Baby Boom - III

Morning all.

Well here is the last baby card (for at least a little bit). One of the girls on my netball team is in the family way and it was her baby shower a couple of weekends ago. I was asked to make the card on behalf of the team. We all chipped in with money and got her a gift card for a super baby store!

Once again, I reverted to my tried and tested baby pram. The mum and dad to be do not know the sex of bubba yet, so I kept the tones gender neutral. This is what I came up with this time around.....

 

Yes...you are not seeing things....I did a square card!!!! It is also the closest to a "white on white" card i have ever attempted. I busted out my new Nestabilities Heart Squares. Once I had settled on this the whole card fell into place really well. The background paper is the same on used on my daughter's birthday card WAY back here. Sadly I do not know the name of it and as you can see by the last time I used it, I have been holding onto it for quite a while!! I used it because it used a lot of gender neutral colour. It also has a little gloss in the centre.

 

 

The scroll that the sentiment is one was the one I cut down for the handle of the pram, so I guess the shape follows through the card as well. A couple of pearls and I was done.

 

 

Thanks for popping by and enduring all these baby cards. I promise there is something VERY different for me coming up soon. The request took me right out of my comfort zone in a BIG way.

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Whisper White, Barely Banana (ret), Bazzil Linen White textured CS, DP unknown

Ink: (SU) Perfect Plum

Stamps: (SU) Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Punches/Dies: SU Scallop Trim Border Punch and Large Oval Punch, Nestabilities Heart Squares, Classic Circles, Scallop Circle and Fancy Tag dies, Carla Craft CP1 Heart Punch

Other Bits: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, Dimensionals, White 1/2 pearls fm stash

 

Lynda xx

 

 

Baby Boom - II

Morning all.

Yes, another doctor in the practice where I work (there are 7 GP's in all of varying ages!) had a double blessing in her life recently. She became a Grandmother twice withing 6 weeks, both grandsons. I guess she opened her Grandmother account with a bang!! To celebrate the occasion, I made a card for both her and her husband to congratulate them on their grandchildren. I based it around the pram in the last post.

 

 

The pram is the same size as the card in the previous post, but this time Bashful Blue instead of Whisper White.

 

 

The sky is sponged using the same technique  as I used in the Puff the Magic Dragon and Angry Birds cards here and here. You will also find the link for it there.

 

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I think the sentiment fitted the card perfectly. The new Grandmother LOVED it too, so I was also very happy!!

 

Thanks for popping by. Still more baby fun coming!

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Pear Pizzaz and Barely Banana (both ret)

Ink: (SU) Marina Mist

Stamps: So Happy For You (ret SAB '12)

Punches and Dies: SU Scallop Border Punch, Martha Stewart Grass Punch, Nestabilities Classic Circles, Carla Craft CP1 Heart Punch, Nestabilities Fancy Tag Dies

Other Bits: Dimensionals, Acetate template for sponged sky

 

Lynda xx

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Boom - I

Morning all.

Welcome to the beginning of November. I cannot believe how quickly this year is getting away form me!! Does anyone else out there feel the same??

Sometimes being a nurse has its advantages. One of which is kinda being able to pick up when someone may be in the family way. One of the doctors in the practice where I work spiked my curiosity in a big way, but I kept my suspicions to myself for some weeks. More weeks passed, nothing was said, so I approached the Practice Manager and shared my suspicions.....and BINGO!!! (but I was to keep a v v tight lipped secret...no prob!) When the proverbial cat WAS out of the bag, I could not let the occasion go by without a card for the occasion.

I have had a gender neutral card bouncing around my brain for a bit and this was the final result...not exactly what I had in mind...but I was happy all the same.

 

The pram is basically a Nestabilities circle with a segment cut out and then dry embossed. Add a couple of hearts and the hook off a scroll from another Nestabilities tag (genius find even if I do say so myself) and the pram was complete!

 

All the "lattice" dry embossing was done using a little magic tape to hold all the squares together and also numbering them (in case they came apart etc....yes I am VERY OCD!!)

 

The banner was raised on dimensionals and the end flags tucked under just a bit to hang over the edge of the card, but still safely fit in the envelope. Can you tell I REALLY like dry embossing??

 

Thanks for popping by. I have more baby cards to share, both baby shower and birth - soon. I love to read your thoughts and impressions, so thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.

 

I also wish to thank ALL those who pop by regularly and not so regularly for taking my blog hits to over 20,300!!! I have only been blogging since January 2010, so I am over the moon with this result. From the bottom of my heart.....MWAH ooxx.

 

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Bashful Blue, Blushing Bride (ret), Barely Banana (ret)

Ink: (SU) Wisteria Wonder

Stamps: (SU) Curly Cute

Dies: Nestabilities Classic Circles, Nestabilities Fancy Tags

Embossing Folders: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Wicker Weave (a new fave which you will see a lot of soon!!)

Punches: SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, Other Bits: Carla Craft CP1 Heart Punch

Other Bits: Dimensionals

 

Lynda xx

 

Challenges Galore!

Hi all.

Over the coming posts I will be showing you some of the cards (and 1 project) I recently completed for the latest series of Inkspirations4U. I had a lot of fun doing these and once again went outside the comfort zone to complete them.

Our very first challenge was to gain inspiration from this picture.....

Obviously a baby's room...so a baby card was needed. Some of the gals had produced some beautiful projects and I wanted to do something a little different. I had seen some beautiful side step cards similar to this one here. This was my card from the baby's room......

I drew on the elements of the colour, set of drawers, texture in the velvet seat and the teddy bear in the corner. I was so paniced about trying one of these cards out, I made a paper one first and wrote all the measurements all over it!! The texture is given by stamping the CS with the Weathered BGS in Versamark and then sponging all edges in Certainly Celery. The draw knobs have Crystal Effects on them to make them stand out a tad more.

The cut outs on the draw base was achieved with the Curly Label Punch. I was very happy with the end result. If you have not tried a Side Step card before, there is a tutorial on SCS, but I based my card on this one.

Thanks for popping by again.

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Ink: (SU) Certainly Celery, Versamark, Close to Cocoa (ret), Rose Red SWM

Stamps: (SU) Weathered BGS, Button Bear (ret), Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Punches: (SU) Curly Label, Modern Label, Word Window

Other Bits: Crystal Effects, Pink 1/2 pearls.

Lynda xx



Baby Shower Fun

Given my age now, bay showers are not an event I go to very often. So, I was delighted when I received and invite for one. things were made a little easier by the fact the Mum-to-be knew the sex of the bubba (a girl)....so the creative cogs went into overdrive. The only thing I knew that I coukd not avoid was the inevitable....PINK!!!

So, to deal with this first....I altered the tones a little and used Pale Plum, Rose Red and Sahara Sand. This is what the shower gift looked like all together....

Given that all the gifts are for the baby, I made a suitcase with chocolates for Skye (Mum to be). Being female and pregnant...I thought chocolate was a fairly safe bet.

The card I was especially proud of as I had the pram image bouncing around in my head for a while. Here's a close up of the card....

I managed to carry the theme of the scallop border punch right throught the whole card, even fluking a similar shape on the tag with the sentiment.

The pram is made with a Nestabilities Scallop Circle with a 1/4 cut away and then embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. The Scallop Trim around the edge of the circle I learnt from Andrea Buckland here. It is a great technique, but does take a bit of practice. I HAVE to make mention of the pram spokes. You know those purchases...the impulse ones for rainy days....well these were one of them. Target were THROWING a bucketload of scrapbooking stuff out and there were 16 of this style of brad....for 25 cents!!!! Could not go past that at all!! A little bit of time down the track...and how perfect do they look??? They even sparkle!!

In putting the suitcase together, I used the same DP as the card, as well as Pale Plum and Rose Red. The wee pink flower brads finished off the handle just right.

Now I know you are all in total shock and disbleief that I have co-ordinated a pink gift set, but rest assured, things will return to their normal hues and tones from the next post onwards. Thanks for enduring a detailed post.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Pale Plum (ret), Rose Red, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, My Memories Scrapbook Paper # 140699

Ink: (SU) Rose Red

Stamps: (SU) Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Punches: (SU) Scallop Border Trim Punch and Word Window Punch, Carla Craft 1" and 3/4" circle punches and CP2 Spiral punch (Pram Handle), CM 1 1/4" circle punch (suitcase)

Other Bits: Nestabilities Classic Circles, Scallop Circles and Fancy Tags, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing folder, Vintage Plum and small white roses fm stash, Flower and wheel spoke brads fm stash, pink 1/2 pearls fm Bizzy Becs.

Lynda xx

A Long Overdue Challenge Card

I was fortunate enough to be a part of the wonderful month that was We Stamp For Lara which ran for November. One week we had a Sketch Challenge Which looked like this....

Now I do not have a LOT of confidence when it comes to challenges....as the procrastination factor goes into overdrive, but this time around I had a secondary motivation. My youngest SIL had announced that she was pregnant and I made her the diary here, so the sketch helped me make the card. I did take the obligatory liscence and flip the image.

I loved the DP I used in my very first post on this blog here, as it is a fantastic gender neutral paper. I coupled it with Certainly Celery, Barely Banana and Blush Blossom (confession...the first time I have EVER used this colour in a card!!)

The pram and "Stamp" effect are compliments of a set that was included in my Cuttlebug when i first got it. A die cut does the stamp and this then fits perfectly into the small embossing folder and there you have it....a Baby Carriage Stamp!!!

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Blush Blossom, Pastel Patchwork DP

Ink: (SU) Regal Rose

Stamps: (SU) Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Other Bits: Cuttlebug Stamp die and emboss set

Lynda xx

Baby Cards #3 - Gender Neutral

These are a lot of fun, especially colour wise, cause it's a 50/50 split as to what you get. Also, some people choose NOT to find out what they are having, so these cards are for them!! Here are the neutral efforts..

And this is a CASE from SCS here. My piercing tool got a good workout with this one!!

                                                

I had also done a tag the same as for the boys and girls, but with a yellow flower...but DAH forgot to take a pic.

Hope you have enjoyed these baby cards.

Lynda xx

Baby Cards #2 - Boys

Here are the ones that I made for the boys, basically they are masculine versions of the girl ones.

This is the male version of the CASE fm SCS here.

A bit bold with Tangerine tango and Pacific Point.

And the boy tag...

Hope you have a fabulous and creative day!!

Lynda xx

Traditional and Adaptable

You may have noticed over the past couple of posts that I have been using versatile layouts. Well (sorry) here I show again!!! (and yes...a terrible array of sad puns!!)

Some time back I got this FAB old SU set (the name of which elluded me and the seller) from eBay, but it has the CUTEST bear. There are 13 stamps in the set all tolled and it is circa 1993. So old infact that SU mounted on black foam...not wood!!!


So here's where the OCD with the bear began.....

Recently, one of the gals I use to work with some years ago had a little baby girl. She named her Nadia. So I went to this beautiful set and tweaked it a bit. Here's the result...

As you can see, instead of using the ribbon/ ric-rac, I spelt the name of the baby in 1/2" and 3/4" circles. It was stamped onto SU Very Vanilla CS in Basic Brown ink. Unfortunately, I can't tell you the name of the alphabet set because I have had it for so long it has worn off the container. Each letter is on a circular peg like wooden mount....so they are super-dooper easy to use. The corners of the squares were done with a 1/4" circle punch. SU have a ticket corner punch, but I don't....so I had to improvise.....and it worked a treat!!

Oh yeah....and I AM AWARE I used a heap of pink for this card....LOL!!!

Stuff used:

Card: Optix Para Pink, Navy and Purple, SU Very Vanilla

Paper: DP fm multi pack I picked up at Big W.

Ink: SU Basic Brown, Night of Navy, Elegant Eggplant

Stamps: Alphabet set (unknown), SU Bear et al set (circa 1993).

Misc: Gold brads, ribbon and ric-rac fm stash, gold Upkit number stickers

Punches: CP 1 - 1/4", 1/2" and CP 2 -  3/4" Carla Craft punches.

Lynda xx