Friday, July 2, 2010

Happy Birthday Kim!!!





Happy Birthday Kim!  That's Kim from My Favorite Things
If you want a better view of any of the photos, clicking on them to enlarge them.



When Julie from her design team invited me to participate in this birthday blog hop I said yes immediately without even stopping to think about. 









There are 42 avid paper crafters sending birthday wishes, one for each of her years.  







You can hop over to Kim's blog where Jody has posted the list to start at the beginning or you can hop around as you see fit.  I've also included the list at the end of this post.






I wanted to make something special for Kim.  Something more than a card.









I decided upon a mini word scrapbook.  You can pick up these chipboard books up at most craft stores and scrapbook stores. 








There are several words available, like "family", "party" and "baby".  I've also seen people make and sell custom books at craft shows and scrap booking weekends.  You could have your child's name made up, or any word that has meaning for you.






For this book I wanted to showcase MFT products.  I love the colors and patterns of the MFT Spring Collection which I used for my palette.  It's cute and girly and so much fun. 







 I stamped a few Pure Innocence girls and used them to decorate some of the pages and I just went through my stash looking for whatever would properly dress up a page. 








When I make these books for my family and friends I usually include mats with little post it notes that say "mount your photo here" and sometimes I even include the photos.  Since Kim is a stamper and scrapper, and certainly will have paper that matches I haven't included any. 




Here's the list:
Here's a list of the deets, if you'd like more specific details on any particular page or item leave a comment and I'll get back to you via your blog or by a post in the comment section.
Stamps - My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence "4 Leaf Clover", "Lollipop", "Make Mine a Double"
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark Pink Petunia, Pixie Dust, and Aloe Vera
Paper - card stock MFT Sweet Tooth, Banana Split, Pink Lemonade; Stampin' Up Certainly Celery; dp MFT Spring collection; Georgia Pacific card stock for the images
Miscellaneous - MFT rick rack and scallopey scallop die-namics;  Nellies Multi Frames oval die; Stampin' Up eyelet border punch; Hero Arts Sparkle Gems Flowers; ZVA crystal stickers; Queen & Co pearls; Heidi Swapp bling; Elements big pink brad; twine from the Cat's Pajamas; Creative Memories paper flowers; MFT spring collection buttons; Spellbinder's tag die; charms from acharmingplace.com; copics; stickles; glaze pen
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25 comments:

  1. oh Chris it's so pretty and sweet! what a wonderful gift-i LOVE this!

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  2. Chris, that is fanflippin'tastic!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW. Great job! And thank you so much for participating, I am really feeling so touched!

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  3. Um,WOW WOW WOW!!! Your project is so amazing!! I love how that cute little PI peeks out of the inside of the letter D, so darn cute!!

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  4. How very sweet, Chris...great job!

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  5. Oh! How GORGEOUS! LOVE every bit of this!!

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  6. I love word books & this is a terrific one!!! Great job!!!

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  7. This is fabulous Chris!! I love how you used MFT papers and your stamp choices are perfect!!

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  8. Amazing project, Chris!! What a fantastic gift this is!

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  9. This is just plain wonderful. Awesome even.

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  10. How neat is this, Chris?! What a wonderful gesture -- I know Kim is going to FLIP for this! :)

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  11. What a cute scrapbook! I just wanted to stop by and welcome you to the S2G DT. I look forward to working with you!

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  12. Chris, this is a fantastic project! :)

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  13. I agree! This is such a cute little book! What a lot of work...worth every minute! Just adorable!

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  14. Wow, you really out did yourself Chris! This is just gorgeous!

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  15. Wow! What a great idea! It is SO cute!!

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  16. This is absolutely delightful!!!

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  17. Wow, a whole book! Adorable!

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  18. Wow what a fabulous project! Love all those pages!

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  19. How adorable! I'm sure it will be well-loved!

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  20. WOW! Chris, this is absolutely amazing!!! Kim is going to LOVE it!!!!!

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  21. OMG how COOL! What a work of HEART! Love it. :)

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