Hello . . . Little One

     Here is a fun little baby card. Using a Lisa Hidy card Sketch, I designed this card with Stampin' Up's "Animal Outing" stamp set. 

WCMD 2019 Sketch #1 by Lisa Hidy

     I used Copic markers to color the image. All of the patterned papers are from Stampin' Up "Animal Expedition"

     Repeating paper and an image from the front of the card, I created the inside of the card.

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Stampin' Up - Animal Expedition

     Cardstock: Gina K - Chocolate Truffle

                                  Prickly Pear

                                  Ivory

                                  Christmas Pine

     Stamp: Stampin' Up - Animal Outing

     Dies: Burniston - Ovals Crosshatch

             Stamps of Life - Scarecrow 3 Stamp

             Stampin' Up - Animal Friends

     Punch: ek - 1/2 inch corner punch

     Ink: Gina K - Chocolate Truffle

     Copics: Giraffe - E84, 87

                             Y21, 26, 28

                 Frog - YG21, 23

                 Leaves - G20, 21, 24, 28

                 Branch - E84

    

Puppy Dog Tails

     I am always needing "Welcome Baby" cards. I have had this Photo Play paper for a little over a year now. I decided it was time to break the seal!
     I was going to use the giraffe ephemera, but ended up with this puppy dog tails sentiment instead. 

     I used a Burniston die to make this puppy. There is a complimentary die set that had the dog bowl and bone. 

Sketch # 118 by Lisa Hidy

Inside of Card

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Photo Play - About a Little Boy: Lullaby

                                                                             Naptime

                                                                             Ephemera

                                                                             Element Stickers

     Card Stock: Bazzill -Stormy Medium

                      My Colors - Desert Cactus

     Ink: Distress - Hickory SMoke

     Dies: Burniston - Cat and Dog

                               Nature Edges

     Punches: Martha Stewart - Embossed Button

                   ek - Flower Set

     Embellies: American Crafts - Gray Organza

Sleeping Baby

     A friend of mine is going to be a grandma again. This inspired me to make a baby boy card. With this card I am playing along at the Back to School Crop. You can join in as well. Cards are not due until the end of the month. Just download a pic of your card under this sketch on the Back to School Crop page on Facebook.

Sketch 86

     The stamp for this card is 1/3 of the Lili of the Valley "Baby Trio" stamp set. 

Card & Envelope

      I made the mistake of coloring the image before choosing my paper, so I had to stamp and color again. Rookie mistake - lol. 

      I framed the baby with a scalloped mat, then pop dotted it to a homemade tag. I ended up turning the tag upside down, because I liked the way the diagonal at the tag top looked next to diagonally placed wooden letters.
     You will notice in the materials list that I used some Christmas paper. You might wonder where this Christmas paper is. The answer is the turquoise matting is the back of a countdown to Christmas paper. I got a package of 25 sheets of it at Tuesday morning and placed on the pile of turquoise solid card stock. I am officially down to 6 pieces left - yes, I walked across the room to take inventory.

Inside of Card

     The inside of the card is made with scraps left on the table. How about that Joe Houldsworth quote? Couldn't have asked for a better sentiment: "the ONLY thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child". I decided to look this bloke up and see who is making these wonderful quotes about babies. It seems that he is from Australia (if I have the right gentleman) and this is the ONLY quote of his that I could find with a google search. Interesting!!!

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Dear Lizzy - Christmas Winter Wish

                              Studio Calico - Storytime

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Honeycomb

                                   Ivory   

     Stamps: Lili of the Valley - Baby Trio

                  Fiskars - Precious Baby Quotes I

     Die: Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large

                                Petite Scalloped Circles Large

            Elizabeth Craft Designs - Tags & More 5 (Sunburst)

            Impression Obsession - Circle Baby Cutout Set

     Copics: E50, 51, 53. R20. BG10, 23, 32. C00, 0, 1. Y23, 26, 28. R32.

     Embellies: Doodlebug Boutique Brads (Bumblebee)

                    Wood Veneer Letters

    

Challenges

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Kids/Babies - #41 - *
Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute Image - #23 - *

Circle Step Baby Ark

     This card is for Baby Allie, who should be arriving in April. The baby shower is quickly approaching. I combined 4 challenges to make this card. 

     I designed this circle step card base and mat for a card. Silhouette does not have a true circle step card file available at this time, so I made my own. Beth Silaika (Gina K designer) has several animal character stamp sets. I used 4 of them for this card: Bella Elephant, Genevieve Giraffe, Xavier Zebra, and Hippo Bird Day. The boat house is embossed with Cuttlebug Stripes folder and roof with Darice Basket Weave folder. All Copic colored images are stamped with Moment Rich Cocoa and sentiments are stamped with Gina K's Dark Chocolate.

Inside of Card

Copics:
   Elephant - N1,3,R11
   Hippo - B91,93,95, R11
   Giraffe - Y23,26,28,E35
   Zebra - C00,0,1.R11
   Toucan - RV55, BG45, Y08, YG17, R08, C1,5,9
   Leaves - YG13,17
   Balloon - R22,24, 0

Challenges

MIUM (Stamp TV) - Show Some Love (Red Heart) - *

Mod Squad - Dry Emboss - # 55 - Winner!!!

Release Challenge (Stamp TV) - Dry Emboss Background - *
Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge - Anything Goes - #9 - *
Send a Smile 4 Kids - For the Girls - #40 - *

Stamp Addicts(Stamp TV) - Anything But A-2 - *
Stamping Sensations - Animal Magic - #98 - *

Elephant Welcomes Baby

     I'm headed to a gender reveal party for my 3rd grandchild in a couple of weeks. No card is necessary for the party, but it put me in the mood to make a baby card. Didn't know whether to make a pink or a blue card so . . . I made one of each.

 

      For these cards I used Beth Silaika's "Bella Elephant". The elephants are colored with Copics (N1, N3, R11, White Gelly Roll). I used Weathered Wood and Pumice Stone inks and a cloud stencil to make the clouds behind the sentiment. 

 

Inside of Cards

Challenges

Cards in Envy - Hip to be Square - #31 - *
Challenge Up Your Life - Baby - #7 - *
Fresh Brewed Blog - Pokemon Colors - #2 - *

SlowBro #80

Simon Says Stamp - It's Hip to be Square - #10 - *
Stamp TV - Pop It Up! - Winner!!!

Stamp TV - Use Stencil/Patterned Paper - *
Unicorn Challenge - Animal Kingdom - #70 - *