Birthday AND a Baby?!?

We threw a surprise Baby Shower/Birthday Lunch for one of my scrappy friends at work and I made this card for everyone to sign. I used the CMWC15 sketch from the PTI forum, kinda. I had just gotten the Green Thumbs set from Papertrey Ink and was itching to try it. I used the rock & roll method for the flowers, I'm still workin' on it :P.

The neat thing with this card was making a slot for a gift card. I saw this on someone's site but I don't remember where- I'll be sure to post where when I do. Before you adhere the layer to the card base you cut a slit just a little larger than the gift card and use a circle punch to punch a half circle. Then stick your layer on but be sure to leave the middle adhesive free.

Fine Print:
Stamps: Green Thumbs, Bitty Baby Blessings, Women of Life additions (&), B&C Monogram Edition
Paper: SU! Kraft, PTI White, Spring Moss, Misc. Lavender CS, Bitty Baby Blessings DP
Ink: SU! Lavender Lace, Almost Amethyst, PTI Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Palette Charcoal
Accessories: PTI Spring moss Grossgrain ribbon, Sakura Glitter Pen, circle punch, foam adhesive, markers (for stems & pitcher).

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Oh Baby!

Gosh my friend has gotten a ton of "air" time on my blog. I made her a card when we found out she was pregnant, then another card b/c she was so sick early in her pregnancy, I made her baby shower invites, and now a card for her present!

I used a sketch from Amy Rysavy, for some reason I really like her sketches... I got the idea to paper piece the baby buggy from our PTI Baby ATC swap... Thanks Charlene (Willow01)!

Stay tuned for a baby shower banner... kekeke, I made that too. Just forgot to take pictures before I gave it to my friend who's hosting. I'll take some this weekend to share with y'all!

Fine Print:
Stamps: PTI Bitty Baby Blessings, Polka Dot Basics, Borders & Corners Monogram Edition
Paper: PTI Spring moss, DarkChocolate; SU Bordering Blue, So Saffron; Autumn Leaves Shangri-La DP
Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate, Versamark
Accessories: SU! Wild Wasabi DS Grossgrain, SU! Scallop Punch, Marvy Jumbo Circle punch

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Birthday Boy!

I wanted to participate in this month's GSS, especially since I didn't quite follow the directions a few months back :). So I decided to make a Boy Birthday Card. I combined a sketch from Amy Rysavy's blog with a color challenge from Kristina Werner's site. I was too late to partcipate in their actual blog challenges.


I used Pond Life & Pond Life sentiments... I am SUCH a sucker for anything "Punny." I combined 2 phrases for the sentiment section. To make the fishies more interesting, I used my versamark marker to make them able to hold on to chalk. Chalked them with pearlescent chalk, THEN I added liquid crystal over that. I wasn't sure how that would turn out but the fishies are now shimmery AND shiny :). Also, I don't have Wild Wasabi ink, so I used my SU! Green Garden and stamped the ink off once before stamping on my paper - I think it turned out as a pretty close match! To make a subtle background on one of the cardstock components I used the bubbles from Pond Life to create a background piece... I like how that turned out too. The colors were really outside of my comfort zone but in the end, I think came together pretty well.

I used Birthday Basics to finish off the inside with an extra fishy.


Fine Print:
Stamps: PTI Pond Life, Pone Life Sentiments, Birthday Basics
Paper: SU! Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue CS; PTI Stamper's Select White CS; SU! Jersey Shore DP
Ink: SU! Pumpkin Pie, Green Garden, Bashful Blue; Pallette Noir Black
Accessories: Pearlescent Chalk, Liquid Crystal, Marvy Mega Circle Punch, Versamark marker & stamp pad.

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Beary Baby Girl

One of our church members welcomed a baby girl and so I wanted to make a card for some of us to sign. I decided to use a sketch from Amy Rysavy's blog.



I don't have Copic marker- doing my best to resist - but I have SU! markers and a few Tombow markers. I think having a grey marker is key to creating shadows and outlines. I got the idea from Judy from "Stamps by Judith," she works magic with markers!

Fine Print:
Stamps: SU! Bundle of Joy; PTI Beautiful Blooms, Mixed Messages
Paper: SU! Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate; PTI Sweet Blush, Stamper's Select White; SU! Berry Bliss DP
Ink: SU! Close to Cocoa; PTI Sweet Blush; Pallette Burnt Umber
Accessories: SU! Ticket corner punch, markers; Sakura clear glitter pen

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Little Lady Birthday

I made this birthday card for a good friend of mine. I decided to use a sketch from Taylor VanBruggen's site (Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 12). I don't have anything cupcake related but liked the sketch :). I'm kinda new to sketches but I like how they guide you but still let you be creative!

I also decided to decorate the gift bag to match. She loved the whole package!

Fine Print:
Stamps: PTI Little Lady, Birthday Basics
Paper: SU! Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, River Rock CS, Ginger Blossoms DP; PTI Stamper's Select White
Ink: Pallette Noir Black; SU! Ruby Red; PTI Spring Moss
Accessories: PTI Spring Moss stiched ribbon; Making Memories Slot punch; Rhinestone stickers; Pebbles Pearlescent Chalk, SU! Sage Shadow marker, Versamark marker

Thanks for looking!