A {Baby Wishes} Card Kit...

Hi there!  Over the weekend I saw CSS's Style Watch featuring a card kit made by Amber.  It was so cute that I just had to make one for myself.  I chose a baby theme.  There will never be a time where baby cards are not needed, it's just a fact of life, one that I'm quite happy about.

You can see the card I made above.  I assembled it, took a photo of it and applied the photo to the front of the kit so that the recipient will know what the card is supposed to look like assembled.  The kit is just slightly taller than the card itself, with a half inch spine to allow room for all the goodies inside.

Once you open the kit, you will see these cute boy and girl giraffes and your choice of sentiment.  The giraffes were made using the giraffe die from Baby Shower Dies, stamped with the giraffe image from the stamp set Baby Shower.  I adorned each giraffe with a bow of floss and a gem for an eye.

On the left side of the kit are the cards, six total.  They come with the sunburst background and second half of the sentiment already stamped on them.  I included some foam adhesive for sticking on the sentiment and giraffe.

I created the little pockets with vellum, that way I wasn't hiding any of the cuteness.  

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my project!  It was really fun to make and now I think I have the bug to make them for different occasions.

Have a great day!

{Baby Wishes Card Kit}

Stamps: Baby Shower, Baby Sentiments, Sunburst (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Trendsetter Blue, I'm a Princess Pink, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Ink: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Your Style Blue Me Away, Paint the Town Pink, Say Yellow to All Your Fans (CSS)

Dies: Baby Shower (CSS) 

Accessories: Sticky Tape, Clear Gems, Blue & Pink Floss, Corner Rounder Punch, Foam Dots, Vellum

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A Pregnancy {Congratulations} Card...

Hey all!  Just a simple card to share today.  I tried to keep it gender neutral since this is a card you would send during the beginning of someone's pregnancy.  Pink/Blue/Brown.  I used a bunch of baby sets for this card, so fun to mix and match.  And look, just one extra layer!

It's rainy today so I had to settle for taking this photo using my light box.  I just love taking my card photos outside.  It just looks so much cheerier.  Don't ya think?

I also have a card featured on the Clear & Simple Stamps iPhone App today.  You won't want to miss this cute one!

Have a great day!

{Congratulations}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments, Baby Shower, Party Elements-Baby (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Basics Manila (Basic Grey)

Ink: True Blue Fan, Paint the Town Pink, Dish All the Dirt Brown (CSS)

Accessories: Blue Floss, Pink Gem, Corner Rounder Punch

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A {Welcome Baby} Card...

Hey y'all!  Have you seen this week's Style Watch from CSS?  Well, I saw it and was immediately inspired to create something with my alpha dies.  I really had the urge to mix and match different patterned papers with my letters.

The letters in "baby" are popped up on two different sizes of foam dots (1/4" and 1/8").

Have a great day!

{Welcome Baby}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments, Sweet Dreams (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Brown Leather Satchel (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Basics Manila (Basic Grey)

Ink: True Blue Fan (CSS)

Dies: Uppercase Alpha, Lowercase Alpha (CSS) 

Accessories: Foam Dots, Twine, Edge Distresser

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A {Best Wishes} Card...

Hello!  Don't you just hate when life gets in the way of crafting?  Lol, but that's what happened yesterday.  The whole day was just a blur and I'd like to keep it that way.

So, as I was browsing my regular blogs this morning, I really liked this week's challenge from Runway Inspired Challenge.  The sun was overhead when I took the photo so the ribbon looks a little weird, it's just tied in a knot, the rest is a shadow.

I used a labels die to create a flap for my center panel.  It adds a touch of elegance and creates a place for more embellishments.

Have a great day!

{Best Wishes}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments, Quotes II, Background Basics I (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: On the Catwalk Cream, I'm a Princess Pink, Kraft Like a Rockstar, Brown Leather Satchel (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Dies: Labels 9 (Spellbinders) 

Accessories: Clear Gems, Sheer Ribbon, Foam Dots, Stamping Sponge

Copics: W5, R85 

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A {Cute as a Button} Card...

I've seen so many ladies on the CSS DT making cards like this.  I just had to try my hand at it too.  All those buttons are a little tedious since they are each threaded with a sliver of gray card stock.  The whole time I was doing it, I kept hoping it would be worth all the trouble.  I'll let you be the judge.  I'm just not a person that can put a "naked" button on my card, it looks great on everyone else's cards, but looks half-assed when I try to do it.  KWIM?

I had a lot of fun with my scoring board on this one.  I think the diagonal lines look classy.  That little stamp that is replacing a button says "too cute".  I forgot to take a closer pic.

The sentiment panel is a label stamp, stamped in white and then cut out with scissors.  I stamped the sentiment and then attached it under the button panel. I like the little look of whimsy, which is so not like me, LOL.

I'm subbing today in my son's 1st grade classroom.  He is really excited about it.  Hoping for a smooth day all around!

Have a great day!

{Cute as a Button}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments, Party Elements: Baby (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: You're Such a Gray-cious Host, VIP Purple, Purplicious, A Blanc Check (CSS) 

Ink: Purplicious (CSS), White

Accessories: Glue Dots, Scoring Board (Martha Stewart), Stamping Sponge, Buttons, Foam Dots, Edge Distresser 

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A {Best Wishes} Card...

Here's hoping this is the start of me getting back on schedule!  It was so nice to play around in my studio this morning (taking breaks to fold and switch out laundry).  Man, things really pile up when momma is sick.  Plus, I spent a big chunk of yesterday working in our flower beds and planting some starters for my garden.  The inside of our house has been sooo neglected.  


Here's the first card I've made in over two weeks.  Not bad for my first effort and hopefully this will get my mojo flowing.

I took both photos using the same settings on my camera, the above one is grainy and the bottom one is crystal clear.  Weird!!!

Okay, I'll be back with another card share tomorrow!  Thanks for hanging in there with me!!!

Have a great day!

{Best Wishes}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments, Hearts Plus (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: VIP Purple, Simply Blue-tiful, Purplicious, Green With Envy, Coral Necklace, Paint the Town Pink (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Dies: Shapes: Hearts (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dots, Clear Gems, Corner Rounder Punch

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CSS April Group Project!!!

Hello all!  This month's Clear & Simple Stamps group challenge is based on the photo above.  Isn't that just gorgeous?!!

I chose to use Baby Sentiments for my gender neutral card.  This card is pretty simple, but I just love the calming colors and texture.  I used a scrap of embroidery floss to divide the images.  Those stamped buttons have the holes punched out using a mini hole punch.  I just love little details like that.

You won't want to miss what the other DT ladies have designed! 

• Lori Tecler
• Tracy Schultz
• Jennifer Rzasa
• Jaclyn Miller
• Kim Duran
• Laurie Willison
• Laura Bassen
• Denise January
• Stephany Zerbe
• Clear & Simple Stamps Blog

Thanks so much for joining me today!  I hope your day is FABULOUS!

{Congratulations}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: On the Catwalk Cream, Brown Leather Satchel, Kraft Like a Rockstar (CSS)

Ink: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Brown Leather Satchel (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dots, Cream Embroidery Floss, Mini Hole Punch, Edge Distresser

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A {Congrats on Your Growing Family} Card...

Hello!  I'm not going to hold back, I think I'm in love with this card.  It was so fun to make.  I'm in need of girl baby cards so that's where the whole idea for this card came about.  

Clear and Simple Stamps has a really cool new die called Circle Trio.  It was so easy to perfectly space all of those circles.  It's a simple die with three circles, but they are all three attached.  I ran this card through my cuttlebug three times, not nine.

My sentiment has a cool detail.  Behind the sentiment strip in the center circle, I used two foam dots to pop of the sentiment and I used own foam dot behind the outer sides.  This created a sort of arch.


Thanks so much for joining me here today. 

{Baby Congratulations}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments, Shapes: Circles (Clear &Simple Stamps) 

Card Stock: ABlanc Check, VIP Purple, Purplicious (CSS) 

Ink: VIP Purple, Purplicious (CSS)

Accessories: Circle Trio Die (CSS), Foam Dots

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A Video {Hello World} Card...

EEEEK!  I made a video!!!  I have to tell you this was so much fun.  Please keep in mind that this was my first attempt and next time I promise it will be so much better.  There are no frills in this one.  I filmed and edited it on my iPad thinking I could change it more on my computer when I finished but no such luck (I'm sure you can do it, but I've spent way more than enough time on this).  So, here ya go!


ETA: I forgot to post the inspiration for this card, it's this card I pinned a while ago from Laura Bassen!


Two things to note:

• I always stamp on a mouse pad, always!  I've found that I get a good, solid image every time.  
• I always stamp on a scrap piece of paper before stamping on my actual card stock.  Some stamps require a gentler touch than others and this is a good way to find out.  The other reason is that you may have a little fuzzy stuck to your stamp and not know it that will get inked up and will show up on your image.

Next time I'm counting on having titles and little notes from me during the video.  Let me know what you think!

Wow, I sure have learned a lot over the last few days.


Thanks so much for stopping by and watching my first video.  Have a great day!

{Hello World}

Stamps: Baby Shower, Baby Sentiments, Shapes:Circles (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: True Blue Fan, Brown Leather Satchel, Trendsetter Blue, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Silver Valley (SEI)

Ink: True Blue Fan (CSS)

Accessories: Stamping Sponge, Foam Dots, Tag Die (CSS), Shapes: Circles Dies (CSS)

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CSS Release Day!!!

Hey everybody!  It's a really exciting day around these parts.  It's Clear & Simple Stamps release day!!!  Tons of new stamps and dies are being revealed today, a whopping 41 new items!!!  I won't be listing them all here, just showing the products I used for my release day card.  You can see all the new items by clicking here.

For my card I used a bunch of new items.  Here's my card, scroll down below and will take you on a little tour of what new items I used.

I started out with a plain piece of A Blanc Check of card stock.  


I used the new Circles Trio die to die cut the circles.  This is such a quick way to get precisely spaced circles on your card.
I chose an adorable circular image from the new set Baby Shower.  Then I lined up another piece of white card stock behind the circle windows, then stamped the image using Glamazon Green, Dare to Be a Diva Red, and Your Style Blue Me Away ink, then removed the piece of card stock.

I cut squares from scraps of coordinating card stock and die cut a circle image just slightly smaller than the Circle Trio circles using Shapes: Circles dies.  I used the negative image of the circles create a border for each circle window, then I adhered them to the backside of the card.  I lined up the white card stock with the stamped images and adhered that as well.  ARE YOU STILL WITH ME?

Here's the easy part.  I stamped the sentiment from Baby Sentiments in Perfect Little Black Dress ink, punch a notch on each side of the card then wrapped and tied Red Baker's Twine around the card.




Have a great day!

{Best Wishes}

Stamps: Baby Sentiments, Baby Shower (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Your Style Blue Me Away, Dare to Be a Diva Red, Glamazon Green (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Your Style Blue Me Away, Dare to Be a Diva Red, Glamazon Green (CSS)

Accessories: Shapes: Circles, Circles Trio, Red Baker's Twine, Mini Hole Punch

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CSS Preview Day #2

Hello!  It's Preview Day 2 at Clear & Simple Stamps!!!  We are showcasing new die cuts and die cut combos.  I choose Shapes: Circles.  It's a combo so that means it's there are a bunch of circle dies as well as a bunch of coordinating circle stamps.

You can see the circle dies as well as the stamps on my card.  The largest circle is adhered directly to the card and then the rest is popped up on foam dots.   I also used my scoring board to create a frame around the perimeter of the card, although it's a little hard to see in the photo.

The sentiment is from a fun new set as well called Baby Sentiments.  


Are you getting excited about this next release?  All will be revealed on March 5th and I am dying to share the rest of my projects with you.  


Want to see some more sneak peeks?  Head on over and check out some of these designers:

Kim Duran

Tracy Schultz

Stephany Zerbe

Laurie Willison

Jennifer Rzasa

Denise January

Lori Tecler

Clear & Simple Stamps

Have a great day!

{Thank You}

Stamps: Shapes: Circles, Baby Sentiments (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Glamazon Green, Kraft Like a Rockstar, Your Style Blue Me Away, Trendsetter Blue, Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)

Ink: True Blue Fan (CSS), Cream

Accessories: Shapes: Circles Dies (CSS), Foam Dots, Scoring Board

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