Baby Boy For Mindy, Congratulations!

I was thrilled to hear that Mindy Backes has had a darling wee boy, and the rest of the crew have hi-jacked the Fab Friday Blog to make baby cards. What a great idea! Love sweet new babies, so glad we have a little one in our lives too.

The main feature is Pool Party card cut with the Hexagon Hive Framelit. There is a lovely houndstooth DSP showing through the cut out hexagons. Some of theleft-over hexagons have been embossed with hearts from the retired Adorning Accents Embossing Edgelits and adhered.
The sentiment is very simply 'Sweet Baby" from Baby We've Grown stamp set and the oval is tied to the Hexagon Hive piece with Baker's Twine from the Sale-a-bration promotion last March.

The card also 'fits' the SUO Challenge,Make It Geometrical, although I doubt it's as good as the design teams efforts. I did try, next time I'll try even harder!

Have a great week!

Rachel

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Sailboat for Boys, Tricycle for Girls

Its been quite a while since any of my cards have been selected for mention by any design teams, so it was a lovely Easter surprise when Jaydee at Paper Players picked my Sailing Along card.
You can see all the design team picks here.

I've been working on a version of this card for a baby girl, and used the Tricycle stamp from the same stamp set, Moving Forward.
It called for a different colour scheme, so Calypso Coral and Crisp Cantaloupe teamed with this cute spot from Etcetera Design Series Paper. The Window Frames Framelits were used to cut the image and a mat, the Adorning Accents Edgelits was used again for the spot and its mat, and again, thicker baker's twine from SALE-A-BRATION. Although you can hardly see it in the photo, the same 'congratulations on your new baby' from Friendly Phrases was stamped at the bottom of the card.

So there you are, one for a boy, one for a girl. Just waiting for the new babies to arrive!

Cheerio...
Rachel

Sailing Along PP #191

I rely on challenges a great deal for inspiration and usually prefer a sketch to all others. I find that it helps me to deviate from a standard card.  The Paper Players is a favourite challenge of mine, but this colour challenge by Ann had me stumped - until I took a look through the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack. Up until then I couldn't think beyond flowers but this striped paper reminded me of boats and suddenly, I remembered Moving Forward, last year's Ronald McDonald House fundraising stamp, and I knew I would be making a baby card!

After inking up the stamp with Always Artichoke ink, I removed ink from some parts with my blender pen so that I could add Calypso Coral with a Stampin' Write marker. Setting the striped paper straight didn't appeal, so I cut with the curved Adorning Accents Edgelit and then cut a mat to match from Coastal Cabana. I experimented by tilting it this way and that until I was happy with the placement, and then I did a bit more slicing. A length of the chunky bakers twine from SALE-A-BRATION was tied around one end, and knotted before the sailing boat, cut with Deco Labels, was placed on the card. Unfortunately, the 'congratulations on your new baby' is also from a retired stamp set, Friendly Phrases. It is still a favourite of mine with the two different fonts.


 Pop over to my later post to see this version tricycle-for-girls of the card for a baby girl.
Be warned that the current Ronald Mc Donald stamp set, Tag It, will be retiring at the end of June and while there is sure to be another super stamp set to replace it AND raise funds for this good cause, if you are wanting Tag It, you might be best to order it now.

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I've been for a lovely walk in the Autumn sunshine this afternoon and I'm feeling very fit and healthy!
Thanks for popping in
Rachel

You Made My Day

I'm having such a lot of fun with the new catalogue goodies, but my most favourite item has to be the new Big Shot Magnetic Platform. In the past, I was a little bit reluctant to use the Adorning Accents Edgelits because they always ended up crooked and it took so many pieces of card to get the result I was after. There are magnets inside the platform to hold your edgelits and framelits in place and it REALLY works!
I've been making good use of it this weekend, you'll see I used it twice to cut the Crumb Cake and Bermuda Bay card with the Adorning Accents Edgelit and I also used it to cut the Apothecary Accent Label.
The stamp set is an older one, still current though and a VERY useful one, for the tree image and this graceful floral bough. Its called Thoughts and Prayers, so it also includes some lovely greetings for bereavement and ill health. I've punched the flower pot using the Cupcake Builder Punch out of Venetian Romance DSP (so is the label at the top of the card). The colours in these papers are Crisp Canteloupe, Island Indigo, Pistachio Pudding, Soft Suede, Tangerine Tango and Very Vanilla.
I added some Itty Bitty flowers in Strawberry Slush and Crisp Canteloupe punched with one of the Itty Bitty Shapes Punches with pearl centres. There is a piece of the Bermuda Bay 1/8" taffeta Ribbon and a small button from the new Brights Button range, with a pearl on top too.

The sweet greeting is from a fantastic Hostess set Express Yourself. It contains 12 greetings in this script and you can earn this and other benefits if you hold a party in your home with sales over $300. Or you can party on your own and by submit an online order totalling $300, before shipping costs are added and you will receive an additional $50 worth of products of your choice, which might include Express Yourself.

Last Sunday I had some much appreciated help from my friend, Alison Douglas, (check out Alisons blog here) to learn a bit more about the Stampin' Up! MDS (My Digital Studio) and I thought I'd send here a card to say thanks. Inside I've used the greeting, you made my day, which comes from a new stamp set A Dozen Thoughts.

Catch you soon
Rachel

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