Save the Rhino!

For Bombshell Stamps May Blog Hop we were supposed to create a project with one of the many holidays in May.  You could use any holiday no matter how main stream or how strange.  While looking at the list of holidays I decided to go with the more obscure and chose Save the Rhino Day.  In case you are wondering for future celebrations Save the Rhino Day falls annually on May 1st.  I chose Save the Rhino Day because the Rhino is part  of an inside joke as well as the unofficial mascot for a group of my friends.  When I saw it on the list I just couldn't pass up the opportunity.

Here is the blog hop line up: 

Bombshell Blog:  http://bombshellstamps.blogspot.com/

Alison: http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com

Susie: http://whiteribboncards.blogspot.co.uk

Cassie: http://casbacreations.blogspot.com/

Jodi: http://www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com/

Mary G. :http://www.mystampinhide-away.blogspot.com

Kim: www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com

Emily: http://www.bombshellemsartisticexpressions.blogspot.com
Torrey: http://left-field-studio.blogspot.com/

Kapree: http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com/

Kelli: http://www.cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com

Glittery Katie: http://ferrishyn-frontier.blogspot.com

Kathi: http://kathstales.blogspot.com

Make sure you start at the bombshell stamps blog and work in order.  You should have made it here through Susie's blog and your next stop should be Jodi's blog. 


For this card I used Basic Gray's Out of Print Line along with Copic Markers, Stickles, Tim Holtz Distress in and Bombshell Stamps' Geisha digital stamp.  The rhino is just some clip art that I found online.

Birthday Card

Just stopping in to share a quick birthday card I made.  I used Basic Gray's line Out of Print along with Tim Holtz Distress ink and some Stickles. 

Altered Letter Block Tray

I have a friend that has been going through some medical treatment lately.  She has, understandably, been a little blue during this time so I wanted to make her a gift to help brighten her spirits.  I decided to make alter a 7 Gypsies Letter Block Tray for her so she could add photos of her son to it.  He is the light of her life and always brings a smile to her face so I figured being able to look at his adorable little face would help her brighten any day.  I used October Afternoon's Rocket Age line for this as well as a healthy dose of Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress ink.  I am pretty pleased with the result.  

Happy Mother's Day

First, I want to wish all the mothers and grandmothers out there a very Happy Mother's Day!  It is my first Mother's Day and I must say that being a Mother is one of the hardest and amazing things I have ever done.  It has given me a new appreciation for my mother and every other mother out there.  You are all rockstars.  I never knew I could love a person so wholly.  I hope you all have a wonderful day. 

Second I wanted to share a few cards I made.  Two are Mother's Day cards and one is a Birthday card for my dad.  I used scraps for all three of these.  Admittedly cards are not my strength.  They turn out OK, but I think my layouts and other projects are usually much stronger than my cards.  I guess I just feel too constrained by the size.  Especially since I only have envelopes big enough for 5x3 1/2 inch cards right now.  So here they are.

Sweet Cheeks

I finally ordered some photos of Kirk and I was actually able to scrapbook a photo of him for the first time.  It's about damn time I would say.  I started with this photo because it is my absolute favorite photo of him when he was a newborn.  I just love his chubby little cheeks and sweet face.  I am entering this into the challenges for Frosted Designs and Practical Scrappers this week.  I used a February 2012  Page Maps sketch for inspiration for this page. 

More Maternity Pages

Well I got to scrapbook again today and it was great.  My sister came to watch Kirk and attempt to get the little guy to take a bottle (unfortunately she was unsuccessful) so I cleared out and went to Archivers to scrapbook.  I am having so much fun scrapbooking my maternity photos right now.  I can't wait to get some of Kirk's newborn photos to arrive so I can get started on them.  I am using Bo Bunny's Enchanted line for all the maternity pages I do.  I really wanted to stick with black, white and blue because I think it really compliments the photos well. 

Sheepishly returning to blogging

It has been way too long since I blogged.  I have no real good excuse other than I haven't been scrapping because I have been busy caring for my son.  Who knew infants were such hard work? ;)  It has been wonderful and difficult and more incredible than I could ever imagine.  Just to show off quickly here is a photo of him. 

Isn't he just amazing?  That is his two month photo.  To show how much he has grown here is a photo of him just a few days after birth.

 

Alright.  Now on to scrapping.  This is the first page I have been able to scrap since Kirk was born.  I am really pleased with it.  It is one of my maternity photos.  

 

I hope to start scrapping and posting again more regularly.  I sure have missed it.