Baby Boy Album & Keepsake Box

Front of Album
Album & coordinating Keepsake Box

Ribbon detail, lots of blue & brown!

Back of the album, click on the picture to enlarge...you must read the phrase!

One months, two months, three months, four mon....you get the idea (all the way to 12mths)!

Cute little hand print stamp from CTMH in Heavenly Blue second generation.

Album nestled in the box!


Baby Boy Album & Keepsake Box
Is this darlin' or what?! So here's the story, my mother-in-law asked me to make a baby shower gift for a friend. I accepted the challenge not only because I have tons of supplies on hand but because I've never made a baby shower gift! I procrastinated for about two weeks until it was finally crunch time and do or die, you know what I mean! I searched online (splitcoaststampers)for inspiration and gathered several ideas in which I would turn into my own little masterpiece.

VOILA...here we have it! I was somewhat stressed over not having a theme to work with, so I opted for neutral colors with the classic baby blue. I combined ribbon, buttons, metal tags, window charms, stamped images and cricut cuts for embellishing the album.

I actually made the album myself! I had some 12x12 chipboard pieces laying around and I cut them down to 6x6, which made a perfect 8 pg album! I don't like the color of chipboard, it's kind of drab and boring so I painted every page with acrylic paint (Country Tan #20778 Apple Barrel from Micheals). I then took the time to sketch my ideas on paper. Everything came together fairly quick after I had a general plan. Oh, the box....it's a "stacking box" from Micheals just recovered to coordinate with the album.

The baby in question is going to be named Christopher, hence the "c".
I had a grand time putting this together and I hope his mommy will love it too!