Baby Cards

I was inspired by Clean & Simple Stamping Sketch #177 to make a bunch of baby cards for my stash.  These were quick and easy and best of all, now I have 4 of them! 

 The patterned paper is double sided, so I didn't even have to search for lots of papers to use!

 All the stamps I used are from Hero Arts Clear Set Baby CL352, purchased at http://www.iheartpapers.com/ over a year ago, sitting un-inked until now!

I didn't finish the insides, but I can see when the time comes that I'll be able to use these cute little images on the inside too!

 I'm going to be sharing my cards over at Use It Tuesday, where they are looking for baby cards and at CASual Fridays where the theme is Hey Baby!  Thanks so much for looking.  My next post will be knitted item...my first this year!

Stamps:  Hero Arts Clear Set Baby
Paper:  Reminisce, CTMH, various
Ink:  CTMH Black, copics
Accessories:  Misc brads, an old CD to make that big circle, spellbinders circle dies to make the smaller circles.

Paper Peicing with My Favorite Things Stamps

Recently, I have become the proud owner of several My Favorite Things (MFT) Stamps and Die-namics.  I couldn't wait to ink this A la Mode - Oh Baby!  After many years of no babies being born, suddenly it seems like they are everywhere I go!  I made this card for our LSS Donna, who had a new baby boy in November.   I always feel a little extra pressure when making a card for Donna, just cause she is so darned good at it herself! 

And, as luck would have it, Paper Piecing is the challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog. and MFT is this weeks sponsor! It's been a while since I was able to join the ladies over there every week and I am so happy to be able to play around with them and check out all the great stuff that the participants have to show.

Anyway, I searched in my stash for some fun boy paper and found this Reminisce Baby Boy Footprint that I picked up eons ago (I also have it in pink!).   Paired with the brown, I think it is just adorable.  Since my mojo hasn't been around much, I used the Sweet Stop Sketch #140 and it worked out better than I could have imagined.

I really do love paper piecing, and sometimes when I am in my scrap room I have been know to abandon a project mid-design to do a little paper piecing on a totally different image!  Is it any wonder the place is a disaster?  LOL!

So, last week was a long one.  A few Dr's appts for hubby, a dentist appt for me, the girls got their eyes checked again for glasses and I worked for 2 days.  So come Friday, and -33 Celsius I was not a happy camper.  After driving the kids to school I was frozen so I climbed into bed, clothes and all just to warm up.  That was at 9:30 am.  I crawled out of bed at 1:30 in the afternoon.  Now, for some people this might be normal, but even Hubby commented that in the 17+ years we've been together he's never seen me sleep so late.  The nice thing is, I woke up feeling completely refreshed...more rested than I have felt in months, maybe even years.  I guess the body wants what the body wants. :) 

I hope you all have a restful Sunday, and thank you so much for visiting my blog.

Stamps:  MFT A la Mode - Oh Baby

Paper:  Reminisce Baby Boy Footprint, Brown Bazzill, White
Ink:  Copic Markers, Versamark Black
Accessories:  Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Label Sixteen

Monkey Baby

This card is just sweet...that's what I think when I see it.  I used a colour of cardstock that I'm sure I've had in my stash since I first started with CTMH back in 2006 - Taffy.  I think that most who have bought the paper pack samplers still have this hanging around.  Amazing that I would actually need it one day!  LOL!

I made this card for my daughter's teacher from last year.  She just a baby girl last week, a little earlier than expected.  We see her husband, who is also a teacher at our school, all the time so I'll be giving it to him today. 

The image came from Pink Cat Studio's and is called Giraffe and Monkey.  It's a digital stamp, and I can see that I am going to have so much fun with this one.  The layout is from Sunday Sketch and Stamp, although I didn't use the scalloped bit of the sketch.  Also amazing is that this ribbon that I picked up at the dollar store eons ago matches that darned Taffy paper perfectly.  This card must have been written in the stars.

New furnace is in and we're all toasty warm.  Looking forward to the weekend too...so much to do and so little time!  Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?  I'm thinking we might put up the tree this weekend, but don't tell the kids!

Stamps:  Pink Cat Studio Giraffe and Monkey
Paper:  CTMH Blush, Taffy and Basic Grey Two Scoops
Ink:  Copic Markers
Accessories:  Kaiser Craft Pearls, Misc. Dollar Store Ribbon.