....there was something in the water ...

...back in September/October time last year because I have another baby boy card to send out...luckily it would appear that this 'outbreak' was confined to the South East of the UK and didn't spread northwards.

I used the sketch that Gina K provided on her site in the last few days which you can find Here. She is/was running a competition with this sketch if you used any of her wonderful stamps. I am lucky enough to own a set of Gina's stamps but I really liked the sketch and I neeeeeeeeded to get this card done, so I decided to forgo the competition and just use the sketch as the set I have is not appropriate for new baby boys!

I stamped the image onto some smooth white cardstock, coloured in using some of my copic markers (looking at it now I should have gone a bit lighter on the colours of the image). Using my Cuttlebug I cut the image out with a scalloped edged diecutter, while I still had the Cuttlebug out on my workspace, I cut out a slightly bigger oval in a cream cardstock which I embossed with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I am not sure if you can see from the picture but I also embossed two rows of dots along the DCWV patterned paper just below the ovals, this was done using my new set of border embossing folders from Cuttlebug. The remainder of the card is created by following Gina's sketch, and I added 3 buttons on the folded back piece and a pram embellishment in the corner. I have to say I loved these DCWV designed card when I saw them and they are beautiful to use, such delicate colours for a baby boy....I also have the girls version

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Recipe
Stamp - Nellies' Choice - Kiddies baby
Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black
Copics
Card - Nana's Nursery - Baby Boy - Die Cuts with a View
Buttons- Making Memories
Embellishment - Papermania
Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots folder and Dots border folder
Nestabilities - Oval and Scalloped Oval

Baby Boy Blue

With all that has been going on in my life recently I have got a little behind in sending some very important cards out. One of those cards is for a good friend of mine whose beautiful wife gave birth last month to a handsome young chap called Finley James 'Danger' Brooks.....'Danger' is a little joke that was started during pregnancy. I like it ! and I think it would be a great nickname for him to grow up with!
Following the sketch from Taylored Expressions, I started with a base card 7in by 5ins, and from there layered up different coordinating dp to follow the sketch. Stamped the image onto white card stock, coloured using my copics, added a bit of glitter to tie it in with the dp, and mounted using 3d Zots. Using my Nestabilities and Cuttlebug I made the circular dies and stamped the sentiment. I added the ribbon and the button to anchor it down on the card.




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Recipe
Stamps - Baby - Kiddies Baby set by Nellie's Choice, Sentiment - C-Dees
Ink - Brilliance Ink in Graphite Black
Copic Markers
Glitter glue by craftworld
Paper - DCWV Nanna's Nursery Baby Boy
Button - unknown
Ribbon - American Crafts
3d Zots
Design - Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #24

Where have I been????

Sorry for the lack of posts but I have been a busy little bee.....and if you don't mind I am going to share some of what I have been up with you...if you just want to skip to the cards they are at the bottom of this post!

The company I work for holds events 3 times a year for all its staff to get together as we are spread through out the country....and the spring party is traditionally the fancy best bib and tucker kind of event..and this year was no different. The trauma started when I realised that the dress I was planning to wear was too big...what a complaint but it was! so I whizzed myself into a panic...where on earth was I, Miss I don't wear dresses, going to find a dress for a black tie event in 1 day, as that is all the time I had....I went for the two prong attack, I ordered two dresses off the Internet on next day deliver...and headed for the shops as the dresses ordered may not be right ...(and for me this is a 30+ mile trip each way).....I found a dress....I liked the dress but knew I had two other choices arriving the next day... next day no other dresses...they eventually turned up 6 days later ...so I now had a dress....I shall go to the ball.... the event was held at the Celtic Manor Resort Hotel ....fabulous isn't the right word for it!






The day consisted of a team building event where we drove 4X4 land rovers blindfolded, clay pigeon shooting, pistols, Honda pilots, quad bikes and archery....I loved the archery ..below is a picture of my arm ...this bruise is now 11 days old...



yes it is over 3.5 inches long and nearly 3 inches wide...when I do these things I do them well! and remember this is 11 days old!


and this is some of the girls and me ( I am in red) after a glass or 3 of wine!


So that was 1 weekend and then the following week I was working in Bristol and this weekend it was my birthday! not that that was very exciting !

Whilst in Wales at the Celtic Manor I received a text to say a good friend had become a grandmother for the second time.... Celie is the most beautiful person inside and out, she has so much love to give and deals with life's challenges is such a awe inspiring way that she is a true role model.




Here are some cards I made for Celie and her husband Ted on the birth of their grandson

Recipe
Stamps - Printworks - SweetPea Baby
Ink - Brilliance Ink - Graphite Black
Copic makers
Cuttlebug and Nestabilities
Cardstock - Craftwork Cards - Lullaby Boy

Nicky Celie's beautiful daughter on the birth of her nephew



Recipe
Stamps - Will'nWay - Baby Bundles
Ink - Brilliance Ink - Graphite Black
Copic makers
Cuttlebug and Nestabilities
Cardstock - Craftwork Cards - Lullaby Boy

Tracey, Terry and Charlotte on the birth of their son and brother



Recipe
Stamps - Will'nWay - Baby Bundles
Ink - Brilliance Ink - Graphite Black
Copic makers
Cuttlebug and Nestabilities
Cardstock - Craftwork Cards - Lullaby Boy

Twins or More - DCM Multiple Births Challange

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ latest challenge is to create a card for twins or more multiple births as there seems to be more and more of these, which I think is true, but then I cant think of anyone who is pregnant at the moment and if I did I don't think I would relay this statistic to them lol!



Two Bundles of Joy - One of Each!


I used black Stazon ink on the Whispers stamp and stamped onto a yellow cream card stock. I then used Staedtler Triply Fineliners to outline the image, and coloured the image with water colour pencils. To set the watercolour pencils I used Johnsons Klear wax, it gives it a slightly shinny finish. The image was then mounted on two different papers by DCWV and then finally mounted onto a DL card. Before I mounted the stamped image I ran the card through the printer and printed the greeting 'Two bundles of joy and one of each!' in the bottom right hand cornet in a pale green. To the left I added some flowers, the pink flower is from Prima Sprites Collection Dotty Pink, the Green is from the same collection but Dotty Green, and the blue is from Just Pots Funky flowers, each of the flowers has a patterned brad in the centre and these are from Making Memories.