I can hardly credit it, but my little baby girl turned six years old today. I enjoyed snuggling with her in the warm bed this morning at 6:47 a.m. and reminiscing about how happy we were at that very moment six years ago. I am so blessed.
In Natalie's honor today, I have a "blast from the past" for you–girly themed scrapbook projects from my past six years of stamping! The page above celebrates cupcakes and being three. Glitter and sparkles were a MUST! The cupcake wrapper is also made of vertical strips of Bashful Blue taffeta ribbon.
Nest is one of my favorite scrapbook pages of all time. I made it soon after Natalie got her diagnosis of SPD. I created this red, black and white layout for a contest (didn't win), so unfortunately I no longer have it in my possession to take a better photo of it.
BONUS TIP: The technique on the letters is negative emboss–something I invented as far as I know–where you heat emboss with embossing powders just like normal, only right before heating, you use a pencils or stylus to scrape off some of the powder in a pattern such as the flowers I drew here. Stripes, swirls, whatever–then heat set the powder. It adds marvelously unique texture to any embossed project.
I spent a likewise very long time on this page, also for a contest, but it did "win" in that it was put on display at the Stampin' Up National Convention in 2008. It's hard to tell in the photo, but there is a lot of texture here with the stitched photo frame, chipboard flowers, brad, paper crimping and more… I stamped, used rub-ons, chalks and even the gel pen on this page!
And finally, here's a quick little mini photo book made from a single piece of 12×4 DSP. Watch for a photo tutorial on this, coming soon!
Happy Birthday, Natalie–you just keep getting cuter every year!
I love the ribbon cupcake wrapper and all the layers and textures on the “winning” page. The red one is my favorite, too! All of your pages are winners.
Awww, how sweet! Happy birthday, Natalie!