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.

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

Less is More - Baby........

The Less is More challenge this week is entitled "Pick a Square".  Take a look via the link and see the details, but basically the sketch this week is split up into lots of square sections, and the challenge is to pick on section for your focal image to appear.

I decided to go with a fairly small 4"x4" card base and focus on the central section, but actually split my design into four small squares and added the sentiment underneath.  I included some layering with co-ordinating colours to match the ink I used.  The stamps set is called Bundle of Love.  

At the moment it seems like half the people I know are expecting babies, so although I have made this for the challenge, I'm sure it will get put to good use.

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Sahara Sand / So Saffron / Pear Pizzazz textured

Stamps / Ink - Bundle of Love / So Saffron / Pear Pizzazz

Embellishments - None

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