Polar Love!

Today I'm going to show you the front page of a baby album I'm helping put together for a friend. I mention often a message-board I chat on, Scrap Sisters Studio, the girls over there are throwing a virtual baby shower for our friend Becky. I'm in-charge of putting together the baby's scrapbook. So we started a post and came up with a bunch of page ideas, then we divided them up with everyone picking a couple pages to make. I made the front cover:

The paper piecings are from My Scrap Chick. This is the original pattern set:

I took the little bear peeking out from behind the arm of the couch and turned her into the baby. Wrapped her up in a blanket and placed her on mommy's lap. I eliminated the bears holding the picture frame as my 8x8 page size didn't allow for them. I also eliminated the bear popping up from behind the couch. The Drass Family has 4 members counting the new baby.

I'm very please with how it turned out. Stay tuned I will be posting some more of my Baby Book pages this week. I still have a few more to make.

Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon.

Cindy

EGGstra Special!

I don't know about you but sometimes you just need a little Easter cuteness to make you smile. This layout came together easily. I found a great Egg on the Designers Calendar cartridge added a simple curvy border and a "Make Me Smile" bunny. This layout is truly "Eggstra Special".

The Font for the title is Called Crazy Harold. It welded very nicely but for some reason wouldn't shadow, I've had that happen with a few True Type fonts. So instead I added extra detail with a white gel pen.



The Eggs are Bo Bunny dotted pattern paper, except the purple one it's Coordinations Cardstock. I forget what the patten paper brand was, sorry. It was the inspiration for all the color choices. I also inked all the egg edges along with the grass curves.

Ahh the little bunny. He's made from Bazzill Swirls cardstock and pink Bo Bunny dotted paper. All his edges were inked for dimension. I also pop dotted his hands. His blue egg matches the title color and was given definition with a white gel pen. The paper piecing pattern is from "My Scrapchick" and cut with my Cricut using the SCAL program.

This fun Easter layout will hold 6 photos. And was an absolute blast to create. I hope it inspires you to create a little "Eggstra Special" layout of your own.

Fa la la la laaa!

Lets "Deck the Halls" with a little bit of Christmas cheer. I'm not sure anyone can look at this layout and not smile at the cutest little Elves ever. This is the finished product.


I found the paper piecing pattern at My Scrap Chick. Couldn't resist them and the best part is it came in a bundle with a bunch more. Their names are Baxter and Bella, she has a whole series of patterns built around them. I imported them into my SCAL program, adjusted the size so the heads were almost 2 inches big and cut them out using my Cricut. The tree I guessed at resizing and then Cuddle bugged for extra dimension. I also decided to decorate the tree with some paper flowers.


Here's a close up of Bella. I just hand drew her eyes and the marks inside the bells. I didn't think they would cut well, nor did I want to try gluing them on. I highlighted some spots with a white gel pen and she was done.


Here's Baxter. He's actually wearing little overalls, so cute. Again I hand drew his eyes and the bells. I used some chalk on his cheeks and nose.


The title is my favorite font right now: CK Jolly Elf. It welds so nicely. The shadow-blackout feature in SCAL makes it easy to pop dot the words for a fantastic title. I added a few white gel pen details. Some simple stitching on my photo mats. Just a little touch that I think adds a lot.


I hope these two help put you in the holiday spirit. Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks for visiting.

BRRRRR....

When it's cold outside you get to warm up with this fun snowman layout. More paper piecing patterns from My Scrap Chick. I'm totally in love with them. They cut like a charm and go together easey peasey. I did minimal inking on this layout. A bit abnormal for me but they just didn't need it. I did ink the bird house and the snow on top the title.

Here's a closer look at my snowman. The left one has a bit of snow on his hat and arms. If you didn't want to cut the white pieces out you could easily use Flower Soft and it would look really good too.

I spent a few minutes arranging the pattern pieces on my cutting mat, I ended up with 3 pages to cut. The first one had the trees, the other 2 had the snowman and birdhouse parts. I figured if I got everything out of 3 cuts I was doing pretty good. Again so glad I invested in the SCAL program.

I have about 10 other snowman patterns to play with so be on the look out for a few more. Remember also Friday is Feaky at The Scrapbook Zone. Come visit me I work 10-6.

Paper piecing fun!

As you've seen I'm into playing with some wonderful paper piecing patterns lately. My favorite place to browse at the moment is called My Scrap Chick. At this time she has a wonderful sale going on. Head on over and take a look. When you spend $25 or more your entire order is 50% off. Now you have some choices as to what you want to do with these patterns. If you own a Cricut and SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) you can import the SVG file and cut away. If you don't they also come as a PDF pattern and you can hand cut the images. They come in a couple other formats as well in case you have a Shillouette or a Pazzles cutter. I'm hoping later tonight to come back and post some more pictures of what I've been creating. But we all know how that goes so it could take me longer.

Thanks for checking in today. Go be crafty!

EDITED: OK it's a small miracle but I'm adding a picture of today's paper piecing. The entire layout isn't done just yet but it's too cute not to share at least part of it.



I hope you enjoy it and that it inspires you in some way. I enjoy comments so if you like it, leave a bit of bloggy love to let me know.