A Baby Shower Book

Good afternoon, everyone!  It has been a very nice day here in Maine. The sun is shining and the temperature is 74 degrees outside in the sun.  
Well, I have been taking pictures of a baby shower book I made for a friend.  I would like to share the pics with you.

This is the cover of the 11in. x 11in. hand made book.  If you enlarge the picture you can see the pink, half pearls on the first letter of each word. 
 
This is the book opened.  Notice the "Hello Kitty" in the left top corner.   She is out in the rain. I used the Hello Kitty Greeting Cricut cartridge to cut her out and the Pooh Font Set Cricut cartridge to cut out the words.  I used the Cricut Gypsy to weld the words together. More about the papers, card stock, and embellishments later.

On the bottom left corner you will find a box with files inside.  Those files are filled with computer generated forms; for the Guest to sign and to leave a comment to the mother-to-be, a list for all the gifts she receives, and the list of games played at the baby shower.

  
                                                  
This is the accordion photo album for all those wonderful baby shower pictures that will be taken during the festivities.  

This is the envelope photo album where all those pictures of Mommy-to-be will be.  These photos will tell the story of Mommy as she goes through each month while waiting for sweet baby to arrive.  As the album is opened you can see on the left and right sides there is room for pictures also.

 Each envelope holds a tabbed photo mat embellished with a button indicating what month she is at during her pregnancy. There is room for photos on the front and back of each file.

This was a large project.  I really enjoyed making this.  This book may have come from multiple ideas I have seen on many different blogs or sites, but this design is totally my own. 


The papers, card stock, and embellishments I used to create this book are from my personal, non Stampin' Up products. 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed what you see here.
Have a great day!

Pat

National Scrapbooking Month is here!

Hello again.  Yes it is me.  I woke up at 8:00 this morning and could not go back to sleep, in spite of the time that I had actually gone to sleep.  I believe the clock said around 4:00 am  when I last looked before finally falling asleep.  So I am running on fumes today.  Those of you who know me understand how I need at least 8 hours of sleep to function at my best.  I predict a nap later today.
 
Now, while I seem to be alert, I will attempt to add a link to my blog.  I am still not computer savy so here goes nothing.
Oh first I want to say, welcome to National Scrapbooking Month.
Now with that said I shall attempt a feet I can't remember how to do (lol). 

I was looking to add the image.  so let me see if this works.
Nope didn't work.  Ok, still working on it. 

Ok, still having trouble so I will add my link to my Website.
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 I have been playing with my blog and I just realized how late it is. Or should I say how early it was.  I am trying to make improvements to my blog, but I'm afraid it is a slow process for me.  I just have a hard time catching on I guess.  Well I wanted to post something to see just how it looks so far. 

Here are some little note pad I covered using Stampin' Up card stock and some 3x5 unlined tablets.  These make nice gifts to give to that person who love to make lists. They are kept closed with the ribbon. Thanks for stopping by.

I have been creating and not bloggin'

This is the inside of the calendars I made for gifts to give out at Christmas this year. I had lots of supplies to make things and no money to spend on gifts so I kept busy getting things made for family and friends. I love making things for people who will use them.
I also made some pocket post-it-notes to match the calendars. I thought the plaid made these look more masculine. I gave these to my son and his partner.
I have recently become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and these next pics are of gift cards I made using the products I received in my starter kit.
I made a set of gift cards to put in to a box and give as a hostess gift when I have my first workshop or party. Now that the holidays are nearly over, I will be checking with my friends to set dates for classes or just small gatherings. There are a lot of great deals coming our way starting in January.
This is the box I made to hold the gift cards. The products were taken from my started kit. the ribbon is 5/8 inch, whisper white. The box is made using Whisper White cardstock and Brights Collection Designer Series Paper. The stamps are from "So Many Thanks", the flower is from "For All You Do". I cut the flowers out and used demensionals and some pearls I had in my stash. Aside from the pearls. everything else came from Stampin' Up!

These two gift cards are also made from SU products in my starter kit. I made them for make n takes they are very cute and fun to make.
I made this card also from my starter kit. I entered it into a contest for new SU demo's. Hopefully I posted it correctly lol. After making this card I decided to make more to go into a set to give as a Christmas gift. I'm thinking I will make a box for it as well.
And this is the set. I tried to make then slightly different in the way they were laid out and also the way the ribbon was tied. Well I hope you have enjoyed your visit with me. I am so sorry I take so long between posts. I really need to put it on my schedule to do on a regular basis. Thanks for stopping by.

Some pics to share

We were just plowed out. These are a few pics of the storm earlier today. The wind was a blowin and the snow was a flyin! We got quite a bit of snow last night and today. Thanks for plowing us out Roger.

Gone too long

Hi, So sorry it has been so long since my last post. It has been very busy here for my husband and myself. We are settled in here at my Dad's place. It has been a challenged to come to terms with the loss of Dad. He has blessed Scott and I so much! His home is now ours. It may be a small place but we can and intend to increase its size in our future. I miss my Dad and Mom. There are so many memories in this place. Every room is filled with their presence. Sometimes I still cry but the memories are so precious to me.

I have still been crafting. Sometimes I accomplish a lot and other times not so much. It sure is different living with only one other person. Yep you guessed it. Our children are all grown now. Our youngest is renting the apartment we were renting when Scott and I came to live with Dad during his last days. The empty nest thing feels kinda good actually. I get to listen to my music as loud as I want to now too. No neighbors to worry about offending. We still help Nate out ... we give him rides to and from work (in Bangor). He is working on getting his license. Yahoooooo. But then I will be worrying about him on the road. There are so many irresponsible drivers out there today it is scary to be on the roads. I am working on giving that to God now.

Ok, so now that I have babbled on I will be back later to try to post some of the projects I have taken pics of. Gotta go for now to take Nate to work. I think I will work on some more organization as well. I am trying to get my craft supplies and tools together in a more usable way. So bye for now. God bless you all. Hugs!

Dad

Dad in a happy moment. I wish I could remember what he is laughing about. If you could hear him you would just have to laugh too.

We just had Dad's funeral yesterday. Tomorrow he will be buried with full military honors. Though he has gone from this life, he is now living a new life with Jesus. He is now celebrating his arrival in Heaven. Those in attendance are friends and loved ones, Grampa, Nana, Maybel, Brian, Mom, Billy, and Rachel and many others. Though I have not mentioned there names they are missed none the less. We will see each other again one day and we will celebrate too. I will miss you Dad.