New Baby

No, no, no! I don't have a new baby! But, I do have a new baby card.

Pardon the poor picture quality. I took this with my iPad and no flash. In real life the colors are more pure than in this pic.

The color on the pic of the inside is closer to the real thing.

This card will accompany the car seat quilt I posted earlier. My daughter embroidered a quilt label for the quilt. We even digitized the carriage ourselves! It turned out so cute:

Finally, I realized a few days ago that I hadn't posted pics of the quilts my daughter and I finished. 

My daughter's first quilt!

My first completed quilt

 I love having a "surprise" color on the quilt back.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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Sweet Dreams Wryn--Make It Sparkle Challenge with Tiddly Inks!

Hello there! It's time for a new challenge at Tiddly Inks, so create something fun and Make It Sparkle! You can use glitter, sparkly embellies, Stickles, any kind of sparkle pen, or sparkle paper--whatever your heart desires...just make it sparkle!

I used the super cute Sweet Dreams Wryn digital image for my card. I love that she is in bed reading--something my daughter likes to do, and I colored her with Copics, with the furniture in funky colors, similar to my DD's furniture. The sentiment is an old MFT stamp. For some sparkle, I used a few Twinkle Goosebumps, a tiny drop of silver Stickles on the lamp pull, and Magenta Stickles to embellish the design on the head and foot of the bed.

I love how the inside turned out. It reminds me of a girl's frilly bed linens. 

You won't want to miss the designs by the rest of the DT this week! They are amazing!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Sparkly week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Finishing Touch
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create #91: Anything Goes

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Fairy Fun with Tiddly Inks!

It's Tiddly Inks Challenge time! And, this week we're having fun with fairies!

I used the Willow the Tooth Fairy digital stamp for my card today. She's printed on X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copics. I printed just the flying teeth and coin an extra time so I could pop them up with foam tape and 3-D glue.

I hope you'll link up and join in the fun with us! Tiddly Inks has dozens of cute fairy stamps to choose from, so you're bound to find one (or more!) that you love! ;) And, be sure to visit the rest of the DT to see their Fairy Fun creations, too! 

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Fairy Fun week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve September 2014 Week 1 Sketch Challenge
613 Avenue Create Challenge #89: Anything Goes
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Wishing Well
Robyn's Fetish Challenge #229: Use an Embossing Folder

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Tiddly Inks DT Call!

I'm finally back to blogging! This has been a busy month for me, but August always is, with school starting again. But, I just HAD to get back in the groove because Tiddly Inks is having a DT Call! I took a DT break after Flourishes closed up shop, but Christy's images are so cute, I decided to throw my proverbial hat in the ring and see what happens. ;)

I just love images with little girls and their books. It always makes me think of my DD. This digital image, called School Girl, really is cute as a button, isn't she? I printed the image on Copic x-Press paper. She was so much fun to color with Copics, and I added some dots to her dress with a white paint marker. The layout came from the Viva la Verve August 2014 Week 1 sketch, and I followed their color challenge, too. The flowers and sentiment are Verve images that I colored, then fussy cut and rounded with a stylus. The floral strip on the gray dp is Washi tape, and you can't see it in the photo, but I used a clear Spica pen on the flower for a little sparkle.

On the inside, I used PTI dies to cut a few dp buttons, to coordinate with the sentiment on the front of the card. 

Well, I'm down to the wire on the DT Call, so I better pop over and get this baby entered! Thanks for stopping by today, and enjoy the rest of your week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Tiddly Inks DT Call
Viva la Verve August 2014 Week 1 Sketch Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Make it Sparkle
Freshly Brewed Challenge--August Challenge #1: Buttons
Paper Issues: Mix Tape with Hazel & Ruby

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Ballerina Birthday

I was visiting the Tuesday Morning Sketch blog and they have a sponsor this week who has the most adorable digital images--All Dressed Up. The images are sold on Etsy, but they also have a blog. This is my first encounter with these little cuties, but it won't be my last!

Abi Ballerina is one of All Dressed Up's freebies. Isn't she adorable? :~) I colored her with Copics and used this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch for the layout.

I used a new-to-me Spellbinders die set on the inside, sponged Spun Sugar Distress Ink inside the die on the white sentiment layer, and stamped a Verve birthday sentiment in Peacock Feathers. I ran out of the dark pink dp that I used on the front, and wanted to use it on the inside, too, so I decided to try to duplicate it. Since you could only see the edges of the dp on the front of the card, I think it turned out pretty close. I used a fiery red cs, spritzed it with Bubble Gum Pink Dylusions Ink Spray, then stamped it with an old Inkadinkado stamp (I think it is called Heart Blossom Square) in Frost White Colorbox pigment ink. A word of caution on Dylusions Ink Sprays...rather than take the time to get out my spray box when I sprayed the ink, I decided to just hold the die cut over a trash can and spritz it. BIG MISTAKE! Here's what happened:

You can't see it in this picture, but my thumb, including the nail, is completely pink on the other side, too, and it won't come off! Oh, I know it will eventually wear off, but for a few days I'm stuck with this! I've tried soap and water, baby wipes, stamp cleaner, Staz-On cleaner, and even mineral spirits. Nothing works! I'm used to having ink stained hands, but never anything this vivid or permanent. It would have taken me all of 15 seconds to set up my spray box. You know I won't skip that step again! ;)

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #236

613 Avenue Create Challenge #58: Anything Goes

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10 Candles: A Pop-Up Card

I was lucky enough to get to spend the weekend with some stamping friends, and during our time together, Lisa, an amazingly talented artist, showed us how to create a super cute pop-up birthday card. Just in time, too, because my DD is going to a birthday party on Saturday. :)

The front of the card is decorated just like any other card would be. I chose to use a cupcake image with a candle to go with the inside of the card. The image is colored with Copics, and I added a little bit of Stickles to the candle flame and some Stickles bling to the corners and sides of the card. The card has a twine tie because the pop-up inside the card keeps it from staying closed.

Here is the card, opened. Isn't it just adorable? Lisa had about 20 candles in her card, but this card is for a 10-year old, so I modified the size of the card and only used 9 candles in the center of the card, and one on the sentiment panel (for it to look right, I think you have to have an odd number of candles in the center accordion part). I added Stickles to the center of the flames. The candle die cuts are cut from a retired Sizzix die that Lisa had, but you could probably make your own candles by simply cutting long rectangles and adding a hand-cut flame, or even using flattened paper straws!

Here is a better look at the left and right sides of the inside of the card.

To accommodate the thickness of the accordion folds, this card has a small spine. It would have worked fine with a 1/4" spine, but I wanted to add a Happy Birthday label, so I made mine 1/2" wide.

I'm still trying to catch up from being away from home for 3 days, so this will be it for me for a day or two. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your day!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Monday Challenge: Got Ink?
613 Avenue Create Challenge #45: Anything Goes w/Optional Twist-Holiday Thanks
Challenges 4 Everybody #33: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Happy Day!

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sMOOches!

Last card today, I promise! ;)

I have a great niece who is turning one year old, so I made this fun card for her. As has been the case all day today, the layout is from a Viva la Verve Sketch.

Here's a look at the inside.

That's it for me. I'll be spending a good part of the rest of today reorganizing my stamps. I'm switching to Jennifer McGuire's stamp storage method, and while I know I'm going to love it once it's done, it is quite a chore switching over!

Thanks for visiting my blog, and have a fantastic day!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge VLVSep2013, Week 2

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use a Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Product (the Circle Border die and Happy Birthday sentiment are both SSS products)

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Happy Snuggles!

Hi Friends! Have you had a good weekend? My DD came away from her birthday party yesterday with a big grin, and she's spent the day today putting together her new Friends Lego House (finally, Lego came out with decent girl sets!). So, our weekend was great!

I hope you don't get tired of seeing new baby wall hangings. I've got another one to share with you today, and I still have four more to make. This one is adorable, and a little unusual, so I think you'll enjoy it.

I talked to one of my nephews at the birthday party, and he said he and his wife don't really care for pink and frills for their new daughter's room, so they are going with a forest friends theme, and are using reds, blues, and whites as the main colors. I had just bought a digital paper pack from Print Candee called Forest Friends, and it is almost exactly what my nephew described. Also, I just got a baby shower invitation from them, and it has the cutest little group of owls across the top, so the owl from Paper Smooches' Chubby Chums set was an obvious choice.

I used the Viva la Verve July 2012 Week 2 sketch for this creation, but I made mine square and used a twig for the narrow strip in the center.

And, the Color Throwdown Challenge CTD199 fit right in with the nursery color theme!

I colored the owl with Copics, used Glossy Accents for the eyes, and put Stickles on the beak. Then, I went outside and found a little twig to stand him on. I tied the twig with twine, but also used some Glossy Accents to hold it in place.

I didn't want to add any rhinestones or pearls, since it's a nature theme, so to give it a little more girly feel, I added some white cotton lace and some dangling, gold sparkly trim.

As I did for the last baby wall hanging, I decorated the back so I could use this as my shower gift card, too. The sentiment was created in Word, printed on a transparency, and rubbed onto the cs. Oh, and I got the sentiment from the book, Words to the Rescue 2.

This was so much fun to make! Now I need to find out what my other nieces and nephews will be doing in their nurseries!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful week. :)

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve July 2012 Week 2 Sketch Challenge
Color Throwdown CTD199
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful BBB24: The Beauty of Winged Things
Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge #147
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #110: BINGO (Lace-Flowers-Diecut)
Catch the Bug Challenge-July: Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away #49: Doilies and Lace
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #23: Photo Inspiration

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Stamps: Chubby Chums (Paper Smooches); Hello Baby (Flourishes); Burlap background (Stamp Camp); Welcome Baby (Recollections)
Paper: Forest Friends, Hexagon Colorful digital papers (Print Candee); corrugated cardboard; chipboard
Ink: Distress Ink; Memento; Copic markers
Dies: Floral Ovals, Romantic Rectangles, Labels Twenty-Five (Spellbinders); French Pastry Doily (Cherry Lynn Designs)
Accessories: Designer Pine punch (McGill); embossing powder (Zing); lace; gingham ribbon; flower; eyelets; twine; sewing thread; twig; Glossy Accents; Stickles; foam dots
Size: 6.25" x 6.25" (not including lace trim)

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Happy Bird-Day

Hello Friends! Well, today was the last day of school here, and my daughter is soooo happy! Truth be told, I'm pretty happy about that, too. It will be nice to just hang out around here with her, with no schedule to keep for awhile. I'm really lucky that my daughter is the type of kid who is fun to be around, so having her with me all day is a treat.

The card I want to share with you today is a birthday card for a child. Kids cards are not my forte, but I keep trying.

For this one, I used a new set of stamps that I recently won from Paper Smooches in a Simon Says Stamp challenge. I have wanted to try Paper Smooches stamps for awhile because the cards I've seen them on are always so cute, and with several kids parties coming up for us soon, I knew they would be perfect! Thanks, Kim! I love my new stamps!!!













For my inaugural Paper Smooches card, I decided to play along with the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge (I flipped the horizontal image upside down), and I used the Color Throwdown #192 colors.

The sketch was perfect for a bird on a wire-type image. I added the pink pine needles simply because I just bought the punch and couldn't wait to use it for something. :)

Isn't that bird the cutest! I colored it with my Copics, then added Sparkly Fluff for texture. I first used a light pink Sparkly Fluff, but the glitter in it made the bird look a little dirty. So, I added the darker pink over that, and loved it. That's Stickles on the beak and hat, and the eyes are a little googly with Glossy Accents.

I used an Our Craft Lounge stamp for the inside sentiment and the Abstract Flower punch was another recent purchase I was itching to use. Before gluing the white layer to the pink layer, I masked all but the punched area and used distress inks to color the flowers, then after gluing it down, I added Stickles for more sparkle. 

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: May 14-20, 2012 Designer Draft Sketch Challenge

Color Throwdown CTD192

Simon Says Challenge: Clean & Simple

Cute Card Thursday 217: A Touch of Sparkle

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge #39: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back in a little while with a more masculine kid's birthday card.

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Stamps: Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches); Big Birthday Wishes (Our Craft Lounge)
Ink: Memento; Distress Ink; Colorbox; Copic markers
Dies: Nested Lacey Pennants (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Designer Pine punch (McGill); Abstract Flower edge punch (EK Success); Polka Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); buttons; twine (The Twinery); Sparkly Fluff (Our Craft Lounge); Stickles; Glossy Accents; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #134: A Magical Day

Hello Friends, and Happy Tuesday! You are going to love the sketch this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Kathy designed a square card with diagonals--FUN! And, if you haven't played along with us at TMS before, now's the time to get started. Our sponsor this week is Pixie Dust Studio, and you should check out the digi stamps there. Too, too cute!!!








I used Lily Pad's Virginia's View Challenge #2 as my inspiration for the colors and part of the design. I couldn't resist when I saw all those dots. Liquid Pearls and Stickles are two of my best friends lately! :)

The image is a Pixie Dust Studio digital stamp called Laurel Wings. Isn't she sweet? I had such fun coloring her with my Copics and adding Stickles to her wings and flowers. And, take a look at all those dots!!!

The inside is simple, but still feminine: 

So, will you play along with us this week? I hope so. You have until Sunday at 8PM EST to link your creation. The rest of the design team has lots more inspiration for you to feast your eyes on at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog, and all the details for the challenge are there, too. I can't wait to see your project! Thanks for stopping by!

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Stamps: Laurel Wings (Pixie Dust Studio); Proud as a Peacock, In Flight (Our Craft Lounge); In the Park (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: The Whimsy Matstack (DCWV)
Ink: Copic markers; Distress; Memento
Dies: Classic Rectangles Sm, Classic Scalloped Rectangles Sm (Spellbinders); Tiny Sweet Scallop (Verve)
Accessories: Clear embossing powder; seam binding (Hug Snug); rhinestones; eyelet; button; flowers (Recollections); foam dots; Glossy Accents; Stickles; Liquid Pearls; Enamel Accents; Shimmer Spritz
Size: 4.25" square

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