It's a Girl

Good morning all, and happy Friday, I hope you have had a great week. Today's card was one I made when my daughter was having Willow. In the end this one didn't get used, but it's a nice one to have on hand for work colleagues etc.

I had seen something similar on Pinterest using a stocking die to make a baby boys card, so I looked through my stash to find something I could use.

I found the perfect thing in my Christmas stash, the Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmouse set. I used one of the dies from the set to cut the stocking from cream and pink striped card.  Then I paper-pieced the stripe on top of the cream to look like little baby booties.

I cut a white card panel using an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and heat embossed a greeting on to this using the Avery Elle City Celebrations stamp set, and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink.

I added fun foam to the back of the panel, and tied a piece of ribbon around the top. This was just a small piece I had left over from a few years ago, which says it's a girl! 

Then I added this on to a pink mat, and used some paper from the stash as a background, before adding it all to a white card blank.

Hope you like it, take care and have a great weekend, and I'll see you next week.

xxx

Welcome Little One

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today's card is another of the ones I made to welcome baby Willow last week.

I started with the background and used the Hero Arts Star Light Star Bright Bold Prints Background Stamp. I stamped this with Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink and then heat embossed it with Wow Metalline First Frost Embossing Powder.

I cut the panel to size with an MFT Stitched Rectangle die and then used a Paper Smooches Rainbow die to cut a rainbow from a piece of Alcohol Pearl Inked Yupo Paper. I also cut the Heart Border die from Simon Says Stamp out of the same piece of inked Yupo paper.

The little clouds are from a Lawn Fawn set called Hello Sunshine, I cut these three times each and sandwiched them around my rainbow so that I could raise the rainbow with foam tape.

The little Giraffe is from the MFT Stamp set called Wild Things, which is an oldie but goodie set, especially for cute cards. I coloured this with Copic Markers and added it to my card along with a sentiment from a Creative Stamping magazine set.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

A New Baby Girl

Good morning all, I hope you are having a great start to your week, and if you are in the UK, enjoyed a nice long weekend.

We had a new addition to the family arrive last week, in the shape of my new baby granddaughter Willow. She was just a week early and is absolutely perfect. Today's card is one of the ones I made for her.

I used Tim Holtz Alcohol Pearl Inks to create a soft rainbow background on Yupo Paper, then I stamped, coloured and die-cut my elephants using the Clearly Besotted Love You Tons set and Copic Markers.

I added the images to my background and then framed and layered them using Lawn Fawn Stitched Square dies,. The sentiment is cut from the same piece of Yupo paper, using a couple of Cut and Make Sentiments.

Then I added it all to a 5.5 x 5.5 card blank to finish. 

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Welcome Little One

Good morning all and happy Friday. I hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend.

Today's card is a little bit different for me as I got the opportunity to make a baby card for a change, and it's very simple.

The image and sentiment is from a Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine stamp set, issue 178. I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto smooth white card, and then coloured the image with Copic markers.

I cut the panel out with a stitched square die, and then matted it with pink card and a patterned paper, then put it on to a 5 x 5 note card.

I used a 'new to us' die set for the bricks from Xcut called Alphabet Blocks, which I cut from pink card, and then added a small square of white card behind.

I was originally going to use ABC, but then changed my mind to use the new young lady's initials instead.

Like I said, very simple, but oh so cute lol.

Hope you like it too, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Welcome baby

Good morning folks, I hope you are having a good week. Today's card is one I made for some friends who became new parents for the first time a few weeks ago.

I must admit this card did not come easy. I changed it a ridiculous amount of times before settling on this version. But I was happy with it in the end. 

I started with the little bear, that I coloured to look like Winnie the Pooh. He is from the WPlus9 stamp set called, Curious Forest Friends. I stamped him with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and coloured him with Copic markers. The little log he is sat on is also from the same set.

The main sentiment, is from A Verve Stamps set call 100 Hearts. I love this set but have never used this saying, and thought it was lovely for a new baby card.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks for the background, in Fossilized Amber, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo. I used a piece of watercolour card, and blended the inks across it.

The Welcome Baby stamp is from an Altenew set called Sentiments and Quotes, and I stamped the baby's name using the Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script set. Then I just added an enamel heart and a couple of puffy stars to finish it off.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Welcome little bunny

Good morning all and welcome to Friday. Hope you're having a good week and looking forward to the weekend. 

We have a family birthday this weekend, our 'little' brother is 35 on Sunday, so we are getting together tomorrow evening for too much food and drink, lol. 

Today's card is one I made for a friend of my daughter's, who had a new baby girl a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately she has been really poorly and there will probably be some struggles ahead for the family. But, she is now home with her mummy, daddy and big sister and is ready for lots of cuddles and kisses from new visitors.

The bunny image is from a Complete Cardmaking CD that I've had for ages. I printed it on to lightweight card and then cut it out with a circle die. 

The papers are a mixture from the stash, teamed with a dark pink Coredinations card. 

I wrote the sentiment on the PC and then cut it out with a smaller circle die. 

Then I added some sticky back lace, polkadot ribbon and some It's a girl ribbon.

Then I finished it off with three buttons, three little charms and some small googly eyes.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx