Baby | Catered Crop

Babies are such a nice way to start people.
~ Don Herrold

When I was pregnant with my second baby I wanted a girl so much I was afraid to tell anyone. I thought someone might suspect my disappointment if it was a boy. That was 25 years ago when sonograms were mostly shadows, so when the doctor said he thought it might maybe, possibly be a girl . . . I still kept it a secret how badly I wanted her.

It was a hectic delivery and the doctor arrived with just barely enough time to put on his scrubs. He placed this perfect little redhead on my belly and announced it was a girl. Well, my secret was out. All I could say was "it's a girl, it's a girl!" She was and still is my very special gift.

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I used some Graphic 45 paper from my stash and made kind of a bow bouquet – a bow tied up with all kinds of goodies (taffeta ribbon, tulle, a charm, the new Vintage Flourish Die-namic, a tag with the Notched Tag Die-Namic, and some Distress Stickles). And, of course, I used the new Pure Innocence stamp, Girl and Baby. She's colored with Copic markers and her cheeks are blushed with a little Stampin' Up! pastels.

It's day six and my favorite of all the Teasers with six new Pure Innocence images by Heather Ellis. If you'd like to see all six new Pure Innocence stamps and the Design Team's creations, click on over to Kim's blog. Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of two $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment.

The My Favorite Things release is on October 4 at 10:00 PM EST. You can join the release party from 8:00 to 10:00 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available October 4 at 10:00 PM EST.

Stampers! The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how you can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the design team for a month. But, don't wait – the deadline is coming up soon!

Love you always Baby Girl!

October 2, 2011 | Filed Under: Baby, Heather Ellis, My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence Tagged With: Heather Ellis, My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence | 30 Comments

I'm having so much fun with this Farm Animal set of stamps from DeNami Designs I can't seem to put them down. Good thing, because my girl needs a baby card for one of her preggo girlfriends. I made magnets to match this card and, with the magic of Basic Grey magnetic snaps, the magnets attach to the card.

Here's the card with one magnet attached.

And here's the card with all three magnets attached.

It's a multi-tasking card! Caitlin's friend can use the magnets to put baby pictures on the refrigerator after the baby comes! Cool, huh?

Recipe

I wrote a tutorial on how to make these magnets way back in February 2007, here (don't laugh – it was my very first tutorial). And, there's a sequel on how to attach your magnet to your card, here. If you want to try this, just

Cut out your image with a 1" or 1-1/4" circle punch.
Attach your image to a flat bottom glass marble with Crystal Lacquer. You can usually find these marbles in the floral section of your craft store.
Add a positively charged magnet to the back of the flat bottom glass marble.
Add a negatively charged magnet snap under one of your layers of paper on the card. The trick is just putting the snaps in the right place so the magnet lines up correctly on your card.

I love, love these sweet colors from this week's Embellish Magazine, Stitching/Coloring challenge.

This week's Clearly Inspired Challenge Sketch #10 (CIC10) gave me the perfect sketch for what I wanted to do with this set.

And, finally, here are the Copic markers and the rest of the recipe.

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Embellishments – Heidi Grace decorative pins
Fibers – DeNami Designs grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Up! Pretty in Pink gingham ribbon
Ink – Memento Tuxedo, Copic Markers (see above), Stampin' Up! Pretty in Pink
Paper – Neenah, Stampin' Up! Welcome Neighbor paper pad, Kraft and Pretty in Pink card stock
Stamp: DeNami Designs Petit Four Farm Animals , LOVE Circle. Stampin' up! Tiny Tags
Tools: Stampin' up!/EK Success 1-3/8" circle, 1" circle and jewelry tag punches. Nestabilities Classic Scallop Circles
Miscellaneous: flat-back glass marbles, Basic Grey magnetic snaps

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April 1, 2010 | Filed Under: Baby, Copic Markers, DeNami Designs, Gift Sets Tagged With: DeNami Designs, Embellish Magazine | 13 Comments

Grandparents are there to help the child get into mischief they haven't thought of yet. ~Gene Perret

[Edited to add, February 23, 2010: I feel like Sally Field at the Oscars - "You Like Me, You Really Like Me!" Scapbook & Cards Today magazine picked this up from my blog post and gave me a shout-out on their Facebook page yesterday - what a great surprise. Then, today, Scrapbook News and Review asked permission to feature it in their blog and include it in a Special Features Article of their March 2010 magazine. Well, Snap, Yeah! With Mo Manning's permission, her beautiful illustration and my little card will hit the e-magazine stands soon. Meanwhile, I have to remove the pictures until after the magazine publishes. No worries, it will return again sometime in April or May and you can still view it here.]

A dear friend of mine is expecting her second grandchild any day now. She's raised girl babies and has one granddaughter. This will be her first little boy baby and she's just a little nervous about that. Do you think this will ease her mind? Hmmm, maybe not so much, but it sure is cute.

I had two deadlines to meet – the birth of the little baby and also Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #19, "Clean 'n Simple." We could use white or cream cardstock, an image from Mo's Digital Pencil, and one ribbon – no additional layers. Well, I kind of cheated. I didn't use any additional layers, but I gave my card cover a scalloped edge that offered a peak to the pattern paper below. This "clean 'n simple" style was so easy – I think I may have to make more like this.

Recipe

I used Mo's Digital Pencil image, Sumpin's Wrong, resized it and printed it directly onto the white cardstock. I printed it two more times onto patterned paper, using the paper piecing technique to compile the overall image.

Here are the Copic markers I used.

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Embellishments – Stampin' Up! Button Bouquet
Fibers – Stampin' Up! Striped Grosgrain in Robinhood Red and Hemp thread
Ink – Copic Markers (see above). Baby skin: E0000, E00, E02, and R81. Diaper: C1 and C3. Shading on britches; R29.
Paper – Neenah Solar White Ultrasmooth Classic Crest 80 pound cardstock. Stampin' Up! Sweet Slumber Designer Paper (retired).
Stamps – Mo's Digital Image Sumpin's Wrong
Tools – Stampin' Up! Scallop Edge Punch

Welcome sweet baby boy.

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February 21, 2010 | Filed Under: Baby, Copic Markers, Mo's Digital Pencil Tagged With: Copic Markers, Digital Challenge, Mo's Digital Pencil | 7 Comments