Penguin Playmates DSP baby card

What I "envision" and what I end up with, are very often two different things whether it's cooking without a sure fire recipe or making cards.    Anyway let's just say using the vellum may not have been the best option for this card!      The sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches and somehow I ended up making a baby card, which is the same kind of card I made for my last card over a month ago.  I do love making baby cards especially with baby clothes, they are so stinkin cute!   I plan to make two more and get posted before 3:00 PM tomorrow, I've already got them partly in the works!     I have been so busy, that I haven't had time to play.   But today I decided to make time!    The DSP is SU and is current, but the onesie and hanger are retired, not sure about the baby die cut, it came from Simon Says I think!   Personally I would use this card for a boy or a girl.    I hope you are safe and doing well, thanks for stopping in!            Kathy

 

Baby onesie card....

The baby sets and die cuts have been retired from SU for a few years now.    My SU friend actually gave them to me when she ordered some new stuff last year.   When I saw the sketch at Try Stampin on Tuesday, I thought of this, I've done something similar before.   I used the playful penguin papers and seafoam as my predominant colors.  My favorite thing to make is the die cut hanger, so stinkin cute.   It was after I had cut and stamped and got it ready to assemble that I discovered how much it appears that I had copied Valerie's card.   When I hadn't but, after I looked at her card really well, I decided to trim the vertical panel of stripes and show the seafoam on each side more.   I decided to go ahead and  share it, because of the new papers and just all the creative things that can be done with it.   Thanks for looking and have a safe week!    Kathy

Diaper Pens Boy Baby card....

 When I looked at the sketch over at Paper Craft Crew, I kept seeing diaper pens, I decided to make this card for a baby boy, but I just now remembered a girl in my church life group who is having a daughter next March, so I will have to make one in pink now!.    The paper is twinkle twinkle SU DSP.   My SU demonstrator friend had given me tow sets and 1 die cut set for babies (includes these diaper pins and onesies and such and my favorite the little baby hanger)   I used the pool party striped ribbon in the new occasions book and the Hello Baby is from a set So Sentimental with die cuts (SU also retired)... I have trying to use up my stash, although we all know that will never happen, I have a good bit of stuff I've just purchased.     It came together fairly easily and pretty quickly...I think it is a very nice baby shower card.   Thanks for stopping by and comments are very appreciated.     Kathy

 

world just got cuter...

Is there anything sweeter than new baby clothes?   I just love this little SU hanger die (retired) and onesie...The mom who designed this nursery in forward thinking forgot to consider the cute little white pegs (enamel dots) would compete with the wallpaper stitching.  LOL.    It's clean (amazing since I pushed too hard on my SU pad and sent the Inked side flying across the room and sadly I could not put it back together again).  It's simple and loosely based on the Freshly Made Sketch for this past week.  Everything is retired except for the gray granite CS and the SU 3D Subtles embossing folder.  I could definitely make several of these to swap with my buds!   Thanks for stopping by and have a safe week.    Kathy

Hello Baby...

A simple sketch from Just Add Ink turned out to be a great idea for my baby card.   A picture below shows what supplies I used.  The paper from last year twinkle twinkle is so soft and I loved using the granite gray for the paper rick rack.   I colored in the tiny heart with blushing bride...and I could just as easily have used  pool party since both are colors in that DSP paper.   It came out as I pictured with no back tracking!

Thanks for stopping by...have a healthy rest of the week!       Kathy

PS: accidentally took a picture of my feet, but since it includes my stamp buddy -- Ms. Sydney I decided to post it!

Fastened With Love...

Inspired by this week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches I made a baby card using the SU Fastened With Love set.   I've had it awhile and decided that it was time to use it!   The paper is from Little Panda Etsy Pink and Grey collection...I love printing what I need and since I recently purchased a new printer that sends me ink when I get low with a printing allowance of 300 sheets a month FREE....well you get the picture!    I love the rectangle stitched die cuts from SU and the square stitched Sizzix die cuts that I got from Hobby Lobby!         Thanks for looking,   Kathy

Teal and Grey Baby Boy...

For my "Baby Boy" card I was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketch #369.    The teal/grey paper is all down loaded from MNineDesigns.  My printer may not be the best in the world...but the designs are really sweet.    I am trying to go more digital with background paper etc.  partly because of storage and also I end up with so much leftover paper from a pack and partly because there is always 1 or 2 papers in a pack that I don't care for, we'll see how this goes!    I stamped the onesie (from SU Made With Love ret.) and then die cut with the matching die cut.   I used my SU stamparatus to stamp the sentiment (? from clearance bin at Michaels years ago) and the onesie.  Thanks for looking,    kathy

Bundle of Joy...

It has been a couple of months since I made a card and to tell you truth, It was almost like getting upon the horse again--if you get my drift.   I needed a baby card for a shower in two weeks.   Her colors are blush, ivory and gold, so  I decided to use Freshly Made Sketches # 365 for my inspiration.   Thanks for stopping by,  I appreciate comments always!  Kathy

supplies:   Verve, To the Moon stampset,  SU,  Made with Love stamp set and die cuts,  DCWV paper pad
Versamark ultra fine ink pad, gold paper?, and mini dots blushing bride SU (retired

Bundle of Joy...

I was in the mood make a "sweet" baby card...I had downloaded the little wreath and cut them out before this week's CAS(E) this sketch! was posted, and when I saw it I knew it was perfect for my baby card.

The card is Sweet, simple and old-school,  I used the stamparatus to stamp the sentiment.   I really am loving it, it makes centering and obtaining a crisp image so easy!       Thanks for stopping by,   Kathy

bundle of joy...

When I first saw this sketch #454 last Tuesday at Tuesday Morning Sketches, I thought it looked pretty simple and straight forward, but not so!    I had a couple of hours to play this afternoon and it's been one problem after the other....my cutter isn't cutting straight so I couldn't get a good white rectangle, I had to keep trimming and cutting the sky background piece.  The white gel pen wasn't as user friendly with a computer image printout as I had reckoned it would be....so there you have it...anyway it is finished and I now have a "cute" baby card...which is always nice to have on hand!  Now of course, I do realize that it isn't the sketches fault, it's a very nice sketch and one that I will use again.  And even when the wheels fall off the card (oops I mean cart) when I'm "creating" I learn to "fanangle" and make it work and then add to my wish list much needed items such as a cutter-trimmer. Today, I am also doing the Crafty Friends Challenge for the first time.  They are highlighting the letter B...so I am doing B is for baby clothes!   It is a no stamping card!  Thanks so much for stopping by,   Comments are always so appreciated.   May the Lord bless you and keep you!     Kathy

Supplies:  Cuddly Bubbly download "Baby Clothes"

Paper and Sentiment from Tuesday Morning:  American Craft  My Baby

Gel Pen to color in onesie stripes, squares and snaps

Linked to:

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Crafty Friends Challenge

PS:    Speaking of babies...I need a nap myself after all this!   

Cutie Pie.....

I've been trying for awhile to get in on the action over at Fab Friday Stampin Challenge and so today is the day!    This really came together so well for me, which is usually not the case...Not really much to say, except I think it is definitely a good choice to make for a card swap I participate in.   Thanks for stopping by,   Kathy
Paper:   Paper Studio Hooray Baby (Holly Lobby)
Ribbon:   Michaels
CS and Inks   Smoky Slate (panel and hanger) Pirouette Pink for Onesie Trim
Onesie download from Buddlycrafts.com (digital stamps to color)
I also received a new Nuvo shimmer pen in the March Simon Says box so I experimented with some of that on onesie, but it doesn't show very well!

happy baby boy...

It's overcast today here in sunny SC, and kind of chilly; so I'm playing hooky from housework!  So here I go again with a "baby card"....of course it's always good to have one on hand, but not sure why I'm so taken with "baby clothes" lately.  My children are both single, but I have started working in the baby room at church and their stuff is so small, especially those tiny little diapers for the new guys or girls)  Anyway, the sentiment is Verve and the Kimona is Cuddly Buddly Crafts Digital stamps and I used  SU delicate details (last years sale a bration) to create the ribbon look on the soft sky strip which I fussy cut with deckle scissors.  The card base and envelope is from this year's Sale A Bration.   Other supplies:  soft sky ribbon, smoky slate and soft sky markers and stitched die cuts (SU).    I used sketch # 324 FreshlyMade Sketches for my design inspiration.   As always comments appreciated and thanks for stopping by,   kathy

I also am linking my card to TFIF Challenges #147, Sale A Bration Inspiration with the card base and envelope (tutti-fruitti)

Playing along at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge with the stitched die cut...

and WordArt Wednesday

hello,baby card...

Making these "paperpiecing" cards brought to mind some very pleasant memories.     My mom was the absolutely most accomplished seamstress for her times.  She could look at a picture and make such beautiful and fashionable creations.   We were poor growing up, but you wouldn't know it by what my mom could pull together.   In addition to her sewing skills, she could knit, crochet and she was also a great cook, even though she had so little to work with.   When ladies of the community were "expecting" and the time to hold a shower was drawing near, she would get what she call "outing"...in appropriate baby colors and white and make the cutest little layette items as her gift....and she was very particular with her seams she always "pinked" them...in her words "the inside needed to look as good as the outside."   So for FreshlyMade Sketch # 323 I got it in my head to "pink the edges" of the paper I was piecing together.   The pinking went fine, using a die cut...but piecing it together was another story altogether--and the bottom card shows how that worked out..........So for the 2nd card which is above I just pieced the paper together like a quilt.  Great sketch and I will be using it again.   I took the very bottom picture to show how much the pieces looked like "fabric swatches" after I ran them through my xyron.   Mother loved fabrics and was always quite proud of her "stash."   If she was living at this time she would have been an avid card maker, WOW she would have been a hard "act" to follow!       Thanks for stopping in!   kathy

Supplies:
pre-cut die hello colored with pool party SU marker
precious little one---to the Moon  Verve stamps
Kimono and booties (digital Cuddly Buddly Crafts) Colored pool party
sequins - tutti fruti  SU current Occasions catalog
ice cream parlor Paper Studio (gray stripes, gingham)
oval stitched dies SU
pink colored pencil and Verve pink sequins
welcome baby die cut from Simon Says

Baby Dress

 I made this using the FreshlyMade Sketch #318, rotating it to the side.  My daughter recently told me that she needed baby cards for showers etc.  I wanted to use a "Baby" dress with some cute papers I bought at Hobby Lobby and do some "easy" cards....so here it is!      I used a retired SU punch, SU  smokey slate and Pirouette Pink Markers.   I created the Sentiment online in a label progam.....I down loaded a cute digi stamp set, but it didn't quite work this time...so I penciled by hand the little dress,it was in two pieces.  I cut them and colored and went around the edges with the small end of the smokey slate marker and drew gather lines on the dress....it looks like one my mom made for my daughter when she was a toddler!  In keeping with paper "cute as a button" I added a button that I had threaded irredescent string into.   I also mailed invitations today that I had made for my daughter's friends bridal shower....so now I now need to clean up this mess in my craft-office....but a nap sounds better---so we'll see.   Thanks for looking!

Doily Bear Baby

It's late or very early morning, but I decided to make another Case This Sketch #249 off and on tonight as I watched a little TV and rested...I turned the sketch upside down...My daughter has been wanting some baby cards.
Supplies: 
Simple Stories Winter Wonderland and white watercolor papers
doily
Verve to the Moon Stamp Set
and Verve yellow sequins
Retired soft sky ribbon
Staz On Black Ink
brown, grey and pink watercolor pencils

Thanks for stopping by!    Kathy

Baby Bears...

This card is patterned after sketch #303 at Freshlymade Sketches.   I rotated the template 1 turn counter clockwise for the message I was generating.

The little bears are from SU 2004 Ocassionally Stamp Set (that I found at a thrift shop for $2.50).   The stamp set will be perfect for  "simple" card kits that I am designing for a special project.  I will send the whole stamp set and many other items across the ocean and they won't be coming back!   I hope the ladies enjoy it--they will write Welcome Baby (both girl and boy - different colors) in their own languages. The papers are "Georgie" from CTMH also retired.   I computer generated the message and then ran the white piece through my dotted swiss folder (backwards).   I let it be thinking it might look like a baby wipe pattern!  I  found the grey small ribbon at a thrift shop.   The plastic container had fibers and ribbons of all kinds for only $3.50.    Anyway I'm late getting anything made for this challenge....I've had family here this week and have been enjoying that! 

Thanks for looking.