Baby Boy Card

My daughter asked me to make some new baby cards to have on standby so I decided to make a box card after seeing a few over the internet.

I made up my box after following a tutorial on Jennifer Mcguires You Tube channel I then added the embossed panel to the front of my box. The elephant and balloons are a set by Heffy Doodles which I have stamped coloured and diecut.  The BABY letters are cut using Altenew alphabet dies.  Such a fun scene and the elephant is on clear acetate so moves well in the frame.

 I am adding this card to Simon Says Wednesday challenge "Fun with Dies" and also there monthly instagram challenge "Blue".

My Granddaughter and daughter are visiting next week as its half term, hopefully the weather will stay nice and we can go for some long walks.

Have a great week 

Hugs

Sally

Baby Girl!

There is another challenge up on the "Lets Squash it" blog, this month the theme is "Lets make some space and bring on the bling".  

I decided to make a baby card using this sweet button border folder from Cuttlebug.  After embossing the edge of the square cut blank I added some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.  I then stamped the Elephant and Balloon from the Heffy Doodle "Elephant of Surprise " stamp set, coloured with Zig Brush markers and die cut.

The banner die is one I got second hand on Ebay so I am not sure of the brand, I cut two colours of pink and then added the sequins and pearls.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The base card is then layered up on some pink glitter card for even more sparkle.

 

I love how this turned out and will have to make it in blue too !!  I will also add this card to the Simon Says Wednesday challenge "Feminine" .

Hugs

Sally

Lets Squash It!!

 

This month I am the guest designer at the "Lets Squash It" challenge blog and the challenge is "Use at least three folders and include a person." This is another inspiration card for the challenge using this sweet older stamp from Stampendous that I have had in my collection for ages. I love this cute baby image and decided to go for a pink theme although it would look just as good in blue!

I have used three different cuttlebug strip folders , two for the side banners and one across the circle, adding pearls to the scallops.

Gail has said that I should link this up to the challenge so I will !

Hope you find time to take part in the challenge

Hugs

Sally

New Baby!

A new baby card for the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Animal Fun" using Heffy Doodle "Elephant" stamps and Simon Says Square dies.  I stamped and cut the elephant on some patterned paper and coloured the balloons with Zig Markers.

I shall also add this card to the Simon Says Flickr Group challenge "Splatter it".

Its our Wedding Anniversary today 38 years and its certainly a strange Anniversary, we usually try and go out for the day and have a meal somewhere.  This year because of lockdown its very different, we have ordered a takeaway from a restaurant in Bridport and I am looking forward to that but I am missing normal life.  Hoping we can get back to some sort of normal soon.

Have a great day and stay safe
Hugs
Sally

New Stamps!!

Last weekend I went to an amazing Craft Show in Farnborough called "Make It" there was lots of fabulous crafts to see plus some great stalls for buying, needless to say I came away with lots of crafty goodies.  The Heffy Doodle stand was amazing and I was tempted by so many things, and came away with this lovely "Elephant of Surprise" stamps with dies and also this gorgeous "Wanna Build a Snowman " set.

I couldn't wait to ink them up and made this Baby girl card using Altenew's Bold Alphabet dies and some patterned paper.  Really love the elephants, I am sure this set will be well used.

Adding this card to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Hugs
Sally

Baby Girl

I needed to make a card for my cousins daughter as she is expecting a baby girl soon so I decided to make a shaker card and combine it with the current challenge over at Simon Says.  The front of the card is cut using a design from the Silhouette , I then added some acetate to make the shaker section. I had kept the card quite plain but decided to add the sequins as an after thought, It adds that extra sparkle. I am also adding this to the challenge at A Blog Named Hero which is "A Bit Of Sparkle."

Here is a close up of the shaker section.  I am now off to make a get well card for a man, always a difficult one, I shall have to get some inspiration from Pinterest for that one!!

Paper Piecing..

 I needed a couple of baby cards to add to my stash as a few of my friends are expecting to be Grandmothers very soon!!  I decided to incorporate the cards into the Paper Piecing challenge over at A Blog Named Hero..  They are both really simple CAS cards but I think the cute elephant from the New Baby set is perfect for CAS.  Here is my blue version using two shades of gingham paper and the edge of my Pinstripe background stamp.

This is the smaller pink version, I used the heart stamp from the same New Baby set for the balloon and covered it in glitter.  The bottom is an off cut of the Tweed border stamp (I keep all my scraps lol !).

Hope your weekend is fun.

Baby Shower!

I am going to my first Baby Shower next Sunday, my God daughter Fay is expecting her second baby at the end of February and she has found out that its a boy this time.  Baby Showers are new to the UK , but I know that for my friends in the US they are common place.  I have bought a little gift but also wanted to make a set of Thank You cards to give the Mum to be.

Just a CAS design but I am beginning to enjoy creating CAS cards, at last I have learnt that "less is often more."

I also created a little pizza box to put the cards in.

As I have coloured the bears with Copic Markers I am going to enter these cards into the CAS-ual Friday challenge this wee.

Enjoy your weekend,
Hugs

Baby Boy!!

I have made another card for the current Hero Arts challenge using the second sketch , but this time turning it on its side.  The image is from the HA digi kit called Babies, after changing the colour I printed it twice on card and once on patterned paper.  I then cut our the stork and baby image and pop dotted it on adding a pop dotted bird wing too to give more dimension.

Tomorrow night I am off to London to watch "Dancing on Ice"  I am really looking forward to it, especially seeing Torville and Dean skate.

Babies

I have had this Squigglefly image coloured for a while and yesterday I eventually added it to a card.  This polka dot BoBunny paper is one of my favourites it also comes in a lovely shade of green and a light blue(there maybe other colours but our local craft shop only has these three colours).  Its perfect for backgrounds and is a really nice thick paper.
I didn't have time to upload it yesterday as my camera was playing up but imagine my surprise today when I visited my blogging friend  Sannes blog and she has made an almost similar card. The same shape and with the lovely pink paper as a background.  We must have been thinking alike at the same time, Sanne you are my crafting twin lol!!

Twins and Candles

A few months ago the lovely Vanessa posted a tutorial on how to stamp on candles, at last I have had time to give it a try. I am really pleased with the results, the image has stamped very clearly. I have made these for a little stall I am having at the local nursery school. They are in need of funds and are having a small craft fair.

This card is for one of my friends at work, a friend of hers has just had twin girls and asked if I could make this card after seeing my other "baby in the bath" cards. The image is from squigglefly and when you download it the image is already reversed for you.

I had a great time at the craft fair yesterday and purchased lots of new products so I am of to play with them Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you for all the comments you leave, I really appreciate them. I am going to add this to the paper play challenge as I have not used this card for any challenges.

I am addicted to this image!!!

I am addicted to using this fantastic digital image from squigglefly, its such a cute image and so easy to colour. This card is for the sketch challenge over at ETBTKS. I don't usually like sketch challenges but this one wasn't to tricky so decided to have a go.

Made this using the Wheat Grass Stamp from Hero Arts. I have been inspired by all the great cards using this stamp on the flickr group and also it was an excuse to get all inky with my distress inks. They are such fun to use as you never know how things will turn out. Decided to add some glossy accents to the grass for dimension.



Not had much time for crafting over the last two days its my lovely daughters birthday today and we travelled to Bristol yesterday to spend some time with her. Its was so good to get together again, she is in her final year at University and is really busy so visits are few and far between.
Also please check out my side bar the lovely Vanessa has some amazing Blog Candy to give away. She is a very talented crafter and her blog is a constant source of inspiration, take a look I promise you won't be disappointed.

Hope you are all having a fun and crafty weekend.

Caardvarks challenge

Happy New Year to everyone, hope its a great one for you all . I plan to get more time to craft this year, and here is the first challenge of the year from Caardvarks . The challenge is to use this sketch.

I don't really like using sketches but had to have a go, I suppose the more I practice the better I will get at these sorts of challenges!

Decided to make a baby girl card. This is quite a simple design just using patterned papers, stitched the beads on by hand. The sentiment is just chipboard but I pop dotted it to a small nesties label.

I am getting some crafting in before I go back to school next week, a bit of relaxing time before the new term starts.

Two cards for the Caardvarks challenge.

After a really busy week I have at last found some time to make a few cards. The Butterfly one is actually for my Aunts birthday. I found this lovely chintzy paper that I thought she would love and based my card around it. I used the kissing technique to reverse the image of the butterfly so it would go with my flower stamp. Added lots of buttons and pearls and the contrasting ribbon. Have entered this in the Caardvarks colouring challenge

PP: K & Co. Stamps: Hero Arts.


I Love this baby image and have made a few cards using it. Coloured the images with copic markers. Another entry for the caardvarks challenge.

Duck Stamp: Rubber Stampede. Baby Stamp:Stampendous.
The weather has been awful in the UK this week lets hope it cheers up soon.

Circle card and Christmas place settings

The place settings are for the challenge on the "Cards"magazing blog. The challenge was to make some place settings for thanksgiving, as we don't celebrate thanksgiving in the UK changed them to settings for christmas. (I hope thats allowed!!) Inside the setting is a small pack containing two after dinner mints.(Yummy).

Also after seeing the lovely Vanessas beautiful baby cards, I was inspired to make one myself. This is for the current challenge on the Caardvarks blog ( A circular card). I decided to make a shaker card as I really enjoy making them.

Baby Girl Cards

After making the baby boy card I thought I would make a couple of girl ones as well. The first one is based on a card I saw on Lucys blog and thought it was really cute. The second is one I have made for my son to give to a friend who has just had a little girl. After working with blue I had to go back to pink my favourite colour scheme on cards.

Baby Boy Shaker

Made this card for a girl at work who is expecting a baby boy next month. I really enjoy making shaker cards. Stamped and coloured the image with copics then added a bit of sparkle to the towel. I have a list of events to make cards for and wanted to try and make as many as I can before I go back to school next week.