Mini Overalls

I had so much fun making the mini onesies, I had to continue with the 'mini' theme. I found some inspiration on another papercrafter's blog (click here) and just had to CASE it! Here's my version:

I punched out part of the owl from the Twitterpated DSP collection and the Nursery Nest DSP collection. Both DSP have soft and subtle colours - perfect for baby cards! I free hand cut the straps and added mini brads as buttons. Cut a small slit in the bottom for the pant legs and you have adorable mini overalls!

I created the same background as my card with the mini onesies using the Clouds embossing folder and grey striped bakers twine is used for the 'clothes line'.

 

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Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Short & Sweet

Paper: Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Twitterpated DSP, Nursery Nest DSP

Ink: Basic Gray

Tools: Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Owl Builder punch, Clouds embossing folder

Accessories: Grey striped bakers twine (CTMH), mini brads (Michael's), rhinestones (Michael's)

A Blimp Birthday Card

Today I'm playing along with two of my favourite card challenges - Mojo Monday and Dynamic Duos.

The Mojo Monday sketch is a nice and simple one this week. I pulled out the Moving Forward stamp set since I haven't used it yet (love this set - so adorable and perfect for kids cards). The blimp is the central image of my card. I fussy-cut it and popped it up to give the card some dimension. The sentiment is also popped up.

One of my favourite parts of this card is the background. I embossed it with the Cloudy Day embossing folder -- it adds some nice texture and coordinates perfectly with the blimp. Striped Midnight Muse DSP covers the bottom half of the card front and Bashful Blue satin ribbon is wrapped around it.

 

 

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Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Moving Forward
Paper: Midnight Muse, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, 2012-2014 In-Colour DSP
Ink: Midnight Muse
Tools: Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Accessories: Bashful Blue satin ribbon

Dynamic Duos {Wish Big}

My "Monday" carried over into Tuesday morning when I went to take a shower and discovered there was no hot water. Showers are what wake me up in the mornings, so I braved the freezing cold water and while it wasn't pleasant, it certainly did wake me up! Not a great way to start my morning though! I can tell this is going to be a long week... Tuesday was a long work day, but I made the most of my evening. I came home to a new issue of Papercrafts Magazine in my mailbox! I got the subscription to this magazine as a Christmas present from my Dad - what a great gift!

There are lots of inspiring ideas in this issue! It's all about baby cards and weddings - a perfect Spring issue! I will definitely be using some of the layouts and tips in my upcoming card creations.
To complete my evening I created a couple cards, watched some tv and made a delicious apple crisp, which made the apartment smell so good!

For today's card I played along with the Dynamic Duos colour challenge:

I went all in for this challenge and decided to incorporate the dessert option into my card as well. I don't have any cloud stamps, so I turned to using punches. Here's what I came up with:

It's a very simple card, but so adorable (in my opinion!) I used Basic Black for the card base. The card front represents sky. I used the cupcake builder punch to create the clouds. They are lightly sponged with Tempting Turquoise ink. A hot air balloon is created using a circle punch for the balloon and the cupcake builder punch for the basket.  The balloon is 3D - it pops out of the card, but folds flat so it can go into an envelope (cool technique!). I stamped and cut out the cute little monkey and stuck him in the basket. The sentiment was stamped in Basic Black, but unfortunately, my Basic Black ink is running dry, so it didn't quite stamp as solid as I would have liked. I actually like the faded look, however. I outlined the edges of the word "big" with black marker and I think it works!

 

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Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Word Play, Fox & Friends (ret.)

Paper: Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise marker

Tools: 1-3/4" circle punch, Cupcake Builder punch

Accessories: Early Espresso Bakers Twine