Fusion #17: Sketch Challenge

My DD & co-worker needed a baby card for another co-worker, so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to play in the Fusion Challenge. It's so unique because you can either use just the provided sketch or just the provided inspiration photo or combine BOTH for 'fusion' -- clever, huh?!  ;-)

I went with the sketch for my first entry and created a very simple baby boy card using bright primary colors. The ribbon I wanted to finally use featured various vehicles on twill tape, so I chose the 'little tyke' sentiment, stamped onto my inside layer and then die cut a Spellbinders (retired) rectangle to create the opening to view it through. 'Welcome' was then stamped onto another rectangle die from the same set, backed with red CS and attached at top left.

I like the way the letters in these Inkadinkado Baby Boy stamps are kinda off-kelter and all lower case, which makes me think a small tyke wrote them! I added a bright striped paper from DCWV's Nana's Kids below that fun Jillibean Soup ribbon.

Another fun thing about this challenge is that anyone (participants & non-participants alike) can vote for their three favorite cards for 24 hours after the challenge closes. This is a new challenge concept for me, but I think it will be fun to see the results!

JustRite Friday Challenge #102: Color Inspiration

I couldn't help but think baby when I saw JustRite's current color inspiration challenge and since I LOVE Samantha Walker's Buntings and Banners acrylic stamps, I just had to create a sweet baby card!

I stamped my two banners and die cut using JustRite's coordinating Buntings and Button dies. I then stamped 'sweet baby!' along the banners using JustRite's retired Times New Roman 50 point font. My banners are attached using little sheer pearl-centered bows that my sweet sister-in-law kindly sent me. They were among my beloved MIL's crafting stash, but she's turning 97 the last day of August and isn't able to sew or craft any longer. I think this card will have to go to someone on my DH's side of the family!

My focal sentiment and button again from Buntings and Banners are matted from the bottom up on Card Creator A2 Matting Basics B, A2 Locking Loops and Resplendent Rectangles. I then added strips of baby rick-rack colored with Copic Y13 to pull in more yellow, pop-dotted the button next to my sentiment and finished up with the pink tulle and ribbon bow and a tiny pacifier from my stash.

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #20: Babies

I needed a baby boy card for a new little guy who will soon be welcomed into the world, so My Sheri Crafts weekly challenge was perfect! I stamped this sweet little rocking horse onto Papertrey Ink's Vintage Cream CS, colored him with Copic Markers and cut him out. A tiny acrylic heart from Heidi Grace was added over the heart on his neck ribbon and a tiny safety pin and metal charm to my ribbon knot. Papers are from Making Memories and PTI; ribbon is American Crafts.
Thanks for the visit this Labor Day Weekend and hope yours is fabulous!

JustRite Friday Challenge 025: Inside Out

This week's fun challenge at JustRite Stampers required us to use their sentiment stamps inside and out on our projects. Since I had a card in mind for a friend who's expecting a baby girl and whose favorite color just happens to be pink, I needed to create my own original sentiments, so this was a perfect challenge! I had sooo much fun pulling together lots of little pink details for this card, none the least of which is the library card download I used, which can be found here. Thanks so much to Heather Nichols for letting us have this little gem for free! For my Title, Author and Issued To sections I used my JRS 15-pt. Times New Roman alphabet to create them! LOVE that you can create any sentiment your heart desires -- especially when I did my inside verse (second photo). Since my friend "teaches teachers" in her job, I think she'll appreciate the library card & "as a new chapter begins" analogy I used, as well as the pink girliness! ;-)
I'm also linking this card to The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #17 for this week: to "make an impression" by using embossing, which I used inside and out also!

EDITED TO ADD: I'm a huge fan of Papertrey Ink (whom Heather Nichols designs for) and discovered the very day after this post that PTI is releasing the library card as a stamp & an accompanying library pocket die also!!! The PTI reveals begin July 10th & release will be on July 15th, if you're interested!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!
Paper: DeNami Design's: Pink CS; DCWV patterned baby paper; white CS (stash)
Stamps: JRS Times New Roman 15-pt.; PTI (footprint)
Ink: Versacolor's Pink pigment ink
Embellishments: Martha Stewart tags; Heidi Grace Heart Accents; Heidi Swapp Ghost Alpha Letter; Provo Craft's Dotted Swiss EF; safety pin, pearls, tulle, ribbon, rick-rack from stash
Tools: Martha Stewart Doily Hearts punch

Clear Artistic Stamps Cottage Rumble 8

My sweet friend Gwen let me know about this sketch challenge at Clear Artistic Stamps, so I picked some fun papers from Nana's Kids by DCWV for my Baby Girl card. You can still enter the challenge until midnight tomorrow night (June 11th) if you're so inspired! Have fun!!!

Paper: PTI's Basic White CS; DCWV DP: Nana's Kids

Ink: PTI's Raspberry Fizz Palette Ink

Stamps: Stampendous: New Baby (words); Technique Tuesday: Wild Vines (tiny flower); Inkadinkado (bee, ladybug, dragonfly)

Embellishments: Stickles: Crystal; ribbon from stash

Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities: Plain/Scalloped Squares & Ovals

Papertrey Ink's April, 2009 Blog Hop: Timeless Templates

My humble little entry for the April Blog Hop using Lauren's Stocking Timeless Template. This being my very first foray into using a template, I kept it quite simple. I used PTI Text-Style Pink Patterned paper for the front/back stocking and PTI Basic White CS (LOVE the strength of it) for the box. I then stamped the adorable baby feet from PTI's With Sympathy: Loss of Child on a small round tag, hung it from pink ric-rac with a tiny pink safety pin. I pinned it to my stocking "band", a piece of lace with pink Martha Stewart ribbon laced through. My little stocking contains 6 pair of little pink & white socks, so I'll use this as a fun little additional accompaniment to a larger baby gift and a matching card, of course! Can't wait to see what all you very talented ladies created for our viewing pleasure tonight -- happy blog hopping!!!

Welcome, Baby Boy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Wow, I didn't even make 1 St. Pat's Day card this year -- my Irish relatives would be aghast, I'm sure -- LOL!!!
I seem to be in a clean & simple mode lately, for whatever reason. This little Baby Boy card I made just for fun because I found this sweet little Inkadinkado set @ Joann's on Saturday in their clearance aisle for 97 cents! How could I resist?! I seem to amass cards that I don't need to send, so I'm thinking I'll package a bunch up and send to our daughter & her roommate to have on hand when the need arises.
Not much to explain here, just thought the little elephant would look good on an oval, used my Nesties & curved the greeting above him (thanks to Gwen's recent card that reminded me I could!). I used Creative Memories oval set to cut the sentiment out, edged both in the same ink, embossed a larger Nestie Oval behind him & added a ribbon below.

Paper: PTI's White & blue scrap (SU?)

Stamps: Inkadinkado's Baby Boy

Ink: Colorbox Sky Blue

Accessories: Nestie Ovals; Creative Memories Ovals; American Crafts Ribbon

Baby Boy Waterfall Card

Our Designing Diva's group member, Judy, shared a darling flowered waterfall card with us in May, so I decided to do one for a baby shower. I used DCWV's Nana's Kids' cardstock and cut out the letters with my Sizzix Sidekick. As you pull the slider out it spells out "Baby" and eventually "Boy" underneath. A little trickier with the glued on letters than if I stamped them, but I still like the outcome. These cards are really fun; you should try one!
It just dawned on my that this card qualifies for the card challenge using "die cuts" over @ http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ so I'm amending my post to reflect that this is my entry!

Papers: All DCWV: Nana's Kids & Brown cardstock

Embellishments: Making Memories fibers; WeRMemoryKeepers eyelets

Tools: Sizzix Sidekick; Crop-a-dile