A New Baby Boy

I had so much fun making this new baby boy card for my online friend Sam.
I have been a long time admirer of Sam's creations on her blog and when I read about the birth of her new baby boy, I had just the idea. I have seen a few variations of these kind of cards around, and I was lucky enough to receive a Christmas version last year, so using that one for measurements I was able to create this card. I am really happy with how it turned out, and I cant wait to make a few more for my stash.

Crumb cake, bashful blue cardstock, early espresso, crumb cake and bashful blue inks, well scripted and baby bundle stamp sets (kindly lent from Philippa -thanks Phil). Bashful blue brads, trimmer & scorer, circle, scallop and tag punches, blender pens

Baby Shower

So, my BBF is having a baby in around 6 weeks, and next weekend we are throwing her a baby shower, so this week, I made her card. I am so loving the "so sweet" set at the moment, and really have not had much of a play with the sweet treat cups, so I decided to use both on this card, and as she has not found out the sex of her bubba, I had to go with a neutral colour combo:I found some cutie patootie buttons at a local craft shop, there is a little romper suite, pram, bottle & a hand print, and I also added some white chunky glitter as well as those crunchy silver thingos you put on cakes (not sure of the name)
I have to apologise about my photography (and editing) of late, my photo editing software program has corrupted and so I am just using the editing program that came with my printer which is very limiting to say the least! I will have to invest in a new program but with the new mini & convention on the horizon, I will have to wait a little longer to splurge on that! And, if anyone has any advice or comments about the programs that they use, i would welcome your input :)

Workshop Fun

This Wednesday just gone I had my first local workshop for the year! It was great catching up with all of the girls again, they really are a great group of people and we are always guaranteed lots of laughs! This time we made one of these awesome boxes to keep our cards in. We used tabs with make different sections -male, female, kids & misc. I got the idea here on Kylies blog. Then of course we had to make some cards to go inside, and since we made all of those lovely tabs, we made a female, male, baby, kids & thinking of you card. Here is the female card using my newest favourite set called razzle dazzle. The got the original inspiration from here on SCS.
This is the male card, We coloured the beer in with pencils and blender pens, then added chunky glitter to the froth and crystal effects to the glass.
This is a thinking of you card which would be perfect for a sympathy card or to say get well, or even for someone who is just having a tough time. I find the blues to be very calming. Inspiration for this card came from this tutorial on SCS
Here is our kids card using the ever so fun "So Sweet" set. This set is perfect with bold bright colours, which I usually find difficult to use.
And, here are the baby cards, each person chose a colour to suit them. I had originally made the pink & blue ones ages ago and just made a yellow one using the elephant for something a little more neutral. I know that I did not come up with these cards all on my own, but I cant seem to find the original source, sorry. Update: I have found where I have cased these baby cards from, it was the fabulous Leigh, you can see her cards here.


I hope you have enjoyed this post. I know the girls all enjoyed making this stuff, and I know I certainly enjoyed the workshop!