Well, we now have an Etsy shop! We are posting our Thanksgiving items so people can get a look at our work. Christmas items will be posted soon.

Liam's First Year Scrapbook

I started scrapbooking six years ago when my nephew Carter was born. I wasn't all that great at it. I printed letters from Word and cut out designs from patterned paper to make embellishments. Since then, I have acquired a Cricut. I honestly don't know what I ever did without one.

These pictures are a few of my favorites from the most recent scrapbook that I created for my nephew Liam. I used Lyrical Letters for most of the fonts, and all of the embellishments (with only a few exceptions) were made using the Create-A-Critter cartridge. I absolutely love this cartridge and the pages turned out super cute!

I used Cricut Craft Room to "squeeze" the letters together and add the curlicues. The machine cut it all out together, which was much easier to position on the paper.

The vine is a sticker and the monkey and bananas were made by me. So cute!

I used a different animal for each page opening. There are so many adorable animals to make with this cartridge, it was really hard to narrow it down to 11.

His name was made using the All Mixed Up cartridge. I used the square feature and then "squeezed" it all together using Cricut Craft Room until it was all one big rectangle.

I made two coordinating pages for each month of his first year. I fell in love with this squirrel and the little tiny acorns.

The brads were store-bought, but the adorable dog is all me (with the help of Cricut, of course).

For each page opening, I left spaces for three pictures and a place for mom to record some of Liam's memorable moments from the month.

These are the last two pages in his scrapbook. Everything was created with Cricut. I made miniatures of all the animals that were used from the previous pages and they all came back on the train for his 1st birthday party. I am particularly proud of these pages. 

Welcome!

This blog is all about finding and expressing creativity. I have always been "artsy", but have never been able to develop it until now. I will be posting some of my creations every now and then, with plans to eventually set up shop at etsy. (I already have a shop, but it's empty!)  I have never studied art, and may not be doing things properly. I just do what I feel. I welcome any comments and suggestions that would make my work stronger.