Berry Basket - Baby gift.

Love this Berry Basket Die, so easy to put together.

  I've used the Berry Basket Die to make a baby gift for my lovely niece who expecting her first baby.

(Update - Baby Ava has arrived right on time. Mother and baby are doing well. The father, well he's still in shock.)

 I've stamped tone on tone butterflies on the basket and added a couple of doilies for a soft pretty look.

It fits 3x3 note cards perfectly.

Using up DSP from my stash to make the perfect size envelopes with the Envelope Punch Board.

Occasions Catalogue:

Berry Basket Bigz L Die

Butterflies Thinlits Dies

Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set

Annual Catalogue:

@SoSocial stamp set

Petite Pairs stamp set

1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch

1" Circle punch

Spritzer 

White Bakers Twine 

Tea Lace Paper Doilies

White Organza Ribbon

Envelope Punch Board

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Leah

Baby Card - Project Life by Stampin' Up!

Another card using a card from Project Life Card Collection this time the Little Moments Collection making a cute Baby Card. Lovely soft colours in this Collection.

This is going to another niece who will be having her first baby early next year.

I'm so excited. I think that will make me a Great Aunty!

Stamp set used is the Hello Love (Hostess) set.

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Leah

Project Life - Little Moments.

August's Scrap Club page using Project Life cards on a traditional scrap page.

Using three of the Project Life cards from the Little Moments Card Collection. 

 The page title is from the Hi There stamp set.

The stars in the background are daubered on with ink using the Hearts & Stars Decorative Masks.

The heart embellishments where made using the Groovy Love stamp set and coordinating Sweetheart punch.

I love how Stampin' Up! have lots punches and framlites to coordinate with many of the stamps sets.

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Leah

New Baby Scrapbook Page.

I have been wanting to scrap these photo's for a while and I finally got to today. Yay! With the help of the sketch from Just Add Ink Scrapbooking  Challenge #22 and using the theme from Sunny Challenges & Creations SC 89/13 which is "Baby" my page came together quickly. 

Using DSP Venetian Romance with the colours Soft Suede and Tangerine Tango, now there's a colour I haven't used for a long time.

Flowers from the Flower Shop stamp set punched with the coordinating punch. Love the jumbo pearls. Did you notice the doilies!

 Greetings from Chalk Talk set, heat embossed with white embossing powder.

 I love these photo's of Nina and Zach, it just makes you smile.

Thanks for stopping in today.

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Leah

Bundle of Love

Baby's are everywhere at the moment, congratulations to Natasha and Karen on the birth of their beautiful baby girls. Wish I could be there to give you both a big hug.  My friends daughter is about to have her first baby, we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet so I made her baby shower card to coordinate with the gift. I do love the blues and green together. Maybe she will have a boy.

I have used the sketch from the Mojo 199 sketch challenge, turned on it's side. Check out the design teams creations, beautiful.  I have used the Baby Bundle stamp set, water coloured. The colours are Not Quite Navy, Pear  Pizzazz and Baja Breeze. I've added lots of rhinestone jewels to the pram to add lots of bling. 

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Leah

Baby Gift.

New Year and New Life, a baby gift for my daughters teacher.

Stamp set used is Fox & Friends, colours are Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla. DSP Elegant Soiree.

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Leah.

Baby Tees.

Wow it's Thursday already.

I'd like to wish my very good friend Christine a very Happy Birthday today. I hope you have a fantastic day.

No, this isn't the card I made for Christine. She would freak out if I did. :) I want to keep Christine's card a surprise for her. This is a cute baby card using the Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel. I just wheeled along Whisper White card and coloured in with Stampin' Write markers. Then add some ribbon and a few rows of different colours punched with the Scallop Edge Border punch.

Two of my kids teachers are pregnant, but we just found out they are both having boys. So Ill have to make some boy baby cards now.

Have a great day.
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Leah

Sunday Scrap.

Happy Sunday Stampers, hope your all having a great weekend. This weeks page is of my very cute little man, Zach when he was 18months old. I have used the new colour Cherry Cobbler, it's a very deep red, I quite like it. Zach has a bit of red and an elephant on his outfit, the Cherry Cobbler coordinates well. There are even Cherry Cobbler brads now. I really enjoyed making this page. It came together well and I got to use my new Scallop Trim Border punch again.

Recipe
Stamp Set : Animal Stories
Card: textured Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray
DSP: Urban Oasis (retired)
Ink: Basic Gray
Punches: scallop trim border
Tools: Big Shot - Buttons #5 die, Top Note die, Timeless Type Alphabet Jnr, mat pack & tool
Accessories: brads Cherry Cobbler, Gray taffeta ribbon (retired)

Hope you get some stampin' in today.

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Leah

Sunday Scrap.

Hi it's Sunday Scrap time again. This week I have Scraped my daughter Rebecca when she was 4 months old. The very small title is " I made a wish and you came true". I have used up some DSP squares from the DSP Sampler that I have been taking to workshops and won't need much longer. Not wanting to waste anything I thought I would use them in my paper craft.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Stem Sayings, Perfect Punches
Card: So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Vellum
DSP: Tea Party
Markers: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron
Punches: eyelet boarder, 1 3/8" circle, fancy flower, round tab, butterfly
Tools: Big Shot- Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
Accessories: So Saffron ribbon, White Taffeta ribbon, brads, rhinestone

Hope you get time to Scrap today.

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Leah

Sunday Scrap.

Hi, it's another Sunday and another Sunday Scrap. This is Alex again when he was about 18 months old. I used the very cute dragonfly from the Bugs & Kisses stamp set for the embellishment, I have paper pierced the wings. And the All Scallops Stamp set with the scallop edge punch as a decorative border along the bottom. The greeting is stamped with the Defining Alphabet set. Giving the Big Shot a little rest :)

Recipe
Stamp Sets: All Scallops, Life Definitions, Defining Alphabet, Bugs & Kisses
Card: Sahara Sand, Summer sun, Night of Navy, Whisper White
DSP: Good Morning Sunshine
Ink: Night of Navy
Punches: 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle, wide oval, scallop edge
Tools: mat pack & tool, silver brads

Have a Scrappy Sunday.

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Leah

Baby Boy Onesie.

Hi, another Baby Onesie card, I love these and I do have two new nephews. This one I embossed the card base with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and used Good Morning Sunshine DSP.

Recipe
Stamp Set: Polka Dot (envelope)
Card: Pacific Point, Whisper White
Ink: Pacific Point
Punches: 1 1/4" circle, scallop circle
Tools: Big Shot-Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder
Accessories: White gel pen, silver brads

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Leah

Baby talk.

Here he is, my new nephew just 5hrs old in this photo. Isn't he cute! I know some of you have been waiting for me to post the card I made for him & his Mum & Dad but I'm sorry to tell you I forgot to take a photo of it.... But I did make a set of baby thank you cards for a baby shower gift  much the same. The only difference is my nephew's card was made in Baja Brezze. My friend is having a baby girl so her thank you cards are made in Pinks & Pumpkin. Ok here are some pic's for you.

I made her a set of 20 baby thank you cards with matching envelopes all in a cute gift bag. Using the Fox & Friends stamp set in the Autumn-Winter Mini. This set is so cute.

 

The DSP is Sweet Always and I've used the scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch & 1 3/8" circle punch.

Also used white gel pen, brads and Polka Dot background stamp.

I'm off to do a few last minute things before the Launch Party tomorrow, exciting. If your coming I'll see you then.

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Leah

Hello Sweet Baby.

Here is a sweet little baby card using the Animal Stories stamp set. I'm really pleased how this turned out and it was quick to make.

Recipe
Stamp sets: Animal Stories, Hello Again, Something Sweet
Card: Confetti White
Ink: Basic Brown, Baja Breeze
Tools: Circle Scissor Plus, mat pack & tool, stamp a ma jig
Accessories: Baja Breeze ribbon, 5/16" jumbo brads choc chip

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Leah

Mojo Monday 120.

I had a play with this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch today. They always have such great sketches to inspire us. As I found out yesterday I'm to be an Aunty again I thought I would make a baby card. We now have two babies in our family arriving this year, one in March and the other in July. It's so very exciting.

Anyway, I used the Something Sweet stamp set from the Summer Mini, making a baby rattle. (Can really do a lot with this set.) I don't know if the baby is a boy or girl so used Pink Pirouette and Baja Breeze with Close to Cocoa. The large scallop circle is a Die Cut from Blooms Again and I used the Circle Scissor Plus (Summer Mini) for the pink circle.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Something Sweet, Warm Words
Ink: Close to cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze
Card: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette
DSP: Urban Garden
Punches: scallop edge punch, 1 3/4" circle
Tools: Circle Scissor Plus, stamp a ma jig, mat pack & tool, daubers
Accessories: Die Cut Blooms Again, Flower Fusion Too, silver brads, 1 1/4" grosgrain ribbon Pink Pirouette, taffeta ribbon Pretty in Pink, mini glue dots, dimenionals


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Leah

Another Baby Gift

Here is the baby gift I made for my cousin in Darwin. (Hi everyone up there.) She had a baby boy recently. First I made the thank you love note cards using the Outlaw DSP. Just like the other baby thank you love notes I made for Lola Mae, except in boy colours. Then I was thinking about how to package them when I saw this great love note gift box on Makeesha's site Stamp Your Art Out. She has a fantastic tutorial you can have a look at here. It's really easy to make. Thanks Keesha.

The flowers and rhinestone brad made a lovely embellishment for the top.
I've added a tinge of sage shadow to the tips of the flower.

See all the cards are held in place with the ribbon which also holds the box together.

And there is still space to add some booties or chocolates for the new mum.

Recipe
Stamp Sets : All in the Family, So many Sayings - level 1 hostess set
Ink : choc chip, sage shadow, blush blossom (cheeks)
Card : Sage Shadow, Choc Chip, Very Vanilla, Whisper White
DSP : Outlaw
Punches : scallop circle, 1 3.8" & 1 1/4" circle, corner rounder
Accessories : love note cards with envelopes, pretties kit, stamp a ma jig, grosgrain ribbon white & vanilla, dimensionals, crop a dile, dauber


Just one more baby gift to make for my next door neighbour.

Baby Tips Book

It must be Spring! There are babies everywhere. I made this cute little book for a wonderful teacher at my kids school. Who just had her first baby , so I thought a book full of baby tips and tricks might come in handy. You know, the things they don't tell you at the hospital or in the baby books. So I've got some other mothers to contribute their tips, between us all we've had a lot of babies.

The 5 x 5 On Board Art Journal was perfect for this book. I've covered it with DSP Spring Flowers. ( She had a gorgeous baby girl and named her Lola Mae) I've also used chipboard, rub on's and ribbon.

This is the inside cover. Telling her that no men are allowed to look.

Secret women's business.

On the pagers I have used many different lightly stamped, stamp sets. The tips and advise can be written over the top of the stamped images.



I had lots of fun making this book. I hope it will help to make this special time in her life a little bit easier.

Then I made a set of thank you note cards for her. She can gives these out to people who give her pressies for Lola Mae. And of course a Welcome Sweet Baby Girl card we all signed.
The stamp set used on the cards is All in the Family.

We got to see and cuddle Lola Mae yesterday, she is just beautiful, so tiny and soft. No I'm not getting clucky, four is enough for me. lol

Happy Stampin'

Fishy Friends

I finally got all the baby cards posted.

This is one I forgot to take to Kristy's (sorry ladies)

Recipe

Stamp Sets : Fishy Friends, Warm Words, Polka Dots & Paisley

Ink : Stazon Black, Soft Sky, River Rock, Going Gray

Card : Watercolour Paper, Soft Sky, River Rock

Punches : 1/2" circle

Accessories : Double stitched ribbon River Rock, Vintage brads, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 way glue pen, dimensionals

Fun & fast Notes - Baby

This is a cute little baby card using the Fun & Fast notes stamp set. I stamped straight onto the DSP and cut out then adhered it on top of another stamped image. Added a couple of buttons and a bit more DSP and it's done. Quick & Easy.

Recipe

Stamp Set : Fun & Fast Notes

Ink : Basic Black, Bashful Blue, So Saffron

Card : Confetti Cream, Very Vanilla

Punches : 1/2" circle, corner rounder

Accessories : DSP Spring Showers, buttons bashful blue, blender pen, mini glue dots, paper snips

Baby Boy

Another baby card, this one I used the Crop a Dile to dry emboss the spots on the Barely Banana strip. So easy to do. And I stamped the star onto vellum and layered over the 'O'.

Recipe
Stamp Set : Classic Backgrounds, Big Deal Alphabet, Jumbo Outline Alphabet
Ink : Bashful Blue
Card : Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Barely Banana, Vellum
Punches : Large star
Accessories : Crop a Dile, Silver brads, Stamp a ma jig, cutter kit, grosgrain ribbon

Leah

Special Wish

I've made this card by punching out the star's from the soft sky card and layering onto Kraft Card. Then I attached another stamped star to a tag threaded with ribbon and hemp twine. I really love these colours together. Recipe

Stamp Sets : Basic Backgrounds, Happy Everything, Everyday Flexible Phrases

Ink : Blue Bayou

Card : Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Kraft, Whisper White

Punches : large star, tag, horizontal slot

Accessories : Blue Bayou double stitched ribbon, hemp twine,dimensionals, paper snips

Leah