Welcome Little Angel

Hello and welcome!!!  It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  This month's theme is birthday or birth day since our friend and owner Taylor welcomed Madelyn Grace VanBruggen into the world last Tuesday, September 13th.  If you haven't had a chance to welcome Madelyn, or post your congrats, stop by Taylor's blog today.

For my project, I pulled out one of my favorite TE sets, Beary Special and got to work.  I just love all of the stuffed animals in this set because they can be used for all sorts of occasions: birthday (any age), baby congrats, get well, thinking of you, sympathy, etc.  It's definitely a set I'm thankful Taylor came out with and I'll never be parting with it.

After stamping several images onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and started coloring allowing the background designer paper to dictate the colors I chose to work with.  Once my images were colored, I cut them out, except one for the card so I could pop up the backpack/diaper bag later.  Pulling out several of my dies, I started cutting out bows and some ric rac borders before sponging regal rose ink on them.  As I was laying images out on the frame, I decided I wanted my saying there instead of on the outside of the card, so I pulled out Cozy Cottages and inked only the Welcome portion of one of the sayings using a memento teardrop inkpad.  After adding the rest of my saying from the Beary Special set, I pulled out three of my Marvy oval punches and punched out the saying as well as two corresponding layers before sponging regal rose ink on those as well.

Once that was added, I decided to add my version of those little umbrella favor "thingys" you get at wedding and baby showers, but I didn't have an umbrella die.  Problem solved.  I pulled out my Garden Party Blooms 2 die and used the leaf/stem to become my "umbrella" and then added a bow using my TE Basic Bow die to the top.  Here's a close up of the frame.

For my card, I simply followed the same idea as the frame, however, just adding the backpack/diaper bag and popping that up using Michael's pop dots with some mini pink baby button brads I've had in my stash for years.  I also pulled out a "It's A Girl" sticker saying from my stash for the front before adding a small Basic Bow die cut underneath it.  For the final touch, I sponged regal rose ink around the edges of the entire card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Make sure to stop by all of the participating hoppers and leave some love.  You'll find the list below.  Have a great day.

Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop! Stay tuned for details on how you can sign up for the customer blog hop next month!

1.	Taylor VanBruggen	21.	Stephanie Kraft
2.	Sankari Wegman	22.	Jessica Willison
3.	Pattie Goldman	23.	Lesa Smaligo
4.	Cassie Trask	24.	Marti Shuford
5.	Rebecca Ednie	25.	Joan Ervin
6.	Chris Loritsch	26.	Jan Garber
7.	Regina Mangum	27.	Lisa Petrella
8.	Bonnie Ratzloff	28.	Alison Habetler
9.	Tracy Clemente	29.	Sarabeth Burke
10.	Jen Carvajal	30.	Karen Giron
11.	Jodi Collins	31.	Jen Shults
12.	Natalie Houston	32.	Michelle Single
13.	Amanda Kowalker	33.	Melody Rupple
14.	Jasmin Owsley	34.	Jules Romano
15.	Crafty Math Chick	35.	Patty Chalas
16.	Vicki Dutcher	36.	Nancy Jensen
17.	Mary Collins	37.	Jenny Stucky
18.	Lori McAree	38.	Kelly Collins
19.	Margie Cortina	39.	Kary Lim
20.	Debbie Carriere	40.	Jacquie Peifer

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Stamps: TE Beary Special, Cozy Cottages

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Mauve Mist, MTME Welcome Baby Girl Button Digital Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, TE Dies, Sponge, Stipple Brush, MFT Die-Namic, Marvy Oval Punches, Sticker, Making Memories Baby Button Brads, Frame, Computer, Big Shot, Printer, Michael's Pop Dots