One for my Great Niece...

Hello Friends

My Nephew and his wife recently had a beautiful little girl who they named Autumn Rose. So here is my little card I made to celebrate..... 

I cut the onesies and washing line with my Silhouette.  Background stripey paper was from the Snippets drawer.  The white background is plain card which I punched on both edges with my EK Success punch and I added a strip of washi tape, which is actually pink, I could not resist adding a little teddy button to the bottom corner and instead of the little flowers that were included in the Silhouette cut I added some little heart embellies.  I also added the little wooden pegs.

Off to the Snippets Playground with this one after I have put it in a plastic bag as it is still very wet here.  Got my wellies and souwester on too!!  At least the ducks will be happy!

Now what time is the rehearsal for the Nativity Play again?  Where is my tea towel......

Hettie

Baby Boy Cards

Hello There!

It is Thursday and tomorrow will be my favourite day - Friday.  So I kinda like Thursdays too!  I had a bit of a manic day yesterday.  I had to go like the clappers in work in the morning as I was going to the hospital to see the Chest Lady.  I tell you I have not been in, tested, seen and out of the hospital so quick as I did yesterday and the bonus was.......I had a smile on my face :-)  It was all good news! I very nearly skipped out of the hospital rather than walk! 

I then had dancing in the evening with a little tribute to Robbie Burns so some nibbles and dancing was had.  Then I had just settled at home with laptop at the ready and the phone went, one of the ladies thought she had left the oven on at the hall so being a responsible key holder I had to go down and check!  The oven was switched off but the wall switch wasn't.  Better safe than sorry.  By the time I got home it was time to head to bed.  I will try and play catch up later.

For now I would like to share some Baby cards with you.  There seems to have been a lot of dark nights in around March last year as there have been a flurry of babies being born including my first Great Nephew.  I needed two cards so made three, as there is bound to be another very soon....

I don't have a large selection of baby type stamps so out came my Lavinia stamps to make a scene.  I used DIs in Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers.  Colouring the background and using a water brush to get some streaks across the moon and also to ground the washing line.

For the images I used Memento and Archival inks.  I also unwrapped my shiny new NBUS Versamark to "ink" up the stars stamp and I added VOS Cosmic Shimmer pearly powder in blue pearl.  

I hope you can see the subtle shimmeriness here.  On the TH tags I inked Hello and Baby from my SU set, which I tied on with Papermania Bakers Twine.  I actually ran out of the twine after the first two so I had to rummage for something else to use and found some blue fluff I got out of Linda's tin when I was last in Cornwall.

Inside the card I stamped Congratulations and die cut the VOS Sizzix sentiment, which was the die that came with my B/S all those years ago.  

Here are the three together.  Similar but with subtle changes.

And here is the envelope which I also stamped.

Off to see my Buddies at the Snippets Playground as these included Snippets on the tabs and the sentiments.  I also "shopped my stash" by using 6x6 papers for the backgrounds as well as the tags which were in the Tin of Shame and this week's theme is Blue.

Thanks for calling by.  I hope you are having a very good Thursday.

Hettie

Snippets Challenge Baby Girl cards

Hello Peeps

I am running a bit late this week.  I have been working desperately hard to finish my cardigan however, at about 1am this morning, I discovered the horror of horrors - I ran out of wool!!  Happy I wasn't I can tell you!!  Never mind, a quick e-mail to the place where I got it from and they will get another one in the post for me so at least I can finish it soon.

Now, down to the business of tonight's post.  As regular readers will be aware, I am taking part in Di's Snippets Challenge.  Click HERE for more details.  Each new week starts on a Sunday, where else and a whole new challenge starts again.  Here are my (late snippets) for this week......

They ARE two different cards.  Two of my friends gave birth to baby girls in a very short space of time so I used a similar design for both cards, though they are slightly different.  Both were liked so one Happy  Crafter. 

Don't forget to pop over to Di's blog HERE where you will see more cards made from Snippets.  

I also wish to say "Hi" to my new latest followers Liz and Lisa and Welcome to my Blog!  Hope you like what you see and I look forward to hearing your comments!!

TTFN

Hettie

Something non-Christmassey

Hello Peeps

Well today is the first Sunday in Advent.  Wow!  Where did that last 11 months go?!  It will be time for the Advent Calendar on Thursday but does anyone remember a time when they did not contain chocolate?  I used to love opening the windows on my Advent Calendar and getting excited as to what picture was in there but not these days.  Kids wouldn't get excited about Advent Calendars which did not contain chocolate in them.  I do still have the last one I had as a child (I am still a child I know!!).  It is a little delicate now but I still get it out and hark back to the days when toys and gadgets were not run from electricity!

Right! Rant over.  Here is why I am posting tonight.

My Buddy Rachel is expecting her second child next month and she left work on Friday on maternity leave.  As we know that she is having a second daughter, I set about making her a small album in which she can either put photos of the new baby in or of both girls. 

This is a Sizzix die which I bought some time ago when Sizzix had a sale (and when even with the postage it was worth ordering).  I cannot for the life of me work out why it has taken so long for me to use this die.  I love it. 

As Rachel's little girl was poorly on Friday we did not get to go for lunch with Rachel so a few of us are meeting up tomorrow for lunch and I will give her this album.  It has become a tradition now that I make small albums for new babies that are born.  I have punched out a few spare butterflies so that she can pop them in once she has put the photos in.

I hope Rachel and Hubby like it. 

Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave me a comment.

Have a great week and Keep Crafting!!! (Can't believe they booted Anita out tonight! :-()

TTFN

Hettie

Ingredients:-

Die Sizzix; Cardstock Bazzil; Patterned paper, DI Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Stamps - Tim Holtz; Punches Martha Stewart; Ribbon Hobbycraft; Embossing Powders.

Welcome Lloyd - Baby Boy card

My dear friends Emma and Gryff text (text or texted? I never know which is correct!!) a photograph of their new little boy Lloyd the other day so I have used today to make him a little card.

I know. I know. I made some Baby Boy cards the other week but I wanted something extra special for Lloyd!

I used DCWV paper, white cartridge paper, Stamps by Tim Holtz, Stamping Up and Inkadinkado, Faded Jeans DI, embossing powder, Pearl Perfect Pearls, Waterfall Schtickles, Making Memories embellishments. Bunting, Birds, ABC block were all cut on my Silhouette.

The stamping on the Bunting and the "ribbon" was done with my lovely Tiles stamp! Kim told me that she had used this stamp for many different occasions but as yet not a baby card. I have!!  LOL!!

Hope you are having a great (if cold) Bank Holiday Monday. I am quite relieved to have received word from Kim to say that despite Hurricane Irene she is ok and well, if without power! Phew!

TTFN.

Hettie