I went to a baby shower today for Larry's sister-in-law. She's having a girl...hopefully, because she got TONS of pink outfits! I made her a baby 6x6 scrapbook with one of the Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin' Kits. It was the talk of the shower! Everyone wanted to see it. Now all she'll have to do is put in the pictures and she'll be all set. Following are a few of the pages...a brief description follows each:

This is the Mini Card I made for her. It's 2.75" square. All I did was use one of the left over hand stickers, stamp in the middle with a phrase from Tiny Talk, and add some pink gingham ribbon. It's tiny and cute!

I stamped on the cover of the book. It's a linen album...the stamps I used are the Giant 'B' Monogram and the Whimsical Alphabet. I stamped using Rose Red and Certainly Celery Craft Pads. When stamping on an album cover you need to use the Craft Ink...Classic Ink won't show up on the linen albums. It takes a few minutes to dry (I actually just left it over night). Then I added some celery grosgrain that is secured with Sticky Strip.

This is the inside front cover. I figured the best use of this space was to attach a clear envelope that she can use to put the hospital band and newspaper announcement...that kind of stuff. I just chopped off the top of the envie so it would fit, and added a 'Memories' tag with a sticker from the Scrappin' Kit.

I wanted to post this page because I really like how the Hodgepodge Hardware turned out. It took four hands (I had to enlist Larry's help to hold the ribbon ends), and a few pieces of Sticky Strip, but the results were too cool! I wish I could just buy a ton of these little 'S' clips...they're my favorite piece of Hodgepodge!

This is the left side of a 2-page layout...I used Whimsical Alphabet...I just love the title strips that come in the Scrappin' Kits! If you do a 6x6 book you actually get twice as many title strips!

This would be the right side of the layout. I had to use the Classical Alphabet for the 'and' symbol because I don't have that symbol in the Whimsical Alphabet...it comes with the Lower Case, and that's still on my wish list!

So there you have a few ideas for 6x6 layouts...and a simple, but cute, stamped cover! Now that I've gotten up the nerve to actually stamp on the album cover, I am totally lovin' it! I've done a few now, and I just think that stamping on the cover really makes each one look special. I urge you to try it...just be sure you use Craft Ink...and I'd recommend using a piece of scrap paper to practice your layout. After that, it's just stamp and go...of course it's one time placement, so I usually go with a 'non-perfect' type-of-thing...you know, I don't try stamping letters in a perfectly straight line or anything...do it messy on purpose and you'll be fine!