I Luv You Puzzle Blocks by Kirsty Vittetoe

Pixie January Kit "Love Notes" is sweet and lovely! Totally perfect for your Valentine's day project!

remember those puzzle blocks you played when you were little?

I thought these little wooden blocks are great for this project

six sides, six different look....

now my friend and her baby can play puzzle blocks together....

it's time to get the Valentine's Day project going......

Pixie January Kit "Love Notes"

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If you are looking for 6x6 paper pad, you might like this one

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"Love Notes"

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blue moon baby book by lauren bergold

one of the very first pixie dust paperie projects i ever made was a baby-themed mini-book using last october's FALL IN LOVE kit. when i started today's project using theBLUE MOON kit, i envisaged it being similar... something which didn't happen at all, lol! :) for one thing, this book has quite a different shape, in order to make use of a chocolate-brown die-cut mini album i had in my stash. (btw, there are also some very cute maya road ones in the pixie shoppe!)

as with the first baby book, i've used almost all the papers in the kit--or at least, everything that was blue or neutral, since i know that a baby boy is expected by these particular parents. i've used most of the vintage sheet music and dictionary paper, as well. i've even used bits of packaging from the prima flourish and the GCD chipboard birds!

speaking of the birds, i found a fun way to cover chipboard: just tear strips of tim holtz tissue tape to size, and wrap them around your shape. it could not be EASIER--you don't even need any adhesive since the tape is sticky; but i did seal them with quick coat of matte gel medium. i like the way the pigment based-ink i used on the edges slightly streaked as i painted the gel on!

since the cover's quite small (about 6x6") i didn't need a lot to cover it, but i worked in a few of my favorite things from the kit: patterned paper in blues and tans... a funky chipboard bird... a fanciful scrap of tulle... some fun denim "ribbon"... and the sweet pale yellow fabric thickers alphabet.

this book is going to be a gift, so i kept the design quite simple: just pretty paper, a little inking and outlining, and a few minimal embellishments. i added a 3.5" square to the center of each page to guide the placement of photos. this picture is of a "stunt baby"(my nephew matthew a couple of years ago!) just to illustrate what the completed book might look like. i love high-contrast black and white photos in this type of context, but the parents-to-be can fill it with whatever they choose.

finally, i added one of my favorite baby quotes, printed on a clear inkjet label, and my book was finished.

is this book as cute as the baby for whom it's intended? of course not! but i think it miiiiiight just make that little guy look even more adorable!!! ♥

Kirsty's Note -

Definitely ADORABLE!!!! Thanks Pixie Lauren!!!!

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rock star birthday card by lauren bergold

there is no doubt that the march pixie kit FLORIBUNDA is full of soft pretty papers, elegant embellishments, and flowery goodness. all of which might make one think it'd be difficult to make a full-on guy card. one would be wrong, though. see?


the reverse side of the beautifully intricate pink paislee paper has this awesome star; the glamorous white parisian anthology chipboard letters can be inked into a variety of vibrant colors; and the elegant glitz design rub-ons are more flexible--and more unisex--than you might think at first glance. all i needed to add was a bit of ink & stitching & a dymo label...and BOOM!

guy card??! no problem! rock-on, pixies...ROCK ON! ♥♥♥

Kirsty's Note -

You rock Pixie Lauren!!!!!! Brilliant creation!!!!!

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"Baby Boy Card" and "Dream" Banners by Kirsty Vittetoe

I have two projects to share today, and it is the last 2 projects of Pixie's Debut Kit "Fall in Love", from tomorrow Oct 29th, we will be previewing Pixie November Kit!

Here's another baby card to share.... this time is for a baby boy

that little doggie and the train right below the crown are from the sticker sheet that comes with the kit

I used about every single tiny piece of the sticker found on that Webster's Pages sticker sheet that comes in the Kit, they are just adorable!

Next to share is something I've always wanted to make, a banner! I finally got a chance to do this when I have my hands on Pixie Dust Paperie's Oct Kit "Fall in Love"

There are 5 pieces here, and it says DREAM

And it is now hanging in my little craft room

Pixie will be offering up some fun sneak peeks over the next few days, so stay tuned!


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