Dreaming Of Baby

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for a friend, and her daughter who just had a baby (a little early mind you).  For my card, I ended up using a never before used digital image from Bugaboo called Baby Moon along with some K & Company embossed designer paper I had totally forgotten about and found while looking for an embellishment for something else.

I started by printing the image out twice onto Hammermill white card stock and coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink over, and around, the image before layering.  I then added the layered panel onto a barely banana card with the K&Company Cuddly Friends embossed vellum designer paper and a dry embossed center border.  I then added a Hero Arts ribbon I've had for a few years, and never used.  The only other embellishments added was some faux barely banana "brads" using a small hole punch along with a Martha Stewart glue pen before highlighting parts of the image using 3D glaze pens.  As an afterthought, I dusted off my dew drops and added four plumeria dew drops using micro glue dots.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #17 - August
Pammies Inky Pinkies #2032 - Anything Goes 
Sweet Stampin - Inspired By Book/Film/Song (my inspiration All I Have To Do Is Dream by Everly Brothers) 
Crafting Happiness #61 - Anything Goes 
CD Sunday Plus #41 - Anything Goes Digital 
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends #139 - Anything Goes 
Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper - August 2020 
Outlawz Twisted Thursday July 31 to Aug 12 - Anything Goes 


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and stay safe out there!

Stamps: Bugaboo
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Hammermill White, Stampin Up, K&Company
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Stampin Up Cloud Embossing Folder, Vellum Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Dew Drops, Micro Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens, MS Glue Pen, Small Hole Punch

MFP Stamp Shop Blog Hop Day 4

WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

 Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Today's card once again uses Bundle of Joy to make a quick and easy congratulations card even a beginner can make.  After stamping, coloring and layering my images, I added blue baby brads and a pre-made ribbon to a stamped card.  Easily done in 30 minutes or less.

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Stamp Shop Blog Hop Day 2

WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

 Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

First let me say, I am NOT pregnant!!  I pulled out one of my ultrasound pictures from almost 20 years ago to help complete today's project using Bundle of Joy and Now Showing.  After taking a ready to make frame along with some die cut movie reel frames, flowers, bling and images, I added my ultrasound pic from my now 23 yr. old son to finish everything off.

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Stamp Shop Blog Hop Day 1

WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Jane

 Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Today I am sharing a quick and easy baby bib gift card holder using two of MFP Stamp Shop sets: Bundle of Joy and Oh Baby.  After cutting out my card and designer paper from the template I downloaded from houseofstirfry.com, I stamped and colored the desired images before cutting out then adhering them to the front and inside of the card.  Then I stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges of the baby bib, added some bows, buttons and pear bling before adding my gift card to the inside.

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

Stamps:  MFP Oh Baby, Bundle Of Joy
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: White, Designer Paper
Accessories: Template, Pearl Bling, Prismacolor Markers, Copic Markers, Stipple Brush, Glue Dots, Bows, Buttons, Gift Card

Changing Zebra Stripes

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing another baby card I've made for the Moxie Fab Stamp It Cards Congratulations challenge.

I started out by downloading the dress pattern from Paper Crafts Magazine's 365 Cards and printing it out onto white card stock before cutting out the patterns and taping them to some retired Stampin Up! designer paper and blushing bride card stock.  Once I had my card patterns cut out, I sponged blushing bride around the edges of the card before stamping the saying from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company soon to be released stamp set called Zebra Fun directly onto the dress apron.  Then I took the main image from the set and stamped it onto a scrap piece of designer paper before cutting it out and adhering it into the center of the dress after cutting the "mane" and curling it for added dimension.  On the inside, I stamped my Congrats saying in memento tuxedo black from the soon to be released MFP set Above The Rest.

The only embellishments I added some apricot prima daisies with baby pink rose centers and a pink gingham bow. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Zebra Fun

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Blushing Bride

Card Stock: Stampin Up! Blushing Bride, Retired Designer Paper, White

Accessories: Sponge, Primas, Glue Dots, Baby Roses, Gingham Bow, Martha Stewart Fringe Scissors

Live The Adventure!

Hello and welcome to a very HOT weekend!!  It seems the only cool place is the California coastline right at the beaches, otherwise, it's air conditioner time.

Today I am sharing another card I made for the Moxie Fab Stamp it Cards Congrats challenge.  For this entry, I chose to go with a baby theme and used a MTME One-sie© template for my card before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass and broken china distress inks over the card and along the edges.

I stamped the main image from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company set being released in two weeks called Above The Rest in memento tuxedo black ink onto some retired Stampin Up! designer paper, cut it out, and adhered to the center of the card.  Then I stamped the zebra and second part of the saying from Wild & Free in memento tuxedo black ink directly onto the One-sie© and then stamped the "Live" from Above The Rest  in Tim Holtz chipped sapphire after cutting it off from another saying in the set.  My only embellishment was some Making Memories mini silver button brads along the bottom.  Then it was onto the inside.

The inside of my One-sie© I kept very simple.  The saying was stamped in memento tuxedo black and the two images from Wild & Free were stamped in Tim Holtz broken china to help tie the whole "adventure" theme together.  I'm very happy with the way this card turned out since I made it while battling another nasty migraine and it was either stamp or cry from the pain - so stamping won.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: MFP Above The Rest, Wild & Free

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Designer Paper (retired)

Accessories: MTME One-sie© Template, Making Memories Mini Silver Button Brads, Stipple Brushes, Printer, Computer

It's Movie and Baby Time - MTMEPPS13

Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch Challenge. This week's sketch is so versatile and I had so much fun with it.  I know I say that every week, however, this one definitely needs to be referred back to time and time again.  For my samples this week, I decided to use My Time Made Easy's new June digital release.

My first sample uses the new Night at the Movies set.  After downloading and breaking apart the set, I printed off the vintage movie reel, colored with prismacolor markers, and then stippled Tim Holtz old paper ink around, and over, the image.  After layering it, and adding some vintage brads, I layered everything over the new Movie Tickets digital paper.  After adding some primas and another vintage brad, I was ready to tackle the inside using the Just 4 You saying from the set. 

I really love the countdown numbers that have been included in the set.  Totally reminds me of going to the movies before DVD's and seeing the countdown numbers showing just before the movie started.  Ok, that really dates me now.  ;) 

My second sample uses the new About to Pop set in a totally new way combined with the Bringing Home Baby set.  I got the idea for this card after seeing the "About to Pop" phrase and thinking; how would it work with a baby shower card.  It's works perfectly! 

Once both sets were downloaded, broken apart, and the selected images printed off, I pulled out my prismacolor markers to color everything (matching the Movie Tickets digital paper to control the colors used), and then cutting out my images so I could pop a couple of them up later.

Ironically, I started assembling my card from the inside out for some reason.  After adding the layered saying, and a designer paper strip on the bottom, I added the baby carriage and lone ticket before stamping the bottle and duck in memento tuxedo black.  When I started assembling the front, instead of using ribbon for a border strip, I used the additional tickets downloaded from the About to Pop set and added the stork instead of a flower from the sketch. 

For the final touches, "baby time" was stamped to each of the tickets, faux brads (punched mini circles) were used on the main image layer, and a Martha Stewart pre-made ribbon bow was added using glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you participate in this week's challenge.  We'd love to see you there!  Have a great day.


Stamps: MTME Digital Night at the Movies, About to Pop, Bringing Home Baby, MFT It's Shower Time
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MTME Digital Movie Tickets Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Summer Sun, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, White
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Computer, Printer, Pop Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots, Martha Stewart Ribbon Bow

Angel Bear

I recently discovered a new challenge blog that also professes their faith called Stampin Sisters In Christ. I've kind of "lurked" on the site for a few weeks now and finally decided to participate in one of the challenges. This week's challenge is based on Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you" (NIV). In other words, we had to make a baby card, baby shower card, etc. I had this super cool set from Taylored Expressions, called Beary Special, that needed to see some ink so I pulled it out and got to work.

I started by pulling out an old Rollergraph teddy bear wheel and inking it up with Stampin Up! pretty in pink dye ink on Stampin Up! pretty in pink cardstock. Then I took my teddy bear and angel wings and stamped then in memento tuxedo black in on white cardstock and colored them with prismacolor markers before cutting them out. With each of my layers, I sponged Stampin Up! regal rose or pixie pink dye ink before starting the next layer and then finishing off with brads. I used the phrase "My Little Angel" because new babies are born totally innocent and express an innocent love as well. They learn bad habits from their parents, siblings, and outside influences.

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Beary Special, Rollergraph Teddy Bear Wheel
Cardstock: Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, White, Pixie Pink, Blush Blossom
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, Pixie Pink
Accessories: Ribbon, Dimensionals, Stipple Brushes, Sponges, Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Brads