Tuesday, March 12, 2013

A New Baby Scrapbook

After seeing the baby scrapbook I made for my friend, someone asked me to make one for her brother's new baby girl. So here I am with a fresh project and I've decided to do each page with a fresh perspective. I've already done the cover of the book which on the Itsy Bitsy blog. Here I am displaying the next 2 pages: Introducing the new baby and the Family Tree. 


For the Introduction page I went with a yellow pastel scheme. I created the titles, frames and pictures using my cameo. Each piece was cut on white card stock and then I created another piece on gold card stock to form a little border for all the designs. The cameo has an excellent offset feature so all you have to do is choose your shape and thickness of the offset and the rest is done for you. I added some lace for the border, fabric tape for the frame and a bunch of bitty yellow bows to brighten things up. Cute isn't it!


The Family Tree page is a more deeper and grungier hue if you like. The tree has branches for each member of the family up to the baby's great-grandparents and for each person I created an oval flap so that the picture can be added on the top and name inside, or vice versa. A few Itsy Bitsy flowers to touch up the corners and I was done.

Nothing is more tedious for me as a crafter than to do repetitive stuff. I'd rather do nothing at all than to do the same thing more than once. So this scrapbook is really testing me. I am forced to think of new ways to display the same things and so far I'm having a blast!!

More coming soon!

34 comments:

  1. Your scrapbook pages look so beautiful Sunhera ... i love how you have kept the first one totally in the yellow color scheme and used your cameo to work magic on it ...I keep seeing all these beautiful designs you keep coming up with using your cameo and I am always so Wowed by it :) ...the family tree idea is so awesome too ...no fear of your work ever getting repetitive...you always do come up with innovative stuff :)

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    1. Wow... thanks so much Hussena, you always leave such supportive and wonderful comments. It really is such great validation!

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  2. 'ditto'! :) Hussena conveyed whatever I'd want to! I also want to add that the tiny bows on the first page are so adorable.
    AWESOME as always... :)

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    1. Ha ha thanks so much Sindhu - yes I love them.. I was thinking what to add... bling/ pearls - and then I thought bows would do just fine!

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  3. I just loved the first page..gr8 use of cameo and offset cutting is something new i am seeing.I always loving having a little contrast border for the die cuts.

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    1. Kavi if you're into contrast borders for your die cuts then you should seriously use your Silhouette SD... the offset feature is fab!

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  4. A big WOW Sunehra.......loved both the pades & the family tree is just fab. Guess I will have to drop when u r working with d cameo!!!!

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  5. Wow Sunehra, its very beautiful.. Ur idea on family tree was awesome.

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  6. wow!! both are awesome!! love the family tree idea :) very nice
    -Berina

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  7. wow ,lovely .family treee idea is just adorable .colour choice and design's created by you and your cameo are very beautiful.

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  8. Excellent work Sunehra! Love the family tree.. Why don't you make a video on how to use cameo? just wondering how it works..:D

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    1. You know.. I think I might just do that. Thanks Deepti

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  9. Wow! Both the pages are fabulous. I love your creativity and different styles :)

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  10. Excellent work...and I second Hussena.Beautiful and very clever ideas and executed to perfection.Just loved the tree idea.I am definitely going to CASE you someday on that.And don't worry about being repetitive....you never will with a reservoir of clever ideas.

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    1. Wow... thanks so much Snehal... and please go ahead with the tree idea.. its hardly mine... family trees are an age old design.

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  11. Wow ! The introducing page is just fabulous ..!Loved the family tree ..clever idea !

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  12. everyone has said so much that no words are left with me...i really liked the first page with yellow theme n the idea of putting flaps on family tree ...superb job.

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    1. Haha so funny Shalu... the no words bit... haha - ya glad you like my flaps. For one of my previous family trees, there was no space to write the name and I think it matters when the child grows up.

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  13. wow..they are so lovely..first page stole my heart
    looking forward for other pages ;)
    would love a review on cameo too

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    1. Hey thanks Sridevi - I'm getting so many requests for cameo feedback... will definitely do something

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  14. Excellent...loved the family tree very much..

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  15. Nice work Sunehra, and yes I agre with Deepti, I also want a video on using cameo..:)

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    1. Now that's the 3rd request! Haha must def do it!

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  16. Wow..I love how you have used the flaps on the tree.Excellent idea:)

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  17. Loved ur tree...superb idea....

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  18. Loved the family tree layout.its beautiful.
    Thanx for following my blog,,m following u too :)

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  19. wow ! its so creative .. gr8 work :)

    .ATB.

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