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

Soft Sky, Blue Bayou and Certainly Celery

I like looking at the Color Combo challenges over on Splitcoaststampers and earlier this week I was checking out some of the color combos and decided to give this one a try. My cards are pretty simple this week but I used all of my favorite stamp sets :)

Lets start with this Lovely as a tree card. I stamped the image on Whisper White with Blue Bayou and then used sponge daubers to "color in" the image. The image is on dimensionals. The background is the retiring Soft Sky designer paper.

This one is almost too simple. The stamps are from the Nursery Necessities stamp set. I used a scrap piece from the Soft Sky DP. Doesn't need much explaining. I think adding a ribbon or brads would make this card cuter. I just didn't have the right colors to do it.

Another simple one. I stamped the gator from Wild about you on Whisper White and cut it out. Adhered it to Soft Sky and added Crystal Effects. I got the designer paper from my upline. She got it before I became a demo. I used a white signo pen for the centers of the flowers. Used the word punch to punch out the sentiment.

I really like making the dress cards and I wanted to see how this color combo would work on a dress card. I think it turned out OK. I didn't use iridescent ice or dazzling diamonds but I'm satisfied. It's not too complicated. The stamp set is Baroque Motifs.

This one here is my absolute favorite. I bought a Take Ten magazine a couple of weeks ago and I saw the sketch there. I wanted to give it a try and I've made 4 different cards so far, using this sketch. I'm thinking of sending one of the cards in to see if it'll get published.
The stamp set is Embrace Life. I used Crystal Effects on the big soft sky flower and the smaller flowers too. I brayered soft sky ink onto soft sky card stock to get a different background. I think that worked out good.

I am hoping that I'll get my preview order from the new catty before my next post so I can try out some new stamps and new colors.

For those of you not familiar with my blog and reading it for the first time, I only blog once a week, usually on a Saturday or a Sunday. That gives me the whole week to come up with projects and make a few samples.
If you'd like me to add you blog to my list post a link to it in the comments. And tell me if it's SU only or not. By SU only I mean no Cuttlebug or DP/stamps from other companies than Stampin'Up. It's ok if it's not SU only, I'll just list it separately ;)

TFL

Wild about you

This stampset is one of the first stampsets from SU that I bought. And I don't think I'll ever get rid of it.

The card to the left is 4.25x5.5 in. but it doesn't open like a regular card, only the panel with the image and ribbon can be opened, I'm not sure if you can see it on the picture. The other card is a regular card.

Stamps: Wild about you
Paper: real Red, Wild Wasabi, East Cost Prep designer paper
Ink: Real Red
Accessories: Real Red Ribbon
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1


The colors in this card are so not my colors, but I wanted to challenge myself a little bit. I stamped the flowers on the Really Rust paper using the flower stamp from the Wild About You stampset. I used a Really Rust marker and a Chocolate Chip marker, leaving the stems uncolored. The faux stitching is made with a Chocolate Chip marker. I put Crystal effects on the alligator/crocodile and the bird.
Stamps: Wild about you
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust
Ink: wild wasabi, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust
Accessories: Crystal Effects
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1


This card is pretty simple. But I think it would look nice with Dazzling Diamonds on it. I didn't have time to do it but I thought of putting DD on the images. To do that I would cover the images with Versamark ink, pour Heat & Stick on them, heat set if for a few seconds, then pour DD on the images and heat set for a few seconds to get the glitter to stay. Irridescent Ice would do the trick too.
Stamps: Wild about you
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Prints Pack
Ink: Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie markers
Accessories: scalloped circle punch
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1


I had made such a cute card with the lion stamp and I forgot to take a picture of it before sending ikt off to Iceland with my mom. So last night, in a hurry, I made this card. After I had finished it I started reading through blogs and noticed that one of the bloggers had used the same colors on a card and that's how I found out that these are the colors for this past weeks colorcombo challenge on SCS. I'm not to thrilled with this card though, I liked my other card better, but the colors in this one are nicer.

Stamps: Wild about you
Paper: Pretty in pink from Prints Pack, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate chip marker, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Chocolate Chip ribbon, Certainly celery
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

Well, now, what about the giraffe? I do not have a card to show you that has only SU products. I didn't have time to make a new one this week. But here is a link to one that I made a couple of weeks ago for my mom.
More Wild About You here

The deal of the week:
Wild About You ($23.95) for $20 before shipping and tax.

Next weekend I'll be using For Father from the Occasions Mini Collection.