Baby

Last week I said I was going to figure out a way to use the chick stamp from the A Good Egg set for a baby card.  Well, last night I accomplished it.  And I'm really pleased how it turned out.  It's also a great neutral card for either a boy or a girl.  I used pop dots for the baby to give the card some dimension.

Stamps:  A Good Egg, All Year Cheer II (retired)

Ink:  Lovely Lilac, Basic Black

Paper:  Whisper White, Barely Banana, Lovely Lilac, DSP Rainbow Sherbet (retired)

Other:  ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Polka Dot Big Shot Embossing Sleeve, Green Galore eyelets (retired), scallop oval punch, large oval punch

More Cards

Several of these I made at stamp club and one I received from someone else.  The other two I made here at home.  

I am seriously loving the Polka Dot embossing sleeve in Stampin' Up's Spring mini-catalog.  It really can make a difference on a card.  And 3 out of the 5 cards below used the embossing sleeve.

So the first 3 cards are ones I made at stamp club and the one that was given to me by someone else.  The one given to me is the blue & brown butterfly card.  It is really, really cute (aka more stuff I want to buy).

And here are the 2 that I made in the past couple of days.  Both stamp sets are retired Stampin' Up sets but I use them so that's why they're still around.

Happy Easter

I've been MIA for awhile - sorry.  February was a busy month.  We traveled, got sick (I did and I'm still trying to get rid of it after 3 weeks), lots of Dr's appts, etc.

So I finally got around to getting back to stamping last night.  I'm going through my stuff and finally letting go of stuff I haven't used for years.  Not sure how I'm going to sell it.  Maybe E*bay or I might offer it to other stampers in the area that might want it.  

With Spring right around the corner (I hope) I made an Easter card last night.  I love the Stampin' Up! set A Good Egg but haven't really played with it since buying it last year.  I'm trying to figure out how to use it for more than just Easter/Spring cards.  I think the hatching chick would be cute for a baby card but still playing.  Maybe in the next few days I'll have something to show.

So this is what I did last night and I love it!!  It's simple to make, just time consuming because of the steps needed to make it from sending the embossing sleeve through the Big Shot to glittering.  And of course it took me a few minutes to figure out exactly what I wanted to do because I'd do one thing and then decide that glittering would be cool, etc.

Here's a list of the supplies I used:

Inks: Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Only Orange, Gable Green

Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Gable Green

Other supplies: Dazzling Diamonds (glitter), Scallop Trim Border Punch, Whisper White grosgrain ribbon, paper piercer, Small & Large Oval punches, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing folder.