Here's the sneak previews of what's coming this week.  Each kit is now available (as of June 1, 2007) and if you click on the picture it is a link that will take you to the Daisie Store for the rest of the photos and purchase information.  First, there is the second "Baby Love" art kit.  This kit has a lot of classic baby elements such as the bassinet with canopy, christening dress, onesies, bottles, pacifiers and a ton more!

There is a Text piece made from an Audrey Jeanne Roberts' original verse that is included.  You could use that piece as the front cover of a baby annoucement or a shower invitation. 

There are "cross stitched" borders and "embroidered" borders, and dancing star borders.

There are also 6 different sizes and colors of heart-shaped buttons that you can use individually or line up for a border.  The same is true with the different color diaper pins. 

Try using a diaper pin to "pin" a photo frame in place on your paper.  To do that all you have to do is erase the part of the pin that is "under" the paper, it's that easy!

Then there are also two Quick Page Duo sets that are designed for boy or girl babies.  If you are using my quick pages you can mix the baby boy/girl with the either/or sets to make a scrapbook, grandma's brag book, a mini-scrapbook or a lot of other uses.

Here's an idea: Use the Sweet Dreams page for a birth announcement by putting the baby's picture in the larger left side opening, add all the birth information into the right side opening and the baby's name on the star tag.  Reduce it to 5" or 6" square and print as a front cover glued onto a cardstock card. or make a post card (check with the post office for maximum post card sizes)and mail or create your own envelope to match using the art kits.  Have fun and "get out of the box!"

The second Quick Page Duo set is shown here.  It features my "hand stitched" stuffed animals, rick rack borders, polka dots & plaids in peachy tones accented with greens, lavendar and other warm pastels.

Each is sized for a 12" scrapbook, but all you have to do is change the printer setting "print to size" to 8" or 6" if you want to create a smaller album.  If your printer won't print to 12" wide, consider layering this on top of a piece of preprinted commercial scrapbook paper that color coordinates, or if you buy the matching paper/backgrounds art kit to match, you can print out 8 1/2" x 14" (legal size) background and piece together a background that is 12" x 12". 

Print two coordinating pieces and place a ruler or jagged edge chipboard piece on top of one of the papers, tearing upward which will leave a white edge showing.  Tape that piece on top of the second pattern and then cut to 12" square.  You can remove the blank 12" piece of paper that comes in your scrapbook as a pattern to draw your edge lines if you don't have a cutter that is large enough to handle it.

Scrapbooking is sooooo much fun!  If you haven't started yet, I'm going to nag you until you do !  If you're a mom, when you scrap one of your children's pages, print copies for the rest of your children's books as well, that way they get pictures of their siblings when they were little too (and they'll think you're an amazing mom as well!)  If you're an Auntie or Grandmother, when you make a page, copy it for each grandchild or niece/nephew and save them up until Christmas… what an inexpensive but special gift to give them that will last for a lifetime!  Permalink http://www.daisiecompany.com/blogs/audreyjeanne/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=135

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