Oh Baby!

I created this card for the Oh Baby call that CARDs magazine had for the October 2009 issue. Sadly it did not get selected. I still think it's a great card so I wanted to post it and see what you all thought of it!

It was actually really easy to create as well. The star paper has star cutouts and I cut the polka dot paper to fit so that it showed the zigzag on the left and the polka dots through the stars. Then I stitched around the border of the card. The elephant is a die cue and the letters are stickers! All products are from Making Memories.

Vintage Baby

I just love the 3D stickers from K and Company. I used the airplane in this post and decided to pair the tricycle with the sentiment stamp from Cloud 9 Designs. It made me giggle to think of my little guy tearing it up on a tricycle. I used the Tim Holtz distressing tool on the cardstock and paper, that tool is perfect for this sort of thing. I am not a big vintage card maker, but many of my cards have been leaning that way lately.

While I was in the mood, I made another baby card using some paper that I hadn't put away yet. The block alphabet is Karen Foster and it is from many years ago. I paired it with some plaid chatterbox that just seemed to go perfectly! Love the Heidi Swapp clear stamps as well!

Hope you like them!

Supplies:

Born to be Wild
Cardstock: PTI

Patterened Paper: Fancy Pants

Ribbon: May Arts

Stamp: Cloud 9 Designs

Ink: SU Basic Gray

Sticker: K and Company

Other: Thread

Baby
Cardstock: PTI, Archiver's

Patterned Paper: Karen Foster, Chatterbox

Ribbon: PTI

Stamp: Heidi Swapp

Ink: Distress Ink

Other: Thread

Baby Gift and Inspired by....

I wanted to make something special for my friend Karlie and her new baby Nate. When I saw the plastic container my tomatoes came in I thought that it would be perfect for the sock cupcakes that Lauren Meader demonstrated awhile back. In each holder is a pair of socks surrounded by a white sock "paper". Then I fancied up the packaging. I used some velvet stickers from Making Memories, some die cuts from the Jack line from Making Memories, and ribbon from Papertrey Ink. I love how it came out!



The second thing I have to share is the "Inspired by" challenge that Marisa has. I got a pair of sandals when I went to the garage sale this past weekend (the shoes were from a store closing out last summer's shoes, and yes it was the same sale I got the buttons at). I loved the shoes, they are totally my color.

Here is my card. The most fun was finding papers in my stash that were close to the colors on the shoe. Bazzil paper for the shoe base, Brown is from Stampin Up, White from Wausau paper, Blue from Paper studio. Stamp is Hero Arts.

And here is a glimpse at those buttons that I got! So fun! They are now sorted into muffin tins by color, I am working on my button storage. Have a great day!