Scrapbooking Global - August 2023

The Scrapbooking Global Team is comprised of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world. Each month we participate in a scrapbooking Blog Hop Theme, like this one, to inspire all of us in our passion for crafting. Our Goal is to create, share, and inspire every crafter to keep our creative energy flowing.

Today's challenge is brought to you by Sharni Haines who provided the below sketch for inspiration of our layout using the Stampin' Up Product

At the time I am creating this layout and writing this post, my daughter is due to deliver her second child any day now. They decided not to find out the sex of the baby, so we are all waiting impatiently for the baby to be born. I'll be heading to her home the week of 8/13 assuming the baby will be born before then.  Additionally, she recently celebrated her 30th birthday which always gets me reminiscing about her birth. I have not done much to create a scrapbook of her baby years, although they are organized in an album. I pulled out this album and grabbed some of the birth pictures. I selected enough for this special double page layout. 

Once I figured out the photos, I looked through my stamp sets and pulled any sentiment or images that would go with the celebration of the birth. I ended up using 8 stamp sets! 

You can see in the first of the 2 pages below there are lots of little sentiments stamped on the half circles, which I displayed in a bit of a different pattern than the sketch. 'Oh Happy Day' also stands out as the main vibe of the page. I couldn't resist using the crown from Friendship royalty. 

On the 2nd page I added more of the birth story to the journaling block. All the journaling was typed so I could fit it on the page. The main journalling block, I cut into strips and pasted it onto the lined paper design from the Delightfully Eclectic DSP. 

I was initially intimidated by the sketch as I don't typically use a lot of embellishments/dies on my layouts. However, when you have a special story or group of photos, it does work well to highlight how wonderful the occasion was. My daughter's birth story never gets old and sometimes feels like it was just yesterday I held her in my arms. 

UPDATE: Grandbaby was born on August 9, 2023. It is a healthy baby girl. Mom is doing well. By the time this post is live, I'm hold her in my loving arms! Enjoy this sweet picture of  my daughter and baby Isabella. 

Layout Details

• Stamps -the sentiments in the layout are from 8 stamp sets
• Charming Sentiments: Babies are a blessing & So Tiny So Precious
• Kindest Expression: Oh Happy Day 
• Places In The Heart: "...Mother..." sentiment 
• Friendship Royalty: Crown & Born to be fabulous
• He's All That: Love This Guy 
• Easter Bunny: ...little moments
• Color & Contour: Your Amazing 
• Paper
• Base Layer: 12 x 12 Basic White 
• Adhered to base layer (2) 6 x 12 designs of Country Side Inn DSP
• Punched half Circles: Delightfully Eclectic DSP 
• Various die cut cardstock elements/layers: Basic White, Bubble Bath, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy   
• Ink
• Misty Moonlight
• Night Of Navy Stampin Blends (doodle on the ribbon)
• Other
• Stampin Cut & Emboss with following die sets:
• Stylish Shapes Dies 
• Nested Essential Dies 
• Crafting With You Dies (hearts)
• All That Dies 
• 2 3/8" Circle Punch 
• 3/8" Sher Ribbon Combo Pack - Bubble Bath down center of pages
• Opaque Ovals 
• Tinsel Gems 3 pack 
• Adhesives: Seal, Multipurpose glue, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for stopping by today. See the list of creators below and simply click "Next Blog" on the right of the list header. Enjoy hopping along to see the beautiful projects that everyone else created for inspiration to create your own scrap pages!

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Jill Hamlett
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Charming Sentiments Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159985] $23.00	Kindest Expressions Cling Stamp Set (English) [161415] $24.00	Places In The Heart Cling Stamp Set (English) [158964] $22.00	Friendship Royalty Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161407] $20.00
He's All That Cling Stamp Set (English) [159071] $22.00	Easter Bunny Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160272] $19.00	Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set [154542] $24.00	Color & Contour Photopolymer Stamp Set [154994] $21.00
Basic White 12 X12 (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [159231] $8.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.50	Bubble Bath 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161718] $10.00	Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [153081] $10.00
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $10.00	Countryside Inn 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161467] $12.50	Delightfully Eclectic 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161640] $30.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $9.00
Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891] $10.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $128.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Nested Essentials Dies [161597] $34.00
All That Dies [159078] $28.00	Crafting With You Dies [161225] $39.00	2 3/8" (6 Cm) Circle Punch [161354] $22.00	3/8" (1 Cm) Sheer Ribbon Combo Pack [161635] $12.50
Tinsel Gems Three Pack [161624] $7.50	Opaque Ovals [161622] $7.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25