Blogging Friends Blog Hop!

Hello friends,

I hope you are managing well with all of the changes our daily lives are coping with.

My family and I are doing well.  We like being at home together.  We are keeping busy.   I am making cards and am on a mission to use up my DSP stash.  

But today, it is time for a Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  The theme this month is Baby Come Rockin'.  I had a lot of fun with this!  It has been a long time since I have made a baby card and I forgot how fun they are.

I used some of my favourite things on this card.

There is some super sweet stitching on this card which is perfect for a baby card.  

First, I used the Stitched be Mine dies to add a small scalloped stitched edge on the Whisper White Layer.  Then I used the largest square from Stitched Shapes dies to frame that adorable kangaroo and baby koala.  Finally, I used the Stitched Rectangle dies to frame the greeting.  

The image and greeting is from the Animal Outing stampset.  The images are so cute and perfect for a baby card.  I colour it using my Stampin' Blends, Crumb Cake Combo and Smokey Slate Combo and Flirty Flamingo Combo.  The scalloped Balmy Blue square is the largest of the Scalloped squares in the Layering Square Dies.

The cardstock colours are Balmy Blue and Whisper White.  The ink used Memento Black.

Be sure to hop on through all of my blogging friends links below to see all of the projects made for baby!

Happy stampin'

Tammy

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Kylie Bertucci's International Highlights Top Ten Winner

Hi there, I hope your week of off to a great start.

I have a very special post today!  I am SO honoured to be a part of Kylie Bertucci's International Highlights Top Ten Winner Blog Hop!  (Now that is a mouthful.)  Yes, I was selected as one of the top ten for October's Highlight Challenge! Thank you to everyone who voted for me.

The theme for October's challenge was Change, a life change.  It could be wedding, retirement, new baby ect.  It was a fun challenge and you can see my post for the challenge here where I created a wedding card for my sister.  To celebrate, all of the Challenge winners create a second card using the same theme and participate in a blog hop.  The Highlights Top Ten Blog Hop has the same theme.  Sounds like fun right?

Here is the card I created for the hop with the theme Change in mind.

 I created a shower card - could be either a wedding shower or a baby shower and always good to have one in your stash of cards.   I used the new Stampin' Blends to colour the umbrella and the clouds.  This was my first project using the Stampin' Blends and let me tell you, they are so easy to use.  I just love how it turned out!  Helpful hint for the clouds - I used the colour lifter to create the white space in the center, an awesome effect for making clouds. 

My card base is Crumb Cake and the layers are made from Pink Pirouette and Pool Party.  The DSP is taken from the Coffee Break pack.  The blue on this DSP is actually Soft Sky, but pattern is so soft, it looks great next to the other colours.  

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to hop on through to all of the blogs participating. I can't wait to see all of the projects created!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Global Design Project Take 2

Hey there paper people,

I had so much fun creating a card using the Swirly Birds Stampset and playing along with Global Design Project, that I created a second card!

This one with a completely different theme and colour combo and I decided to focus my CASE on the layout!

Here is my card....  

And in case you forgot, here is the Global Design Project challenge...

If you follow my blog, you know that I am a mom of three wonderful boys, so when I have a chance to create something 'all boy' I need to jump up on it.  

This card I created having a lady at work in mind, she is expecting a baby in the spring and I think she is having a boy - although we don't know for sure, but that's my guess.  I thought these colours just called out to a baby card and that sailboat is all boy.  What do you think?



Be sure to stop on over to Global Design Project to see all of the fun cards that have been created!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Global Design Project Challenge for a new Grandma!

Hello my stampin' friends,

I have a card to show you today that I am so very proud of - I just LOVE how it turned out!!!

The folks over at Global Design had a great sketch to follow this week and it was perfect to create a cute little baby card for my friend and downline who became a grandma for the first time!  

Here is my card...

The challenge link and sketch...

Global Design Project 074 | Sketch Challenge

 

How did I do?  I think it is a pretty good likening.  Here is a close up of my greeting.  I used the retired stampset Cuddles and Kisses - it definitely is a keeper.

I used some of my favourite things to create this card.....the Triple Banner Punch to create the Tempting Tuqoise and Watermelon Wonder banners and the Stitched Shapes Framelits to beautifully frame my greeting with Crushed Curry.

Don't forget to love the inside of your card!  For this I used the stampset Something for Baby.

 

Be sure to stop in to see all of the wonderful creations made with this sketch in mind

Global Design Project 074 | Sketch Challenge

 Thanks for joining me.  Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Baby Boy Card

Hi there!  Thanks for stopping by!

One of my friends at work had her frist grandson!  That calls for a card wouldn't you say?  She isn't a new grandma, but this is her first boy!  And the first child for her son!  SO exciting!

So.... I have a confession to make....I had bought the Sweet Buttons Embosslits folder a while ago, like I am talkin' a couple of years, and I still hadn't used it!  EESH!  Anyway, I thought this was the PERFECT opportunity to use these adorable little buttons - embossed and punched all at the same time - beautiful! 

I have also been waiting for the opportunity to use the new stampset Cuddles and Kisses from the Annual Catalogue, awesome for the arrival of all new babies!

So here is my card....

I used a favourite colour combo of mine, Crumb Cake, Very Vanillia and Marina Mist - awesome for a boy!  The Designer Series paper is one I have been saving for a long time, but really works for this special occasion!

I hope you find some inspiration from my card - or at least for digging something out that you haven't used yet!  LOL!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy