Happy 4th of July and More PSA Essentials Info

It's the tail-end of our long holiday weekend here in the states. It's been a little too warm for me. Thank goodness for central air conditioning and a cooler evening today!

Here's a card I made for PSA Essentials. It uses patriotic colors, but it is a masculine card to welcome a baby boy. The stamps come from the Country Home and Carriage stamp sets.

This card was published on page 49 of the July 2011 issue of CardMaker Magazine. I just downloaded the online version of the magazine, since I hadn't seen the published card.

PSA Essentials Design Team

PSA Essentials is taking applications for the new design team. Are you interested? Find out all the information you need here.

PSA Essentials YouTube Video Contest

PSA Essentials is also having a YouTube video contest that is open to USA and Canadian residents 17 years and older. You could win $200 worth of PSA Essentials products. See details here.

Have a good one!

 

Baby Card

Hi there! Hope your weekend has been good. We had an awesome impromptu dinner at a friend's house last night: enchiladas (Michoacan style), carnitas, mashed Peruvian beans, Mexican rice, and a great pumpkin cake for dessert. {Burp!}

So on to the card. I made this simple card for a baby shower at school this week. The stamps used (Jessie's ABCs and Bannerific) are from Lawn Fawn. The stamps are awesome! I love how it's easy to line up the alphabet stamps. I also love that they included multiples of the same letter; very practical.

The patterned paper I used has texture. You can sort of see the glossy areas in this photo.

For the baby shower this week, I made a Raspberry Cheesecake that my friends love. I will provide the recipe tomorrow.

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Jessie's ABCs & Bannerific (Lawn Fawn)

Paper: White (Papertrey Ink), All About Boys patterned paper (DCWV)

Ink: Basic Black (Stampin' Up)

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Other: foam tape (3M), buttons (Stampin' UP), baker's twine (Etsy)

Decoracion - Gracias Por Venir a Conocerme

Hola! We're getting closer to the release date of the July collection of stamps from Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps. Tomorrow (July 1st) all 5 sets will go on sale!

Today, I'd like to show you a card made with the set called Decoracion. This 4x6 inch set add all the finishing touches for creating a perfect nursery. Paloma designed stamps for windows and curtains and masculine and feminine items you would find in any baby's room. Decoracion will sell for $10.99 plus shipping.

Using the window stamp, I added an actual window on my card. I added a square of acetate as the "glass". You can get a tiny glimpse inside this feminine nursery. You can't really see in the photo, but I used the flower stems to stamp grass on the green paper. The sentiments are from the Ya Nacio' stamp set.

When you look inside, I used stamps from Cuarto del Bebe and stamps from Decoracion to complete the nursery.

Check out what Paloma and the rest of the design team have created:
Paloma
Magda
Rosie

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Cuarto del Bebe, Decoracion, & Ya Nacio' (Dulces Ideas Clear Stamps), Background Basics: Woodgrain (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, designer series paper (SU!)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, and Garden Galore (SU!)

Tools: Big Shot with Square Scallops Nestabilities, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Heart to Heart punch (SU!)

Other: Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, foam tape (3M)

Welcome Little One - Team Patague

Yay! I'm happy it's finally Saturday. The week was a busy one.

I was the MC at our Latino Cultural Performances at school. We hired a mariachi band to play while we had moms, kids, our principal, and staff performing. It was fun! The dancers & mariachis truly did an awesome job.

Yesterday at school, we had a surprise baby shower for one of our dear friends and PTA leader. The Patague family doesn't know what they are expecting, so I kept the card gender-neutral. The onesie was inspired by Twilight t-shirts (Team Edward, Team Jacob). I printed the "Team Patague" from Microsoft Word on So Saffron cardstock and then stamped the onesie on top of the writing. I used a Copic marker to outline the seams of the onesie.

Well, I better run; I've got another party to attend. Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: So Saffron & Certainly Celery (SU!), baby die cut (Chic Bebe, GCD Studios)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Tools: Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Microsoft Word (font used: His Name is Honey)

Other: Certainly Celery ribbon (SU!), foam tape (3M), Copic marker

Adoption Wishes

I'm glad I made time to finish a card for Nichole's World Card Making Day challenge #3, which was to create a project inspired by India.

I decided to make an Adoption Wishes card. I love that PTI is so creative with the sentiments in their stamp sets. I don't know of anyone adopting a baby girl, but I thought my sari-inspired card would make a great baby girl card.

I love Indian food and I love the colors of traditional Indian clothing. In the last week, I was just talking about Indian clothing with fellow PTA moms Sonia and Rehka (Hi, girls!). Rehka and I volunteer and the school's library on Tuesday mornings. Sonia and I help in the Parent Volunteer Room.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Ingredients

Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings (PTI)

Paper: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette (SU!)

Ink: StazOn black, Memories black

Tools: sewing machine, Word Window punch (SU!)

Other: foam tape, chipboard (Targe $ Spot), jeweled trim (Michael's), Stardust Gelly Roll (Sakura)

Happy New Baby

Hello! I'm posting some cards I made two weeks ago for the silent auction at school.

I loved the design of this card on Ashley's blog earlier this year and I knew I had to make some. Ashley's work is flawless. I loved the simplicity of her design and effectiveness of using tiny images. For the second card, I didn't have the exact equivalent sentiment in Spanish, so I used the phrase "mis mejores deseos" (best wishes). The only difference from Ashley's design is I used some ribbon and staples.

Have a good creative day!



Card Ingredients
Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings (PTI), Flores Llamativas (SU!)
Paper: Baja Breeze (textured), Kraft, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla (SU!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Tools: stapler, 3/4" circle punch, corner rounder
Other: Certainly Celery ribbon, Baja Breeze ribbon, foam tape

Ahoy Little Sailor

Hi all! I may re-shoot this card later. My husband has the memory card for our SLR at work and I ran out of natural light here at home.

This card is for Kristina's Color Inspiration Challenge #52.

I thought the colors were perfect for a baby card. I need to make a variety of cards for a silent auction at my son's school next week. I better get busy! Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comments...I appreciate all of them.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings (PTI)
Paper: white card base (Judi-Kins), Baja Breeze - textured, Sweet Slumber Specialty (SU!), Sahara Sand, More Mustard
Ink: More Mustard
Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, corner rounder (Fiskars)
Other: rhinestones (Michael's), foam tape

Three More Weekend Cards

These are the other three cards from a stamping party I hosted on Sunday. It was another intro to card-making for my non-stamping girlfriends. I posted the Mother's Day card I had them make the other day. They loved playing with all the paper punches, stamps, and inks. They laughed when I pulled out my Crop-A-Dile to set the snaps for the Father's Day card! They couldn't imagine that we use such a large tool for paper crafting.

Happy New Baby Card Ingredients
Stamps: For a Friend, Figures of Speech
Paper: Certainly Celery, white, and designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: button (Making Memories), white gel pen, metal tag, circle paper punches, white ribbon, silver thread, colored pencils

Happy Father's Day Card Ingredients
Stamps: All Holidays
Paper: white, Brilliant Blue (made by rubbing Brilliant Blue ink on white kromekote), the stripped cards are $1 bin specials from Michael's which had 8 cards & envelopes
Ink: Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Ruby Red, Brilliant Blue
Other: snaps (Making Memories), red ribbon (Michael's), small tags, scalloped square paper punch


Birthday Wishes Card Ingredients
Stamps: For a Friend
Paper: Stampin' Up Certainly Celery, Colored Pencil Lilac (CA Paper Goods), white kromekote, and designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Other: gold mini brads (Making Memories), Martha Stewart marker, light blue and gold ribbon (from Peru), corner rounder, gold gel pen