Almost six months ago I had a beautiful baby girl, whom we named Emily. It is no surprise that I am scrapbooking a lot of memories related to her right now.

While I have so many wonderful photos of Emily, I'm currently focusing my energy on telling the stories of those of us around her. By documenting a range of viewpoints, I hope to give Emily an idea of how her family felt at the time of her arrival.

I absolutely love this photo of me holding Emily shortly after we came home from the hospital. Through my journaling, I sought to document that it was a joyous but bittersweet time as I dealt with the emotions of this huge change and physical trauma of birth.
 

Supplies

For this digital page, I used the Retrouvailles kit from One Little Bird and Vinnie Pearce. Kits, whether coordinated digital lines or from a traditional kit club, can save you time by pre-coordinating papers, stamps and embellishments.

Because most real patterned paper is double-sided, I have included six digital papers as three products, representing A and B sides. You can get a lot of design mileage and versatility from a small number of patterned papers or a coordinating paper pack.

Also, like real stamps, digital stamps can be used multiple times on a page.

1. Paper: A - blue floral , B - coral pattern
2. Paper: A - blue herringbone, B - blue solid
3. Paper: A - yellow dot , B - kraft
4. Embellishment: pieced chevron
5. Stamp: text, recolored and used twice
6. Stamp: red "Together"
7. Stitching: Stitched by Anna White No 9
8. Template: Simple Scrapper Premium Membership

Editor's Note: Yep, it's Stamping Month! We've got more fun layouts coming from our other 2012 Ella Friends this month. We challenged each of them to take the Eight is Enough challenge (from our eBook of the same name), and include at least one stamp technique in their 8 supplies. And yes, digital stamps do count! The Eight is Enough challenge encourages you to conserve your time and supplies in order to be creative within limits. Plus, it's just plain fun!