Baby Boy Pages - Batch 2

Here are a few more pages I did for the Baby Boy book I'm working on.

The first two pages are from the book Cherish, and the third one here is from Imagine:

I also added some Chocolate ribbon from CTMH, as well as Chocolate buttons.  The brads and ribbon slide are Colonial White, and the little phrase on the second page is from a package of tags that coordinates with this paper pack.  The little bird on the third page is just something I cut out from the patterned paper.  He was so cute I wanted to bring him to the forefront!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

Baby Boy Pages - Batch 1

I decided to add a few more pages to a book I *thought* I was already finished with for a friend of mine that just had a little boy.  Since I happened to have 10 more page protectors for that specific brand of book, I thought that would be perfect!  The book looked a little skinny as it was anyway, and I had some mojo running through my veins last night!  Here's what I came up with!

I used a few patterns out of the book Cherish to make these, and the paper packet is from K&Co (I think.)  I used CTMH Chocolate to sponge the edges of all the pieces, even though I may come to regret that decision after another batch!  I love the look the distressing gives, but it can be time consuming when there are so many pieces!  :)  I love the books CTMH offers because they really get the creativity flowing when you're feeling a little stuck!  The patterns are designed for 12x12, but I tweaked them to work for 8x8.  I think they turned out pretty stinkin' cute!

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

Mother's Day Card

Here is the card I did for Mother's Day this year. 

Can you believe with all the cutting I do with my Nesties that I have NEVER before used one as a stencil?  I love how this turned out!  Well, at least I love the way the inking turned out, I'm not really happy with the rest of the card.  The stamp is from Hero Arts, and I made the flower using a technique over at SCS.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

Spring in the Northland

Can you believe that this??  This is just wrong... it is May, right?  Or did I miss the memo and we jumped straight to October??

Cheers!

Wedding Thank Yous

Here is a sample of the Thank You cards I made for a shower gift for a sweet gal I'm proud to call family!  I fell in love with this paper a long time ago and never came up with an excuse to buy it.  Well, when the store closed I bought ALL of it because I knew I could find a project for it!  I kept the design pretty simple since I was making 50 of them, and I think they turned out pretty doggone cute!

The wedding dress stamp is from Inkadinkado, and I used VersaFine ink to stamp with.  The ovals are cut with my Petite Ovals dies from Spellbinders, and the flowers are Prima.  This was a great stash-using project since I was able to find enough silver scraps for all 50 cards!  Actually, I have enough silver scraps left over I could probably have made another 100 of these little babies!  Here's a shot of the In Progress stage:

I'm sooo glad I have a large work space!  Can you imagine trying to stamp 50 of these in a little table?

Thanks for looking!

Cheers!

Scrap to Spend budget!

So there have been a lot of posts over at SCS about a Scrap to Spend budget, where you allow yourself a set amount of funds for every project you create.  I've been letting the idea marinate for a while now, and here is what I came up with:

Amount   Item
$1           Card
$2           Layout
$2.50     3D project
$2           Organization Project
$.50       Contract Work
$1           SU/DI Project (Shut up and Do It! project.... I have a LOT of these!)

Another stipulation to my budget is that when I buy something, I have to actually USE it right away!  I know, novel idea, huh?  I can't tell you how many stamp sets or paper packs or embellishments I have come across in my stash that I TOTALLY FORGOT that I had purchased!  I won't tell you how many paper packs I've actually bought multiples of because I had forgotten about them!  It's too embarassing...  I also have a huge weakness for that four letter S word.... you know the one.... SALE!  It's amazing the stuff I have purchased that I had absolutely no need for just because it was on sale!  Here's to using up my stash and saving up some cash! 

Cheers!

Ebb and Flow

So they say the body has a natural ebb and flow with everything, be it your energy levels (think your 2 o'clock nap!) and especially with creativity!  April was definately an Ebb month for me.  I accomplished a lot, but it was things like wedding programs and huge stacks of thank you notes.  I love projects like these because I can take a bit of a creative break once the actual sample is ironed out, and then it doesn't take much thinking to put them all together!  But on the flip side, after 75 programs and 50 thank you cards I was a little tapped creatively!  My apologies for disappearing from the Bloggysphere, but I'm sure you understand!  Thanks for being patient!

Cheers!