Scrapbook (Memory Book) : Boy Oh Boy!

The Box for the Scrapbook / Memory book

Sharing an extremely colorful, yet boyish memory book / scrapbook I made for a soon to arrive baby boy.
This is an 8" x 8" memory book / scrapbook, which fits comfortably in its, custom designed, 10" x 10" hard box.

A close up of the box; the frame can hold the baby's picture

A close up of the cover, which was made with multiple layers.

Cloud style pockets

Flipping photomats

Stitched buttons

Sweet boy plaque with a "fun" bottle cap

These beautiful pockets were made using diecuts gifted by Artful Crafting-- they were layered and secured

Documenting milestones as the baby grows

Dotted buttons hold down the pockets

The keepsakes

Large pockets with lots of space for more

Window pockets to keep the precious memories safe

All wishes here

More moments documented here

Paper Collections:
SCOOT - Echo Park
Dotted Essentials - Artful Crafting

Oh So Bright!

My project this month is all bright and colorful. I created this 8x8 canvas using Distress Spray Stains from Rangers, which were part of my Challenge 5 kit sent over by Artful Crafting. 

As I have mentioned before, working with bright colors / creating bright projects, is a real challenge for me so this theme was a pretty big deal. I messed up twice, before I finally got going. (I think the finished canvas looks pretty decent).

The project is very simple, I just sprayed the stains onto canvas , ensuring minimal overlap, and then left them to dry. Once dry, I added some texture using modeling paste and the Tim Holtz, Dot Fade, layered stencil.

For the center focus, I printed Erin Hanson's poem, "What if i fall", onto Prima Marketing's Epiphany paper collection, and tore it out. (It is such a beautiful poem!) The torn edges were inked with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink, and overlaid with rainbow colored wire, from a local book store.

White cardstock was sprayed with the three stains, (Shabby Shutter, Salty Ocean, Ripe Persimmon) and then stamped with butterflies using jet black Archival Ink. The butterflies were hand cut, and coated with glossy accents. Thatched Roof Cottage glimmer mist, by Tattered Angels, was sprayed to add some shimmer.  (have tried to capture it in the picture above)

And that's all folks!
To take part in the challenge please hop over to Artful-crafting's blog. (Even if you don't want to participate, hop over for some inspiration)

Happy Crafting,