May 11, 2011
I’m so behind on my scrapbooking!
One day I will be all caught up and I will be able to scrap whatever I want without feeling guilty about all the life events that I haven’t created pages for yet. Today, I can finally cross off my son’s first birthday from the list! … He’s three now, so I only have two more birthdays (of his anyway) to scrap, and I’ll be all caught up on birthdays! My youngest is only 1, and I have managed to scrap a layout for her first birthday. My oldest daughter has the scrapbook that’s the most behind. I started when she was three – so I started off already three years behind, and it just seems to get worse and worse! Someday, I will get there. I’m sure that most people, who don’t have endless amounts of free time are in the same boat.
Anyway, here is the layout. I combined many different products into this one. It’s a complete mish-mash of materials. Most of the papers came from a Noel Mignon Kit called ‘Jump and Jive’, some are from my own stash of papers and embellishments. I really wanted a wild-looking layout to go with my cake-covered mess of a son. He really enjoyed that cake! Let me tell you! The bear cake pan has become a tradition for one-year birthdays at my house. I have made this same cake three times, for all three kids. It’s about the size of two cupcakes. I usually make a plain cake and top it with butter cream icing that I make myself (really easy – I never use canned, it just doesn’t taste as good). My two older children devoured their cakes and basically ‘wore’ them! It was bath time afterwards for sure. My youngest daughter wasn’t very interested. She took a few nibbles and then tossed it on the floor! I hope to carry on this tradition and use the pan to make my grandchildren’s first birthday cakes.
Here is my list of materials:
- Background paper, Lily Bee – This & That
- Papers used for borders at the bottom of the page, Basic Grey – Life of The Party
- Rectangle of paper on the right, Studio Calico – Elemental
- Rectangle of paper on the left, October Afternoon – Campfire
- Small pennant banner, Elle’s Studio blank pennants
- Small green alphabet stickers, Cosmo Cricket
- Embellishment stickers and frames, Basic Grey – Life of The Party
- Inks, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain by Ranger Industries and Smooch Ink in red (on the ’1′ ribbon)
- Gloss detail on the balloons, Glossy Accents by Ranger Industries
- Crackle gloss detail on the ’1′ ribbon, Crackle Accents by Ranger Industries
- Stamps, Jenny Bowlin Studio and Technique Tuesdays
- Pop dots, EK Success
- Baker’s Twine, The Twinery
- journaling tag, Echo Park
