Impressions by Day

More Baby

Yes, another baby card.  This one using the Stocking Builder Punch found on page 34 of the Holiday Mini Catalogue (#124095, $22.95).

The base cardstock is Bashful Blue, the second layer is Whisper White rolled through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.

Cut a piece of Vellum cardstock using the large square scallop from the Scallops Squares Duo Bigz die then sponge the edges with Bashful Blue ink to give it just a tinge of blue.

The stockings were punched out with the Stocking Building Punch from the Paisley Petal DSP and Whisper White.  Trim the top of the stockings 1/4" before adding the top piece.  The Bashful Blue brads have a covering of the new Dazzling Details from the Holiday Mini (p. 41, #124117, $3.25).

Made a bow from taffeta blue ribbon and pierced it through the vellum with the rhinestone brad to secure it to the vellum cardstock.  Loop a piece of white twine to hold the two stockings.

Finished the card with the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes (love this set!), stamped with Bashful Blue classic ink, punched it out with the Word Window punch and placed it on top of a piece of Bashful Blue punched from the Modern Label punch, popped up on the card on dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

 

 

I recently held a Button Buddies class that featured four 3" x 3" cards and a tiny pizza box to hold the cards and envelopes.  Here is one of the cards we did with the baby rattle.

I also had to make a few baby cards to go with the baby baskets that were ordered and they were all for baby boys.

This one with the the Tulip Border embossing folder.

This one with the Scallop Ribbon Border punch.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!  Pouring down with rain today - and the sun was shining so brightly only a couple of days ago - how quickly the weather changes.

 

 

Hello Baby

Our neighbours Anna and Shad had a little baby boy recently and it's taken me so long to do up a card to go with the baby basket that I've made up for them but I finally got a chance to finish it last night.

Isn't the Baby Tees jumbo wheel adorable?  The tees are colored with Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Riding Hood Red markers with Sahara Sand on the elephant and the hangers.  Sparkled it up with a few dazzling diamonds.

Riding Hood Red is a color when you look at it by itself looks a bit washed out but pairing it with Bashful Blue seems to bring it to life.  I particularly like it on this card.  The edges were trimmed with the Scallop Trim Border punch.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped with Riding Hood Red, punched with the Word Window punch and layered onto a Bashful Blue Modern Label punched piece.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Sweet Baby Tee

Tees - golf tees and baby tees - last week I was volunteering at the US Senior Open at the beautiful Sahalee Golf & Country Club in Sammamish, WA and had the most wonderful time since the Air Canada Championship PGA TOUR golf tournament here in Surrey ended several years ago.

It was wonderful to be volunteering wih so many other people who are keen to give of their time to put on a successful major sport event.  Of course, it didn't hurt any seeing Fred Couples, Tom Watson, Mark O'Meara, Tom Kite, Corey Pavin, Bernhard Langer (the winner) up close and a field of other great golfers who have now moved onto the Champions Tour.  It brought back a flood of fond memories of the time we spent putting together the golf tournament for 5 years.

And now I'm into making paper crafts featuring baby tees!  I love this Jumbo Baby Tees Wheel - you roll it out and five adorable little baby tees come off the roller. I call this my little Butterfly Baby card and chose the one with the star as all babies are stars.

How it's made:

1. Cut Pink Pirouette cardstock 4" x 8" and score at 4"
2. Cut Pretty in Pink cardstock 3 7/8" x 3 7/8" and mat onto Pink Pirouette card front
3. Cut Whisper White cardstock 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" and place in Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and run through the Big Shot
4. Roll out images from Baby Tees Wheel and cut out one of the tees and color with Pink Pirouette and Daffodil Delight Markers on the tee and Sahara Sand on the hanger.
5. Apply Two Way Glue to the star and sprinkle on Dazzling Diamonds and place on card front with Dimensionals
6. Place a piece of Vellum Cardstock in Beautiful Wings Embosslit and run through the Big Shot.
7. Color the Vellum butterflies with Pretty in Pink Marker and place on card front with Mini Glue Dots
8. Stamp sentiment on Whisper White using Pretty in Pink Classic Ink and punch out with Word Window punch and sponge Pretty in Pink on edges and adhere to card front with Dimensionals
9. Make a bow using Pretty in Pink satin ribbon and adhere to card front with Mini Glue Dots
10. You're done!

SUPPLIES:

• Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel, #118621, $10.50
• Stampin' Around Jumbo Handle, #103661, $7.50
• Basic Black Jumbo Cartridge, #104582, $9.25
• Pink Pirouette Cardstock, #111351, $8.50
• Pretty in Pink Cardstock, #100459, $8.50
• Whisper White Cardstock, #100730, $9.25 (40 sheets)
• Pretty in Pink Marker, #100045, $4.50
• Daffodil Delight Marker, #119677, $4.50
• Sahara Sand Marker, #105105, $4.50
• Vellum Cardstock, #101859, $7.95
• Beautiful Wings Embosslit, #118138, $15.95
• Word Window Punch, #119857, $22.95
• 2- Way Glue Pen, #100425, $4.50
• Dazzling Diamonds, #102023, $5.50
• Stampin' Dimensionals, #104430, $5.25
• Sponges, #101510, $4.25
• Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, #117289, $12.25

While I haven't been teeing it up myself on the golf course for a while, I just love the sound of when the golf ball meets the sweet spot of the golf club and you watch it soar out onto the fairway - well, the pros soar it out onto the fairway but mine may make it out and how far it will go these days is another question - FORE!   LOL!!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Animal Stories

I'll be going to Alison's downline meeting tonight and its a shoebox swap.  Here is my swap using Animal Stories for a quick and simple baby card.  This color will soon be retiring, Brocade Blue card stock, grosgrain ribbon and brads.  I ran the Whisper White layer through the Big Shot using the Polka Dot Impressions folder featured in the current Mini that will be expiring at the end of this month.  The sentiment is from Nursery Necessities.

I'm sure we'll be making some super samples and I'll be sharing those with you in the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by on this beautiful day and happy stamping!

 

Treat Cups and oh yes, more Olympics!

I've barely had time to stamp with wall to wall coverage of the Olympics here in Vancouver but I did manage a class on Sunday featuring the treat cups.  More about the Olympics later.

Here are two of the cards we made.  The first one uses the Something Sweet stamp set from the Occasions Mini (p. 14, #117688, $36.95 WM, #118589, $26.95 CM)

A very quick and easy card with the tab pull to release the mini marshallows on the inside of the card.

We used the Beary Best Friends stamp set that was in the Holiday Mini and carried over to the Occasions Mini (p. 38, #118052, $24.95).  As this was in the Holiday Mini prior to the introduction of clear mounted stamps, the set only comes in the wood mount.

We inked up the tail of the balloon in the set with a black marker and placed a treat cup in place of the balloon.  The little BAB is colored in with Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue, Gable Green, Ruby Red and Brilliant Blue markers.  The sentiment was stamped using the Stamp a ma Jig - I love that SAMJ!  In this sample, I perforated the back of the cup in an "X" using the  perforating tool of the Cutter Kit (p. 191, #106958, $23.95) but in class we made a pull tab to release the contents from the treat cup.

OLYMPIC STUFF and watch for Olympic blog candy later this week.

Towards the latter part of last week until yesterday, Vancouver was bathed in beautiful sunshine and it provided huge opportunities for visitors from all over the world to see what a beautiful place we live in.  Alas, our typical Vancouver rainy winter weather appeared yesterday making it a bit chilly on the streets but does not appear to have dampened the mood out there.

Alannah received the following link from a friend that appeared in the Boston Globe newspaper on the Opening Ceremonies and they are absolutely amazing photos.  Click here and enjoy.

Last week I attended the Victory Ceremonies at BC Place with my son, Colin, who received complimentary tickets from Semiahmoo House Society where he attends on a daily basis working in the catering programme.  Semiahmoo House is an organization that provides support, advocacy and services to individuals and families challenged with developmental disabilities.  We were fortunate to see Maelle Ricker receive her gold medal for Snowboard Cross and Lindsey Vonn her gold for downhill and the energy in BC Place was amazing.  Unfortunately, my picture taking was not so I cannot the photos I took - lol.

Kathleen was at the Victory Ceremonies on Friday and look who she found?

Canada received more gold medals in ice dancing by Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and in women's ski cross by Ashleigh McIvor.  Canada's hockey team will face power house Russia in tonight's quarter-final  game and it should be an exciting one.

I'll have another souvenir from the Olympics to give away later this week so please visit again.

Thanks for stopping by this chilly, wet day and happy stamping.

 

 

Love Bug

This Level 1 Hostess set is so adorable and when I saw it my first thought was that its a wonderful set for baby cards to accompany the baby gift baskets that I make.  But the other images in the set makes it a versatile one for creating cards for other occasions.

This is my first creation with the set and, of course, I had to make a baby one.

I used the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder for the Whisper white mat on Bashful Blue card stock.  The baby carriage image is stamped on Whisper White and matted with Bashful Blue.  I used Bashful Blue, Barely Banana and Blush Blossom markers on the little bug and added Bashful Blue brads for the wheels.  Finished off the card with Blue Taffeta ribbon and added the sentiment from Short and Sweet.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!  Enjoy the Labour Day weekend and if you're travelling this weekend, drive safe.

Babies and Birthdays

September 24, 2008

Do you know a lot of people with birthdays in September?  It seems like such a busy month for birthdays with at least 10 in my family - siblings, in-laws, and granddaughter!  Happy birthdays to Don, Juby, Gayle, Sue, Peter, Lynn, Paige, Graeme, Linda and Tom - whew!  I hope I got them all.  A very special happy birthday to Paige whose birthday is today with lots of hugs and kisses.

I so enjoy making baby cards as they always bring a big smile to my face.  One aspect of my business is making gift baskets and the ones I love making up most of all are the ones for babies.  Some of my customers like to have a baby card to go with the gift so how great is that make some more baby cards!  Here's a sample of one of the baskets that is made to order.

 

When I receive an order for a baby basket and card, I'm not sure what I am most excited to make up first - the basket or the card - even though I have a few cards on hand,  I always want to make up a new one.  Here's a baby card in the shape of a onesie.  I found this adorable design by Lauren Meader and had to try it out.

Pink Pirouette is the cardstock that I used for the base of the card.  I decorated the sleeves, neckline and legs with Georgia Peach DSP, page 169.  The little bird is from Nursery Necessities, page 75.  It was layered on Pink Pirouette, then layered on a Whisper White scallop square that was punched out with the new Square Scallop Punch, page 188.  The sentiment is also from Nursery Necessities and the little brads are Pretty in Pink.  Isn't it just the most adorable little card?

 

Recipe:

Cardstock:  Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Stamp Set:  Nursery Necessities

Ink:  Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose

Accessories:  1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Punch, Square Scallop Punch,  1/16" Hand Punch, Brads, scoring blade.

Gift baskets are made to order and if you are in need of a baby gift or otherwise, orders can be placed with me at dayanna@perfectevent.com.

Happy Stamping and if it's your birthday today - a very happy one to you!