while I wait...

for my hubby to return from the store with my car, thought I'd share my Scrapper's Cove work for this month. It's all packed up and ready to roll - just need my wheels!   First up is a little mini I made with a Creative Imaginations blank board book. Love that chunky little thing - what better to put in it than chunky babies?...

The book has photos of my kids on their first 4 birthdays (0-3). That's a Tim Holtz clock face on the front. Used a Martha Stewart hydrangea punch for the flower and stuck one of those glass gem things in the center. The interior is fairly simple, since the book won't close it there is anything bulky in there. Even with all the flat stuff, it still got a little too puffy to close flat - hence the ribbon tie. Maybe it will stretch it's little self flat again?

Moving along - here's another layout of my son (these papers work really well for boys):

I am a complete control freak and wanted to mist the background but knew I would not be able to control the black ink like I needed to. Since I didn't have paper to spare, I opted for 'controlled' splatters as opposed to the full-on spray. (Which if you have ever misted before, can be unpredictable.) Wish I had more splatters now that I see a photo of this layout.

Here's a detail of the upper corner:

I punched the flowers from Tim Holtz tickets and used the wood veneer as buttons in the centers. The glass gems cover up a little heart on the paper before the word 'happy' - the cool thing about these little doodads is that they magnify whatever is underneath them. It made a cool effect over the red heart - it really exploded the color. I'm going to need to experiment some more with those little things.

Lastly, the #3 layout - and I have to say, one of my favorites:

Here's a detail of the sewing on the flowers...

I was seriously worried about breaking 2 things when I made this: my sewing machine and my flower punch. Surprisingly, the machine went through the wood veneer without so much as a hiccup. The flower punch, though, was entirely not cool with punching wood. I'm sure all of my future punches with that flower will look like they were distressed. As small price to pay for flower shaped wood! Those letters are grey Thickers. I love them. I'm going to pick up another pack today, since I depleted my 'b's' & 'u's' with these projects and I just need to have these on hand. The color is amazing and they go with everything - I think this grey is the new black for me!

Last but not least, I squeaked out one last item this morning for the Studio Calico challenges for NSD, a little card:

This card is made with leftover stuff from last month's kit. (Forgive my bad photo, it's hard to see the details.)

Would love to win some SC cash. (That's the prize for the NSD challenges.) I took a look at my order history the other day and nearly fell out of my chair. That stuff sure adds up. They store your account # so you don't have to 'go get' your credit card to pay. It's so easy to charge away! Smart cookies over there at the SC! Honestly, I have never been disappointed or felt remorse for what I've purchased there - I've been using it all up and it definitely motivates me to keep making stuff. And that's good, right?