Baby Girl Album

I was suppose to be working on my calling cards for Mania but didn't like how they were turning out. So, I chose to make a baby girl album for one of the waitresses at a restaurant that we frequent.  She is this tiny, little petite cutie, that is due in September.  She is so small that I thought she was just beginning to show.  She told me that she was having a girl but hadn't decided on colors or a theme yet.  I chose to go with pink and teal with a little purple, light blue, light green, and yellow thrown in.  I made the album using chipboard and cardstock by loosely following the directions from plans I had purchased.  I never seem to be able to follow directions exactly when it comes to crafting.  Anyway, the following pictures are the completed album.  Sorry but the ribbons were throwing shadows on some of the pics.  I hope you like and thanks for dropping by.

This is the front of the album.  I used a Scrap Factory doll I created, a Cricut cut, and some bling.

Inside the front cover is a photo mat and an insert to hold another photo.  I used the Cricut Nursery Rhyme font for my letters and another Scrap Factory doll I created.  The flower is felt and I used a Stamps of Life die to create it.  A little bling was added for the stem.

The stork and tags are Cricut cuts and used my Explore to write on the tags using the Nursery Rhyme font.  I added a little bling also.

This page was a combination of different cuts from Cricut.  I welded several diapers together to make the belly band.  I then attached them to some vellum and added safety pins on both sides.  The shoes were separate and I added some felt die cut flowers to them. The onesie was separate also.  The baby and safety pin were one.  I made the tags using paper, cardstock, and chipboard adhered together then cut on the Explore.

This page has a waterfall feature, some bling, and an svg cut I purchased.

The stamp is from Stamps of Life.

This page is adorned with front pocket photo mat.  As you can see in the pic above, it opens up to hold more pictures.  The owl, bee hive, bee, flowers, and grass were an svg that I purchased.

"Little One" is a Cricut cut and the flowers and grass are from the same svg as the previous page.  Just a little larger.  This page opens up to reveal even more places for pictures and journaling.

Inside of the previous pic.  I used a little lace.  Sweet dreams/moon was a welded cut from Cricut and I stickled to make them pop.  The little girl is a Scrap Factory doll I created.  I used black floss for the whiskers on her little bunny slippers. 

I love writing/coloring on vellum.  I used my Explore to draw in the words and items then used Stampin Up water color crayons to fill them in.  I added a little ribbon to the bottom and inserted a couple of tags.  Each tag has a larger cut of a baby item on them.

The little bear is an svg that I purchased.  Besides the photo mat on the front, this one opens up to hold a couple more pictures on the inside and then the tabs can be pulled and there are two more photo holders.

Photo mat page with a freebie svg on top of a Cricut cut pond.  I also used Cricut to cut the cattails.

I didn't take a picture of this one open because I didn't want to mess up the bow but it is an accordion photo mat.  The flamingo was a freebie svg cut.  I added the palm trees from a Cricut cut.

This photo mat/pocket holder is sporting another Scrap Factory doll I created.

Subway art from Cricut.  I used the writing feature instead of cutting.  I really like how it turned out.  I welded two swirls together from Cricut and added some pearls to finish the page.  This one opens up to reveal . . .

a photo mat, tags, lace, ribbon, and bling.

Recognize Luiz?  I followed a blog hop and received the svg for free.  The paw prints are from Cricut.  This page holds a photo mat.

The back of the album is another photo mat/pocket holder.  I used a bear svg and the balloons and side tag were stamps/die cuts from the Stamps of Life.  I added a little twine to make it look like the bear was holding the balloons.

Photo mat open.

Paper Piecings for my great nieces and Nephew-in-law

It's been a while since I posted.  I have been busy but seem to forget to take a pic and post.  While I was in St. Louis for my niece's wedding, her new hubby asked if I could make Busch Stadium.  Well I found an svg and created the stadium for him.  Their daughters wanted cut outs of Cinderella and Belle.  So I have managed to get those done as well.  I tried a new technique with the princesses.  I bought a new gadget to play with.  It is an airbrush and compressor.  I added Stampin Up inks to the well and sprayed the paper pieces to create the shadowing.  I think they turned out pretty cute.  Not bad for a first time.  I hope you enjoy and I'll be putting them in the mail later today.  Thanks for looking.

Xavier's Jungle Animal Themed Baby Book

Well I guess it's time for the next generation to start having babies.  My niece (brother's second daughter) is having a boy in June.  She liked the books I made for her sister and step-mom.  I asked her if she would like one and what theme.  She chose the jungle animal theme.  This is his finished book.  I will send it to her for the baby shower.  I'm sure she will like it and I hope you do to.  Thanks for looking.

I made this album using the Cricut Explore and purchased .svg files.  The page theme animals were files purchased from Crafty Cat 957 designs.  She is in the UK and I absolutely love the looks of the animals.  The smaller animals on the pages were from Cricut or Stamps of Life stamps/dies.  The panther on the very front was made using a coloring book page.  I made several copies and cut them into pieces.  I then glued them to cardstock to give them some stability.  I traced each piece onto the paper and hand cut them before assembling.


Front cover.  The trees were cut out of vaneer using the Explore.  This vaneer was thin and the regular blade was used on poster board setting.

Stork is a Cricut file.  The date, weight, time ovals was drawn onto the paper using the copper metallic pen and then cut.

Butterfiles are Cricut files.

Lady bugs are Stamps of Life stamps/dies

Grasshopper is a Cricut file.

Dragonflies are Cricut.

Snail is Stamps of Life stamp/die

The tree, bird and grass are Cricut files.

This tree was cut using the deep cut blade on my Explore.  The material was thick birch vaneer.  I turned the dial to custom and used the thick chipboard setting.  It cut it like it was going through butter.  The clouds are Stamps of Life stamps/dies.  The tree, owl and leaves are Cricut files.

This picture doesn't do this justice.  I cut the cat tails from a Cricut file and they add so much to this page.  I wish I could have gotten a better picture but just couldn't capture what I wanted everyone to see.  The very small alligator is also Cricut.

I love these vines from Cricut.

Sweet Baby Boy is drawn on the cardstock using the copper metallic pen in the Explore.  The Ostrich is a Cricut file.

Thanks so much for looking, I hope I inspired someone to make a jungle animal theme project.

Vintage Alice in Wonderland Baby Book and Photo Book

When I worked, several of my employees had babies.  So I did what I always do, I made a baby book.  This book was a little different because they were going with a Vintage Alice in Wonderland theme.  It was a difficult to find things.  So I purchased some downloadable items from Etsy and made my own.  This is the book I ended up with.  I thought it turned out really well.  Their little girl was named Leni Grace.

The artwork was some of the items purchased from Etsy.  I would put the paper/cardstock that I was going to use for each page and print the artwork onto it.

Front cover

Pocket pages

Accordian photo holder

Pocket page

Magnetic cards

I then took the downloaded pages from the original book and made this photo book.  I added the title to the spine with my computer and printer prior to adding it to the book.

Hope I inspired someone to do a Vintage Alice in Wonderland book.  Thanks for looking.