My First Kathy Orta Creation

I've been following Kathy Orta at Paper Phenomenon for a long time and finally found a reason to try and make one of her gorgeous creations. She makes it super easy to follow and I love her New York accent to boot. I have a baby shower to attend next Sunday and wanted to make something special for my friend. She knows I scrapbook but doesn't get to see many of my creations.

I wanted to add the baby's name to the front but my friend has yet to decide on a name for her little bundle of joy.

Here's a close up of the flowers I hand rolled - I've never rolled flowers before and was happily surprised at how easy it was. The metal accent is Making Memories Embossed Charms - Sentiments. I thought it was a cute touch.

The paper pack I used is Debbie Mumm for JoAnn's that I picked up a few years ago for the boy paper. I finally got to use a lot of the pink.

 I really LOVE the Tim Holtz hanger paper clips.

  

I used a couple Tim Holtz metal trinket diaper pins for tag pulls.

 

 
This Envelope Mini Album is FULL of space for 4X6 photos and journaling. I hope my friend takes lots of pictures of her new baby.

Thanks for looking at my version of Kathy Orta's mini album.

Gender neutral baby card

 

March's theme for my card exchange group is Easter or Baby Card, new baby, baby shower, etc. I decided to make a baby card. I used Cricut's Wild Card cartridge for the argyle lattice background with paper I bought at Joann's years ago. I know I'm not the only one that buys a paper pack for a couple pages and then the paper sits in my craft area.

This is the same card in girl colors I made for a friend who's expecting at the end of May.