Monday, May 17, 2010

Baby Album

I have been busy making a baby scrapbook for my friend and her baby Izzy. This is a new way for me to scrapbook because I am making the book for her first year ahead of time. I usually pick my paper to coordinate what is in the picture ~ clothing colors, background, etc. I bought a baby girl pad of papers at Michaels along with some solid pink, orange and green papers.

I made all of my photo mats 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 so all mom has to do is stick down the photo. I positioned some of them horizintal and some vertical. I also put a pocket for a tag on each page so mom can journal on it. I put in a 2 page layout for Grandparents, cousins and Firsts.

I used the font from Nursery Rhymes ~ my new favorite font!!

I am showing a couple of pages here!



I made pockets for the tags. Mom can put a small photo on one side and journal on the back. I included a list of suggestions to use (first tooth, roll over, crawl, haircut, etc.) and I have extra tags for her just in case.













This was a fun project but it really stretched my brain!

7 comments:

  1. Oh, Lori, this is adorable!

    You never believe this, but I visit with terminally ill children every month at LaRabida here, and this week I took pictures of them to trade with each other. Well, wouldn't you know they asked "ME" to do them a scrapbook!!! I've never done one before and now I'm on pins and needles because I don't know where to start and I just can't disappoint them. Needless to say, I'm really looking at everyone's layouts very closely now -- LOL!!!

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  2. Oh Audrey ~ you will do great!!

    There are some great sketches out there ~ Becky Higgins has several books/magazines with her sketches. I find myself falling back on sketches when I am at a loss for an idea.

    Stuck on U Sketches (SOUS) and Lay It Down (LID) both have weekly sketch challenges. You can find info on both of these at the cricut layouts forum.

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  3. Lori, you are too cute and too funny!!! Of course, as soon as I read your response on my blog and finished laughing I high-tailed it over here to see what you had to say! LOL!!

    Thanks for the info, you're always a great help!

    Love ya!

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  4. Awww... what a sweet little book!! I agree with you, doing the book before the photos can be pretty difficult... but you did a lovely job with this one!!
    Barb :)

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  5. that's a big project! Pat yourself on the back for completing it, I'm sure your friend will treasure it!

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  6. What a lovely gift! You did a wonderful job!!! Great job picking out such beautiful pattern paper. Thanks for sharing it with us at Practical Scrappers :)

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  7. Such a great gift and it looks amazing! Thanks for joining us at Practical Scrappers!

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