Baby Boy in blue and green

I decided to limit myself to 3 colors (+neutral color) when making the baby boy cards. I chose Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Mellow Moss.

Here I used a couple of dinosaurs from the Prehistoric Pals stamp set. I used the Coluzzle to cut the circles and a white Signo pen to draw the scallops and lines. the sentiment is from Short and Sweet.

Here we have the lion from the Wild About you stamp set. I inked it up with mellow moss and then used a not quite navy marker. I used the Coluzzle again and a white Signo pen for the "stitches". The background is a patterned paper from Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series Paper. I used the sentiment from Short and Sweet again and my word window punch.

Here we have the alligator/crocodile and the bird from Wild About you. I cheated a bit and used and icelandic sentiment (it says "Welcome to the world little baby"). The background is fron the same package as on the card above. I wanted to use a ribbon but didn't have one that matched the colors so I used my Signo pen to draw stitches on a paper strip.

Pretty simple cards but I like the color combo, although the mellow moss doesn't look much like green.

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We finally got a little bit of snow yesterday and today. My DS has been waiting for the winter to come so he could play in the snow. So I had to get him out to play early this morning, before I went to work.

As you can see he's all bundled up, it's freezing cold. I love his hat, I bought it in Iceland, it's expensive but it's my favorite brand (in children's hats). It's from a Finnish company named Kivat.

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I've already made the cards for my next post ;)

You can probably guess what stamp set I'll be using ;)

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Love you much bundle

Until next time...

TFL

Prehistoric Pals

I have been wanting this stampset since I first saw it, but never got around to ordering it. Well, I managed to swap one of my hostess sets for it so I'm happy :)

This one is pretty simpla. I used the Chocolate Chip inkpad for stamping and the card stock is River Rock, Soft Sky and Chocolate Chip. The ribbon is Chocolate Chip too. Designer Paper is River Rock. I am so going to miss River Rock and Soft Sky :(

I guess I can say this is a very masculine card. Basic Black and card stock that will be available in the new catty (Tangerine Tango). I used Kiwi Kiss (green), Riding Hood Red and Pacific Point (blue) ink (new in-colors). I used my spiral punch to make the Tangerine Tango look like a film strip. And my white Signo pen for faux stitching.

Never make card when hubby and kids are around you! I was working on this card and having to deal with my hubby and DS at the same time....and the card turned out crooked in all directions it seems like. The card base is Soft Sky, then Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango (stamped with Print Pattern background), Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky. I stamped the tree trunks on the Soft Sky card stock. The ground is River Rock scrap piece that I tore a little bit to make it look like sand. The dinosaur and the palm leaves were stamped on Whisper White and cut out

This is actually the first card I made with this set and the new in-colors. The card base is Basic Black, then Baja Breeze and Kiwi kiss cardstock. Basick Black again and Whisper White....! I had started using my brayer to make the Kiwi Kiss ground and the Baja Breeze sky when I thought of using the card stock to make the same effect on the first layer. The dinosaurs are stamped on Whisper white and cut out.

I am excited about the new in-colors but I wish I could keep River Rock and Soft Sky from the current in-colors. The only color from the new in-colors that I don't like all that much is Tangerine Tango....but I still managed to use some of it for this post :)

I'm thinking of showing you a new hostess set (from the catty we'll get in August), Serenity Spring, next weekend. We'll see if I stick to that or change my mind ;) I've got my first day at work on Monday and if I have a busy week I might change to something that doesn't require much coloring ;)

TFL