One Year Old Scrapbook Layout

Now that the holidays are over, all the relatives have gone home, and I have had some time to get the house back in order, I finally had time to sit down a finish a scrapbook layout that I started several months ago -- a 1 page layout for Landon's one year photo shoot.

While at Hobby Lobby I found Kid's Blocks scrapbook paper, by Paper Studio, and thought it was a perfect for the blocks that spelled out Landon's name in his studio pictures.  So I got each individual block out and then stacked them up to mimmic the way a toddler would stack blocks.

I stamped the title "one year" using the Varsity Letters stamp set, by Stampin' Up, and then cut the letters out.

And now that I have Landon's first year near completed, I have a few months to get caught up on his second two years before the next baby arrives.  Which means I have a lot of scrapbooking to get done!

Stamped & Sewn Christmas Cards - Mittens, Stocking, and Hat

Need some inspiration for your holiday cards?  Well here is one of my favorite Christmas cards designs from a few years back.

I used the Stitch a Card stamps from Art Impressions.  The stamps include the outline of the object plus the stitching pattern, so piercing the holes and adding the floss is easy.  After I stamped the images, I cut the images out, pierced the stitching holes, and added the stitching using embroidery floss.  I stamped white snowflakes onto blue paper to give a nice contrasting background.

For the mittens, I added a white ribbon to connect the pair.

I embellished the hat with white ribbon and blue beads.

For the stocking, I used metallic floss to add extra pizazz to the holly leaves, and used a red button for the holly.

Be sure to keep checking back for more holiday projects.  I'll be posting more Christmas card ideas, decorations, ornament projects over the next several weeks.