Baby Scrapping!

I have more scrapping today! I'm actually really excited- it's only the 7th of the month and I've done a layout for each kid already! Three events scrapped and everybody got something! Yeay!!!

Today's is a favorite, haha... This is the baby set that was purchased closest to her being born, so it's fitting that I used it for this page. She was only four days old when I did this little photo shoot. Ohhh how I miss that tiny snuggle! But it's okay, she's a big snuggler now. Especially for me, ha!

Supplies:
Stamps: Moon Baby
Ink: Gray Granite, Petal Pink, Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blend, Light Crushed Curry Stampin' Blend
Paper: Petal Pink & Whisper White card stock, Twinkle Twinkle DP,
Accessories: Cupcakes and Carousels embellishment kit (twine, sequins), Glue Dots

I don't know why pictures of pages turn out so fuzzy... maybe because I'm using a bunch of indoor lights? But I'm not taking it outside to half melty snow and ice melt, ha... so here's individual pages that might work better?

Hello baby!

I am working on putting a card class together, and I am very excited to say that yesterday I got three cards completely designed! Yeay craft time!!

To start, I thought I'd try the Stampin' Blends on something I haven't pulled out in a while- Moon Baby! I used a sketch that was posted last week on the Clean & Simple blog, as my starting point.
My card ended up kind of simple but I think it's very cute! It's also mail-able if you need it to be! Can't beat that!

Supplies:
Stamps: Moon Baby
Ink: Memento Black, Blushing Bride, Dark Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends marker, Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends marker, Ivory Stampin' Blends marker, Color Lifter Stampin' Blends marker
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Daffodil Delight & Whisper White card stocks
Accessories: White Perfect Accents

Cards In The Mail!

The other day I pulled out a bunch of stamp stuff hoping to create... My baby has three teeth competing to be the first to break thru, so stamping just did not happen. Naptimes were very short. However, in looking for supplies, I discovered three Cards in the Mail swaps that I had not yet photographed. So even tho a couple of these come from the now-retired Holiday mini, I tend to think posts like this are full of inspiration, so here you go!

Blog Hop: Step it Up Occasions Sneak Peek!

Happy New Year to you!! The first of the month always means a new Blog Hop and I'm back to play this time!
With it being a new year, I'm also looking forward to some new goals, with both my business and my crafting. But for today, we'll stick with the blog hop!

On Wednesday January 4th, Stampin' Up! will launch their new Occasions Mini and! their new Sale-A-Bration Mini! Demonstrators get to pre-order from these and I am featuring new products that will be in the Occasions Mini!

First up, I have a basic card. All the stamp images come from one new, adorable set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Moon Baby

Ink: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay

Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Aquapainter, Succulent Garden Ribbon, stapler

I stepped it up by adding a mat to the focal image, and a bit of Wink of Stella to the umbrella!

Supplies:

Stamps: Moon Baby

Ink: Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay

Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Wink of Stella, Watercolor Pencils, Aquapainter, Succulent Garden Ribbon, stapler

Now you can hop on over to Cheryl's blog and see what she's created to share with you today! 

Or, you can stick around for a quick tip...
I haven't had a chance to watch any of the new product videos Stampin' Up! makes available. In fact, between moving and everything else going on in my life, I almost missed the pre-order for these two mini's entirely! Consequently, I got to learn something "the hard way" and I'm sharing that with you!
First, I stamped the image on regular Whisper White card stock, and on Watercolor Paper. I used the Memento black ink, which we sold specifically for an old and retired kind of watercolor look, the Blendabilities. You can see the results below...

That poor muddy baby....sheesh!
So I tried using the newest "watercolor-able" ink, the Archival Basic Gray ink pad, on the same two kinds of paper. That turned out much nicer!

I have more Whisper White so I went with that for my final project. And I gave up on coloring the hair... maybe my baby is too plain but I think it turned out pretty cute!

That's all for me today. I have enjoyed the wild journey 2016 was, and I look forward to whatever 2017 holds. I hope you do too! Happy New Year!