Special 95th Birthday Card

 

My grandmother is celebrating her 95th birthday soon so I thought that such an occasion requires a special card.  I picked up some supplies at one of my favorite scrapbook stores on the planet at The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie.  I mixed together Kaiser Craft papers, Maya Road floral embellishments, Heartfelt Creations die cut, Swarovski crystals, Heidi Swapp numbers, and jillibean stamps. I had to make a coordinating envelope as well. I think it turned out as fabulous as she is.

Baby Boy Elephant Page

A friend's shower was coming up and what would I do for a gift?   I always like to give something personal and special whenever possible. Something for the nursery would be perfect for this second baby boy.  Matching the nursery theme, colors, and of course the new baby's name I created this sweet page to put into a frame and hang on the wall.

I started with supplies already in my stash from several different places.

I laid out the basic form of the page and places for photos as soon as the bundle of joy arrives.

Then I went to work on the details.  I love to add dimension on pages in a shadow box frame so I made a multi-layer of the sweet elephant stamp.  I just stamped several copies and fussy cut them all out.   Then I added form pop-ups in between to give the elephant some great dimension.

Made a custom handmade banner with his name by cutting out strips and using a square punch to make the banner points on the bottom.

 

The final product turned out cute as a bug and perfect for the nursery.

 

I hope this inspires you to craft something special!

I have some very exciting news to share with all of you.   I jumped off the deep end, with both feet, and opened an Etsy shop. 

You can find the shop at LoveThatStore


In the shop I will have beautiful hand-made one of a kind scrapbooks and paper art items along with fabulous scrapbook supplies that I discover along the way in my travels in search of everything scrapbook!  Because, if I kept all of the treasures I find my family would have to move out of the house because it would take over every possible inch of space space.

I hope that you will take a look around in the store and of course purchase the things that inspire you!

Happy Shopping and scrapping!