Little Red Wagon #260 - Oh Baby!

Good morning again......my second post here today!

I've finally managed to take a photograph of my project for this weeks.........

and as you can see from my title, our theme this week was chosen by Joanne and she would like to see some 'baby' creations.

We always need a few of those kind of cards right?

Here's mine, and of course I chose 'pink'........we are a girlie household after all!

To create the footprints I chose a 'rhinestone' cut file from the Silhouette store.  Only problem was I didn't have enough rhinestones/pearls to cover them!

Plan B.......dig out the Pearlescents from BoBunny and get dotting!

OK that's it from me so why not get all warm and fuzzy and create your own baby project?  Just link up over on the Little Red Wagon blog, but don't forget to check out what the rest of the Girlfriends have been up to whilst you're there.

I am planning on doing absolutely nothing over the weekend as I can feel the joyous start to a head cold! Even so there are still numerous loads of laundry waiting for me, and did I mention I still have to make a couple of Halloween costumes?

Just an average weekend all round then!

Have a good one,
Jayne.x.

Little Red Wagon #218 - New Beginnings!

Hi there and a Happy New Year to you!

I think last night was the quietest, most uneventful New Years Eve I've ever had.......and to be honest that suits me just fine!

I sat in my jammies, watched a little TV, did a little crafting, worked on the PC - yep that was about the extent of it.

Just as well I managed a little crafting though, as there's no denying the dedication of  the Little Red Wagon Girlfriends in bringing you this weeks challenge on January 1st no less!

It's my turn to host, so it's quite fitting that the theme I chose for this weeks challenge is 'New Beginnings'.

You might decide on a 'New Year' type of card, or 'New Home', 'New Job'.........I'm even allowing liberties in letting you create with that brand 'new' Scrappy item you acquired at Christmas!

The choice is yours as long as your creation has a connection to something 'New'.

I have a scrappy girlfriend in need of a 'New Baby' card so that's the route I chose.

Colouring is with Copic's and the digi is an oldie but goodie from Lori Boyd (I'm still convinced she has some of the cutest baby/kiddo digi's around!).

Hopefully you'll get a chance to join in with our 'New' challenge over at Little Red Wagon this week, just remember to link up your creation over on the blog and we'll be stopping by to say 'Hi'.

The Girlfriends have a generous dose of inspiration for you of course, but unfortunately we are waving goodbye to two of our team........Regan and Tammy.......their creativity will be sadly missed around here!

Have a great week,
Jayne.x.

ABC's and 123's!

Good morning to ya!

I just realised that I hadn't finished showing my final two projects from my last DT kit, from Two Scrapbook Friends. 
So, on that note, I'm here today with the  pen-ultimate, my favourite of course (not!), the altered item!

If you can remember as far back to my first post here, you'll know I was using the Authentique 'Delightful' line, which incorporates a fair amount of 'baby' themed embellishments and sentiments.  My final project here continues the baby theme, and is a set of altered wooden blocks.

The blocks are covered using only patterned paper and a selection of stickers or die cuts............

..........and each face displays a different theme..............

A sweet little addition to any baby's room.

That's all for today, so I'll see you on Friday, I think.
Have a good day.....stay cool!
Jayne.x.

Precious!

Hello again and a Happy Monday morning to ya!

I'm back with project #2 from my recent DT kit from Two Scrapbook Friends.
No projects are complete without a card, and the 'Delightful' collection from Authentique has a couple of baby themed die cut sheets, perfect for this task.

This card uses a die cut border strip, together with a delicate tulle trim layered slightly underneath...........

there's also a co-ordinating sticker, a crocheted flower and various heart die cuts (made using my Slice) to create a 3D button heart.

 

Love the pastels on this one.

Join me again tomorrow for some more Authentique goodness.

Have a good one,

Jayne.x.

Baby No.3 !!!!

Good morning all. Hope you're having a good week. Only 1 more day until the mini adults start their Christmas vacation, so if you're anything like me, I'm frantically running around trying to tie up loose ends ie. scouring the stores to find those last few stubborn gifts that do not want to be found!

Thought I'd visit again today with the last of my triplet of baby cards. This one, again for another pink bundle, but......it's not pink, and I'm not awarding prizes for anyone who can guess which colour it is! Here's Baby Olivia...............



Another sweetie designed by Lori Boyd, which as usual you can find over at the Lollipop Shop.

So, of course I went with lilac..........apart from it being the other obvious colour for babies of the girlie variety, I'm informed by the expectant Mom that the nursery is being painted in 'said' colour.

DP's are again from Martha Stewart, and I cut and embossed the 'stroller stamp' from white cardstock using the folder included with my Cuttlebug. Couldn't resist adding those button wheels - cute! The scalloped circle is cut using a Nestie and I obviously threaded white ribbon through and added a charm. The white rick rack is from my stash and lastly, I stamped 'New Baby' directly on there. Sweet!

I was originally going to give these cards upon the babies arrivals, but since seeing the beautiful new baby girl drawings created by Mo Manning recently, I'm thinking these will be given at the baby showers, and 2 new cards will be made!

I'm off to hunt down some challenges for this sweetie.........pickings are a little slim right now as everything is geared toward Christmas, but.......... I shall persevere!

Remember, don't get swamped by the gift shopping. I'll leave you with the words of 'the Grinch' which I used on a card recently (and which I am trying to abide by......really!)...........

"Maybe Christmas", he thought "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps means a little bit more".

Have a great day.

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Challenges entered:

Other Lovelies - Thoughtful Thursday #37 The letter 'N' (New Baby)

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Recipe, 3 papers, 2 embellishments, 1 image.

CES Challenges - #16 Anything but a Christmas card

The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog - #101 Embossing

The Crazy Challenge - #45 Use at least 3 DP

Karber Weekly Challenge - #18 Anything Goes using a Digi

Sweet Pea..........

Tis' the season......for babies that is! I'm caught in the middle of a slight baby boom right now.........not my own offspring of course, but from a number of work colleague's. Card requirements are.........2 'girlie' cards for EDD's in Feb and 1 'boyish' card for a brand spanking new, first time Grandma, who's 'Grand' bundle arrived on Saturday! Hmmmm, maybe I should make that one, as I haven't even started it.........but I have made a girlie card so here's the first...........Sweet Pea Baby Addy.........

Now, who do we think of for baby images..........Lori Boyd of course! Sweet Pea Baby Addy is, I think, a little preview I was fortunate enough to be allowed to play with, so I don't think she's available yet. However there are plenty more cuties available at the Lollipop Shop...........super sweet if I say so myself. I did crop the original image slightly, purely because I was determined to use my lacy 'square' Nestie with ribbon threaded through, and Baby Addy is actually slightly rectangular, with a frame around her.

So, did ya notice something......AGAIN! No pencils, only Copic's, am I on a roll or what? I'll let you into a little secret.....it's not the last........there are more to come! Can you stand the suspense and anticipation? Yes, I'm sure you can, so let's move on.

DP's here are from my trusty Martha Stewart pad, and that embossed postage stamp, some of you Cuttlebug owners may recognize, was included within the 'Starter' package when I first bought it. There are also a few $$ store finds on here........white lace, pink ribbon and that really cute little girl charm (or maybe doll, I'm not quite sure!). Lastly I used a Fiskars punch for the trim.

I'll be back with my second 'girlie' card at some stage, and guess what......it's not pink. Any wild ideas as to what colour it might be?

One last thing..........there are more 'new' digi's available from byLoriDesigns at the Lollipop Shop Christmas ones! Woooohoooo! Here's a little glimpse..........

They are awesome and I've been lucky enough to get to play with them the last few days, so I'll be back at some point with those too.

Addy will be entered into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Cut It Out

A Spoonful Of Sugar - #131 Anything Goes

Artful INKables - #34 Use punches and/or Die cuts

Charisma Cardz - #46 Babies

Allsorts Challenge Blog - #79 Recipe......lace, ribbon and a charm

Crafty Emma's Store Challenges - #13 Lovely Lace

Karber Weekly Challenge - #15 Use 2 or more DP and a Digi

See ya later.