Baby Gift

I finished it! My neighbour, Andrea, was booked in for a C-section to have her twin girls yesterday. I offered to make birthday announcements for her as a gift. This is what I came up with.

The folder was designed by Alisa Tilsner for UStamp. I used Blush Blossom for the folder and 2 stamp the images on. The sentiment is from For a Friend (Hostess set) and the flower is from Priceless. The images are layered on Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink. The DSP is from a retired SU pack, Loves Me. The ribbon is Regal Rose wide grosgrain.

Here's the inside.

I made postcards (or card fronts) instead of full cards to save time and cardstock. There are 2 designs with 2 variations and a total of 16 cards.

The base for the cards is Regal Rose. I made the medallions to match the one on the front of the folder. I printed the space for details (x2!) onto vellum - I didn't have a stamp to do the job so I usesd my computer.

For the first design (on the right) I layered the vellum over more of the DSP and used silver eyelets to keep them together. The variation of this one uses silver brads instead of eyelets.

The second design (on the left) I stamped the swirl from Priceless in whisper white craft ink randomly over Pretty in Pink cardstock. The vellum was then layered over this an attached with silver brads. The variation uses silver eyelets.

Next time I'll make the cards before the folder so I can alter the folder to make sure all the cards fit easily (it is a tight fit on this one).

I know there is a lot of pink in this project. That was deliberate - Andrea has 2 older boys so I wanted to celebrate the fact that she was having girls.

That's it for now. I have to go and finish getting ready for work. See you later.

More Babies!

More baby cards today! The girl baby card was done first this time. The card base is Blush Blossom. I then layered the Almost Amethyst DSP. The image is from Nursery Necessities, stamped in Almost Amethyst and Apricot Appeal and layered with Apricot cardstock. The ribbon is Certainly Celery wide grosgrain. The flowers are from the Pretties kit and have been dyed using Almost Amethyst and Apricot Appeal markers. They are attached with a Rhinstone brad. The sentiment was punched using the Word Window and layered with Regal Rose. Very girly!

The boy card is much simpler with a base of Gable Green. The image is stamped in Not Quite Navy and Barely Banana. The ribbon is Bashful Blue striped grosgrain. The sentiment was punched with oval punch and layered with Perfect Plum.

I'm not sure who these will go to yet. Have to see who has their babies first!

Babies!

There have been a few babies born around here lately, and more are not far away.

I though that it was about time I made some baby, both to give away and for my stash.

I have had the stamp set Nursery Necesities for a while now but it hadn't seen rubber yet. I thought I'd better christen it before it started feeling like I didn't love it!

I began with the boy card on the left. The moon has been inked with Barely Banana and the long edge was rolled with Summer Sun to add some depth. The DSP is from Spring Showers. I stamped the star background from Itty Bitty Backgrounds in Versamark then added Dazzling Diamonds for glimmer. Both "welcome little one" and "it's a boy!" are from Nursery Necessities too. The cardstock colours are Bashful Blue, Bagle Green and Barely Banana. Welcome little one is gold embossed.

I was really pleased with this one so I made a pink one using the same basic layout. Colours are Pretty in Pink, Balush Blossom (instead of DSP), So Saffron (for the moon), Mellow Moss taffeta ribbon and Perfect Plum to mat the sentiment. The other main difference is that the moon was not rolled in another colour as it made it too dark, and I covered the moon with Crystal Effects to give it more dimension.

I'm really pleased with these cards as it is not often that I design my own from scratch (I usually use someone's design and make my unique versions).

Even slacker!

I'm sorry it has been "so long between drinks", so to speak. I don't really have an excuse - just feeling lazy. Charis and I went to Melbourne last weekend - just for 3 days, yes, 3 days! We had medical appointments and tickets to see High School Musical - The Ice Tour! We are all, including my husband (!), big HSM fans. We know all the words to all the songs from both movies so Charis got some odd looks from the little girl sitting next to her (Charis doesn't know how to sing quietly!).

Anyway, I have made a few cards during the time I have been silent. This one was for a friend for her surprise baby shower. She knew she was having a boy so I didn't have to choose a neutral colour scheme. I used Greetings Galore set from SU for the main image. The background is stamped with the "baby heart" from Tagger's Dozen in Bashful Blue on the same colour cardstock. I watercoloured the main image and cut the arch using a CM circle template for the rounded top. It is mounted on Night of Navy and more Whisper White which has the edges sponged with Navy. I used 2 ribbons - white organdy and blue gingham to tie the bow. I've discovered that you can use the SU horizontal slot punch on the very edge of the folded edge of the card to make a small slit to thread ribbon through. It does make it easier than adhering the ribbon just on the card front.

This card was made using the Card Candy that

my good friend and SU Demo, Nerine, gave me after I entered her Boy's Birthday card challenge.

I used Barely Banana for the card card base and layered it with Certainly Celery. The ribbon is Very Vanilla wide grosgrain layered with Celery narrow grosgrain.

This card I made tonight. I realised that I hadn't used the All in Family set I purchased in November last year when it was pre-released for just one month. I decided to make my little family. It is not quite accurate though as Alan has a lot less hair in real life, Charis is much taller and my hair isn't quite so orange. I used 2 SCS challenges for this card - Sketch Challenge SC21 and Colour Challenge CC52K. Taken with Teal is my favourite colour so I just had to use it and the Navy, Lavender and Orange were in the challenge too. I used the Paisley background stamp on the Lavender squares as I felt the layout needed "something" when I was putting it together. I also left the small gaps between the layered pieces to let that beautiful Teal show through.

Hopefully, it won't be so long before I post again - but that means that I need to stamp again! I have printed the full list of Sketch Challenges and Colour Challenges from SCS for inspiration. I have also organised all my Techniques Tutorials, Ideas sheets and Templates so I can find whatever I need. I think I might work through all the Techniques Tutorials I have accumulated just so I can say I've used them all - maybe I'll find something to replace Faux Silk (only kidding)!

Bye for now.