Hello baby

A Penny Black stamp for this sweet baby card.

Coloured with Caran d ' Ache Supracolour pencils on watercolour paper. Die cut flower petals are curled around a paint brush to give them dimension. Papers are by Crate Paper and gem swirl from Prima.

The sentiment on the inside is from a stamp collection by Crafty Secrets.

So stinkin' cute

Pink flocked baby elephant for anyone?
This card is to celebrate a new born baby. I don't make a lot of these type cards, but I found a stamp set in the sales basket of one of the craft shops that I go to, so this one got me thinking.

Stamps: Hero Arts
Paper: Basic Grey Sugared collection
Dies: Spellbinders

Flock: Doodlebug.
Brads: Basic Grey
Ink: Memento
Seam binding coloured with Copic markers.

Little wonder baby card

An unusual subject for a card from me; a baby card. I don't often make one of these as there aren't many opportunities in my close circle.
Websters Pages paper lends itself brilliantly for the job, so sweet and soft.

 An 8x8 inch card blank from Papermania with October afternoon papers for the background layers.

Spellbinders dies create such lovely borders and accents on the card. The kraft card is from Tim Holz and the brown printed paper is from a reissued magazine.

 Handmade flowers and butterfly painted with Distress ink, Glimmer Mist and Fairy dust glitter are assembled with a dazzler from Websters pages, a little blue acrylic flower and a gemstone brad. Some foam stickers for extra dimension on the card.

The main image has been decoupaged from 2 layers of paper. The Autumn Leaves sentiment has been heat embossed.

The inside has also been embellished with some designer paper and dies to form a little emblem flower decorated with stick-on pearl halves.

The completed card again with all its embelishments.

Gentle baby card

My colleague had her second baby, a little boy Aaron at the end of April.
I made this little card for her. It is not completely my own idea, I saw it in a book and changed it slightly.
It is easy to make if you have the Cricut and the Plantin Schoolbook and Graphically Speaking cartridges.

The background paper is from K&Co Wedding papers, blue and cream cardstock from American Crafts.

Stardust glitter is used to cover the little stars with a Melissa Francis pearl in the middle.

Cream satin ribbon from Paperchase, tied in a pretty bow. The inside is also covered with designer paper and has a stamped sentiment by Papertrey that reads; welcome baby.

Baby shower gift and card

Hello,
I just want to share with you the gift I made for my colleague's baby. It is a baby bouquet made out of baby clothing and silk flowers. I rolled all the little clothes and wrapped them with floral tape on to wooden dowels.

 When I bought all the stuff, I didn't know if it was going to be boy or girl. It's a girl and I am pleased with the colour scheme.

The items are: a velvet jumpsuit with a little hat, 4 pairs of socks, 1 pant, 1 long-sleeved onesie and 1 bib.

The card I made when the baby was born. I used a Sizzix Hello Kitty die with October Afternoon paper.
The flower is from Prima with Glimmer Mist and faux stitching with a Making Memories eyelet and Doodlebug velvet brad.

 The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the trim from Making Memeories. The card is cut with my Gypsy and using Accent Essentials.

I used Glossy accents for the eyes and nose and coloured with Copics.

Acrylic baby album

A baby album for a colleague.
I made this album for one of my colleagues who was expecting a baby, but did not know if it was a boy or a girl. Tricky scans... She has now given birth and it is a lovely baby girl Laura.
I tried to make the album "gender neutral" and used Little Yellow Bicycle papers called Baby Safari. In the end, my album turned out looking more girly, so I was really pleased when she finally did have a girl. I hope she will love her baby album.
I used a Srappy Cat 6x6 clear acrylic tab album.

 The completed album with ribbons on the book rings.

I sprayed Prima flowers with Perfect Pearls Pearl. Note: the glitter is not so permanent as the Glimmer Mist. You get very shiny fingers. It is the first time I have bought this brand, but won't be buying it again. The chipboard and cork letters are from Making Memories. The rub-on from American Crafts, buttons by Basic Grey, flock sticker by DCWV spring stack. All trims and ribbons by Making Memories. Here I added some Viva pearls on the trim.

A cute little flocked owl.

Artemio clear stamps to stamp all the little animals in the album. All puffy stickers in this album are by Accessorize. American Crafts rub-on and flock stickers from DCWV.

Rub-on by 3 Bugs in a Rug, Artemio tree stamp.

Puffy monkey stickers.

 Rub-on sentiment by DCWV and glazed branch sticker by DCWV.

 I created a photo frame with Nestabilities and used American Crafts eyelets.

A DCWV rub-on with a sweet sentiment and a really cute pink elephant.

 More puffy stickers.

 A tag for the inside of the book. The back has got lined paper to journal on.

 An autumn Leaves clear stamp. The loose tag goes in front of this and can slide behind the sweet cheeks tag.

 American Crafts rub-ons with some Viva pearls.

 Stamped crocodiles, too cute to bite and an American Crafts rub-on. I added 1 page in paper on top of the 5 page acrylic album.

 More puffy giraffe stickers and an American Crafts rub-on on the ribbon.

 I left the last page simple, using the effect of the decorated paper and just adding trim and a rub-on.

 Back of the book, were I might right a little note for the mum.

The finished album.
It has been a picture rich post, but thanks for visiting.

Little one

Hi, A quick baby card to share, made with the Cricut Stamping Cartridge.

I used a pink cardbase with vellum as the background paper. I cut the elements out of pink Coordinations cardstock and changed the color slightly with Copics. I stamped black polka dot flowers on the sentiment. The pram is cut in Making Memories polka dot vinyl. I 'm not sure if the whole layout works, but at least I got my Cricut in action again. It has been a while...

Sweet Baby

It's been raining through the night and it's still coming down this morning, but it makes me feel like spring is on the way. Can't wait for it, so I can go to work again on my little folding bicycle.
There's a cycle path right through the area I live in and it leads me up to the industial estate where the clinic is. I love it, because it leads all through trees and green and I hear the birds sing as I cycle along. It makes my heart happy and calm before the hectic workday starts. In the evening after a long day this is another story, because my legs are so tired from running around 11.5 hours, it takes me a bit longer to cycle home.

I made a baby card for a Spring baby. There 's a card in Cards magazine with the chick cut from A Child's Year for Easter, but it made me think of little ones born at this time of the year, when all is fresh and green and all in nature they 're having their babies.

Supplies: paper Marianne Design and DCWV, cardstock DCWV, flowers Hero Arts, jewels Doodlebug, pearl Papermania, glitter Glitz-it, ink Tsukineko, stamp Basic Grey Offbeat, color Copic, flock Doodlebug, baby and chick A Child's Year, Sweet from Sweethearts cartridge, lime key Shimmerz.

A close-up with the glittered and flocked die-cuts.

This card is also my entry for A Spoon full of Sugar; Spring Time.

I finally bought another permanent adhesive filling for my Xyron 510. I 've had this since 2003, but never used it much due to the price of the refills. I might just start using it a bit more now in combination with my Cricut, but only for the more complicated cuts. I use a Zig pen and mostly it dries before I finish glueing the whole piece. So I got my Xyron back out of the closet after 7 years.