Crafting in the Sticks: November 2015

Monday, 30 November 2015

Cookies for Santa - Pixels and Paper December DT reveal (456/365)

Hello everyone and welcome to December!!! Is anyone else rushing to get Christmas presents ready?? I make every single gift so I usually start in September but this year I have been a little busier with work and lots of friends having babies (aka scrapbook albums) so I am rushing like mad to get everything done so it was nice to slow down and get some scrapping done for myself and work on this month's Pixels and Paper Design Team reveal, this month is a fun Christmasy themed:

Here is my take, I was inspired by the red/green/and white as well as the cookies with the Christmas theme:

I misted the background with Lindy's stamp gang rudolph's nose, and cut the title with my silhouette. The embellies are all buttons that I cut the back off of. I filled in the tree with liquid pearls.

Thank you for stopping by and for your wonderful comments, hope you can play along with us at Pixels and Paper this month for your chance at a great prize!!! http://pixelsandpaperchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/2015/12/and-finally-its-december.html

Sunday, 29 November 2015

Tractor baby album (436-455/365)

Last to share with you tonight is a tractor baby album that I made as a surprise big brother present. As you may (or may not) remember, I made a zoo album for my dear friend Danielle a couple of weeks ago (but gave it to her at this morning's 4-way shower). I was debating what to make/get for her older son, Ben, and then she asked if she could hire me to make her a tractor-themed baby album for her son. I had a lightbulb moment and told I didn't have time to make it until after Christmas but that then we could sit down and go over papers/embellies/etc and she was excited about that. Well I was up until 230am friday and got up again at 630 saturday morning in order to get this album done (really hate thyroid problems and illnesses). I am so happy with how the album turned out and hopes she likes it as much as I do!!!

436 Ben: inspired by Stuck?! Sketches November 15 sketch http://stucksketches.blogspot.ca/2015/11/november-15th-challenge.html

437-438 Waiting for baby: based on a previous Let's Scrap sketch

439-440 Mommy and me/Daddy and Me: based on Canadian Scrapbooker's November Sketchy Challenge http://canadianscrapbooker.ca/sketchy/showphoto.php?photo=1418&title=november-2015-sketch&cat=557

441-442 First Days Home: based on The Memory Nest Make it Monday #49 http://thememorynest.blogspot.ca/2015/11/make-it-monday-no-49.html

443-444 Dirty Messy Face: based on ScrapMuch? November 6th sketch http://shopscrapmuch.blogspot.ca/2015/11/sketch-y-friday-with-team-b-november-6.html

445-446 Bathtime: based on Scrapbook Challenges #225 http://scrapbookchallenges.com/flashbackfriday-sketch-225/

447-448 Sweet Dreams: based on a sketch by Sketch~n~scrap #11 http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com

449-450 A first for everything: my own design

451-452 How I grow. . . . . .and grow: my own design

453-454 Happy first birthday: my own design

455 These will hold me forever: my own design

thank you so much for stopping by and for your wonderful comments :)

Couple of baby cards

Next up are a couple of cards I made for the baby presents for this morning's 4-way baby shower.

First up is a card to go with the zoo baby album. I was inspired by the Memory Nest's Make it Monday #47 http://thememorynest.blogspot.ca/2015/09/make-it-monday-no-47.html

Next is a boy baby shower card that I was inspired by Scrapbook challenges #458: http://scrapbookchallenges.com/sketch-458/

Thank you for stopping by and for your wonderful comments :)

Batgirl Baby Album(416-435/365)

Good morning, how is everyone feeling?? Me, I've finally succumed to my cold and it has come on with a vengence (although probably doesn't help that I have gotten next to no sleep all weekend as I'm trying to get ready for a 4-way baby shower and I only had 1 of the presents made by friday (eek).

First up to share is a baby album for a dear friend who loves batman so I decided to do a little twist and do a bat girl album for them (this is the first time i'm excited to see the husband's reaction):

416 Emma: based on a sketch by Let's Get Sketchy Week 2: http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/2015/11/team-b-november-week-2_9.html

417-418 I'm Pregnant: based on a previous sketch by Let's Scrap

419-420 Mommy and Me/Daddy and Me: based on Let's Get Sketchy week 4 http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/2015/11/team-b-november-week-4.html

421-422 First Days Home: based on ScrapMuch? November 27th sketch: http://shopscrapmuch.blogspot.ca/2015/11/sketch-y-friday-with-team-november-27.html

423-424 Dirty Messy Face: based on Sketches in Thyme #174 http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.ca/2015/11/debs-take-on-sketch-174.html

425-426 Bathtime: my own design, being submitted for Scrapbook Challenges November pattern (damask) challenge http://scrapbookchallenges.com/november-pattern-challenge/

427-428 Sweet Dreams: based on Sketches in Thyme #173 http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.ca/2015/11/shawns-take-on-sketch-173.html

429-430 A First For Everything: my own design

431-432: How I grow. . . . . .and grow

433-434 Happy 1st birthday: my own design

435 These will hold me forever: my own design

and a matching card, used a sketch from sketch~n~scrap #62: http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.com

Sunday, 22 November 2015

Zoo baby album (396-415/365)

Hello everyone, hope you had a wonderful weekend, I was busy making this baby album for my girlfriend who's baby shower is next weekend (it's actually a four-way baby shower so i still have two more albums to make). This is for a dear friend who had her baby a couple of weeks premature and she's known for months that she was having a boy but kept it a secret from everyone (but deep down I knew she was having a boy) and she told me a couple of months ago that she was going to do a zoo theme for this baby so I started compiling papers and embellies for months. I am so happy with how this album turned out and the animals (all 159 pieces cut with my silhouette) are so woth all the time they took to make. Thank you for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments :)

396: Ryker (my own design)