Baby Girl 8 x 8 Album

The hardest part about having your family spread out all over the continent is missing the special memories. This weekend my brother's first grandchild is being celebrated at church and with the family. My parents are there, my son is there, my brother and his family are there, but not me. So, instead I poured my heart into a small scrapbook album for the new parents to keep treasured photos and journal about their new daughter. With it being so close to Valentine's Day and also being the day she will be blessed, I wanted to have a heartfelt theme to the pages and love the newest CTMH Heartstrings paper.

I used mostly CTMH products here, even though I don't consult for them anymore. I have a friend who used to be in my club and she is now a Consultant, so I ordered from her after all she did to support my fledgling business when I first started.

I forgot to include the title page on the front of the album but here are the 14 double pages of the inside

Products Used

Patterned Paper: CTMH Heartstrings Paper Packet and Heartstrings Pocket Cards, Blank Cards from 2005 and Becky Higgins, Project Life Everyday Life Cardstock

Cardstock: CTMH Lagoon, Crystal Blue, Whisper, Cranberry, Hollyhock, Blush and White Daisy

Unknown source other white paper - gifted to me

All stamps: CTMH

Embellshments: Offray white and pink organdy ribbon, unknown heart pins,

CTMH embellishments: Cotton Candy trim, red enamel hearts, sparkles in red and diamond, glitter glue, paper flowers, sequin flowers, and chevron glitter shapes

Stampin Up:  Dimensionals and Felt Round Flowers and Scallop Punch

My Minds Eye: Buttons and Corner Punch

Cricut Cartridges: Both CTMH - Art Philosophy and Artbooking for shapes and words

Fiskars: Circle Punch and Paper Trimmer

Hermafix: Dotto Permanent Dot Adhesive

CTMH: Mini Glue Dots

Charm Pack Valentine's Table Runner

This was a project that I was able to make in about a week, getting to it when I could, mostly in small chunks of time. It was a pattern that I bought off Etsy that measured 21 x 26 inches. However, I wanted it to be longer for my dining room table, so I took the 42 charm squares and divided them into 3 piles with 14 in a row, and it turned out just how I wanted. I had a yard of coordinating fabric that I used for both the back and the binding, and it came together without any leftovers, so I was grateful I had enough. I'm enjoying it on my table. 

My baby turned 16!!! He got together with his friends the night before for a party, and this was the cake leftover the next day, so we put 16 more candles in and sung again. He had a great day. He quite liked his presents, he was given a new office within the priesthood at church, and his far away siblings called and the rest of us at home celebrated him with a BBQ - 70 degrees in February in Colorado. It was the first time he ever remembers no snow on his birthday, so it was a very good day for our boy!