A little Boy to Love March 14, 2008

So just like in the little girls album I created a page to  show off a handsome little baby boy:

The layout is similar but there are differences.  I loved how the flowers I punched out turned out on the little girls page that I did it again on this page.  I also remembered to add the insects.

The tag I created in the lower left corner was fun to make.  It was my first a last attempt at using a aomputer and printer in my scrapbooking (it broke the next week and I just haven’t bought a new one, therefore never using it again).  I added flowers in the bottom to help the stamp stand out a bit.

For the tag at the top of the page I just wrote out the letters on some scrap paper and cut them out. I then used the template of an oval shape to cut out a tag.  To add a little extra colour I used some stamp ink. 

In the bottom center where it says Boy, I again just wrote out the word Boy on some scraps and cut it out.  Then punched out the squares.  To add texture I took sandpaper to the cardstock squares.

Want a little hint about the letter A?  Like that jewel I glued to it? It was out of some jewlery I picked up at a thrift store and popped out of the clasps. Gorgeous isn’t it!?

I again used the 3D paint.  It takes 24 hours to set but I still love the effect and find it worth waiting for.  It can be used in a variety of ways!

Baby Boy Arrival Page March 12, 2008

When my cousin Carrie was expecting is when I created both the Baby Boy and Baby Girl Albums.  I didn’t know what she was expecting so I created one of each.  This is the Introduction page that I created for the Baby Boy Album.  I got the basic layout idea from a magazing (When I unpack my stuff at my new house I’ll be sure to update this with that information).  But I lacked many of the stickers they had used.

In the original they used a printer to write out the informaiton.  I get so frustrated working with word programs, sometime I just find it easier to write it or use stamps.  I’m like a lot of people and hate my own handwriting.

In the top left corner which I’ve blowen up in this photo:

Was originally a plastic sticker I didn’t own.  So I guessed the size of the tag and created my own. Although the rattle was a sticker I bought I added the punched out flowers to make it some what of my own.  I really struggle with creating a page exactly as I saw it.  I’m always trying to add stuff of my own.

It’s a Boy March 11, 2008

Nothing beats the day that Baby arrives.  Those pictures are priceless. I thought this was a cute way to display them.

It’s a pretty basic page.  I never really have a plan when I start a page.  I collect a bunch a scraps that I think match and try to put them together on white page.  Because this was a gift for someone I had to leave places for her to put the pictures.  But I had picked up ribbon with a little silver bracket attatched to it that had double sided tape already adheared to it.  I had to leave it attached. Hence the ribbon show’s up white in the photo.  After she added the photo she can easily remove the double sided tape and attach it directly to the photo.

The realisting Baby foot prints was from some paper I picked up.  Their was two tiny little foot prints that looked similar to the feet you see on the other paper.  I decided to hightlight them by using a fine layer of Crystal Laquer (Or you could use white glue that you know dries clear. I then gently added sprinkles to it.  Becarefull when your shaking the excess off that you don’t shake too much off.

Here’s a close up of the tag in the bottom left corner. It was two stickers that I liked.  I put them together on a tag I created from scraps.  The original reason I took this photo is I’m hoping to recreate the sticker sometime.