Happy New Baby

I used a layout from the Spring-Summer 09 SU catalog. Stamps are from Bitty Baby Blessings (of course, you knew that!), color is Ocean Tides (you knew that, too!). The little ring is from a set from Joann's, I think, but I've had it a while so I'm not really sure. The hood of the carriage is paper pieced with a SU paper.

You will ask if I don't tell you enough, right?

Pink and Brown

Pink and brown are always so good together! The Papertrey Dark Chocolate is bit dark for baby cards, but when paired with colors of the same depth, I think it looks good!

The stamp is from Outlines, and is meant to be layered, of course. I used Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery from SU. The base of Dark Chocolate is stamped with White Craft using Papertrey's Polka Dot Basics. Colored with SU markers, and with just a few dots of Gelly Roll silver to make it glitter a little.

The Certainly Celery layer is punched with Fiskars threading Water punch, and there is a strip of Pretty In Pink 1/4 inch grosgrain on top. Over the ribbon are some Page Pebbles in dark pink.

New (Blue) Baby!

I love it when I can make a cute baby card with no stamping! this one uses a new Sizzix set with 4 embossing folders, one full sized and the other 3 smaller. I have yet to make a card with multiple layers of dry embossing, but that's next!

This one also used the technique of running a Gelly Roll glitter pen along the embossing, I tried to get you a cloe up but didn't do so well...

The sentiment is also a Sizzix die. Lol, it was not so easy to get those little pieces to stick down on embossing! I'll rethink doing that again! I used a Quick glue pen, so it made it as easy as it could be.

Ribbons are two from Michael's and Joann's, the blue dot happened to match the Spring Rain cs perfectly!

Bear, with buttons

In my never ending spring cleanup this year, I came across these cards, I think they came with a flower fairies set many years ago. They are still unfaded-it's amazing how much paper I sent to the kids because it was faded! A little bear with some butterflies...

... and there you are!

Papertrey buttons, a MS butterfly punch from Lemon Tart and edged with Plum Pudding. Melon Berry matched the flowers on the card...

Ok, I confess, I am getting a wee bit bored with my baby stamps. I really, really need someone to come out with a big new set- no pacifiers, no bottles, and maybe even no diaper pins- what young girl knows what a diaper pin was for?!? And hey, not many babies go in those big giant baby carriages anymore- how about umbrella strollers? Balls and blocks are always good, and while I like little stuffed animals, you know they are not to be placed in baby cribs, right? Rattles don't look anything like the rattles they put on stamps (I'll show you the Outlines rattle tomorrow), so where are the big rounded edge keys that most new babies get today? And can someone please let me know what makes elephants and giraffes 'baby' images? SU did some good ones a few years back, but the new ones just don't feel like 'baby' images.

Sorry for the rant- just had to say it in case there is anyone out there really reading.

Core'dinations Stork

Used the brown and pink Core'dinations paper with a brass stencil again; this one came out not as nicely, but I've had mixed feelings about the stencil before.

The embossed paper is from Nana's Nursery girl, mixed with a green print from the Baby Girl Safari paper Beverly from Precious Scraps sent. SU's Pretty in Pink is the base and layer; the sentiment is from Rubber Soul. I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Sepia, it was a great match with the Core'dinations brown paper. Ribbon is SU's Whisper White Taffeta.

It is 1030 pm here, and I just received a call from the DH. He is on his way to Colorado to run and hike in the mountains- I often go with him but work would not allow it this year. So he is done the first leg of the journey, and is in St. Louis. I am reminded that this time last year I spent a lovely day with 3 other Papertrey lovers, shopping in every stamp store there is around St. Louis! I have to say I wish I was there again this year- shopping in St. Louis with new found friends, but also spending time one on one with Mother Nature in the mountains!

The Pile of Leftovers...

...continues to grow. The more cards I make, the more snippets and almosts I have. What do you do with them? I hate to toss them. Last Sunday I decided to pull out some of the baby ones, and try and gt some baby girl cards done this week. So here is the first one!

The strawberries are left from last weeks copy of Nichole Heady's baby card- I used the wrong color ink, lol! The Lemon Tart bunny is from last Easter, but the Leaf Green circle I punched for this card- from a snippet of playing with the Spots and Dots set when it came out. Background paper is from Nana's Kids- I haven't used any of it in quite a while, so was happy to see it matched the berries.

All in all, pretty easy for a snippets and leftovers card!

Elmo says...

How's this for a bit of cuteness today? All products are SU, except for the premade balloons which are Sandylion Essentials. The paper colors for Elmo are Real Red, Only Orange, whisper White and Basic black. The cuttlebug'd numbers embossing folder layer was done in YoYo Yellow. since the recipient will be three, I covered the 3's in orange Stickles. The dotted layer is from Summer Picnic, a 2007 paper.

I am due to deliver this card on Saturday night, so between now and then I have to cut out her name from Base Camp with the Cricut- and put it on the bottom right. I still might also cut out 'I Love You' and put it on the left~

Such fun!!