Crafty Creations Challenge #175 Baby, Baby, Baby

It is baby time and the challenge at Crafty Creations Challenges #175 is to create a project for a baby - welcome baby, baby shower, whatever!

I created this clean and simple card using die cuts from K&Co. I just added the stamped word 'BABY' using Fresh Alphabet (Papertrey Ink) and some glittery bling on the body of the butterfly.

You will need to check out the other baby creations by the design team ... head over to the Crafty Creations Challenges blog to see and also to upload your creation to win a prize from The Stamping Boutique!!

See you there!!

Crafty Creations Challenge #161 - The Cow Jumped Over the Moon

This week at Crafty Creations Challenge #161 the challenge is to create project/card with your favourite childhood fairy tale character.  When I was little I had a clock that showed the cow jumping over the moon that I loved.  So, when I saw this image from Meljen's Designs Digital Stamps, I knew what I'd be doing!!

And here is a close up showing the dimension!

The little star on the sentiment banner is made from no bake clay cut with a small shape cutter. 

Now you need to go check out what the rest of Design Team Group 2 did:

Peggy

Jaime

Lindsey

Kathleen

and check out the Crafty Creations Challenge blog where items will be posted by anyone from Design Team Group 1 who couldn't resist these lovely Mother Goose images as well.

Now it's your turn ... create an item that is inspire by your favourite childhood fairy tale character and link it up at Crafty Creations Challenges!!  See you there!!

Donelda

Tuesday Morning Sketch #119 - Noah

Decided to play along with Tuesday Morning Sketches again!  A great sketch this week by none other than Kathy Curry!! 

I had fun using this image from smARTworks.  It was watercoloured using my Stampin' Up! watercolour pencil crayons.

Had to try one of those little bows like Jill Foster puts on all her cards.  It was a perfect addition for the sketch.

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

Baby Doily Card

Remember those Martha Stewart Doilies I had been making (Here, Here, Here and Here if you missed them), well, they are really addictive!!  There is a whole group on Flickr if you'd like to see called The Embellished Paper Doily Project.  I saw this one by MariePscraps and loved the colors so I decided to use it as inspiration.  Here is my end result! 

I decided to make it into a baby card (the tag says Sweet Baby - Mixed Messages - Papertrey Ink) but I realize you can barely see it).   While it doesn't look like there is much stamping on here, there is more than you might think.  The white swirls on the blue are Fancy Flourishes (Papertrey Ink) with white embossing powder.  Aslo the yellow has yellow polka dots (Polka Dot Basics - Papertrey Ink) done in a slightly darker yellow than the cardstock.  The key to these doilies is all in the details!!

Leave me a comment and let me know if you like the doilies?  and share if you've made one of your own!!!

Donelda

Baby Cards ... Squared!?

Hi everyone!   I told you I had some baby cards and here they are.  I don't make baby cards very often since most of my friends have pre-teens or teenages!  But I couldn't resist using these cute little stickers that I actually found at Dollarama!  But there is an item on these cards that I have had for at least 3 years ... just sitting there waiting to be used!  Those epoxy sqauares!!  They came on a sheet with the various shades of blues, greens, and some purple and yellow!

I created the hippo card first.  I selected various colors of green and blue and added a few purple squares in the desgin.  Then, I matted it witha piece of light blue paper.  Tied a purple know, added the hippo and a small sentiment.  I added all of this onto a white card base. 

The second card, the duck, was created with the left over squares - greens and the yellow.  While I like purple, green and blue color combo I think I like the duck card best!! 

It feels so nice to finally use these squares.  I have a bunch of other colors too (browns and greys) that will make really interesting cards as well.  You will likely see them some day in the future!! 

Supplies: Stamps - hippo sentiment from Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink), duck sentiment from Limitless Labels (Papertrey Ink); Paper - various from my scrap stash!!; Ink - hippo card uses Lavender Lace (Stampin' Up!), duck card uses Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink); Other  - yellow ribbon (Michaels'), Lavender Moon silk ribbon (Papertrey Ink), epoxy square stickers (Dollarama), animal stickers (Dollarama).

Well, have a wonderful day.  Hopefully the sun is shining where you are :-)
Donelda

Black Pink and White Baby Card

A friend of mine had a beautiful baby girl!

We are having a baby shower for her so I wanted to make a special card to welcome the new baby.

A few months ago, my friend told me they were considering painting the baby's room in black, white and blue circles if it were a boy and black, white, and pink in flowers if it were a girl. Once I heard that, I went home and made this.

The flowers are stamped using white acrylic paint. Then, I stamped the pink polka dot centers using Hibuscus Burst (Papertrey Ink) onto white scrap cardstock, covered them with clear embossing powder, and punched them out with a 1/2" circle punch. The reset of the card if pretty straight forward!

Supplies: Stamps - Garden of Life, Beautiful Blooms, anniversary set (I can never remember the name of it) (all Papertrey Ink); Ink - Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink), black; Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black (Stampin Up!), Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink); Other - wide grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink), whtie acrylic paint, 1/2" circle punch, oval and scallop oval dies (Nestabilities), dimensionals.

Thanks for dropping in.

Donelda

Noah's Ark

This awesome stamp is from smARTworks and makes creating baby cards a snap!! Plus it is such a great image to color...if you like that sort of thing!!

Supplies: Stamps - Noah's Ark, Cookie Plate #1 (sentiment), Cookie Plate #2 (background image) (all from smARTworks); Ink - Black, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip (all Stampin' Up!); Paper - Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White (all Stampin' Up!); Ohter - water pencil crayons (Stampin' Up!), paint brush, 1 1/2" circle punch.

Enjoy!!

Donelda

Fun Fold Card Challenge

Today's challenge at SCS is to make a Flap Fold Card (Try a New Technique #161). It looked like a fun new fold so I decided to give it a try. For directions, follow the link I've included above.

I've had this awesome Making Memories paper for a LONG time and I've just had a really hard time finding a way to use it. Part of the problem is that I've not had cardstock that matched close enough to the colors in the paper. However, I've just recently bought the Soft Subtles cardstock multi-pack from Stampin' Up and realized that 3 of the colors match the colors in this paper - green, blue and the pink. So, I pulled it out to use it for the base of this card!!!

I used my Provo Craft scallop scissors to cut the circle of Celery cardstock around the circle image and flap!

Overall, I kept the whole thing Clean and Simple!! The stripes certainly took center stage. I am waiting to hear if a co-worker had her baby this past holiday weekend. I think this card will be workable for either a boy or a girl!!

Thanks for visiting.

Donelda

A Few Challenge Items

I've been working on some of my favorite challenges today. I am going to up load them so people can link to my blog and see them.

Here is an altered frame for Caardvarks (see link on right). I love the designer paper!! Not so keen on how the swirl turned out!! Chipboard and I don't seem to get along. It never ends up looking like I want it to look!!

Supplies: Designer paper is Overton House Designs by EK Success, Cardstock is So Saffrom by SU!, Ink is Barely Banana and Close to Cocoa (SU!), Stamps-Delight in Life (SU!) and Beautiful Blossoms (Papertrey Ink); Accessories-Taffeta Ribbon(SU!), Chipboard swirl (fancy Pants)

Next up is this cute little baby card to show the baby love for Caardvarks (see link on right). Very little stamping on this card but I love that pieced bunny!!

Supplies: Paper-background is from K&Company, blues are from We R Memories; Ink-basic black (SU!); stamps-just one of the Studio g stamps from Michael's; Accessories-black pen(zig), white gel pen (Marvy), buttons and ribbon (unknown).

Thanks for dropping by tonight. Donelda

Sweet Green Thumb

Here is another card that is inspired by Kristina and her blog kwernerdesign. She is amazing so if you don't check her blog everyday (like I do) you should go over there and check it out!! When I first became interested in Papertrey Ink stamps by Nicole Heady (also an increadible stamper whose blog I also check every day - go check it out!), I fell in love with the little grasshopper in the Green Thumb set. However, last night I realized that I've had the stamp since the middle of November and still had not even used it yet!! That is HORRIBLE so I immediately too him out and got to work! I started out with that awesome strip of green paper with vanilla polka dots. Believe it or not but I think it was the very first piece of designer paper I ever bought!! I remember because I was looking for pink and brown stripes for a certian card and that is what is on the back of this piece. Unfortunately, because I bought it so long ago, I have no idea who makes it. You can tell that I never throw out any paper no matter how small the piece is. You never know when you'll need just a tiny piece of something! Anyway, back to the card. I added some vanilla cardstock and made some black dots along the top edge. Then I stamped the grasshopper in celery ink and then added the celery colored ribbon along the left edge of the card. Finally, I added the sentiment "sweet baby". Since this is green, it would be usable for a baby boy or girl card. Supplies: Cardstock-Kraft (SU), Very Vanilla (SU), green (unknown); Ink-Certainly Celery, Basic Black (SU); Stamp-Green Thumb (Papertrey Ink), Fancy Flexible Phrases (SU); Accessories-ribbon (dollar bin at Michaels), 1" circle punch (SU), black marker. Thanks for visiting.