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

Birthday Cake Card

I wanted to post a quick card that I made using the Fun and Fast Notes stamp set.

I decided to go with lots of circles for the background, all cut from the Nursery Suite DSP.

I kept with the subtle colours and used So Saffron for the card base, which I ran through the Perfect polka Dot Embossing Folder, and the circles were mounted on Pear Pizzazz card.

I used markers to ink the stamped image so I could get a variety of colours, and then used the Blender Pen to make the cake frosting pinkilicious!!!!  Yum, Yum.........

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Whisper White / So Saffron / Pear Pizzazz / Nursery Suite DSP

Stamps / Ink - Fun and Fast Notes / Chocolate Chip / Regal Rose / So Saffron

Embellishments - None

Tools - Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder / 1" Circle Punch / 1 1/4" Circle Punch / 2-way Glue / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist

Congratulations Jenny and Richard!!!

Oh how wonderful - my friends Jenny and Richard are expecting a baby.

They are the couple who I made the penguin card for when it was their anniversary last week.  Well on the same day as their anniversary, they had their 12 week scan and were told everything is looking just fine.

Now I made this card at the weekend, but they know I blog, so I've waited a few days to put this post up so the card has time to reach them.

I used the Stamping 411 Sketch as a template for my design, and quite appropriately used the Nursery Suite DSP along with the prams image from the Queue Up stamp set.  This is now retired, boo hoo!!!

I hope they like it, and I wish Jenny and Richard a wonderful pregnancy!

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Nursery Suite DSP / Chocolate Chip Textured Card / Pear Pizzazz Card / Regal Rose Card

Stamps / Ink - Queue Up (retired level 3 hostess set) / So Happy For You (retired SAB set) / Basic Black / Baja Breeze / So Saffron / Regal Rose / Pear Pizzazz

Embellishments - Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

Tools - Eyelet Border Punch / Stamp-a-ma-jig / Snail / Sticky Strip / Stampin Scrub and Mist / Trimmer