AS PROMISED...

Here, as promised in yesterdays post, is the baby card I made to go with the little boy scrapbook. It came out so cute. Those aqua colors in real life are just sooo pretty~
Its made with Baby Edwin from Magnolia. He is colored with my Copics and sits in an oval nest made from Nestabilities and cut with a 1" circle punch. I wanted to make the circle bigger, so I actually punched it again next to the first one to make it more like an oval. Since he sits in it, you cant tell its not a perfect oval, but it does the job just fine. The verse is from Verve stamps and stamped in Memento ink. The card is 5 1/4 square. I got the idea for this card from Becca Feeken of Amazing Paper Grace. She is so talented and has a way to make every card beautiful. I changed it up a bit to make it my own~ and there you have it!
p.s. the new parents loved it!
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GIFT FOR A BABY SHOWER

Yesterday my husband and I went to a "couples" baby shower. I had only been to one like that , actually the year before I met my husband, and he had never been to one before. The new dad is a co worker of my husbands and they are fairly recent transplants to N.C. from the midwest.
It was fun~ alot like a typical baby shower, but without the games that ladies play. A nice way for everybody to get together.
I made them a paper bag album scrapbook. They know the baby is a boy, so with that in mind I turned to some of my favorite baby paper~ Nanas Nursery. the boy stack. I love this paper and hope that I have bought enough for quite some time.The book has 8 pages, and a front and back cover. Since I dont know them too well, I left the book pretty much open for almost all photos. Some people dont like if you have too many bows or flowers on a baby boy book. I have kept most of my "chotchka" things out of it this time.
This is the cover, with a large mat for one of his first photos. The green ribbon is from Stampin Up and is a twill which was absolutely wonderful to work with. I will be buying more of that type of ribbon. This is pages 1 and 2. Page 1 has a pocket for tags, photos or journaling.

Here is a closeup of page 1. These stickers, which I have matted and then popped up are from K and Company.

I have popped up all of the embellishments on the photo mat areas, so the actual picture can slide right behind them. This gives a nicer, more finished look. And you dont have to trim off as much of your photo.

Pages 3 and 4. More photo mats.

Pages 5 and 6. Page 5 is another pocket type page~ this time horizontal. I couldnt resist putting a little purple bow near that cute frog.

Pages 7 and 8. Page 8 has a 3-d sticker clothesline~ which I hung from butterflies made from a Martha Stewart punch.

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Tomorrow I will be back with the adorable card that went along with this gift.

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TWINKLE TOES RECITAL CARD

My little niece Jacqueline is in her first dance recital this coming weekend up in New York. I am sorry that I wont get to attend, as I live in North Carolina, but I am sending this cute little Amanda in my place. She is part of the House Mouse collection from Stampabilities, and her official name is "Twinkle Toes".
This card came together very quickly, and would be easy to reproduce for birthdays, thank yous, or invitations to a sweet little ones party. I used a premade card base and envelope in ivory. The pink DP and cardstock are from my scrap bin. The sentiment is computer generated because although they make a stamp just like that~ I either dont own it, or cant find it~LOL. I stamped her in Memento Tuxedo Black, colored her in with my Copics, and then used Ice Stickles on her tutu. I always use PTI Stampers Select White to stamp on if I will be coloring with my Copics. It doesnt smear and works really well for blending the colors.
I then used my Nestabilities to cut her out, using the peonies die. This was my first time using that die, as I have just gotten it in the mail. I think I am going to really like it!!

Not too bad for a 15 minute card~

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FATHERS DAY DUAL PURPOSE CARD

Todays card actually fufills two purposes. One~ it is a fathers day card for the best dad in the world~ MINE!!
He is so awesome, and such an inspiration to whomever he meets. He will be turning 83 in less than 2 months, and worked full time up until a little more than a year ago. He is sweet, kind, generous and caring. I love him to pieces, so Dad~ this is for you.
Secondly, this card was made for the Stamps and Smiles sketch challenge #20, which can be found on The Fresh Batch blog. I had alot of fun making last weeks, so I thought I would try it again. Sketches are great because they can get the creative juices flowing almost instantly.
My papers are by Kaleidescope, ink is Mementos Tuxedo Black, and the ribbon is from Michaels $1.00 bin.
The horse stamp is from Serendipity Stamps. Its one of the nicest horse stamps I have seen. The sentiment is from Verves newest Fathers Day release. Shapes have been cut with Nesties.

Many thanks for stopping by. I hope your enjoyed seeing my entry for this weeks sketch challenge!

HINGED CARD NUMBER 2

This is my second attempt at hinged card making. If you have not yet tried one~ I suggest you give it a go, as they are really fun to make and a little something different.
This girl is one of my many favorites. She is Daisy, an Elizabeth Bell stamp. To me, she can look either carefree, just sitting in a pretty flower field daydreaming~ or deep in thought on one of lifes mysteries.
Today we will make her the happy and carefree Daisy. I chose my paper first for this card, which is Chloe's Closet by Making Memories. From there I went with those same warm sunshiny colors to color her in. I sometimes do the coloring first, then the paper choosing.
Embellishments are Prima flowers and some hot orange ribbon I had sitting around.

The sentiment stamp on the front of the card is by Print Works, and the inside was an unmounted that I had in my stash~ so I'm not sure where it came from.

Both of these hinge cards are for sale in my Etsy shop~ which is listed in the left sidebar.

Heres to hoping you had a sweet a day as Daisy did....

TILDA WITH ROSE HINGED CARD

Ok, so maybe this card holds a bit of a double meaning. I think I'm a bit of a late bloomer, so the fact that this adorable Tilda is holding a bloom doesnt go unnoticed~ although it was quite by accident. I happen to love this image of Tilda. And its great that she is in the pink collection, bringing awareness to breast cancer.
The other part of the "late bloomer" is that this is the first hinged card I have made. I have seen them all over blog world and have admired them from day one. Not sure why it took me so long to try them myself. She is made with some older Making Memories designer paper, Some Lilac Stampin Up Cardstock, which I ran thru my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot embossing folder, and assorted scraps. I stamped the image on PTI stampers select white cardstock. I like this paper for stamping when I am using my Copics to color with.

The cute sentiments are from Stamps and Smiles. The set which they are from is called "Happy Birthday Cupcake" and thats also the set I used in the previous post.

Flowers are by Prima, Crystals are from a giant size bag I purchased at Joannes some time ago.

The ribbon is by Offray and another one of my favorite things. The black plaid is so versatile and looks so pretty (or masculine if need be).

Sorry my photos all seem to be a bit crooked today.

I made another hinged card the same day and will show it to you tomorrow, or you can see it now on my SCS gallery.

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