Baby Books: June

Happy Saturday, y'all!  It's time to share another baby book layout, and this one might be one of my most favoritest ever.  Check it out:

My hubs kinda can't believe that I even have stamps of construction equipment *smirk* But how perfect for a little boy layout!  And that gear punch from SU...I got it when it retired and this is its maiden voyage, but it's like I KNEW I would need it for this.

I tried to color on the stamps with markers but I just wasn't getting the look I wanted, so I ended up stamping each piece of construction equipment multiple times in different colors and cutting out the bits I wanted.  The "base" layer is Basic Gray, and then the other colors are cut out and layered on top.  Time-consuming, but it looked how I wanted it to in the end.

I thought construction equipment was appropriately manly for a June/Father's Day layout.

Today's color palette just makes me happy:  Tempting Turquoise, Cucumber Crush, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Soft Suede (for dirt), and Whisper White.  I love it.  Nice and sunny, perfect for summer :)

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, mostly SU!
Stamps:  I Dig You, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink:  Cucumber Crush, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Soft Suede
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Cucumber Crush, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight DSP
Accessories:  Circles Framelits, gear punch, Sizzix Alphabet

Friday Flashback: Choo Choo

Howdy, folks!  It's time once again for a Friday Flashback, and this week's stamp set is Choo Choo.  Let's take a look, shall we?

Also features Big Deal Alphabet

I've done a few name frames, but not a lot.  The ribbon is actually the denim ribbon SU! sold a few years ago, it's not black like it looks in the picture.

Also features Loads of Love

A friend of mine wanted to use the Choo Choo train to make Christmas cards one year so this was the idea I came up with to help her out.  The packages from Loads of Love are sized just right for this train :)  But that's all the archives had to offer, so let's look at today's new piece:

It's a baby book layout from the books I just finished.  My friend the mama asked for one layout to document all the twins' milestones like first tooth, first laugh, etc. so this is what I made.  I thought the train was cute and slightly punny with *mile*stones and I used some patterned paper that kinda reminded me of train tracks a little bit.  The white tags with the stars aren't stuck down, so mama can use them to label each picture if she wants or she can choose to only write on the journaling block.  Options.

And there's a closeup of the train.  The animals are from the stamp set I Dig You, which comes up on another baby book layout (but I didn't use the animals on that one).  I got the new Basic Black ink pad from the holiday mini catalog and it is a nice crisp black!  And non-smeary.  Love it.

There's my color palette:  Crushed Curry, Real Red, Pacific Point (I tried Coastal Cabana first but it just didn't work), Basic Gray, Soft Suede, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, and Whisper White.  Of course a few of those colors are only used on the train but hey, they were used.

That's it for me this week, peeps.  We're going to the baseball game tonight, woo!  Cheers!

Supplies, baby book layout only:
Stamps:  Choo Choo, I Dig You, Banner Blast (small stars)
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Real Red, Pacific Point, Soft Suede, Basic Black, Smoky Slate
Paper:  Crushed Curry, Real Red, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Confetti Celebration DSP
Accessories:  Sizzix alphabet, medium star punch, key tag punch

Happy Dirtday!

My hubby and I don't have kids (unless you count our fur-babies), but we know lots of people who do and we've got a 3-year-old nephew and newborn niece.  So I have quite a few baby/little kid stamp sets, including I Dig You which I got last fall when SU! had that one-day-only 20% off stamp sale.

This is a combination of old SCS sketch and color challenges.  I think the layout is a little odd but I like the colors together.  After I put it together, it just seemed too plain so I added the Daffodil Delight button on the Old Olive DSP strip; there are also brads on the truck tires.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies (SU! only):
Stamps:  I Dig You
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Paper:  Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Brights & Regals DSP Stacks
Accessories:  Daffodil Delight button & brads, twine, Dimensionals