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I "heart" scrapbooking... ;)

Ideas from a crafty mom...

Got kids?

Got scrapping leftovers?

How about a personal die cutter?

The last 2 weeks Elijah, AJ, and I have been learning about the following:

You can see how easy it is with the tools we already have lying around from our paper crafts! The Circle Cutter works perfect to create a circle shape, use your personal die cutter for the letters "red" and "circle", or the large letters A and number 1. (You can also use stencils for the large letters and numbers, or print off the letter from the computer, trace it onto your cardstock, and cut away!)

Here's some things I do with my leftover paper scraps and my die cutters...

I used my personal cutter to cut the "1" shape. You can also trace a big "1" and cut by hand. It was a perfect way to use up some red paper I had. (So the goal here was to grab the beans and place them on the paper ONE-by-ONE... but if you have kids... you can guess how the 2 year old viewed the project: grab them and dump them ALL on!)

AJ's version of the project. Same "1", except we used the baby friendly paste (mix flour & water until it is like an oatmeal consistency) and I helped him place goldfishes one-by-one.

Here we cut an apple in half, dipped it red paint, and checked out the cool, almost heart shape, the apple made when we "stamped" it on paper.

This helped reinforce the shape of the "1" (early literacy skill), and helped reinforce the circle shape. I used my Stampin' Up! 1 3/8" circle punch, and my Stampin' Up! 1 1/4" punch to create the circles from leftover cardstock and let Elijah glue the circles to the "1".

Here we used the "cookie cutter" (or playdoh shapes!) as a "stamp" and stamped the letter A and number 1

Toddler Mischief

I still need to add the journaling, but here it is anyway!

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Materials...

Cardstock, Paper: K & Co "Hopscotch", Paper Company

Chipboard letters: Cereal box chipboard (With Paper Company paper)

Photo Corners: Heidi Swapp

Brads: JoAnns

Chalk: Inkadinkadoo

Die Cut: Cricut (Plantin' Schoolbook, Cuttin Up)

Fun at the Park page

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Materials Used...

Cardstock & Paper: 

Letters, Grass, background - DCWV (textured)

Polka Dots (tree top and bird) - Target $1 spot paper

Blue birds (right side) - My Minds Eye (Bohemian)

Tree trunk, journaling - Pamela Woods

Butterflies - Stampin' Up!

Matting - Paper Company

Die Cuts:

Birds - Cricut (Animal Kingdom cart)

Grass & "Park" letters - Plantin' Schoolbook

"Fun at the" - Brush Script Font using SCAL and Cricut

Treetop - Sizzix (Scallops)

Stamps, Inks, Glitters, and Chalks:

Butterflies & "December" - Stampin' Up!

Ink - Stampin' Up! (Pacific Point)

Chalk - Inkadinkadoo

Glitter - Stampin' Up! (Dazzling Diamonds)

Pop Dots

Memory Makers, foam squares

Pen

Stampin' Up! - Uni-bal Signo, white

page from Thanksgiving 08

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Materials used...

Cardstock: DCWV Textured cardstock, Stampin' Up!, and The Paper Company, Die Cut (turkey): Cricut - Doodlecharms cartridge, Plantin Schoolbook Cart.,, Rub Ons: Me and My Big Ideas, Inks & Chalks: Rubber Stampede ink in Mocha, Inkadoo Blending Chalks, Scallops: Stampin' Up! eyelet scallop boarder punch, Fiscars scissors, Pen: Zig Zag writer pen, Font: Personal handwriting font created at yourfonts.com,

"Handsome Boy"

I made this tonight... and I also made a double page Thanksgiving layout, I'll post that later, I still need to cut my letters and add the journaling.

But here's a "Handsome Boy" page...

K & Co Brenda Watson paper pack

Cricut letters... Cuttin Up Cart

Yellow-orange chalked letters on cream cardstock

used the Top Note die from Stampin' Up!

and throw in some brads for a little extra somethin somethin!

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Journaling says... 

"This is what meals looked like when you were learning to self feed.

Pass the hose, please!

Sept 2008 - 15 mo."

Sweet Pea

I finally got a photo of this!  I finished this one a few days ago and had trouble getting a good picture.

I couldn't tell you all the papers in this page... just random things I have picked up over the past couple years and they just blended together nicely. :)  Although I do know the blue edge is some Bazzill color.  

The "sweet pea" and pea pods are cut from the Cricut ("New Arrival" cart)

American Crafts white ric rac ribbon, Bazzill gingham ribbon, and some cheap Michaels blue ribbon. ;)

Heat embossing on the floral design on the left and bottom right

Me& My Big Ideas stickers

Stickles for accents!

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Journaling says...

"Tummy time...

Adam, you actually enjoyed tummy time... so unlike your brother, Elijah!

You're such a sweet pea!"

"Meeting Adam"

I am SO excited about the way this one came out.  I LOVE these colors!  So cute!  It's baby boy, without looking SOO baby boy blue.

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Ride On

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Pickin Pumpkins

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"Pappy" LO

Also for my dad's office.

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A layout postathon...

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AJ's LO, "Cute as a button" -- made this one for my dad's office, then placed it in a frame. He kept bugging me for pictures of AJ... so I said here you go Dad!