A late arrival............

Just a quick card to show you today. 

This is one I made for my friends when their little girl finally appeared in the world!  Their baby was born at the end of November, but seeing as they have such a love for Penguins I couldn't resist using the Polar Party stamp set and adding this cute little penguin popping out of the pram!

The colour combo is So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Pretty In Pink.  The shading on the pram image from Bundle of Love was done using an Aqua Painter with the ink pads, though you have to be careful not to overload the paper with water or it will buckle.  An alternative would be to stamp the image on water colour paper.

I used the Scallop Border Punch for the bottom strips of card and added the name using the Medium Sizzlit Alphabet Dies.

Somewhere over the rainbow

Good morning!

Today over at the Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog the theme is Rainbows.  This can be a card including rainbows, or colours from a rainbow.

I went with the later on my card today and I also went One Layer!

The card base is Confetti White, and then I stamped the images from Growing Green in Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red.  I used an Aqua Painter to blend the colours in each image slightly to give a water colour effect.  This card is quite well suited to having some water added and doesn't buckle easily, though don't drown the card in water :o)

The sentiment is from Curly Cute and was inked in Old Olive and placed using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, though I think it might be slightly wonky still!  That's my hand-eye co-ordination and placement though!!!!!!!!

Right, the sun is currently shining, so I'm off out to Kew Gardens.  I've not been before so am really looking forward to it :o)

Have a lovely Sunday...........

The Details: 

Card / Paper -  Confetti White

Stamps / Ink - Growing Green / Curly Cute / Old Olive / Certainly Celery / Daffodil Delight / Pumpkin Pie / Real Red

Embellishments - None

Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist

Garden Green

Afternoon - another day whizzing by!

I'm not quite sure what happened to yesterday, but I did have quite a long lay-in after it taking 3 hours to get home from the Take That concert!  But.......  it was AMAZING...............

Our seats were pretty far back, but there were big screens up so we didn't miss a thing.  The set was brilliant, the play list covered everything from 4 man Take That, Robbie on his own, then all together doing new stuff and then they went back and did a load of songs from the old days.  A real mix that had everyone up on their feet singing and dancing along.  Hearing the whole of Wembley Stadium singing Angels while Robbie Williams just watched is something I'll not forget.  Pure magic!

Anyway - back to reality and a quick card I made.

After making cards to send to lots of the ladies I met over the weekend I had a few scraps left and thought I'd use them up.  I teamed some Garden Green card with Woodland Walk DSP and the Every Little Bit stamp set images which I coloured with my Aqua Painter and Markers.  Really simple layering with Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake circles, plus a Scallop Border Punched from Early Espresso.  The sentiment is from the very versatile Plane and Simple stamp set.

The layout is from last weeks Clean and Simple Stamping sketch which I think I just about have time to enter.

Right - off to see my mum and dad now, with maybe a trip to the garden centre for some plants as the back garden needs some brightening up.  I do hope the rain stops :o)

Enjoy your day xxx

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Garden Green / Very Vanilla / Crumb Cake Textured / Early Espresso / Woodland Walk DSP

Stamps / Ink - Every Little Bit / Plane and Simple / Early Espresso / So Saffron / Pumpkin Pie / Old Olive / Pink Pirouette

Embellishments -  None

Tools - Scallop Border Punch / 1" Circle Punch / 1 1/4" Circle Punch / Aqua Painter / Stamp-a-ma-jig / 2-way Glue Pen / Dimensionals / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist

Congratulations!

Is it me, or does there seem to be lots and lots of pregnant ladies out there at the moment?

Three people I know are pregnant at the moment, with one about to drop any day now!  And everywhere I go there are bumps around........

One of the lovely ladies I work with has just found out her friend is expecting, so she asked me to make a card to send her.

I thought I'd give the Baby Grow card a go.  I've seen lots of these cards on various sites and think they are so cute.  

I used Nursery Suite DSP for the edging, and went with the So Saffron colouring as this is a great neutral colour.  I used Whisper White to make an A6 card base and used the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder to give it a lovely texture.  I then cut the sides in at an angle and used the 1 3/8" circle punch to make the leg holes and the neck line.  I used the same punch on the DSP and then used the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch to get scalloped rings to stick onto the card.  The little duck comes from the Every Little Bit stamp set, inked in So Saffron and I used the Aqua Painter to colour it in lightly.  Too much water makes the Whisper White card bobble, so use as little as possible just to get a smudge of colour.  This was punched and mounted.

I also added a sentiment inside as well, but forgot to take a picture of this.  It was from the Bundle of Love stamp set.

I hope your friend likes the card Dee Dee :o)

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Whisper White / Nursery Suite DSP

Stamps / Ink - Bundle of Love / Every Little Bit / So Saffron

Embellishments - None

Tools -Aqua Painter / 1 3/8" Circle Punch / 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch / Trimmer / 2-Way Glue / Dimensionals / Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder

Stamping 411 - two challenges in one day - it's the weekend!

I've been busy card crafting this afternoon while my lovely other half re-felts the shed roof in the scorching sunshine!  I'm sure there will be a sun burnt head later on, glowing away!!!!

I took myself to my craft room and decided to have a go at a couple of Saturday Challenges.

The first was the monochrome colour challenge, and this is a sketch challenge from Stamping 411

I went for a completely different look and feel with this card, turning to the Springtime Vintage DSP and Four Frames stamp set, with a little Baby Blossoms stamp thrown in for good measure :o)

I went with a neutral base of Crumb Cake and added the strip of DSP outlined by Pear Pizzazz card, one side of which was punched with the Eyelet Border.  The frame was stamped in Basic Gray with the sentiment added from Clearly For You.  I used Aqua Painters with Rose Red and pear Pizzazz to colour this.  The Baby Blossoms down the right hand side of the card are just stamped in Versamark ink to contrast against the Crumb Cake.  I added a frame to the sentiment in Rose Red and popped it onto the card with Dimensionals.


I think two posts today should make up for my lack of posts since Wednesday.  My inspiration seemed to get up and go for a few days!  I can guarantee that there will be more posts for the next few days though :o)


Right, off to sort myself out before I head off to babysit my nephew this evening.  He'll probably be sleeping, the little darling......  he's such a cutie!

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Crumb Cake / Very Vanilla / Rose Red / Pear Pizzazz / Springtime Vintage DSP

Stamps / Ink - Four Frames / Baby Blossoms / Clearly For You / Basic Gray / Versamark / Pear Pizzazz / Rose Red

Embellishments - None

Tools - Decorative Label Punch / Eyelet Border Punch / Aqua Painter / Snail / Dimensionals / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist