Baby Bears

I'm playing along today with the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp.  I needed a few baby cards so I pulled out this cute little bear from WPlus9 and paired him with some Studio Calico papers.  To finish them off I scattered a few Simon Says Stamp stars to frame the sentiments from Taylored Expressions and MFT.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White, Black) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Story Time 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (Bear and cloud from Little Dreamers) Wplus9, (Sentiment from Simple Sentiments) Taylored Expressions, (Sentiment from Essential Sentiments) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow'

Dies:  (Stars) Simon Says Stamp, (Scalloped rectangle) Wplus9

Markers:  (R02, B45, C1, W1, W3, W5) Copic

The Snuggle Is Real

Today's card is for the colour challenge at the Paper Players and the Stock Your Stash (baby) challenge at Reverse Confetti.  The RC onesie stamps are my favourites for baby cards especially this one that says "The snuggle is real." I layered it on a pierced circle from Lil' Inker Designs and combined a Simon Says die with an Altewnew stamp to create the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (So Saffron, Marina Mist, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Onesie from Cute As A Button) Reverse Confetti, (Little One from Baby Zoo) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bashful Blue) Stampin' Up

Die:  (Pierced circle) Lil' Inker Designs, (Welcome) Simon Says Stamp

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Plaid Baby Welcome

I've got two cards today for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  I haven't made any baby cards in ages and this sketch also looked like a good opportunity to use some more patterned paper.  I've combined a Simon Says Stamp die cut sentiment with a Hero Arts teddy bear and some MFT (pink) and Lawn Fawn (blue) patterned papers.

Our lockdown has been extended for two more weeks but it looks like a few retail stores (hardware, garden supplies & pet supplies) will be able to open for limited hours starting next week.  Hooray!  It's been so frustrating to be home knowing there's a million projects we could be working on if we just had the supplies.  Fingers crossed we'll be able to get a few things accomplished in the next couple of weeks.  

Hope you're all staying safe and well!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Pretty in Pink, Bermuda Bay, Smokey Slate, Basic Black) Stampin; Up

Patterned Paper:  (Pink from County Fair Plaid 6x6) My Favourite Things, (Blue from Perfectly Plaid 6x6) Lawn Fawn

Stamps:  (Bear from New Baby) Hero Arts, (Sentiment from Just Hatched) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko
Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Welcome) Simon Says Stamp

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Time to Celebrate Baby!

Hello!

This morning I've got a card (in 2 colours) for the Stock Your Stash challenge at Reverse Confetti where this month's theme is Oh, Baby!  These onesie images are so adorable and are the first stamps I reach for when I need to make a baby card.  This time I paired them with a sentiment from a birthday set but I think it works great for any kind of celebration!  

I'm also playing along over at Addicted to Stamps and More where this week's theme is Anything Goes.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Onesie from Cute As A Button, Sentiment from Birthday Wishes) Reverse Confetti

Inks:  (Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantaloupe) Stampin' Up

Other:  (Nuvo Liquid Mercury Crystal Drops) Tonic

Bright Birthdays and Babies

I've got some more Just for the Heck of It cards today.  I became obsessed with these Pretty Pink Posh Stacked Edges dies thanks to Jeanne Jachna and cards like these and this and this.  They add so much movement and colour to her cards and are a big change for me from my usual white card bases. 

For the first two cards I used a Papertrey Ink birthday die cut.  I stacked it 3 times and then covered it with Glossy Accents. 

For these next two cards I uses a Simon Says Stamp sentiment and a little teddy bear from Mama Elephant.  I really wanted the backgrounds to be the star of the show so I kept the rest of the cards pretty simple.

CASology #314

Welcome to Week 314 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

Today's cue word gave me the perfect chance to finally ink up this sentiment from MFT which I think is totally adorable.  Of course, I had to make a girl card too - just 'cause.  :)

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Anna Uhras

Bharati Nayudu

Deidre Payne

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Marcie Sharp

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sue Symens

This week's guest designer:

Claire G.

** We're back to weekly challenges now that the summer is over!**

Link your creations to the CASology blog by Monday, 1 October at 9am (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  (Onesie from Cute As A Button) Reverse Confetti, (Sentiment from Welcome Baby) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Arctic, Frosty Pink) Altenew

Gems:  Recollections

Baby Birds

Hello there!

I've got a card to share today for the Baby challenge at Addicted To CAS.  I had fun mixing and matching stamp companies for this one.  The baby bird and sentiment are Mama Elephant, the background pattern is Altenew and the star frame is Avery Elle.  I love it when they all play so well together!  Of course I couldn't just make a girl card so I made a boy card too.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (So Saffron) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Owl, egg & sentiment from Just Hatched) Mama Elephant, (Dotty circle from Halftone Circles) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (So Saffron) Stampin' Up, (Party Dress, Fiesta Blue) Catherine Pooler
Die:  (Star frame) Avery Elle

Gems:  Recollections

Super Cute Laundry

Hi there!  

It was an absolutely perfect day here today - cool, dry, sunny and breezy.  It was wonderful to turn off the air con and have all the doors and windows wide open.  If I could bottle this weather and keep it forever I'd be happy.  :)

I've got a card to share for the current Card Concept challenge - for the clean and layered category I'd say.  I was inspired by the baby theme and the pastel drawers led to my colored rectangles.  The baby clothes and sentiment are NBUS from My Favourite Things.  This was a bit tricky to photograph as the coloured Bazzill paper has a bit of a shine to it.  I'm trying to use up some of the random pieces of coloured card stock that I have kicking around instead of always going straight for my Stampin' Up stuff.  I ended up making 2 since I originally cut 3 pieces of each colour.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up, (Pink, yellow, green, blue, white) Bazzill

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Welcome, Baby) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukeniko

Dies:  (Baby clothes) My Favourite Things, (Stitched Rectangle) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #253

Welcome to Week 253 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I don't seem to have all that many clothing images in my stamp and die collection outside of baby clothes so I went with what I have.  Originally I was just going to have the onesie replace the "a" in baby but it didn't look quite right.  Then I placed a Lawn Fawn "a" on the onesie and it pretty much obscured it.  I then found a smaller Papertrey "a" which fit in the onesie perfectly.  Looking at it now I'm not sure I like it.  Maybe it needs a bigger onesie with an "a" that matches the other letters.  I may have to play with this design again.  What do you guys think?

I had to make a boy version of the card too of course!

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design team then play along!

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas 

Janet Ribet

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino (Taking a break)

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Rachel Bergfeld

Sherrie Mannion

This week's guest designer:

Amy

This week's sponsor:

Stamplorations

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Textured white) Bazzill, (Melon Mambo, Island Indigo, Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Pink plaid from Perfectly Plaid 6x6, Blue plaid from Perfectly Plaid Winter 6x6) Lawn Fawn

Stamps:  (Welcome from Welcome Baby) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukeniko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Onesie) My Favourite Things, (B & Y letters) Lawn Fawn, (A) Papertrey Ink

Other:  (Nuvo Ebony Black Crystal Drops) Tonic

Welcome to the World

Hi there!  I finally got around to tackling the latest Sketch for You to Try over at Reverse Confetti.  I pulled out the adorable onesie stamps again and stamped them in ombre colours.  The top half of each one is popped up with foam tape and the bottom half is adhered directly to the card.  The sentiment is from a different set and I thought a sparkly little garland would add to the celebration of a new arrival.  Of course I had to make one in blue as well and really should have made a neutral one too.  Maybe I'll get to that tomorrow... 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Blushing Bride, Basic Black) Stampin' Up, (Blue) Paperbilities, (Silver glitter) DCWV

Stamps:  (Onsie & heart from Cute As a Button, Sentiment from My World) Reverse Confetti

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukeniko, (Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Ruby Red, Arctic, Caribbean Sky, Persian Blue) Altenew

Dies:  (Double Scallop Garland) Reverse Confetti, (Pierced circle) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

Baby Boom

Hello there!  

I've got a card today for the Muse challenge and the Paper Players CAS Baby card challenge.  Jenni's sweet little baby card provides plenty of inspiration.  I picked up on the baby clothes on a white panel over gingham.  I inked up these adorable Reverse Confetti onesies, fussy cut them and popped them up on foam tape onto the Lil' Inker pierced squares.  The gingham background is from Market Street Stamps (sadly no longer in existence).  I couldn't just make one pink card so I made three more in other colours using the different onesies.

  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  ((Onesies from Cute As A Button) Reverse Confetti, (Gingham) Market Street Stamps

Inks:  (Bubblegum) My Favourite Things, (So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky) Stamping' Up

Die:  (Pierced square) Lil' Inker Designs

Gems:  Recollections

CASology #222

Welcome to Week 222 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

I tried really hard to come up with something really clever for this week's cue word but my brain wasn't cooperating so in the end I went for a Welcome Baby card.  It's actually a good thing as I have run out of them in my stash.  I ended up making 5 of them using different papers from the Studio Calico Story Time collections.  The colours are quite pale in these pictures but they look soft and pretty in real life.  :)

     

Looking forward to seeing what direction the cue word takes you.  Check out the gorgeousness from the rest of the design and then play along!   

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Deidre Payne

Hannelie Bester

Hazel Hodgkins

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Judy Marino

Kymona Tracey

Melissa Chipperfield 

Sherrie Mannion

Tracey McNeely

This week's guest designer:

Anna

This week's sponsor:

Cindy B Designs

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CDT).

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Soft Stone) Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper:  (Story Time 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (All from Nursery Deco) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  Recollections

Plaid Elephant & Hurricane

We're battening down the hatches here in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Nicole.    Last I checked she's a Category 2 with a chance of upgrade to Category 3 arriving sometime tonight.  Not nearly the monster that Matthew was but it will still make for a stressful 24 hours.  I figured I'd get a post in today since I don't know what the power/internet situation will be tomorrow.

I'm playing along with the Oh Baby challenge at Cupcake Inspirations.  How cute is that My Favourite Things elephant?  I love him!  This was pretty quick to put together.  I used some Lawn Fawn plaid paper and an ancient Hero Arts sentiment (which is probably my favourite baby sentiment) and that was pretty much it!

Okay, back to last minute preparations.  Have a wonderful day!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Perfectly Plaid Winter 6x6) Lawn Fawn

Stamps:  (Sentiment from CL352) Hero Arts

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Elephant, Wonky Stitched Circle) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections