I'm a Great-Aunt

Well my niece has had a lovely little baby girl called Ava. I'm looking forward to visiting tomorrow to have a cuddle. I managed to get this card done today at a monthly get together with stamping friends and borrowed a camera (and photographer-thanks Lee) to share it with you. I have cased it from a card created by a Canadian Stampin' Up! demonstrator Andrea Walford's (awesome blog, check it out)

I have used the Baroque motifs stamp set, Orchid Opulence and Old Olive ink & card along with oval & circle punches. The flowers are prima and of course I had to add a little bling. I was quite happy with my version. I hope it makes the new mum smile.

Baby Boom -Part 2

Here's another baby card that, when I saw it, I had to make .

I have used Baja Breeze cardstock and Designer Series Paper along with Apricot Appeal cardstock and ribbon. The baby's face is just a circle that I drew a face on and his/her hair is a piece of frayed Chocolate Chip ribbon. The blanket is made with a scallop that I cut using a Nestabilities die in my cuttlebug. This one took no time at all and looks great I think.

Thanks for visiting. More soon.

Baby Boom

My niece is having a baby shower on Saturday and I needed a card. I don't have many baby stamps in my collection (something I need to fix I think ) so I went trawling the net to find some inspiration. Well I found dozens of card that I loved so I have made 3 and will decide which one I will give on the the day.

First off I have to show this one. How cute is this. It's called a gel card and you use a zip-lock bag with some hair gel in it. There is a tutorial here and the card I CASEd is here (but I must say I like mine better!).

I've used patterned paper from the Baja Breeze Designer Series Paper layered on Pink Pirouhette and Baja Breeze card. The flowers are Prima flowers from my pre-Stampin' Up! days.

I'm happy with how this one turned out. I'm sure it will make my niece smile.

I will share some more cards soon.

Happy Stamping.