Aviary Baby

When I made today's card over the weekend, I had my friend in mind. Her due date was the middle of July so I thought I'd get a head start on her card and keep my fingers crossed that it was a girl because I wanted to use these colors together: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party and Calypso Coral. Well it turns out she gave birth the evening I made this card and she had girl! How exciting. I can't wait to send this card off to her and see her new bundle of joy. Now for the details on the card. The new catalog has listed Aviary in the "Growing Up" section so I thought I would give this set a whirl for a baby card. I think it does work well for a baby card. I also used the Four Frames set and A Word For You set for the sentiment portion. I kind of think that the circle with the decorative label punch underneath almost makes it look like a snowglobe. I think I may have to try to make another Christmas card with this idea. Back to the card, I used the music notes wheel for the background and then used the Polka Dots embossing folder on the Pool Party piece. Then I added some ruffled ribbon and a rhinestone at the top of the bird cage.
Have a great day!

Baby Shower

Happy Friday! Today's card is for a baby shower I am going to over the weekend. My friend doesn't know what she's having so I tried to make it gender neutral, even though it might be leaning a bit towards being a little boyish. Oh well, I think it came out really cute. I used a bunch of punches to make the little bear. I had done something with this little bear around Christmas. And I thought he would be perfect for a baby shower card. I just wasn't feeling any of the baby stamps I have (which actually isn't too many), so that's why I went with the punch art. You can't go wrong with that. For the colors I used some of the new In Colors, Pool Party and Lucky Limeade. Then I added a touch of yellow with some Daffodil Delight tafetta ribbon. I really like these colors together. I used a new set from the upcoming catalog called Four Frames and stamped that in Lucky Limeade. The sentiment is non SU. I couldn't find anything that I liked that would fit in the oval space. Well, I'm sure I probably had something, I just didn't feel like spending forever looking for a saying. :) For the background, I just punched several circles from Pool Party and glued them. I did this on another card a couple of weeks ago and I like the little extra something it gives. Then I used the lattice texture embossing folder on the Lucky Limeade piece. I hope my friend likes this little bear!
I will be participating in this month's Control Freaks Blog Tour so be sure to stop back on Monday the 20th! We will be showcasing products from the Summer Mini and some sneak peeks from the new catalog. You won't want to miss all of the fantastic projects the girls have lined up! Have a great weekend!

Welcome Baby!

Hi! Today's card is a baby card that I did for my cousin who is expecting. She is due the 15th so she could go at any day now. She doesn't know what she is having so I thought I kind of made this gender neutral but now I think it's more boyish. Well if she has a boy, then I'm all set if not, I'll just make another one with some pinks and purples. This card came together pretty quick. I actually don't have the Nursery Necessities Set. I'm not sure why I never bought it, it's such a cute set. However, it is in MDS, so that was good enough for me. I just set up a new file, added the 3 elephants in Poppy Parade, Pear Pizazz and Baja Breeze and printed them on white shimmer cardstock. In the close up photo you can see the shimmer. I also printed the sentiment too in Early Espresso. Once it was printed, I just cut out the elephants and punched the sentiment. I added them to the top note die and then added some yellow buttons I had. I forgot what the buttons are called. I think they are retired now. So that really took no time at all. Maybe I will just make a girl version of this card, just to have on hand. I'm sure I will use it at some point. It's baby fever at my job, so I'm sure I could use it for someone here! We've had 4 women at work give birth all within a weeks time. And 2 more are ready to go any minute. Something must be in the water over here! Anyway, I hope you have a great weekend!

Baby Gift

Here is a baby shower gift that I did for a friend of mine. (This uses non-SU! products). Next time I plan to use the Decor Elements from SU! I think the baby animals they have (the elephant, etc) are super cute. The animals here are similar to Decor Elements. I first painted the canvas a green color, then I added the animals. The letters are just stickers. And finally I added the cute little bow tie ribbons to them. (Hopefully next time I can get better pictures....I'm working on that!)