Some wonderful news

Hello again crafty friends.

I left you Friday with the news that my daughter was due to have her baby induced that day.  Things didn't quite go to plan but eventually at 15.30 on Saturday afternoon we welcomed Charlotte Rose into the world.

I may be a little biased, but I think she is beautiful :)  She is a little jaundiced so is undergoing light therapy.  Hopefully she will be home tomorrow.

As usual I am way behind with my cards for the event, although I did manage to make this one for her uncle to give to her parents.

I made the bunting from a La La Land die, an MFT heart strip and a heart punch, then raised it on sticky pads. 

I stamped the body suit on a couple of papers and also used the same ones for the card background.

The stamp is from a set we have had forever and was the perfect size to sit under the topper.

I'm happy with the layout but the papers are a bit too much in the banner.  I should really have stuck to plain card.  What do you think?

TTFN Jude xx

Baby snuggles

Welcome crafters.  Hope you're week is going well so far.

At the weekend Jen and I went to visit the newest member of the family, Master Seth.  Our cousin Sarah and her husband Scott were blessed with a beautiful little boy a couple of weeks ago.  Unfortunately due to illness we haven't been able to visit, but we made up for it!

He's rather yummy, tiny, cute, squidgable (that's a real word where babies are concerned, lol) and unfortunately very like several other family members!  His Mummy and Daddy think he's beautiful anyway, but I'm hoping he'll grow out of it ;)  

Anyway we took along a card and a gift for Mummy, who is looking surprisingly well following the rather traumatic birth.  Seth was well on his way when he got stuck and an emergency section had to be performed.  Thankfully both he and Sarah were fine, just a little shocked by how quickly things can change.

Anyway on to the card.  The idea came from a card I spotted on Pinterest, and I adapted the style to suit a little boy.  

I was going to put something like "if you think these wheels are expensive just wait until I'm 17 and I ask for a car!", but decided against it lol.

I love these Kaisercraft rub-ons, as you can make loads of sentiments from them.  Like this.........

....and this.............

and this!  This is a whole piece but you can cut up some of the sheets to make individual sections which makes them far more versatile.

So that's my make for today.  Hope you like it.

TTFN Jude xx

Happy Birthday Uncle Terry

Good morning folks and happy Monday. Today is our uncle's birthday (Dads brother) and it will be his first one ever without dad. Terry wasn't yet a year old when dad was born so they have never missed each others birthdays until this year. But we can't dwell or we would never achieve anything lol. 

Anyway I went for a very simple card as I am really struggling with the old mojo at the min. So I used a ready made topper. 

This is a Docrafts range from their latest goody bag.

And as Terry likes his garden I thought it was quite apt.

While we were dropping Terry's card off yesterday we arranged to go and see our cousin Sarah and her new little addition, at the same time. This is Seth. Isn't he just gorgeous? He is now 2 and 1/2 weeks old and he looks so tiny lol. 

Anyway we had already sent pressies for Seth when Mum went to see him so this time I decided to make a little something for Sarah.

So I made her this little Amber necklace and matching earring set.

Hope you like it, Sarah did.

See you soon, take care.

xxx