Day 332: Welcome Baby Card

I found out that a friend had a beautiful baby girl tonight, so I had to make a card to include with my gift.  I used card stock, inks, and stamps from Stampin' Up! (The rose colored card and dotted pink were in my stash, but they are not SU).  I circled the words in the word background that applied to this baby with a journaling pen from Creative Memories.  I tied white tulle and a sheer pink ribbon with white polka dots (both from my stash) around the word search, and added a Hallmark baby buggy charm to the ribbon with a pink safety pin from Oriental Trading Company. I used some Scrapper's Floss (Karen Foster) to "tie" on the pink button (my stash).

Day 142: How to Scrap A School Photo Using Pink!

I dug through my stash of goodies to find embellishments for this school photo of my daughter. It is hard to find "school" embellishments that are pastel colors.  In order to be used for boys and girls, manufacturers of scrapbook products tend to produce items in primary colors.The background  paper is one I had originally bought to use for my daughter's dance album, and then she decided not to dance anymore.  The mulberry paper was from a friend who moved away. I used a library pocket by Marcella by K to journal her school information.  I used the initial "h" by Making Memories to embellish the library pocket.  I wrapped a little scrapper's floss by Karen Foster around one of the legs to add some texture and color to the "h".  Heart stickers and a pink flower from Heidi Grace further embellish the envelope. A quote from Making Memories is added to the top of the library card.  The quote reads "When I look at you I see the magnificence of another generation in your eyes."  A chipboard flower from my stash made a good base for some felt flowers from Stampin' Up! and a flower brad. Another smaller flower and brad enhance the library envelope. Floral tabs by Heidi Grace pull in the pink, yellow, and orange colors from my daughter's sweater. I used some mailbox numbers from Making Memories to show the year. I think it looks pretty good for a pink school picture page!

Day 127: Family Quilt Scrapbook Page

I decided to cut a 7 inch square from the center of each of the four patterned papers from Stampin' Up that I selected for my series of family photos. I then trimmed those four squares down to 6 inches square and then put them all together to make a 4 patch quilt. I used a template from Hot Off the Press to mark cross stitch and zig zag stitches along the edges where the 4 different papers touched.  I then used my paper piercing tools to make holes for my needle to go through, threaded a needle with scrapper's floss by K & Co, and "stitched" the papers together.