Yes another baby card

It all started with a paper from My Minds Eye. The colours came together from here. I wanted to use my baby tees stampin around wheel and teamed it up with a new cuttlebug alpha die. I was going to go for glitter but stumbled on my felt collection and decided it was a better look. Will have to go back to the glitter though as I think it will work well with the alpha die.

Colours: very vanilla, taken with teal, early espresso, certainly celery, wild wasabi
Stamps: baby tees and all in the stars (SU)
Finishing touches: felt, red tag sale alpha die (cuttlebug), stitching, buttons, copper embossing powder, island indigo ruffled ribbon

A birthday card

I am glad that I have been up to date with my birthday cards as I haven't had loads of time in my scrapping space. I did come up with this special one for a friend. I wanted to try and recreate the flower from the set on page 93 of the IB&C from Stampin Up and ended up using the whole design. Love the new crochet trim ribbon teamed with the antique brads.

Colours: very vanilla, cherry cobbler
Stamps: backgrounds: text style and retro (PTI), impressions (bella), whimsical words and vintage labels (SU)
Finishing touches: crochet trim: victoria, antique brad and 5 petal punch (SU), apron lace punch (fiskars), clear embossing powder, label stencil

Scrapping Day

After having a turn with some of my supplies the suggestion was made that I put together a class for our kids during the school holidays. It was a lot of fun seeing what I could come up with. It was a fabulous day. The kids did really well with the different things and we had a lot of fun.

A gift for keeps

I have been busy making baby cards and I added to that a photo frame for two special babies born on the same day. I love giving practical gifts but wanted to give them something that they could keep as well.

Trying out my new goodies

Always a goer for a sale, I picked up a pack of Grace Taylor papers on special and found a coordinating butterfly embellishment pack. They formed the base for my baby card that I made for someone at my husbands work. Because it was bigger than my usual size I added a few more details. Love the new in colour ribbons from Stampin up.

Colours: baja breeze, rose red
Stamps: peek a boo (elzybells), banner builder (PTI)
Finishing touches: papers (grace taylor and SU), paper butterflies (grace taylor), typewriter alpha die (cuttlebug), apron lace punch (fiskars), small tag, teddy, heart and star punches, in colour ribbon (SU), buttons, stitching

Birthday card for a scientist

I love making cards that reflect the recipient. This one was no exception. But it did create a bit of a challenge as I had either a scientific theme or a lego theme to go with. The sentiment is a new one that I found recently while browsing the shelves of the craft aisle {love finding little gems and it had the added bonus of buy 2 get one free}. I teamed it up with some basic grey papers and the gears from a Lizzie Anne Design stamp set gizmos and gears {you can find them at Gourmet Rubber Stamps}. Sorted.

Colours: night of navy, crumb cake
Stamps: power of imagination (rosie's studio), gizmos and gears (LAD)
Finishing touches: granola papers (basic grey), stitching, black and copper embossing powder, photo anchor and brad

Sending my sympathy

While I haven't had much of a chance to get to my crafting space of late I did want to put together a sympathy card to send to family as I couldn't go to the funeral. I haven't made many sympathy cards but I went with a neutral palette and added a dash of colour to brighten it up.

Colours: basic grey, basic black, pumpkin pie, baja breeze, so saffron, not quite navy, almost amethyst, lovely lilac
Stamps: trendy trees (SU), impressions (bella)
Finishing touches: apricot and black embossing powder, deb divine embossing folder (cuttlebug), in colour ribbon(SU), rhinestones