Saturday, October 8, 2011

i {heart} paper color challenge

My youngest is almost 2 months old, and when I was preparing for her birth, I decided to do something different each month.  With my oldest, I just did pictures - nothing special - on each month "birthday."  With my second I used foam bathtub numbers.  But, with this one, I decided to design a card each month with the correct number and place it in a frame.  The frame will remain the same every month, but the card will coordinate with her outfit.  I am then taking the cards and the best picture of the month and making an 8x8 layout.  FOr Month 2, I had already chosen a pink and blue paper combination to go with her pink outfit she will wear.  When I saw the color challenge with pink, blue, and green, I thought the added green woudl work perfectly!

So, here is the card int he frame (in the chair she will be in for most if not all of the pictures:


 And here is the page (minus the picture that will go in the white square):


I got the patterned papers from a friend, so I have no idea about the brand, etc.  But, they are originally 8.5 x 11 papers.  The green is DCWV textured card stock.  The flower border on top is from Basic Grey.  I also used buttons and brads from random brands and Studio G (Hampton Arts) ink.  I hope you like it!

2 comments:

  1. This is beautiful, Stephanie! I love how you framed it. Thanks so much for stopping by during the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!

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  2. such a sweet card! I wanted to hop in and say thanks for joining me on the blog hop today :)

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