Hello to a Baby Girl

Stopping by today for a quick jaunt.  I whipped up this welcome baby girl card for a new grandma I know.  The patterned paper is from the stash, a Basic Grey pattern from many moons ago.  The images are from Lawn Fawn's Hello Baby stamp set.  I think this works very well to welcome that sweet girl into a new grandma's life.

Sweet Baby Girl Album

I decided to put together a baby girl mini-album.  This album is based off a store-bought chipboard album.  I covered each page with solid cardstock or patterned paper as a base.  Then, I embellished each page with matted frames for picture placement and included stickers and other embellishments to accent the pages.

So much of the album is pieces from the stash.  I had a blast and I'm sure you know that the stash is still mostly intact!

Fun, fun.  I haven't spent a lot of time in the recent past on min-books.  However, with each one that I make, I find that I enjoy making them.  They spark the creative juices and make me want to do more.

Taking Baby Steps for a Mini-Album

A coworker recently celebrated the birth of her baby daughter.  I made this mini-album using a Simple Stories Baby Steps patterned paper collection.  Nothing too challenging and I let the collection drive the design of the mini-album.

Thank you for staying with me until the end of this picture-full post.  I really like how the mini-book turned out.

A Baby Girl Shower Card

I had an inspiration to use some of the same card design from this card and my old Stamps of Life stamp set with baby peas.  This stamp layers color and I decided to go monochromatic using some olive green ink to match the softness of the light pink in the papers and sentiment. 

I ended up making a couple of these cards, thinking that they will be a useful addition to the stash.  I used the same dies and layered the image up in the same way - keeping the assembly line process simple.

On the inside of one I stamped this sentiment and image, coloring the umbrella with my Clean Color Brush Markers.  So simple, but a nice add.  This will help me in the future, but leaving one without a clear sentiment allows it to be assigned for any purpose.

I had so much fun, I decided to die cut some more frames and I'm going shopping in my stash for a third new baby stamp set to see if I can shake up the front design a bit.  More on that to come

Welcoming a Baby Girl

I've had this lovely creation by Brandy in my text messages for weeks and am finally getting around to posting it.  The background was made using the SSS Kaleidoscope Background stamp to white emboss onto watercolor paper.  The background was colored with her Mission Gold watercolors to stunning effect keeping the design simple with a stamped entiment on layered cardstock edged with gold embossing.  Some IO die cut Spiral Flowers makes a small and delicate accent to this overly lovely card, don't you think?

Join me in admiring this wonderful background stamp.  It is sure to make a lot of great patterned paper to be used on card fronts.

Andie for 

Baby Shower Card

I made a card to go with my shower gift.  That pink handmade paper called my name so I decided to feature it greatly in the card.  I think it really works here - adding a bit of softness and texture that allows the teeny, tiny flowers to be the star.  Here's the details:

• The patterned paper in the background came from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy 6 x 6 paper pad. 
• The frames were cut using a Spellbinders set.  I've lost the labeling and so I'm not sure which set, but I had to hand trim the frame out as it doesn't cut all the way, but leaves the image in the center of your paper.
• The sentiment is cut from white cardstock using my Penny Black Words of Gratitude die.
• The leafy swirl is cut from white cardstock using my Spellbinders Sprig D-Lites die.
• The flowers are cut out of pink cardstock using my IO Spiral Flowers die.  I used a little TuTu pink prills in the center.

Inside I used one of the leftover chipboard sentiments paired with a stamp from the stash.  I thought this card a perfect blend of soft and sweet, just right for a baby shower card.

ETA:  I'm linking up to Word Art Wednesday's Challenge #200 Let's Celebrate.  Come join the fun as we celebrate their 200th challenge.

Handmade Baby Album Continued

Whew!  I got distracted editing the photos for Our Beautiful World.  Here's the finish of my handmade mini album.  There's a few more photos here, so grab a coffee and a sweet and scroll through.

I purchased the chipboard elements, the sticker sheet and the matching brads.  You'll see these pop up on the pages.

The pink is some handmade paper from Michaels.  There is a fair bit of texture to this paper and so it is great for use in projects like these.  Here, as a backing for the photo mat, there is just the right amount of lift to the paper and it sets everything off nicely.

I tucked a little lamb and a small mini book in the back of the album.  Both can be removed and or left in.

The book ends with this adorable flap to add a few more pictures into the album.

Lucy Marie was born on Sunday and I received a pic today.  I couldn't resist adding it here.  I can't hardly wait to see photos of Lucy Marie in this album.  I know she will be cherished and I can already see how beautiful she is!

ETA:  I'm linking up to Word Art Wednesday's Challenge #200 Let's Celebrate.  Come join the fun as we celebrate their 200th challenge.