"D" is for Daughter

Happy New Year! everyone. How was your holiday? Are you ready for my first post of the year?


For those of you have a daughter, what does your daughter mean to your? Is she a joy bringer? a heart warmer? a memory maker? I am sure she is all that, plus she is your love, right?

Today's page layout is for "D" in an ABC baby girl album.

A couple of things I want to mention:
1. For the phrase, "A daughter is .. a joy bringer, a heart warmer, a memory maker. A daughter is ... love.", I printed it on the back side of vellum paper so the ink will not get smeared easily. Also when you print on vellum paper, make sure you change print option for transparency so less ink will come out. Do not touch the printed vellum paper for a few minutes after print. Otherwise, you will smear the prints.

2. For the lower right hand corner, I took Heidi Swapp's clear extras and painted with red, green and white acrylic paint on the back side. I mixed white with red and green paint separately to make different shades of pink and green. One thing I like about these clear extras is if I mess up the paint, I can wash it off with water and try it again. I hope you will give this a try.


Items used in this layout include:

1. Chatterbox's Villa Memory Building Kit
2. Chatterbox's red and pink ribbons
3. Chatterbox's Olive fuzz stickers
4. Heidi Swapp's Pink Chipboard Alphabet Box
5. Heidi Swapp's clear extras from Runway Collection.

"C" is for Cherished

This is the third page of an ABC album for a cherished baby girl.

In this layout, you can place a 4" x 6" photo at the top.

At the bottom, I first sewed bottom and 2 outer sides and also a straight line between each circle. That way, you can insert 3 smaller photos into the slots.

At the bottom, there is supposed to have a cute phrase of "Your are a treasure to cherish always." But I messed it up by typing "is cherish" instead. But I didn't realize that until now. So if you are going to make this page layout, please don't make the same mistake as me. Have fun!!!!

Items used in this layout include:

1. Chatterbox's Villa Memory Building Kit
2. Chatterbox's Olive fuzz stickers
3. Chatterbox's Olive 3-D stickers
4. Heidi Swapp's Pink Chipboard Alphabet Box
5. Heidi Swapp's red, pink and lemonade felt flowers.

"B" is for Baby

"Have you ever held a baby, a baby, a baby like this?"

Continue with the baby girl ABC album, this is another cute 12" x 12" page layout I made using Chatterbox's Villa Memory Building Kit, olive ribbons and Heidi Swapp's Pink Chipboard Alphabet Box, large floral and baby chipboard.

"A" is for Angel

I have been wanting to make an ABC baby album and finally I got some time to do so. I will share this ABC album with you as I complete them one page at a time and I hope you will be patient with me.

This is 12x12 album made for a baby girl. I started with Chatterbox's Villa Memory Building Kit, which features pink and olive color with floral, stripes and plaid pattern. For the ABC alphabets, I chose Heidi Swapp's Pink Chipboard Alphabet Box. These Chipboard Alphabet are about 2" tall so they will definitely give my pages a pop.

To make the letter "A" stands out more from the pastel background, I built a layered flower from Heidi Swapp's large floral and felt flowers and jeweled brad and use it as the background.

I also tie an angel chipboard to the letter "A" to emphasize "A" is for angel. Because this angel tag is not glued down, you can add a short message to the back of the tag if you want to.

You can place a 4" x 6" photo and a 4" x 4" photo or journaling block. These 2 mats were first cut with Fiskars's Paper Edgers, then sewed together and added pink ribbons.

To tie the olive chipboard alphabets "ANGEL" with pink, I sanded them down a little before applying Stampin' UP! Rose Romance ink around each alphabet.

At the bottom of page, I added a clear die cut wing from Heidi Swapp with a 3-D angel sticker from Chatterbox to start a cute little phrase "Angel is God's whisper in the wind". This phrase was printed on a piece of cardstock cut and embossed with Spellbinder's small rectangle die with a background cardstock cut and embossed with large rectangle die. The clear die cut wing is also inked with the same Stampin' UP! Rose Romance ink in the back. I hope you like this cute baby girl layout. I am sure that it can be easier converted to a baby boy layout by simply changing the color.

The "GREEN" Star Christmas Card

Ok, I did promise you that I will show you another Christmas Card from the left over star die cut a few days ago. So here it is. In this card the main theme, Star, is all made of recycle paper. This is the "Green" Star Christmas Card.









Here is the list of supplies and tools you will need to make this card:

Die Set(s):
- Star 5 Die Set by Spellbinders.
- Label 2 Die Set by Spellbinders.

Stamp(s):
- A Rhonna Christmas Card Stamps by Autumn Leaves

Cardstock and Paper
- 8" x 11" cream cardstock
- Some left over scrap paper and a piece of 5" x 5" paper that will coordinate with the scrap
- Left over Silver Star from Shining Star Christmas Card or Silver paper from Creative Memories Metallic Collection.

Embellishment:
- Scarlet Decorative Ribbon by Chatterbox
- Jeweled Brads by Heidi Swapp

Ink
- Real Red Pigment Ink from Stampin' Up!

Tools:
- Wizard by Spellbinders or other die cut systems that are compatible with Spellbinders Dies.
- Scissor
- Tapes
- Silver pen


Instruction:
1. First, I glued all scrap paper on a piece of paper that is large enough for me to cut out a star die cut using the third largest star die from Star 5 die set. I used mostly with shades of green paper and then add a little yellow and red pattern paper.

2. Take the glued paper with the star die and run through Wizard. Then glue it to the Silver Star die cut. If you don't have one, you can use the second largest star die and cut and embossing on a silver paper.

3. I used the largest die from Label 2 Die Set and cut and embossing on a red card stock to pick up the reds in my assembled star. I then use the same die and a template to outline silver border.

4. I stamped the Merry Christmas on the lower left hand corner of the card and used a silver pen to add some shadow to the stamped image to make it stand out more.

5. I added Scarlet Decorative Ribbon on the cream card stock first before attached the label and star die cuts. Finished it with some small sparkle Jeweled Brads from Heidi Swapp. Here is your "Green" Christmas Card.

Shining Star Christmas Card

Remember the lyric "hang a shining star upon the highest bow"? Well, here is a Christmas card with a shining star upon the highest bow. It's easy and simple to make.
















Here is the list of supplies and tools you will need to make this card:

Die Set(s):
- Star 5 Die Set by Spellbinders

Stamp(s):
- A Rhonna Christmas Card Stamps by Autumn Leaves

Cardstock and Paper
- 7" x 11" white cardstock
- 5" x 6.5" red cardstock
- Silver paper from Creative Memories Metallic Collection.

Embellishment:
- Scarlet Decorative Ribbon by Chatterbox
- Jeweled Brads by Heidi Swapp

Ink
- Basic Black from Stampin' Up!

Tools:
- Wizard by Spellbinders or other die cut systems that are compatible with Spellbinders Dies.
- Paper trimmer
- Scissor
- Tapes
- Silver pen


Instruction:
1. I used the largest star die from Star 5 die set to cut and emboss the star. Then I used the 2nd largest die to cut out the inside of star. To ensure that the die does not move while I was cutting, I use a very small piece of scotch tape to tape 2 corners of star and then remove the tape carefully after cutting. Now you have a silver star frame. Don't throw away the smaller star. I will show you another card make of the smaller star in the next couple of days.

2. I used the star frame as the template to mark on the white card stock on where I wanted to do the horizontal cut and also the triangle cut.

3. I used paper trimmer to make the horizontal cut and then used a pair scissors to cut the triangle out.

4. I attached the star onto the white card stock.

5. I stamped the 'tis the season on a red card stock and used a silver pen to add some shadow to the stamped image to make it stand out more.

6. Add some Scarlet Decorative Ribbon and a big sparkle Jeweled Brads from Heidi Swapp and that was it.

Have fun with this easy and elegant Christmas Card!