Sweet Talkin' Bird DD#61 CTS#36

During the week I tried to make a card for two challenges:-
Dynamic Duos which is always a colour challenge, and CAS(E) this Sketch.

The colours for the DD challenge were Pink Pirouette and Sahara Sand, though I've used a little Early Espresso too.
The label stamped is from a gorgeous new stamp set, Chalk Talk and the main image is Animal Talk, so its all about talking, quite obviously!!! I really didn't do that intentionally, didn't even notice till I typed the names in. I used the Woodgrain embossing Folder to dry emboss a little strip of Sahara sand and stamped the inside with the matching greeting from Animal Talk and a birdcage from Aviary (retired).

Animal Talk $37.95 (clear)

Chalk Talk $35.95 (clear)

Happy Stamping

Rachel

New Babies and Birthdays SSC35

I love 'country' colours, and when I was a patchworker I usually made quilts in these shades, so I was thrilled when I saw the colours on the Sunday Stamps color Challenge for this week. These are perfect colours for a masculine card, so I pulled out Clockworks, Daring Adventure and Feeling Sentimental stamp sets. The first two are available in the current Annual Catalogue and Feeling Sentimental is one of the Sale-a-bration stamps sets, yours free with an order of $100. With those three sets you could make an enormous range of cards.

Whoops! I nearly forgot that I also used a ticket stamp from That's the Ticket, NEW in the 25th Anniversary catalogue out now. A ticket seemed the appropriate place to stamp the other greeting, what with the giant ferris (?) wheel.The card has been finished off with bakers twine and a wooden button.

I also have been making baby cards lately, because I will need one shortly for a new family member, whose gender will be a surprise. My stocks of cards for new arrivals was running pretty low too, so I have made quite a few for both little girls or boys.

Next is a card in the challenge colours for a wee boy. Quite a simple card using Moving Forward, from the Annual catalogue and Itty Bitty Banners, which can be purchased from the catalogue for $27.95 (wood mount) or chosen as your Free selection in the Sale-a-bration promotion. I used an embossing folder to texture a piece of Marina Mist card with a zig zag pattern, so it isn't completely plain.

Exciting news for me again! 

The baby card, above, was a Sunday Stamps Top Pick!

How adorable is that sweet Sail Boat? Great use of the Challenge Colors Rachel and I really like the texture you added with the embossing folder. Congrats! 

Lastly, is a pretty card for a little girl with some of the new flower trim, tinted by rubbing on a stamp pad. I used the diagonal plate on my Simply Scored to score the card front at regular intervals, then turned it over and used the other side. I placed the tiniest of the Basic Jewel pearls on every second junction. This greeting, "baby, welcome to the world" is from another great stamp set, A Word For You, with greetings for a number of different occasions. The tiny bird is from Aviary, it looks so sweet sitting on the end of the flourish!

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Happy stamping, Rachel

These are some of the stampsets used.

Moving Forward

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Clockworks

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Daring Adventure

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Aviary

Aviary Baby for CQC175 & Retro sketches

I've admired Retro sketches for quite a few months, but didn't have enough time last year to take part in their challenges.

 Nearly ran out of time this week too, as I struggle to clean up my craft room! I teamed it with the ColourQ challenge too, to make this baby card.


I've used Aviary and a greeting from Itty Bitty Banners, cut with its matching die on my Big Shot. Whatever would I do without the Big Shot?

This card was a winner of Colour Q courtier!
Check it out.

Have a great weekend, thanks for visiting my blog. Why don't you let me know you've been here, and if you have a blog, I'll visit you too.

Rachel