Still No Baby ...

Just a quick post to let anyone reading my blog that there is still no baby yet. We are now two days over due and have no signs of anything happening yet. I will keep you all posted and let you all know when the little bundle of joy finally arrives. I will also post my Thank you cards and Baby announcements that I have made once the baby is here.

On the other hand I have been on a roll and managed to almost finished all of Rhys' Birthday invites. Her birthday isn't until June 6th but I thought I would get going on them before the new baby gets here and I have less time to work on them. I will post them as soon as they are done.

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Another Baby On the Way!

I recently found out that a friend, who I have grown up with since childhood, is expecting her first baby. I wanted to make her a card to show her my excitement for her. As you can probably tell I made the last two cards on the same night. They both have very close to the same feel. I find that is what happens when you can only make so many trips up and down the stairs. You tend to use what you have already dragged up.

I started with last week's sketch from The Sweet Stop. I then turned to my trusty Crumb Cake paper for the base and Stella Rose paper for my pattern paper. I stamped Expecting Bella on some Copic Express paper and coloured her with my copic markers. I cut her out with my Oval Nestabilities and mounted her on some Crumb Cake paper cut with the Scalloped Oval Nestabilitie. I masked my Bella image and then used a sponge and Crumb cake ink to tone down the white of the Copic Express paper. I also ink around the edge with some more Crumb Cake ink. I stitched a zig zig stitch with my sewing machine around the two rectangles. I added three paper flowers to the left lower corner and finished them off with three cream brads from my stash. In the top right corner I added two Bella Blings to finish of the card.

On the inside of the card I stamped one of my favourite baby sentiments with Early Espresso Ink and finished the side of the card with some scraps left over from the front.

I made this post a little early but I do plan to enter it in That's Krafty Thursday over at the Spotted Chick's Blog. I love her That's Krafty Thursday Challenge as all you need to do is use Kraft or Crumb Cake paper somewhere on your card. This is her 50th That's Krafty Thursday Challenge so she challenging everyone so that she gets 50 entries in this weeks Challenge. I challenge you all to join her over at The Spotted Chick. 

Copics Used: E00, E29, E42, T1, YG63, YG67, Y32, BG72, BG75, RV11, R00, R46

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Get Well Soon Linda!

I made this card for my best friend Linda, who just had her second shoulder surgery. I used the Get Well Bella on her get well card last time so I thought I would change it up a bit this time and use Park Bench Bella. I love my Bella stamps, they seem to be my go to stamps for any of my girlfriends. 

I started with this weeks sketch at The Sweet Stop. I then turned to my Stella Rose paper. I love how each pack has so many different papers that all coordinate with each other. It makes building a card so easy. I stamped Bella on some Copic Express paper with some Momento ink. I then coloured her with my copics and paper pieced her shirt, pants and the treat box from left over scraps in my scrap bin. I distressed the edges of the Copic Express paper with Crumb Cake Ink. I then matted the image with Pear Pizzaz cardstock, I also matted the background paper with the same Pear Pizzaz cardstock. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set from Stampin' Up and stamped with Early Espresso ink. I then punched it out with my 1 1/2 inch circle punch. I added a small rinestone to the dogs collar for a little bling. I then added three orange brads from my stash to finish off the card. 

I was able to enter my card in the following challenges: The Sweet Stop Sketch #103, Cupcake Craft Challenge for their Doctor and Nurses / Get Well Challenge, Stamp Something for their Sassy Circles Challenge.

Copics used: G82, E31, E44, E19, E47, T2, W10, BG72

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Teegan's Birthday Card

I made this card for a friend's birthday party my daughter was invited to go to. He is a huge Cars fan. Every gift he got tonight was Cars theme, along with the whole birthday party. I used my Gypsy and the Disney/Pixar Cars cartridge to make the card. I first put the shadow feature on and used black cardstock to make the base of the card. I copied the shadow then flipped and welded the two together to make the base of the card. All of the rest of his features were cut using scraps from my scrap bin. I used the Gypsy to position all of the cuts on one mat so that I only needed to cut once and then layer him all together. I LOVE how he turned out and he wasn't to bad to put together. I don't believe you can cut him any smaller as some of the cuts were pretty small even at this size of about 3 1/2 x 5 3/4. On the inside on the card I printed a sentiment with my computer and then mounted it on a scrap of yellow cardstock. I think I will be making another one of these for another little boys party we have been invited to this weekend. Maybe this time I will try Matter.

I have been working really hard on my baby announcements and some thank you cards for when the baby comes. I unfortunately won't be able to post them until after the baby arrives as some of my family don't know what we are having and want to be surprised. I will post them a soon as the little one arrives. 

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Crayon Wallet

I thought I would show you one of my sewing projects I have been working on the last couple of days. This is my trial crayon wallet. I found the idea on Etsy during one of my late night surfing moments. I bought the pattern from Jennifer Casa here at her Etsy shop. The instructions were great and super easy to follow. I want to make one to match my new diaper bag. This one is just my trial run as the fabric to match my diaper bag was quite expensive. I a m glad I did a trial run because there are a few things I learned as I went. The wallet holds 8 crayons, a 3x5 note pad and some stickers. I thought this would be great to carry in the diaper bag for those moments with my 2 1/2 year when you are waiting at a restaurant or at the Doctor's Office. I also have plans to make a few more for gifts for friends who have kids. It only took me about 2 hours to do. That is without counting the countless interruptions from my daughter for snacks and juice. Also the power went out at my house for about 1 hour and 1/2 right in the middle while I was on a roll. 

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Wedding Shower Gift

Tonight I attend a Bridal Shower for a family friend. They are getting married in Los Cabos, Mexico this April. I decided to make this container and fill it with $1 U.S bills. We usually give a gift like this at the wedding but because we are not going on this destination wedding I thought it would be nice to give it to her at the Shower. 

I bought the cylinder tube at my local scrapbook store. I wrapped it in an old wedding paper line from Cloud Nine Design. The ribbon around the edge of the tube was from my stash of ribbon. I cut a circle with my cricut from Whisper White cardstock and stamped the Bella and Fella Wedding image onto it. I also cut a scalloped circle with my cricut from some Grey Bazzil Bling paper. The sentiment is from a old Stampin' Up set (sorry I can't remember the name right now). I coloured Bella and her Fella with Stampin' Up markers. Her dress and veil are covered in Dazzling Diamonds.

For this card I started with a 4 x 6 black card base and the card sketch from this weeks Get Sketchy challenge. The stripped pattern paper is from the same Cloud Nine Wedding Line as the one I used on the tube. I wanted to use my new stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs. I stamped the image onto some Whisper White cardstock and coloured them in with my copics. The sentiment makes me laugh because a Scrapping Friend of mine is obsessed with puns. She loves to use them and giggles at them while she puts them together. This one is for you Snappy Scraps. The sentiment is similar to the one that came with the image but I changed the words a bit to fit my card and printed it off my computer. I then used my stamp-a-ma-jig to place the two sheep in the middle. I cut the image out with my nestabilities and cut out a matching black scalloped circle too. I then matted the other pattern paper with a black border punched with the mini scalloped border punch from EK Success. My sentiment is a piece of ribbon from my stash also mounted on a strip of black cardstock. I finished it off with some black organza  ribbon tied into a small bow.

The sentiment is printed on my computer onto some Whisper White Cardstock. I used the same stripped paper as the front on the inside of the card. I also used the same scalloped border punch on a small strip of black paper. I then stamped a small bride and groom with Versamark and embossed them with white embossing powder.

I entered my card in at Get Sketchy Card Challenge Sketch #80 and at Bugaboo's Monochromatic Challenge. 

Copic Markers: B000, C1, YR20, E44, R20

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Gus and Stella Celebrate Easter...

I love these guys! Gus and Stella are from one of my favourite digital stamp sites Bugaboo Stamps. Gus and Stella are actually separate stamps but I loaded them into adobe photoshop and put them side by side to make them one. The sentiment comes with the Stella image but I changed it to say "we" rather then "I". I started by printing Gus and Stella onto some Copic Express paper. I let them rest over night and then coloured them with my copic markers. I have found that letting the image sit over night has really minimized the bleeding when colouring with my copics on digital images. I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop for my layout. This is one of my favourite sites to get layouts from. I printed the sentiment onto some Whisper White cardstock and cut it out with my smallest oval nestabilities. I then cut a small scallop oval from a scrap of green pattern paper. The pattern paper is all from an old Close to My Heart line. I used some pink thread to stitch around the outside of the card and the outside of my image. I also flocked Gus' belly and their ears and tails with some Snow White Fun Flock from Stampendous. I used a small scalloped border from EK Success on a piece of green pattern paper to go along the side of the stripped paper. I finished off the card with some flowers and buttons from my friend Shanna's stash. Thanks Shanna! I felt it was still missing something so I added a paper clip and some ribbon from my stash to really finish of the card. 

I was able to enter my card at the following challenges: The Sweet Stop for the 100th Sketch challenge, ABC Challenge for Q is for Quiltling/Sewing for sewing on my card, Stamp Something for their Something Sweet Challenge (I think any Easter Card reminds me of Sweets and Chocolate), Raise the Bar for their G.R.E.E.N Acrostic Challenge (G - Gus image, R - Ribbon, E - Embroidery Floss, E - Easter theme, N - Nestabilities).

This was one of the only projects I managed to complete with my whole day of scrapbooking with my girlfriends. And to be totally honest I finished it today. So really I didn't finish anything. However I did spend a lot of time working on my baby announcements. I won't be able to post them for awhile as we still have family that don't know what we are having. Only three more weeks to go and the little one should be here. I can't wait!

Copic Markers: E00, E23, N2, RV11, B12, R43, C1, V25

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