Pink Persimmon Welcome Baby

Hey there all! I realized I hadn't shown you exactly what Pink Persimmon has released this week. So take a gander!: Here are the banner sets. SO SO very useful. I have been putting them on quite a few things. Some of which you have seen this week. Today's card also uses them.

These are the baby sets. CUTE CUTE CUTE!!

And today's card:

You can see I used both Baby Clothesline and the Mini Banner Alpha set. I used some nestablilities rectangles both with and without scallops. I colored in the duck with some colored pencils. They are the only thing that will give good color on this Kraft paper.
I added some polka dot paper and stamped my banner in an array of colors. They are SO easy to use. I just put all my letters on a block and stamped the word in the different colors and then cut them out and arranged them in an order that I liked. I have many more baby things to show you and will try to keep up with them all!

My parents are visiting this week and I hope to get some crafting time in with my mom who is so fabulous. She is endlessly supporting this crafting habit of mine and a wonderful cheerleader. I love you mom!! Maybe I can trick her into make a card for the ol' blog-o here so you can see it. One night soon we will get our girls time. Right now we are doing 'boys' time with concrete, dirt and wood out back. Its a dirty sight to behold.

Ok. Hope you are having a grrrrrreat weekend. Thanks for stopping in!

k

365 Cards: Guest Designing!

Hey everyone! It's taken me all day to get here to post. I am still pouring concrete and the backyard is looking fantastic! We are getting excited. So now I am covered in dust and sitting at the computer coming to say hi to you! Today I was invited to design for 365 Cards. They are having a wonderful time over there and celebrating 1000 followers! WAHOO! Congrats to Pam and all the lovely ladies over at 365 Cards. And if you haven't been over there yet, head over and become a follower, participate in a challenge or two and help them celebrate in proper style. Today's challenge is an ad. Coming from me straight to you! Here she is:

Is this just lover-ly?! I love the candies, the colors, the stripes! I hope this little ditty inspires you to create and here is the card that I made:
You can see the stripes in the background which I absolutely HAD to have in there. The circles are Pink Paisley and just reminded me of lollypops and you can see a new Pink Persimmon release (just this week!). The cute little banner. You can see the new releases here if you are interested.
I love this dyed silk ribbon which comes from Marilyn Healey (and all the way from my home state) and I added some pearls to spunk up my ribbon flower.

That's it for today! Tonight there is a movie in the park and I must get cleaned up for that. Hope to share some more cards this week and maybe a concrete story or two. Take it easy!

loves

k

Pink Persimmon Release Time!!: Little Miracle

Hey there everybody! Well, the time has finally arrived. Pink Persimmon has just released some new sets and BOY you just wait till you see them!!! Go NOW and check it out. There are the cutest baby clothes in the new baby set and really great banner sets. All of which I will be showcasing in the next few days and you can hop over to the Pink Persimmon blog to see what the other creative team members have made. I hope you like them!!

First off today we have the little onesie stamp from the Baby Clothesline set. I paper pieced them and popped them up on some scalloped circles. I used this old book paper and sewed strips onto the card base.

I added some rivets and tied the circles together with rope twine. The 'Little Miracle' sentiment is from the Baby Greetings set also being released. I used some tea dye ink to sponge the edges of the card and scalloped circles. Join me tomorrow for a fun day over at 365 cards!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a good one!

k

Baby Cards

Hey there! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. We celebrated our Independence Day this weekend here in the U.S. and I feel SO humbled and grateful. It's been a wonderful time to spend with my family who is visiting and a good time to remember all that has been sacrificed that we might have this great country of ours. And regardless of the crazy stuff that goes on, it is a great country and we should be grateful!

Ok. I wanted to stop in and share more baby cards before I get crackin' on this day. My parents are here and helping us put in a patio, so I must actually get going. There are pallets of concrete on my lawn that are waiting to be mixed and poured.

Baby card #1:

I messed around with A Little Argyle a bit. That set has endless possibilities and I am still trying to get the hang of it. I think I need to take a look at some argyle around me cause I just couldn't decide which stamps to use from the set and then ended up using a lot of them on top of each other. I need more playing time for sure and get really excited for the possibilities!

baby card #2
Some different uses for the Argyle set and I just LOVE this die cut. And I am getting to use my bear that has been sitting un-inked for quite awhile. Inking new stamps always feels good right : )

We are having a wonderful summer so far! How is yours going?? The weather is hot, but the popsicles are so cold, and you know I love me a nice cold popsicle. Must run now, but thanks for stopping by!

loves to you and yours

k

Baby Elephant

Good Morning! I wanted to stop in today and share a baby card with you. The boys and I are on our way to the pool. It's gonna be a hot one today!

I have some boy baby cards that I needed to make for the shop so you will see quite a few of them in the next little while. I have been doing a LOT of baby card designing (that might be a new release *hint*) and so I think I will have a ton to share. I will try to space them out so you don't get 'baby bored' ; )

I used all PTI sets on this one. I die cut the label and stamped it with polkas and text. I stamped, cut and colored the elephant and tied the baby tag around his neck. One interesting thing to note. I mixed a light blue marker with a T1 gray shadow marker. It makes for an interesting color:
The background is A Little Argyle with some Background Basics: Retro dots added into the diamonds. All very simple and fun!

I am realizing we are only on week 1 of summer and I am tired and cranky. hmmmm must be the heat. I hope we all make it through summer alive. And interestingly enough its not the school aged child that is driving me crazy. It's the messy, sassy, belligerent 3 year old instead. And he used to be so cute and delightful. what's a mom to do??

Little Sweet Pea

Good Evening friends. A little sweet pea card for you tonight. Gotta got to bed really, or I might fall asleep on my keyboard!

This baby card features some Dotty Biscotti paper which is really really fun when you see it in person. And of course the fabulous Hawaiian Shores color which just makes my heart sing when I see it. I love its vibrancy!
I added some stitching to my card today. I think I need some practice. Anyone have some sewing advice they would like to share? I always seem to have my stitches pulling out or waaaaaay too tight. This card turned out fine, but there are some others that need some help. Even when I futz with the tension it doesn't seem to fix it. I would LOVE some serious tips on how to get things 'sew' perfect. (bwaaahaaa!) Anyway, if you got some, I would appreciate it if wanted to share!

If I haven't said it yet, I just want to add that I cannot believe its July. Truly, where is my life going??? Its going TOO fast! AND, Check out what my little baby was caught doing tonight. Oh that cutie pie! Ok. Thanks for listening to my ramblings. Going to hit the hay now. Good morning to you overseas folk and goodnight to you here at home.

Have a good one!

k

Deets: All Papertrey Ink Unless Noted

Stamps: Baby Button Bits

Ink: Noir (Palatte), Tea Dye Duo

Paper: Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Cream, Dotty Biscotti

Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Mat Stack Die Cut, Vintage Buttons, Corner Rounder (Fiscars), Scallop Border Punch (SU!)

Last Day Of School, Thank You!!!

Good Mornin' to ya! Today is finally the last day of school! And you know, I totally forgot about school gifts and Ronin came to me yesterday and asked if he could take his teachers flowers. Very sweet, but that meant I had to make up a gifty-gifty for them last night. I went to the store at 11pm and it honestly took me WAAAAY too long to decide what to get. Finally I picked up some small bonsai plants because they will last and were the only thing there that looked even remotely healthy. I threw in some chocolate for good measure. Hopefully that will make up for sad looking plants ; )

I did manage to get a bit of card making in so here is the first one I made up. I was inspired by an outfit in a clothing catalog: (using all Papertrey Ink schtuffff)

I must say the new Beautiful Blooms II is my new favorite set. I LOVE these flower tops!! I also use the ric rac die cut, Polka Dot Basics set (a total classic!) and the Inside and Out: Thank You set.
A vintage button and some nice pink ribbon. Loverly!

Here is my second card. Yes, Ronin has TWO teachers! This one is using Beautiful Blooms II as well, but a different feel based on the colors I chose:

The background stamping was done by using A Little Argyle set (endless possibilities with this one!) stamped in Versamark Ink. I LOVE the look of it!
I also love the Say It With Style stamp set. Isn't that a fun font?! You might be able to tell that I have done a bit of purchasing lately. I am having a really good time with my new stuff..... *sigh*

Ok. Thanks for stopping in today and for all your lovely comments this week. Summer is finally here and we can't wait to play! The last few nights we have had company over so we have all be up late playing. I'm excited because finally we can do that without sleeping in and being late for school!