A-Team Baby Book: January

Mornin, y'all!  Hubs and I are about to head out to the National Aquarium but I thought I'd get this post up real quick before we leave.

I miss the old Color Coach.  I never would have put Baja Breeze (sadly retired, I'm still mad) and Island Indigo together without it--and the third color on that combination was Rich Razzleberry which really does make for a great combination.

I wouldn't mind having a new stamp set with some swirls like we had in Priceless.  Love those things.

Snowman!

And of course mittens.

So here are today's colors:  Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, and Whisper White.  I think this might have been the fastest layout I made for this entire book, and I like it!

Okay, we're off to look at the fishies.  Have a great day!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Festive Flurry, Priceless, Weather or Not, Priority Mail
Ink:  Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry
Paper:  Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Snow Festival DSP
Accessories:  Festive Flurry Framelits, circle & scalloped circle punches, Sizzix alphabet

A-Team Baby Book: April

Happy Saturday, y'all!  Time for another baby book layout.

April showers bring May flowers, so Noah's Ark seemed like a particularly appropriate theme for April's pages.

And this is the maiden voyage for Two by Two, which I got just before it retired a couple years ago.  It had a sentiment too (congratulations I think?) but I cut that apart from the image so I could use the ark by itself.

Some sweet brollies from Weather or Not.

Today's springy color palette:  So Saffron, Marina Mist, Lavender Lace, Smoky Slate, Close to Cocoa, and Whisper White.  Generally I think that gray and brown don't go together at all, but there's not much else you can do when the image has a wooden boat and an elephant :)

Have a great weekend, y'all!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Two by Two, Rain or Shine, Weather or Not
Ink:  Basic Black, Marina Mist, Lavender Lace, Smoky Slate
Paper:  So Saffron, Marina Mist, Lavender Lace, Smoky Slate, PTI White, Watercolor Wonder DSP
Accessories:  Sizzix alphabet, Prismacolor Pencils, Circles Framelits

Friday Flashback: Kind & Caring Thoughts

Happy Friday, folks, and I hope you're staying warm and toasty today.  Even here in Alabama, it's 28 degrees this morning.  I'm going to have to bundle up like an Eskimo to take my dogs for their walk!  Anyway, today's featured stamp set for the Friday Flashback is Kind & Caring Thoughts, which was a hostess set in the 2009-2010 catalog.  I like it, it's got a few floral images and a host of beautiful sentiment stamps.

For some reason I can't make it do captions on the photos right now?  This one features Sprinkles and Teeny Tiny Wishes in addition to Kind & Caring Thoughts.

And this one features Weather or Not.  I think this card is cute, but it makes me sad--I sent it to a friend of mine who was undergoing cancer treatment, but she later died of the disease.  I miss her every day.

So anyway, let's move on to today's new creations.

I chose the Lullaby DSP from the current catalog because I like the softer colors in it; these two are both sides of the same sheet of paper so I thought hey, why not make two cards.  I don't have many get well cards in my stash, and I can always use a thinking of you card, so there you go.

I used this week's hot-off-the-presses CASE(E) This Sketch:

That's it for me this week, peeps.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies, last cards only:
Stamps:  Kind & Caring Thoughts
Ink:  Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Hello Honey, Baked Brown Sugar
Paper:  Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Hello Honey, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Lullaby DSP
Accessories:  Banner punch

Friday Flashback: Christmas Punch

It's Friday!  And that means Friday Flashback.  This week's featured stamp set is Christmas Punch, a hostess set from 2009-2010, and it's yet another example of my bad track record for actually using hostess sets.  (At least they're free?)  This Flashback is a bit on the short side.

Also features Weather or Not (mittens)

Yep, that's it.  The snowflakes on the background are from Christmas Punch.  As you might guess from the name of the stamp set, every stamp in it coordinates with a punch, and they're pretty cute even if I never got around to using them much.  But I did make a new card today:

That Santa stamp (haha, it's a stamp that looks like a postage stamp) is, I think, supposed to coordinate with the postage stamp punch but the outline didn't line up correctly.  So I punched out the image part with a 1" square punch and then put it on plain white cardstock that I punched out with the postage stamp punch.  Can't have the stamped image and punched edges not line up, it would offend my OCD.

Anyhow, I used this week's Nacho Average Challenges sketch because it's just perfect for showcasing smaller stamped images.

Well, peeps, that's all I've got for you this week.  Hope you have a great weekend; hubs and I will be volunteering for the Humane Society tomorrow so I get to play with puppies (sadly, the hubs already said I can't bring any of them home).  And then I need to write my Christmas letter and start getting cards in the mail, so busy busy!

Christmas cheers, peeps!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Christmas Punch, More Merry Messages
Ink:  Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Marina Mist, Early Espresso
Paper:  Old Olive, Whisper White, Letters to Santa DSP
Accessories:  Riding Hood Red taffeta, 1" square & postage stamp punches, Dimensionals

April Showers

Last time I was making baby books, I had just done some "April showers" layouts when I saw the Occasions mini catalog with Rain or Shine in it, and of course the matching DSP.  Since it was too late to use that stuff last time, I made sure to use it for this set of pages!

Karyn (the mommy who will get these books for her twin boys) loves bright colors, and I think I delivered that on these layouts.  Since they're for boys, I tried doing the title and accent color with Lucky Limeade, but it just didn't pop enough, so I did Melon Mambo instead.  And I left open some areas on the layout to showcase that oh-so-cute umbrella DSP.  I suppose it would look more boyish if I'd done the photo mats in Lucky Limeade and used Pacific Point as the accent color, but I like this the way it is (and I'd already cut all the photo mats for both layouts anyway).

I think this might be my favorite-ever April layout.  Hope you like it too!  I'm happy to report that I am very nearly halfway done with this batch of baby books.  I've been going at warp speed--want to make sure they're done in time for the baby shower near the end of June :)

Supplies:
Stamps:  Rain or Shine, Weather or Not (the small umbrellas on the journaling block)
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP
Accessories:  old Sizzix alphabet