ISS Christine and Baby Jayla

Hi there,

I hope everyone is doing well and staying cool in this super hot and sunny summer weather. I just wanted to share a quick card with you all today. Todays card uses InStyle Stamps' sweat Baby Jayla and Christine image, they are so cute, I love this image!!

Take a look and Enjoy!!!

Recipe:

Card Size: 6 1/2 x 5

Stamps: Christine and Baby Jayla by Instyle Stamps, SU Short and Sweet

Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Stack (DCWV), White & Craft Cardstock

Ink: Copic Markers, Pitch Blak Adriondack

Accessories: Gross Grain Ribbon, SU Small Oval Punch, EK Success Border Punch Dotted Wave

Technique: Paper Piecing

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day!!!

ISS Jasmine

Hey there,

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! Nothing eventful happened for me, just hung out with family and friends. Today I want to share a card with you all, it was supposed to be up for Mother's Day but I never got to it, so it can be for next year or it can be a Congrats for a new mom. I used the super cute Jasmine image from InStyle Stamps and I pair it up with my favorite S.E.I. Paper and my two favorite colors, purple and green.

Check it out! Enjoy!!!

Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Images: Jasmine by InStyle Stamps
Paper: S.E.I Bridgeport Paper Slab, White, Green, & Purple Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks for stopping by!! Take care and don't forget to come back on Wednesday to check out the InStyle Stamps Monthly Sketch Challenge!!

Baptism

Hey there,

This weekend I attended my boyfriend's nephew's baptism so I needed to make a baptism card so  I grabbed the only cross stamp that I had and I created something quick and simple and then I found a cute little prayer for the inside of the card.

Enjoy!!!

I hope you enjoyed. I wanted to share some pictures of the little on on his baptism day but for some reason my internet is being wacky so I will have to share later. So stay tuned for some cute pictures!!

Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4
Stamps: Verve  Miracles Blossom
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby BoyStack (DCWV), White & Blue Cardstock
Ink: ColorBox ChalkPrussian Blue
Accessories: ProvoCraft Cuttlebug, Nestibilities, SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sheer Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by, have a great evening!!

Baby Daniel's 1st Birthday Card

Hi there,

I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weekend. The weather is just perfect here in California!! I love this spring weather, it's just perfect, not too cold and not too hot! Today I want to share with you all a Birthday card that I made for my cousin's 1 year old son. Today was his birthday party so I created a little card to go with his gift. I just love Mo Manning's images and I especially love her first Birthday serious, they are just perfect for the occasion.

As a side note, I added Diamond Glaze to the balloons to give them a 3-D affect and make them look like real balloons.

Enjoy!!!

I hope you enjoyed my card, now here are some pictures from today celebration!

A picture of the main table with the cake and the Birthday boys super cute photo!

Family picture of my cousin, her husband, and Baby Daniel. Isn't he a cutie?!!!

It's cake time and Baby Daniel was not shy at all, he dug right into it and even managed to get his feet in the cake, lol!!

And then daddy helped him stand up in the cake, lol

And here are Baby Daniel's lil feet before getting washed, I had to get his little feetsies all caked up, I thought it was too cute!!

Recipe:

Card Size: 6 1/2 x 5

Stamps: 1st Birthday by Mo's Digital Pencil

Paper: Vroom, Vroom DP by Frances Meyer, Inc., Green, Orange, & Navy Blue Cardstock

Ink: Copic Markers

Accessories: Martha Stewart Zigzag border punch, Gross Grain Ribbon, 3-D Zots, Judi Kins Diamond Glaze, Stickles

Thanks for stopping by today, Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!

Welcome, Little one

Hello there,

I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday!! Today I want to share with you all that baby card I was talking about. I seriously whipped this baby up in just a few minutes. I was inspired by this super cute baby card from Poppy Paperie so I decided to put some word art and text together and come up with the same cute little sentiment and then I put together the same layout. I managed to make two because I first put together the small card but I made the sentiment to big so it just went to the larger card and I made a new one for the smaller card. It worked out just fine. My friend, who the shower was for, really liked my card, I hope you guys do too!

Enjoy!!!

Lol, do you guys like my camera fun!! I just recently got a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens to go with my new Rebel and it does this cool stuff with near and far and the blurriness, so I had to play.

Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4, and 6 1/2 x 5
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Stack (DCWV), Pink & White Cardstock
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Martha Stewart Cornice Edge Punch, Button, Ribbon, Stickles,

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

SU Bundled in Love - Ducky

Hey there,

I hope everyone is doing well. I'm still a little under the weather and I still haven't gotten back into my normal groove of making cards all the time. I hope after this weekend I will start feeling better and get back into doing everything that needs to be done.

As for today I just heard the news that one of my cousin's had her baby girl last night. Alivia Reise weighed 8lb 7oz  and was 20" long. Congrats to the Jorge family for their latest addition to the family!!! With this I want to share a baby card.

Enjoy!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: SU Bundled in Love
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack); Copic Markers
Paper: Yellow, White, & Green Cardstock
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Nestibilites, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Buttons, Paper Peircer, Gross Grain Ribbon, 3-D Zots

D-IC Zee Sleeping on the Moon

Hello there,

I hope you are all having a great evening!!! Today was a Furlough day for me so I didn't have class. I spent most of my day creating along with sneezing, coughing, and blowing my nose and just feeling exhausted and really not wanting to do anything at all. Yea so whatever bug I got on Saturday has decided to stay with me, I'm just glad there is no fever, and headache involve and it's just cold symptoms. Hopefully it will be passing soon.

This evening I just want to share a lil card with you. I meant to share it on Monday but Mondays D-IC challenge was a "Anything but a Card" challenge so I didn't think it was appropriate at that time to share it but this card matches this door hanger that I made for the D-IC challenge exactly.

Enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by this evening!! Enjoy the rest of you night!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 6 1/2 x 5
Stamps: Zee Sleeping on the Moon by SEWN Together (Digital-Ink Co.)
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Nestibilities, Buttons, Sheer Ribbon, Paper Piercer, 3-D Zots,

Digital-Ink Co. Challenge (DIC007)

Hey there,

I hope your week has started off on the right foot and your weekend was filled with lots of relaxation time and family and friends!!! I had awesome weekend, and it was definitely filled with family, friends and great memories!! Today I hope you will join me in playing week seven of the Digital-Ink Co. Challenge (DIC007). This weeks Challenge is to create Anything But a Card (a gift bag, cupcake, scrap page, journal, etc).

I especially love these challenges, it gets me thinking outside of the box and thinking about other things that  I could make. For this particular project that I made, I've been meaning to make it for a while now and my boyfriend gave me a little extra push to actually make it.

Here is the story: Daniel's mom babysits her little grandson, and Daniel said he stopped by to visit and see the lil' guy since it had been a while. When he got there he noticed on the kitchen table a big piece of computer paper that read, " DON'T RING DOOR BELL, BABY SLEEPING!! Daniel said he thought that was funny but it must have been because the neighbor must come by often and ring the door bell.

So he gave me the idea to make his mom a Door Hanger that read exactly what her piece of paper read. If your wondering why  I chose blue and not a neutral baby color it's because Daniels mom has four boys herself and she has one grandson and another lil boy on the way. She was hoping for a lil girl this time but she's not on her way yet, atleast not from her oldest son.

So here is what I came up with. Enjoy!!!

I think it's just perfect and I'm sure Daniel's mom will love it!!! Ethan's crib bedding is Zebra so I thought this lil image by Sewn Together was just super cute for his lil door hanger.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day and don't forget to head over to the Digital-Ink Co. Challenge Blog and check out what inspirations the other Design Team members have for ya.

RECIPE:
Project Size: 4 1/2 x 12
Stamps: Zee Sleeping on the Moon by SEWN Together (Digital-Ink Co.)
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack (DCWV)
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Your not the boss of me (diecut letters), Nestibilities, Buttons, Sheer Ribbon, Paper Piercer, 3-D Zots,

Baby's Everywhere!!

Hey there,

I hope you are all enjoying your week!!! I know I am, this week I only have my Tuesday and Thursday classes. My Wednesday and Friday classes this week are being Furloughed so we don't have class. Yup even college classes are being furloughed, how sad is that. For my Friday class on our own we are supposed to go over what would have been scheduled for the class that day, which includes going over notes, reading and teaching ourselves how to use Microsoft Access and then take an assessment to see if we learned anything. Not to hard but all the things we would have done during a 3 hour period with our instructor. I'm still excited though, it means I get a 4 day weekend, this semester I don't have classes on Monday so I always have a 3 day weekend!! Lucky me, huh?!!

For today I want to show you some baby cards. No joke, this year I know sooo many pregnant women, all due from now to March. They all decided to get pregnant all due around the same time. Must have been something in the water, ;-). And then I know several women on the blogs that I follow who have just had babies too, so it's everywhere not just around me. It must be the season, or something. But yea I have 6 family members, 5 friends, and my boyfriends sister-in-law who are all expecting. That's 12 expecting mommies I know!! I don't think I have ever known so many women expecting all at the same time. I think it's kind of cool.

So for today I have a set of baby cards to share, one for a boy and one for a girl. These cards also qualify for  the Whiff of Joy candy with a twist, which is to make Alison Acton a baby card. She is awaiting the birth of her first child, a little boy, next Friday, the 16th October.

Enjoy!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/4
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Stack (DCWV), Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack (DCWV), white cardstock
Accessories: Provo Craft Cuttlebug, Your not the boss of me (diecut letters), Nestibilites, Sheer Ribbon, Pearls

1st Birthday Girl

Hey there,

I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend. Today my cousin's baby girl is having her 1st Birthday Party tonight. I'm pretty excited cause I don't often get to hang out with these cousins, not sure why, as we all got older and we all started going our separate ways and getting married we stopped getting together but hopefully that will change. I know when I get married and have my house and a nice backyard you bet I'll be inviting everyone over for dinner and for the kids to play. I love hanging out with family and having everyone united, it's a good thing to do and it's a great way to raise your kids together.

So for today I want to share with you the card that I made for baby Alayiah, pronounced Uh-lie-Uh, it's from the bible, very unique and very pretty!!! I love the 1st Birthday Girl image from Mo's Digital Pencil, so I had to buy just for Alayiah's first birthday. I always wanted this sweet little image yet I never had a little girl to give it to and then when I was thinking of what to do for the card, I remembered I wanted to buy the image, so I did!!!

So here is what I came up with, Enjoy!!!

Super Sweet huh?!! 

Oh and my cousin requested that we purchase a book as part of Alayiah's gift, so the other day I spent about an hour looking around in the kids books section at Barnes and Nobles. Let me just say I wanted all their books!!! I sure wish I had some nieces or nephews who I could spoil with some great books or maybe even my own kids, some day. I could not make a choice, that's for sure, there were just to many good ones that I wanted to bring home with me. I ended up purchasing a book called Bedtime Stories that had three great short stories in it, really cute, and something that Alayiah will be able to enjoy when she gets older and can read.

Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy your weekend!!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 6 1/2 x 5
Stamps: 1st Birthday Girl by Mo's Digital Pencil
Ink: Copic Markers
Paper:  Hot Off The Press Paper Pizazz Green w/ Daisies DP
Accessories: Martha Stewart Lace Doily Border Punch, Gross Grain Ribbon,  3-D Zots, Judi Kins Diamond Glaze, Stickles

Doodle Beans Digital Stamps

Hey everyone,

So today I want to share with you some super clean and simple cards that I made using some new digi stamps from Doodle Bean Digital Stamps. Have you heard of them?? They have some great images over there, you should really go check them out, and while your there check out their idea gallery and their design team for more inspiration.

So today I used the Baby Laundry-Boy and Baby Laundry-Girl images for my two cards. So because this was my first time playing with these images I decided that I wanted to go super simple and clean just to get an idea how these images would look. As simple and clean as they are I think they came out great.

Take a look and Enjoy!!!!





Now head on over to Doodle Bean Digital Stamps to check out their fun images!!

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day!!!

RECIPE:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Doodle Beans Digital Stamps Baby Laundry-Boy & Baby Laundry-Girl
Ink: Copic Markers
Paper: Whisper White,

SOA MOJO88

Hey everyone,

I did a bunch of challenges over atStampin Out Alzheimer's, so I just wanted to share them with you even though the event is over, so here it is.

This Monday's mojo sketch is doubling as one of the challenges in this week's Stampin' Out Alzheimer's (SOA) event. Don't forget to leave the link to your photo in the Mr. Linky form on this blog. For those of you who wish to participate in the SOA event, all you have to do to be entered in the contest to win some Verve Stamps is also upload your sketch card over on the SOA site with the tag soamojo. There will be a challenge thread located in the Challenges/Announcements tab that will have all the details and the hostess can answer all your questions.

I haven't used these two sweet stamps in a while so I thought they would be the perfect image for this sketch. I made one for a baby boy and one for a baby girl. Enjoy!!!!!






Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: Stampendous Overalls and Sweet Dress
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Stack (DCWV), Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack (DCWV), Green cardstock
Ink: Pitch black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Accessories: Rhinestone Stickers, Gross Grain Ribbon, K & Co. Metal Art Baby Button Brads

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.

Celebrating 300K--Day 2!!

For Julie's case I decided to case this card from her SCS gallery. I thought it was super cute and simple yet well put together. So I figured I could do the same thing with Baby Shower from High Hopes, I hope it turned out just as good as Julie's.

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 4 x 5 1/2
Stamps: High Hopes Baby Shower, SU So Many Scallops
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack, Copic Markers
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
Accessories: K&Company Adhesive Gems, Scalloped Ribbon, Nestibiliites


Details to the 300K celebration

How would you like to win Floral Symphony..and more! Well, yesterday Julie asked you to case Laura, and link your creation by comment to this post. So today, you are going to check out Julie`s blog or SCS gallery and pick a card of hers to case. This time you will link it to this post on her blog! You have until midnight Monday, March 30, and we`ll select a random winner on Tuesday, March 31. You can check out Julie`s blog to find out what she`s giving away, but Laura will tell you hers right now! For Day 2 of our Celebration, Julie at Verve has graciously donated a Fun With Florals bundle! That`s 5 stamp sets! Both Julie and Laura will draw a winner from all the entries each day, so there will be four winners in all!

Case Laura, and link to this post on Laura`s blog, or upload to SCS with the keyword CEL300L.

Case Julie, and link to this post on Julie`s blog, or upload to SCS with the keyword CEL300J.

Remember to link the card you cased in your post or upload, and change at least two things, and yes, you can case as many cards as you like, and enter as often as you like on both days of our Celebration!

TCPTUES51

Hey everyone,
I just wanted to share with you another baby card, this time using TCPTUES Challenge. Sorry I have to be short and sweet but I have to get to studying for an open book, open note, essay test on friday. They are always harder when they are open tests, so I need to start preparing myself. I'll have more for you later this week.

Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!!!



Recipe:
Card Size: 5 1/2 x 4
Stamps: High Hopes Precious Cargo, Stampendous Tiny Toes
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Accessories: Fun Flock, Nestibilities, paper piercer



Wow. TCP Tuesday is 51! How did that happen? They are middle-aged.

Head on over to Leigh's Blog today.

She is the Hipster Hostess with the Mostess for this week. And she's hosting a fantabulous Sketch challenge. She's using this wonderful sketch to challenge herself and you. It's her last week as the Hostess with the Mostess. Won't you play along?


Here are the deets.
1. Each a week one of The Cat’s Pajamas DT members will host a challenge.
2. The challenges will vary {stamp, color, theme, sketch, etc.}
3. You will have until {this} Saturday night to complete the challenge.
4. Link your project on this week’s hostess’ challenge announcement. This week you will link your project HERE.
5. TCP stamps are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp}
6. There will be one winner each month. They will be deemed that month’s Swankiest Stamper and get $25 in Cat’s Cash {money to spend on the TCP site!}.
7. When uploading to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword TCPTUES51 for this challenge.
8. Alma (that's me) will post the entries from the week the following Monday on her blog.
9. The newly crowned Swanky Stamper will be announced on the First of the Month and have his/her winning entry posted on The Cat’s Pajamas website where he/she will reign for the entire month.

Precious Cargo Mojo79

My cousin is having a baby shower this sunday and she is expecting a little boy so I figured I would try something with my new High Hopes Precious Cargo stamp. I think it turned out nicely with the Mojo79 sketch, except that my coloring on the beek got a little to messy, I'll have to make another one that is cleaner. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by and don't for get to play along.





Recipe:
Stamps: High Hopes Precious Cargo
Paper: Nana's Nursery Baby Boy
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Copic Markers
Accessories: Sheer Ribbon, Martha Stewart Embossed Zigzag Border Punch, Fun Flock, Marvy Uchida Liquid Appliqué


To play along, just make a project using the provided sketch. Upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a link using the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of this post, so we can come check out your creation. There is no time limit - you can always play any week at any time, but Mr. Linky will close on Sunday night at 8:00pm. That way there's no confusion which Mr. Linky is the current one. If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag MOJO79.

For a Friend

I thought I would just play with a few stamps that haven't been inked up recently and make some simple cards using Martha Stewart border punches.

This card was my first attempt and then i decided that it needed a little more details so the other cards all have the little extra that this one doesn't. All stamps are from the SU For a Friend set except the second card which is from Inkadinkado. Enjoy!!!















Recipe:
Card: 4 by 5 1/2
Stamps: SU For a Friend, Inkadinkado (...and the two became one)
Ink: Pitch Black (Adirondack), Markers (Copics)
Accessaries: Stickles, Martha Stewart Border Punches

Thanks for stopping by!!!!!!