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A Few Baptism Layouts

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You might remember that I attended a scrapbooking convention with my sister back at the beginning of June. We included a crop night at the convention as part of our girl’s time. I was pretty productive and finished two 2-page layouts. I also worked on another 2-page layout and a 1-page layout, but those will be discussed later. I am extremely happy with how these layouts turned out. The Karen Foster baptism stickers were perfect for them.

Layout 1

Layout 1 Page 1

Layout 1 Page 2

Layout 2

Layout 2 Page 1

Layout 2 Page 2

Paper: various solid color textured cardstock
Stickers: Karen Foster Design My Baptism
Tools: Stampin’ Up Basic Black marker

Imaginisce May Sketch Challenge

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For my mother and mother-in-law for Mother’s Day, I put together photo albums with pictures from the first 3.5 months of Jessica’s life. When I printed the photos at Costco, I also printed copies for me. Now it is easy to scrapbook Jessica as I can just go through the photos organized chronologically in the photo box and pick out some to scrapbook. This makes challenges easier to accomplish on time as I already have photos printed.

This layout uses Imaginisce’s May Sketch. I was especially inspired by design team members Melinda and Liz‘s takes on it. I found it somewhat challenging since I don’t have a lot of photos of Jessica that worked well square, so if you look closely,  my photos aren’t quite square. I used the super cute  Imaginisce Wild Things Collection and coordinating solid paper I picked up the scrapbooking convention I went to last September with Kristy. I thought the collection would be really good to scrapbook all the zoos I like to visit when we travel, but it also worked perfectly with the adorable little outfit our friend Robert sent to Jessica. I just added a touch of purple paper.

Imaginisce May Sketch

My Take on Imaginisce's May Sketch

I had a few extra pictures from that same day, so I made a second layout that coordinated with the first. This is where writing a blog comes in handy as my journaling came from this post about Jessica.

2nd Layout

Paper: Imaginisce Wild Things Collection; Paper Studio purple textured cardstock; Stampin’ Up Bashful blue (title, journaling, stamped elephants)
Stamps: Imaginisce Wild Things Elephant
Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Brown (elephants); Dell (printed title, journaling)
Accessories: elephant brads
Tools: Xyron 5″ Creative Station; Nestabilites Standard Circles Large

Imaginisce March Sketch

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Each month Imaginisce hosts a layout sketch on their blog challenging you to use their products. Here is the March sketch.

March Imaginisce Sketch

The journaling reads: Jessica was only a few hours old when she met her Nanny and Papa, and then Uncle Jason and Aunt Julia for the first time.

My Take on the Sketch

I was very inspired and made a corresponding second page in addition to my take on the sketch. All these sketch challenges are forcing me to get my butt in gear in terms of scrapbooking Jessica. This was my first time actually using rub-ons and they were much easier than I thought they would be. This is also my first effort at combining two pictures into one.

Two-page Spread

Paper: Imaginisce Fairest of Them All, Bazzill Basics Strawberry Splash
Accessories: Imaginisce Fairest of Them All chipboard and rub-on embellishments; blue sparkly brad from my stash

A Cherry on Top Cricut Contest

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I’ve been browsing some scrapbooking blogs recently and have been very inspired. When I saw this contest on the PageMaps Blog, I immediately thought about doing a daddy time layout. I had a great picture of James and Jessica (although I had already printed it out at 5×7) and I could easily journal about how I appreciate daddy time. It was a great opportunity to start using the supplies I bought when I went to the scrapbooking convention last September with Kristy. I’m really happy with how the layout turned out. The deadline is March 25th and there are already a bunch of fabulous entries, but maybe I’ll win.

Prize and Sketch

Daddy Time Layout

Paper: Fancy Pants Little Sprouts, Bazzill Basics Guava Sensation
Accessories: American Crafts fabric Thickers leaf; Maya Road velvet blossoms; Basic checkered ribbon
Tools/Techniques: Nestabilites Standard Circles Large; Stampin’ Up scallop border punch

The journaling reads: Jessica, you so enjoy time spent with your daddy. I appreciate how your daddy time gives me time to get crafty, do chores around the house,  or even just take a shower.  13 days old, Oct. 29, 2009

Scenic Routes Scrapbooking

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Back at the end of February, Kristy, Stephanie and I took a Scenic Routes scrapbooking “class” at Archiver’s. It wasn’t so much a class as a be given a kit and work to copy the layout detailed in the kit event. So even though it wasn’t quite what we were expecting, we had a lot of fun. Below is the layout I made. It uses pictures from the trip James and I took to Colorado in September 2006. Yes, I’m way behind in scrapbooking.

Archivers Layout Part 1

Archiver's Layout Part 1

Archivers Layout Part 2

Archiver's Layout Part 2

Two weekends ago, Kristy, Stephanie and I got together at Stephanie’s house to scrap. I made these next two layouts using pieces from that same Scenic Routes kit and pictures from same trip.  I left space for some journaling I need to add.

Pinesong Layout 1 Part 1

Pinesong Layout 1 Part 1

Pinesong Layout 1 Part 2

Pinesong Layout 1 Part 2

Pinesong Layout 2 Part 1

Pinesong Layout 2 Part 1

Pinesong Layout 2 Part 2

Pinesong Layout 2 Part 2