Super cute baby cards

Hi everyone!

It has been a long time. Several things have happened and I have moved cities, and have gone back to cardmaking as I've started to sell some again at work. It is a good motivation for getting back into cards as my other hobbies (photography, crochet) were starting to compete with it!

I thought I should share the baby cards I made the other week that I am absolutely in love with.

I used a smudging tool against a cloud die cut as a mask. It has come out better than I had even imagined and the Mama Elephant set is just perfect for baby cards :)

Hoping to share more cards with you all soon!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMPS: [Mama Elephant] Up and Away; [Papertrey Ink] Night, Night, Moon

INK: [Papertrey Ink] Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Lemon Tart, Berry Sorbet, Hibiscus Burst, Melon Berry; [VersaFine] Onyx Black; [Adirondack] Pitch Black

PAPER: [Papertrey Ink] Soft Stone, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: [Mama Elephant] Up and Away - Creative Cuts, Landscape Trio - Creative Cuts; [Tim Holtz] Blending tool; [Copic] Various colours; [Mister Huey] Calico Shine

PTI Blog Hop March 2012

Hi everyone. Hopefully this scheduled thing posts this at the right time for the PTI Blog Hop. This month, it's all about Spring and colours aqua and yellow!

  

Here's the inspiration photo...

 

  

 Those of you who came earlier to my blog will know that I was in the process of making baby cards to thank two newly made parents for letting me be present at their special moment when their little one was born ;) So here's the other card I made.

Unfortunately the glitter didn't come out all that well, but it's sitting there in the while gaps between the Aqua Mist and Lemon Tart panels!

I got another use out of the Bundle of Love set. Sentiment is from Night Night Moon set. I really feel that there is something still missing in this card as a final touch but I gave up on it after staring at it all day.

 

Hope you enjoyed my take on the coloured panels and glitter in between :)

 

I'm going to try and make another few cards to share over time while I'm away now!

 

Thanks for coming!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Bundle of Love, Night Night Moon

INK: [PTI] Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise; [StazOn] Tuxedo Black

PAPER: [PTI] Stamper's Select White, Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist

OTHER: [PTI] Grosgrain ribbon (white); [KaiserCraft] Rhinestone; [Copic] Sketch Marker (E00, E21, T1, Y35, Y38)

Make It Monday #58 Part 2 - Hanging Out

Hello again!

  

My attempts to make several cards while home has fallen through the roof and I've only managed to make another one for Make It Monday and one for the Blog Hop tomorrow!

Here's something with my new Hanging Out set. I've used the graduated background with Copics, to add a bit of background colours to this little scene here.

 

I've also distressed the edges of the mat with my scissors a wee bit.

  

    

A close up view here. Sorry, I used scrap patterned paper and I'm a bit too lazy to search their names and brands.

   

  

 Sorry it's a very quick post. I've got some packing to do before heading back down south! See you back with the Blog Hop!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Hanging Out

INK: [PTI] Dark Chocolate; [SU!] Old Olive

PAPER: [PTI] Ocean Tides, Rustic Cream; various patterned paper scraps
OTHER: [PTI] Hanging Out die collection; [Copic] Sketch Marker (0, BG11, BG13, BG15, G20, G21, G24)

Make It Monday #58 & Bundle of Love

Hello everyone! I am back!

I had one busy busy week and have just finished my run. I've been super stressed with my presentation (which I had to present to a single audience... <_<) and my oral assessment today. Now that it is out of the way, and I'm back home for another few days, I have time to get crafty again!

I spent Monday night till early hours of morning in birthing suite helping delivering babies. I managed to be present for 2 so now I have the job of making some baby girl cards to thank the new parents for letting me be at their special moment :)

 And while I was at it, I thought I may as well tackle the new Make It Monday. Really, because I am flat out on ideas on how to use my newly purchased baby sets (someone decided to sell them on our local auction site for cheaper than what it's worth and brand new too!!!). I am also happy to announce that I now have Houndstooth too hahaha.

 

 

So here's my tackle on the graduated background using Copic Sketch Markers, and my new Bundle of Love set. I really don't have any fresh ideas to use this set -_-;;

But the torn edges go rather nicely don't you think?

Anyway that's one card down, one more to go.

Thanks for poppin' by! See you back soon with more cards :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Bundle of Love

INK: [PTI] Dark Chocolate Berry Sorbet; [Memento] Tuxedo Black

PAPER: [PTI] Berry Sorbet, Rustic Cream

OTHER: [Copic] Sketch Markers (0, T1, R20, R21, R22, R24, Y32, Y35, Y38)

Night Night Moon Baby Card

Hello again everyone!

I've got another card to share with you all today. I've absolutely no motivation to study tonight and this is going to make me feel like I've done something! lol

I'm back down in Timaru and I've left all of my crafting gear at home, so I have nothing to play around with here T_T Dad just texted me this morning that my new purchases off someone has arrived today. Which means more baby stamp sets and houndstooth!!!!! But I will have to wait till next weekend to play with them <_<

Anyhow, here's a baby card to keep you entertained. I have to admit, the next three cards all look more or less the same. But I just love this style and technique. Stamp backgrounds with outlined images, then go around each image with T1 Copic Sketch marker for a bit of shading and then run it through the Woodgrain impression plate. It totally rocks <333

This card is specifically made for one of my patients who is eagerly waiting to deliver her baby next week. I seriously hope the baby is still a girl when we deliver her lol

I think this makes such a neat card. It's simple, yet has enough. And it's very very easy to colour coordinate too. Btw, I used my brand spanking new Berry Sorbet ink pad. It inks beautifully. Though I have to say, Orange Zest inks and stamps better than any I've ever tried. Anyway, a close-up view here. You should be able to see the Woodgrain Impression a bit better here.

Hope you enjoyed this post. Next two cards aren't really that different but hey, at least I'm posting now aren't I? ;)

Thanks for poppin' by!

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Night Night Moon, Fillable Frames #5

INK: [PTI] Berry Sorbet; [SU!] Early Espresso

PAPER: [PTI] Berry Sorbet, Vintage Cream

OTHER: [PTI] Satin ribbon (Berry Sorbet), Fillable Frames #5 die, Woodgrain Impression Plate; [Copic] Sketch Markers (R20, R24, R29, T1)

Fly Away Birthday Card

Hi everyone! Time for another card!

I'm still in the beautiful Cromwell with Rob & Joan. They have a little wee grandson - he's so cute - who's turning 1 soon, and I thought I'd make them a birthday card for them to use. Always nicer than something from the supermarket which are expensive and not worth $4-5.

Anyway, I grabbed out my Fly Away set, since it was the only baby boy sorta set I had. I had lots of fun with this card. I got to use my Block Alphabet dies as well as the In the Meadow snowdrift dies. They are very versatile, and not just for Christmas cards! ;)

Sorry I can't do anything about the crappy photo quality. I'm going to try and see if I can borrow Rob & Joan's camera later...

I just glued on the button twine btw. I smeared it with my Zig 2 way glue and it's still holding the twine so I suppose it's alright. That idea of using twine, I think I borrowed from Nichole Heady's Fly Away card from waaaay back.

But anyway, hope you like the card. It was really lots of fun to make :) Thanks for coming by!

PS - I sent in my card for PaperCrafts magazine. Blimey. Posting a card + 3 forms in a tiny box cost me $11.50!!! Thank goodness they are going to pay me more than what cost me lol

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Fly Away, Big Birthday Wishes

INK: [SU!] Old Olive, Wild Wasabi; [Memento] Tuxedo Black

PAPER: [PTI] Simply Chartreuse, Vintage Cream
OTHER: [PTI] In the Meadow die collection, Fly Away die collection, Block Alphabet die collection, Woodgrain impression plate, jute button twine

Baby Card and a Secret Technique!

Hi everyone! Another post today! It seems that I get more efficient with cardmaking as exams get nearer! lol

 

I'm feeling pretty annoyed at the moment. I just found out my last PTI order has been held up in Customs and I just coughed up a whopping $100 to get it cleared. Totally annoyed. But hey, that's life. I've learnt a lesson today. Thank goodness I've got a personality that doesn't dwell on things for long!
  

So anyway, moving onto a happier topic, I'm thrilled to share my new card with you all today! I love the way it turned out and I've finally put my Fox & Friends set from Stampin' Up to a better use!

 

And it features a new technique I thought up the other day (I will make a tutorial on it some time in the future)!
 

 

This is what happens when SU! Fox & Friends monkey meets Night Night Moon set from PTI :) It's just so darn cute!

 

Now... those who have keen eyes of observation may have found what's so special about this card. Anyone noticed that the two monkeys are mirror images of each other? ;) I don't know about you, but sometimes I wished I could flip some stamps around to make them mirror images (which would can't really do).

 

So I've come up with a way to flip them over! Requires a bit of extra work and means you have to cut the images out, but hey, it works. I was initially going to make these monkeys side-by-side, so that the card was more like for twin births. Might leave it for another day.

 

 

Just a close-up view. I gave the monkeys a little shiny touch to their tummies!

I will make up a tutorial on how to flip images later, but here's the secret: you stamp your image on a tissue paper, and it should go right through it, giving you a mirrored image on the back! You glue it to a cardstock (don't use liquid glue!) and then cut it out :D

 

I think it will be really fun to make baby cards for twins with two monkeys holding hands or something like that.

 

 Anyhow, thanks again for popping around! I love seeing all the lovely comments on my blog every day :)

 

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: PTI Night Night Moon, Fillable Frames #5, SU! Fox & Friends

INK: Versamark, SU! Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze

PAPER: PTI Spring Rain, Stamper's Select White

OTHER: PTI Fillable Frames #5 die, Celebrate! Satin Ribbon (Navy), KaiserCraft Rhinestones (Aqua)