WOYWW

Wow, it's hard to believe it's been a week already!  Not a whole lot has changed since my last weeks WOYWW post for Stamping Ground.  I've gotten my digi image from Simply Betty Stamps resized to the size I want and printed onto cardstock.  I got those cut out and have started to color them.  I still need to color her stockings and a few of the pumpkins.  And then figure out the rest of the card.

 

 

I always like to have a scratch piece of paper to work over to protect my table.  It's also great for testing colors, drawing layout sketches and keeping track of measurements on.

WOYWW

Wow!  It's been almost two months since I got the chance to join in on the WOYWW over at Stamping Ground.  I just haven't had much crafting time lately.  Thank goodness for the card swap group over at Red Letter....I have to set aside a little crafting time each month for it.  Tonight I went through my stash as well as went to the store to purchase a few items for my cards for next month.  I haven't started them yet.....but here are the supplies I plan on using or am still debating over.

The theme for next month is to use five elements that you might have left over from another project.  Since we have to make six cards for the swap they don't have to be actually left over, just elements that could potentially be left over.  I chose to use paper, ribbon, stamped image, flowers and gems/brads.  I'll post the finished cards after the swap group meets (October 7th).

Baby Crab Cakes

A friend of mine is having a baby shower.  This is her third little one.  She already has a little boy and a little girl.  And she decided to be surprised with this ones gender.  I love shopping for babies....but it was kinda hard this time.  She said she still had plenty of clothes from her other two children.  And trying to find gender neutral items is hard....especially if you don't want to go with the (much needed...but boring) diapers, shampoos, lotions, etc kind of gift.  So, as I walked around the tiny baby section for the third time at a local store....I finally stumbled across this cute little crab mirror.  I was debating if it was gender neutral or not and then I saw the crab clacker toy.  I just love when everything matches...so I decided that was what I was buying.

Next, I strolled over to the card isle.  Did I really think I'd find one with a crab?  Well, not really...but it's still fun to look at the over priced, mass produced, no personality cards on the shelf.  Not a one with a crab.  But, no worries...now I have an excuse to have a little "me time" in my craft room while I make a card.....cause the card has to match. 

The image is a freebie over at Dulemba's Blog.  And of course I need a matching gift bag too.  I actually did find a gift bag that had a cute crab on it...but it was just a little too small for the mirror to fit into.  Luckily, my pack rat, hate to throw anything away self had saved all the gift bags from my baby shower.  And there happened to be one in there that worked perfectly.  All, I had to do was.....make it match.

I used the same crab image as the one I used for the card....so my card and bag match perfectly.

And, put it all together and what do I have?  Gift, card and bag all in a cute "little crab cake" theme.

Avery's First Year Mini Album

I wanted to make a first year mini album to showcase each month of my sons first year and then display it at his first birthday party for friends and family to see.  Unfortunately (or fortunately..considering there were some pretty rowdy kids there and it probably would have gotten ruined had I had it out on display) I didn't get it finished in time.  Anyway, I finally got it finished...and am planning to make copies of it for a few family members. But here it is. 

 

I fuzzed out the information on the first page for safety purposes. In this day and age you cant be too careful about what you put on the world wide web. Here is the page for his birth.

 

I had enough room to do a page for each month, holidays and a few random pages.  This is a random page.  It is of my son at a few weeks old.  Doesn't he look so cute in his little frog hat?

 

Here is Avery at one month.  He's holding up his finger saying "Buckeyes are #1"

 

Two months old.

 

Three months old.

 

A close up of the bear image.

 

And a close up of Avery with the bear.

 

Avery's first 4th of July.

 

Four months.  Doesn't he look so sweet?

 

The banner the bee is holding originally said something like "busy as a bee"  but that didn't work for my page.  So, I paper pieced a new banner over top of it.

 

Five months.

 

Six months.

 

A close up of my cool dude.

 

Avery's first Halloween.

 

He makes such an adorable dragon!

 

And a close up of the dragon image.

 

 

Seven months.

 

Avery's first Thanksgiving.

 

Eight months.

 

Avery's first Christmas.



 

A close up of the mouse and text. 

 

Avery and Santa sleeping.

 

Nine months.

 

I just love this picture!!

 

Ten months.

 

Another random.  Old time/western photos we had done on vacation.

 

Close up.

 

Eleven months.  You can see this page in progress on a previous woyww post.

 

Avery's first Easter.

 

And his first birthday party.

 

Close up of his cake face.  Does anyone else believe it's bad luck to cut hair before a first birthday?  I think we got his hair cut the very next day.

 

Well, I hope you enjoyed taking a look through my sons first year mini album.

 

Cutest Gnome

I love the fantasy realm.  And so when I found out about FaerieCon a few years ago I just HAD to go.  And I have been back every year since.  Last year was my sons first year....well second if you count the year we went while he was in my belly.  A lot of the people who go to FaerieCon dress up and so I decided to dress my son up as a gnome. 

Here is a quick 8x8 page I made

And here is a close up of the big gnome and the beginning of the text

and the picture and the middle of the text

and finally the baby gnome and the rest of the text

I would like to enter the following challenges:
{Cupcake Inspirations} - photo inspiration   TOP FIVE
Crafting for all Seasons - Bright Colours
Dilly Beans Designs - Bright Colors
Hiding in my Craft Room - Super Scraps Saturday
Paper Pretties - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Fantasy Theme

Birthday Card

For this months card swap the theme was birthday cards.  I decided to use an adorable image from Sliekje Digi Stamps.  I love her images...they are all so cute!  Here is one of my finished cards.

And here is a close up of the image I used

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons - Bright Colours

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Wags 'n Whiskers - Birthdays

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - For a Female

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes

Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes

Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes

WOYWW

Here is a pic of my work space for the WOYWW over at Stamping Ground.  I was able to finish the page I was working on last week.  I have one more page to go until my sons first year mini album is complete.  And then I will start posting pics of the pages in it.  But, in the meantime, I needed to get working on my cards for the card swap at Red Letter Journal.

The theme for this month is Birthday cards.  I am using an adorable cupcake mouse image from Sliekje Digi Stamps.  I just love her images.  They are so cute!  I will be posting the finished cards once I get them done.....sometime between now and the swap on Sunday.