then searched through my box of embellishments and pulled out anything that would coordinate. I found the cutest sticker with an amazing quote on it that I stuck to a piece of kraft cardstock, and then added some stitching around. I adhered it to a little craft foam for some dimension and then placed it between the two pictures. I thought I needed a little more color, so I used some red raffia and found a little scrap of red polka dot paper. I also found a few other little embellishments that fit nicely, like the tiny banner, the chipboard rocket, the little clothespin, and a few black heart rhinestones. When scrapbooking, I never adhere anything down permanently until I am happy with the over all layout, so after deciding on where to place everything, I used a combination of my ATG, Aleene's, and foam squares to put everything in it's place. I love the way it turned out and I think it very well may be one of my favorite layouts. Of course, anything with Hayden in it is my favorite. It really is amazing to see how much he has grown! I almost don't remember him ever being so small.
They just grow up way too fast :'( Im linking this project up with: Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge
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I realize Im going a little backwards here, showing Hayden's 2 and 3 month pages before this one, but it had to be done. I finally got around it actually taking a picture of this one to share.
I used my Cricut to cut out the lettering for "sweet" and "boy", and then used my Sizzix to die cut the scalloped border and the stars, and also emboss a few bits of background paper. I wanted to keep the colors very light so its pretty much just white and light blue. I photocopied his little footprint and cut it out with my stitched border die on my Sizzix as well. Added a few embellishments here and there and it was done! This picture of Hayden is one of my favorites. He was a fresh little newborn in the hospital at this time. Hard to believe he was so tiny! I'm linking this project to: Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge! Finished another page for Hayden's scrapbook! It is, again, very simple but that is just how I work these days!! Im really liking this scrapbooking kit where everything is coordinated for me!!! I don't have to put a lot of time into worrying about finding the right color shades and what not. Most everything you see is from the kit, but I did add some Sizzix die cut hearts and a few stamps. I just adore this little stamp set I got from Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment works great for Hayden's scrapbook page! I also stamped the little hearts all over and filled them in with a white gel pen so they would stand out more.
Linking this project up with: Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge Word Art Wednesday I'm making it a mission of mine to do a page a month for Hayden. So far I just finished month 2. Yes, I am that far behind! I have a little person that keeps my busy these days so scrapbooking has taken a back seat for the most part. There are some evenings and nap times, though, that I find myself with a little pocket of time that I can slowly work on a few of these projects. For this page I went super easy. I bought a scrapbook pack on sale at Hobby Lobby. You know, the kind where all the papers coordinate, there are tons of stickers and embellishments to choose from, and they even give you sample layouts! I basically just scrap-lifted the layout on the packet and adapted it to work for me. Super simple, quick scrapbook page. Just what I need these days!!
I'm also linking this project up with: Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge Monday's challenge was to use a trio of colors, so my colors here were mostly green, brown and white. Wednesday's challenge was all about colors, as well! It's great when you can get two challenges into one project! So this is something different than the usual card-posting.
I actually did a scrapbook page... yay! My love of papercrafting started with scrapbooking, believe it or not. I would see examples of other people's beautiful layouts and creative pages. They all looked so perfect! Then, when I would try my hand at it, I felt lost. I didn't know how to get the look I was going for. So I tried cardmaking and got hooked. I think its just the fact that its a smaller area to work with, so there is not as much pressure to add lots of really cool elements and embellishments. Cards are also such a fast, finite project. I can sit down and make one in 10-20 minutes, and then send it off to someone. Done. Cards also help me to stretch my supplies, since I can use bits and scraps of papers on multiple cards. I still have papers from college that I haven't used up yet! (I have hoarder-like tendancies) But, I still love scrapbook pages. I just love the look of a photo that has been gussied up, and every once in a while I get a photo that I just have to scrap. This was one of those photos. We took this one together before a banquet we went to. Its not often I catch my hubby in a cummerbund. This layout is a 12x12, but my scanner doesn't scan photos that big. All of the embellishments are shown here, though. The rest is just the floral background paper that you see. I used a few elements leftover from when I made our wedding invites. The photo is mounted on the back of one of our invites, and the little "love" charm is leftover from our wedding, as well. It makes it feel more special to me that there are bits of our wedding on the page. Anyway, I hope you don't mind me sharing a more personal project with you. Have a great weekend! |
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