Inkspirational Welcome Baby

Happy Tuesday, all! I have a quick little card today for a friend who became a great-grandmother recently!  I was going to use my little peekaboo bunny die, but opted for this sweet little baby shoe image instead:

The Inkspirational challenge this week is to use stencils with the option of plaid:

so I used a Kristina Warner Layering Plaid Stencil to create a background; I used Pretty in Pink and Strawberry Slush for my simple plaid.  The baby shoes are a Susan Branch design; I stamped them in Versafine Black and watercolored some shading:

I added a pale gray mat, a little sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs, and a gingham bow.  The inside features sentiments from Hero Arts and Technique Tuesday:

I'll pop this in the mail today!  Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	So Blessed (Technique Tuesday), Sentiments CL342 (Hero Arts), Baby Shoes (Susan Branch, All Night Media)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Soft Stone (Papertrey)
Ink	Versafine Black, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals, Pink Gingham Ribbon (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), 3/4" Circle Punch (ret), 7/8" Scalloped Punch (ret), Layerinng Plaid Stencils (Kristina Werner), Blending Brushes

FMS696 Vintage Ads

Happy Thursday, peeps! I found these vintage ads in some of my papers; I've had them for a long time and I can't even remember who makes them, so when I saw the FMS sketch this week, I thought I could put a dent in my stash!  Here's the sketch:

My proportions may be a bit off but hopefully you can still see the sketch! I don't need a baby card, but that's what came to mind when I began creating:

I trimmed down my ads to fit the front and added a Blushing Bride panel behind them (which seemed to match better on my desk than in this picture!), cutting it with an Everyday Details die, then stamping it with a little polka dot design in white craft ink.  I added a little "congratulations" banner in the center:

And a little sentiment on the inside:

I was happy to put these fun little ads to use!  It really didn't make a dent in my stash though, LOL!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Dot Dot Dot (ret), CL342 Sentiments (Hero Arts), So Blessed (Technique Tuesday)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride (Ret), Vintage Ads (unknown)
Ink	Blushing Bride
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Essentials Dies, Textured Notes Dies

AHSC615 Twinkle Twinkle

 Happy Monday, all!  Time for a pretty new sketch from Atlantic Hearts:

I needed a baby boy card for a young couple who used to go to our church, and I happened to find some papers that worked well for the sketch, so here we go:

I had already cut this panel of printed paper and had not used it for the project intended, so I trimmed it down a little, added a Calypso Coral mat and put it all on a Lost Lagoon card.  I fussy-cut a little image from another one of the pages and added a stamped sentiment on a fussy-cut banner:

The image has a wee bit of glitter too....so cute!  And I used another piece of the paper to embellish the inside and stamped a sentiment and a few stars for fun:

The papers made this card a snap to put together...and now it can go in the mail!  I hope you'll play along with our sketch this week too, we love seeing your creations in the gallery at Atlantic Hearts!

John made a little trip to check on his boat last week and went to the Turkey Point Lighthouse "just because":

It is at the head of the Chesapeake Bay and has quite an interesting history!  The river still had lots of ice on it....I think I will wait until warmer weather to visit myself, LOL!

Thanks for visiting today, enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	God's Blessings (ret), Small Sayings (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Lost Lagoon, Calypso Coral, Baby Boy (Jolee's Boutique)
Ink	Calypso Coral
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools

FMS664 Welcome Baby

Happy Friday, everyone! Hope you had a fine Thanksgiving, if you're in the US! We'll be decorating our church this morning for Advent, so this will be quick! 

Our neighbor's son (who is also our neighbor) and his wife just had their first baby, so I used the FMS sketch to make them a card.  Here's the sketch:

Of course, since there were three panels, I just had to play along!  Here we go:

I looked through my stash of retired DSP and picked out some pastel patterns for the vertical panels, and I pulled out an oldie but goodie teddy bear from Every Little Bit:

Another oldie, And Many More, provided the sentiment!

Cute sketch for a cute little baby!  Thanks for visiting today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	And Many More (ret), Every Little Bit (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pistachio Pudding (ret), DSPs in Pool Party, Daffodil Delight and Blushing Bride (all ret)
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Crinkled White Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies (ret), Layering Banner Dies (Nellie Snellen), Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder (ret), Blends

AHSC560 So Tiny, So Precious

Happy Friday, peeps! I just couldn't wait to make a new baby card for my niece and nephew, to welcome their little "Maven Faye" to the world!  Here she is:

I am trying to tell which one of the boys, Jameson or Sawyer, she looks like...I think it's too early to tell, but she definitely looks like one of them!  Anyway, on to my card!  My niece doesn't really go for the pastel pinks, lace and ribbons; as you can see, Maven's onesie has a definite organic feel to it!  I opted for some pretty papers from Unity to make her a card using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch; I know it's not your typical baby girl card, but I hope she'll like it!  Here's the sketch:

And here we go:

I covered my card with this pretty plaid and chose a floral print for the top, but I didn't want to cover up that gorgeous tulip, so I used it as my focal image, diecutting it with a Stylish Shapes square die.  I used a smaller square die to cut coordinating squares.  I offset the main panel a wee bit so that some of that pretty plaid could peek through:

And the inside; all sentiments are from Charming Sentiments, stamped in Copper Clay ink; the banner on the front was some Very Vanilla cardstock that I colored with a Light Soft Sea Foam Blend...matches the green in the papers pretty well!  

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent--the LORD detests them both.  Proverbs 17:15

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Naturals White (ret), Grow Untamed (Unity)
Ink	Copper Clay
Accessories	Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Charming Sentiments Dies, Large Sentiment Strip Dies (Pink & Main), Soft Sea Foam Blend

AHSC554 A Really Big Baby Card

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I guess by the name of my post, you might think this is a baby card for a really big baby, or a really big card for a normal-sized baby!  Thankfully, it's the latter! My niece finally had her baby Sunday night, and I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts for their card:

So here's my really big card:

I wanted to be able to use a business-sized envelope, so the card is 3 3/4" x 8 1/2".  I apologize for the poor quality photo....I guess it's just too big!  I used some plaid papers from the retired Country Gingham DSP, and some scrapbook paper from my stash.  The teddy bear was stamped and colored with Blends; it's from the retired Every Little Bit, and he was mounted on an embossed square of Basic White:

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs and the enamel dots are retired SU.  And on the inside, some sentiments from Charming Sentiments, stamped in Azure Afternoon, and for the Global Design Project challenge this week, which is "ABC--using letters", 

I diecut Papertrey letters for his name:

And here is baby Coby, with Mommy and Daddy and big brother Cole....and he weighed in at 9 lb, so I guess you could say he was a big baby!

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, Every Little Bit (ret), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Balmy Blue, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green,Azure Afternoon, Baby Boy (Jolee's Boutique)
Ink	Balmy Blue, Azure Afternoon, Memento Black
Accessories	Dimensionals, Enamel Dots (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Charming Sentiments Dies, Banner Dies (Pink & Main), Layering Squares Dies (ret), Small Alphabet Dies (Papertrey), Stitched Border Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug/Provocraft), Polka Dot Border Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug/Provocraft)

TSOT609 Big Dino Congrats

Happy Wednesday, all!  I have a fun little new baby congratulations card for you today; it uses the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

and the retired Dino Days stamp!  Here we go:

The papers are all from the Dandy Designs Sale-a-bration DSP...I'll be using that forever, LOL!  I stamped Mr Dino in Parakeet Party and Tahitian Tide; the sentiment is from the retired Special Moments:

I added some Matte In Color dots, then a sentiment from Charming Sentiments on the inside:

So cute!  Hope you have a great day--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, Dino Days (ret), Special Moments (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Dandy Days DSP (ret)
Ink	Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party
Accessories	Dimensionals, 2022-2024 In Color Matte Dots
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Dino Dies (ret)

It's a Girl!

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have a fun little card for you today, it's in anticipation of a new wee one due to be born very soon in John's family!  I incorporated the CAS on Sunday challenge of tags (hope it's CAS enough) and the Festive Friday challenge of International Children's Book Day:

I found some sweet Graphic 45 paper I've been "hoarding"  and combined a few papers for my square card that features alphabet letters, patterned paper and children for my card:

I stamped a sweet little baby and vintage carriage from Prima in Soft Suede on one tag, added a sentiment and pearl-embellished heart:

And a trio of alphabet dies on the second tag:

The tags were both cut using the Tailor Made Tag dies; the sentiments are from Our Daily Bread Designs; and the diecuts are all from Papertrey.  I just added a simple "congratulations" on the inside!  Thanks for popping in today!  

I haven't had many pictures of Cassidy lately...she's a busy girl!  Dana & Wayne went to her school yesterday to see the seventh grade history projects.  Each group of four students created a project; Cassidy's was on the explorer Hernan Cortes, a Spanish conquistador!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Bedtime Story (Prima), Mini Tag Sentiments (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla,  Precious Memories (Graphic 45)
Ink	Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Dimensionals, Metallic Pearls, Thick Baker's Twine
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Alphabet Dies (Papertrey), Heart & Home Dies (Papertrey), Sponge Dauber

Babies are a Blessing

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  A wee bit late today...just haven't gotten into my summer stamping routine yet!  I needed a baby congratulations card, and the sketch from Atlantic Hearts worked great with the colors from Global Design Project:

I don't have many baby stamps but the retired Bonanza Buddies stamp set is one I usually go to when I need something along that line, so I pulled out the toucan and went to work!  So here we go:

I diecut three circles in the challenge colors using the Stylish Shapes dies, then added stars from Your Biggest Fan in matching inks.  I diecut the toucan and colored his beak in the challenge colors as well, then cut balloons from DSP in matching colors.  The sentiment is from Charming Sentiments. It all went on a Basic White card that had  been embossed with the Stitched with Whimsy die:

More Charming Sentiments, stamped in Tahitian Tide on the inside!

And here is little Cole, who made his appearance early last week, born at home, along with mommy Paige and daddy Drew!!!

I think he might look a wee bit like his cousin Sawyer!!  We'll have to see as he gets older!  Thanks for visiting today...enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, Your Biggest Fan, Bonanza Buddies (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight, DSPS in Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight
Ink	Memento Black, Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched With Whimsy Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Bonanza Dies (ret), White Gel Pen, Black Marker, Blender Pen

FMS520 Duckling Congrats

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I've got a baby congrats card to share with you today, and it uses one of those adorable little critters from Easter Friends!  This little duckling seemed perfect for that special occasion:

I stamped my little duck on Shimmery White cardstock and colored her in with reinkers, then fussy-cut her out.  Once I assembled my background, I stamped the image again on top of the background DSPs and popped her up with dimensionals.  It's just impossible to fussy cut around all her little fuzziness, so stamping the image again in the background lets the fuzzies show through:

I used the sketch from FMS:

with DSPs from Hand Penned and Pansy Petals along with some borders diecut with the Basic Borders die.  The sentiment from Special Moments was made into a tag and tied with some Bumblebee Gingham ribbon.  It all went on a Basic White card base that was embossed with the Ornate Floral embossing folder.  I just love this little duckling!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.'" Luke 18:16

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Easter Friends, Special Moments
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Shimmery White, Pansy Petals DSP, Hand Penned DSP
Ink	Stazon Black, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody
Accessories	Dimensionals, Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon, Perle Cotton
Tools	Big Shot, Ornate Floral Embossing Folder, Basic Borders Dies, Stitched Circle Dies (Lil'Inker)

In(k)spire Me 451 Welcome Baby

Happy Friday, peeps!  I spent a very frustrating afternoon yesterday dealing with new cell phone issues, and I didn't feel much like stamping, but I forced myself to sit down and do some watercoloring with the colors from In(k)spire Me to create a baby card: 

Although I found the sketch interesting, it didn't work with this "vintage" SU image I wanted to use:

This image is from Feathered Friends, from 2006!  I haven't used it in a long, long time, but I always loved this line-drawing artwork!  I stamped it in Stazon on watercolor paper and did some watercoloring....the designs are so small, I'm afraid I didn't do a very good job.  I rushed it instead of drying each color as I finished it, but hopefully the recipient won't mind too much!  I used Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Bumblebee, and my mystery color was Balmy Blue.  I mounted it on a scallop of Bumblebee, then on some retired Gingham. 

I diecut three buttons from the same watercolor paper and watercolored them as well, so they would be a paler shade and not overpower the design:

And for fun I ran some cotton perle thread through to make them look sewn!  Simple design, nothing fancy!  Thanks for visiting today!

My two great-nieces came over to play with Cassidy yesterday; I am afraid Cassidy has just outgrown her dolls, but I saved the dollhouse and accessories just for days like this.  She USED to play with them:

but she was content to let these two play with it outside in the fresh air yesterday!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!