thank you, baby girl...with a flouffy bow.

A set of thank you cards for an expectant mama - because she's gonna need them.



Nothing too complicated, so they could be easily reproduced.

I die-cut a onesie shaped card, stamped it full of stripes, and added some trim (the details make the outfit, in fashion and in card-making alike!)



The whimsical paper-smooches sentiment wraps on top of the heart.  The period in this sentence is a ballerina pink sequin.

Done.

Make six of them and wrap it up with a bow.

♥.

ps, did you happen to see the new CASE study muse sneak peek? compare it to *this post* and see if you can figure things out :)

missing you: PDCC #144

I am squeezing in an entry for this week's Play Date Cafe challenge:

And here's my card:

I layered PTI's distressed stripes on the card base in pink and yellow, with a peach doily, some patterned papers, and a CSS ragdoll (colored in bubblegum shades to meet the challenge.)

Hope you like it!

Well hello there, sir...

This one is for CAS-ual Fridays current challenge: using dies or punches.

My preppy mister is decked out in a plaid shirt (stamped using PTI's "distressed stripes") and dapper bow-tie.

I used a die from Lil' Inker Designs for the bow, and a label from Clear & Simple Stamps.  The sentiment is courtesy of Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for passing by!

no-bunny, no-eggy easter cards...

When a nice lady from church says: "I heard you make nice cards.  Will you make my a few Easter ones to give out to my friends?" you say yes, and ask questions later.  Now, it makes total sense that she wouldn't want Easter cards with bunnies or easter eggs on them, but that's all I seem to own.  Oh dear.

I found this card of Ashley's and thought it would translate to a nice Easter card:

I'm still working through the "my mind's eye" christmas papers that I've got - I'm determined to use them all before next Christmas :)  The sheet music background worked perfectly for this card.

And Betsy made a beautiful card in the latest Papercrafts magazine that I couldn't help but CASE.  I computer-generated the greeting, and used "distressed stripes" to create the multi-colored sun-rays...

I'm also entering this card into the latest Papertrey Princess challenge: to use the negative of a die-cut.  I'm technically using the positive and negatives together, so I hope it still counts!

Thanks for peeking!

CAS-ual Fridays: oh baby!

I feel like I'm making an awful lot of baby cards & stuff lately, so what's a few more *wink.*

When I saw the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, my first thought was: darn, I just posted a baby card yesterday!  haha.  But I do know of a few more pregnant friends who will be needing cards, so...

I made a girl/boy mix :)

I used PTI's "distressed stripes" for this super-simple baby card.  I stamped 1 of the stripes repeatedly over the front in SU's pool party ink.  The sentiment was created using a lawn fawn alpha set.  I textured the focal mat using PTI's linen+canvas impression plate (the canvas side).  I think it adds a nice touch, echoing the distressed nature of the stripes...

I love how the girl version turned out!  I stamped b-a-b-y (using lawn fawn's "quinn's abcs") and then created masks for each of the letters.  Using images from "blissful botanicals," I stamped a little floral and butterfly scene.  After removing the masks, I colored everything in quickly with copics (I love how I always say "quickly" about my copic coloring - because that's really all I know how to do!) and gave it some texture with the same PTI impression plate (the linen side on this card).

Thanks for peeking!

PTI anniversary, day 10: paper airplanes.

I made a quick 2nd interactive card for today's challenge.  I mimicked their new spiral die and came up with this:

I stamped "distressed stripes" in 3 SU ink colors: pale plum, daffodil delight, and pool party.  The colors are repeated in the paper airplane, the swirl, and the sentiment (all from "happy trails").  The card front is almost completely flat (except for the paper-pieced airplane), but when you open it up:

It's a party, yo.