Bear Book: February

Okay, now that Sodapop is six weeks old we're kind of settling into a bit of a routine.  Sort of.  At least, for the last several days, he's taken a pretty long nap in the afternoons, so I've actually made some new scrapbook pages!  But today is Saturday and I still have a few layouts from the bear book to share, so here's one of those.

Usually I use a pink for the February layout in a baby book, but I found that patterned paper that just seemed like the right one for Missy so I went with the retired Riding Hood Red instead.

And isn't this little bear Cupid the cutest?  The dark color is Early Espresso, not black, in case you wondered.

And there's the embellishment on the journaling block, an arrow to go with my Cupid bear.

Today's color palette is Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso, Pool Party, a smidgen of Pretty in Pink, and Whisper White. I thought they made for a nice little boy Valentine layout, what do you think?

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Cupid Bear from Whipper Snapper, Filled with Love, Love you More
Ink:  Basic Black, Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red
Paper:  Riding Hood Red, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, Thick Whisper White, Love Letter DSP
Accessories:  Circle Framelits, circle & scalloped circle punches, Sizzix Alphabet, Prismacolor Pencils

Baby Books: Twin Boys

Scrappy Monday, peeps!  I'm back with another baby book layout.  My goal this week is to work on scrapbook pages for myself...it would be nice to have a few layouts done before I start the next baby book.  But anyway!

Twin boys...that about says it all.  These boys should be arriving in the next few weeks.  Let's take a closeup look at the journaling block:

The globe is from a stamp set called Love You More that was available for like one month a year or two ago.  I cut it apart from its sentiment ("you mean the world to me") and instead paired it with one from the new stamp set Happy Happenings, which I bought specifically for this layout and I love it.  It has lots of other great sentiments too (I love the "Hello Handsome" and "Bonjour Beautiful" ones!) so I'm sure I'll be using it for lots of things besides baby books.

Today's color palette includes Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Basic Gray, and Whisper White.

Well kids, I've got dogs to walk and errands to run.  Cheers, peeps!

Supplies, mostly SU!
Stamps:  Love You More, Happy Happenings
Ink:  Basic Gray, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral
Paper:  Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Sent with Love DSP
Accessories:  Sizzix Alphabet

Nachos: Straight to My Heart

Happy Tuesday!  Ready for another Nacho Average Sketch Challenge?  Here it is:

I won't lie, this one *was* a challenge for me!  But here's what I came up with:

New product alert!  I used one of the super-cute Valentine stamp sets, Love You More, for the main image and some Retro Fresh DSP from the brand spankin' new Occasions catalog to go with it.  I took my color combo straight from the DSP:  Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango, and Baked Brown Sugar.  Lemme tell ya, I am LOVING the DSP in the new Occasions catalog; I got one of every set except High Tide (which I might get later anyway to go with my seashell stamps, haha!).

So that's it for me today, let's see what you've got!  Check out the other Nachos' cards on the Nacho Average Challenges blog and then give the sketch a whirl!  Ta-ta for now, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Love You More
Ink:  Coastal Cabana, Tangerine Tango, Baked Brown Sugar
Paper:  Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh DSP
Accessories:  Corner rounder & 1/2" circle punch, Brights Candy Dots, Coastal Cabana ruffled trim, Circles Collection Framelits