Welcome Baby Girl!

Recently, I had to make a card for my husband's cousin who is having a girl! I had gotten these adorable bunnies on a cloud stamp set from Mama Elephant so I knew I wanted to make something with them.

To begin, I created a pink cloud background with Picked Raspberry and Kitsch Flamingo distress oxide. I added one of the stamps (I got the dies with it so it was so easy to cut!) and stamped the sentiment below it. I was already really excited because I had purchased embellishments from Trinity Stamps so long ago but kept forgetting to use them. This color palette was perfect so I added them randomly around the stamp. I think it gave the whole thing an extra pop. I really liked how this simple and sweet card turned out!

Oh Boy!

These next two cards were really exciting for me to create. I had two separate friends tell me they were pregnant and it made me so happy because I know they are both going to make the most wonderful moms. 

For the first card, I used the WaffleFlower Be Him stamp set. I am seriously having a love affair with these stamps (as you have seen in the past few entries) I put the sunglasses on this one since my friend lives in Florida so I'm sure this kid will have his fair share of sunnies! The distress background was created using Blueprint Sketch, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio. I embossed the sentiment from a MFT set I got for free with one of my hauls. I used the Cool copic family markers for him and I did another one with the Warm colors. Both were challenging tbh. I'm still trying to make those grey blends look flawless. (P.S.- it's hard)

For my next one, I cracked open my Hugs Make Everything Better set from MFT. I used this for my Father's Day cards and thought this was one would be great for this too. This background was a lot subtler and I used a small sentiment from MFT as well.

Here's hoping this pandemic gets under control soon because I would hate to miss meeting these brand new babies!

Baby Parade!

Later this month, I will be attending a baby shower over Zoom for my husband's cousin. She lives in Ohio and I've only met her a couple of times, but she really is the sweetest person so I wanted to make something special for her. She's having twin girls! (God bless her, haha)

I was finally able to use the Party Parade stamps I got from Hello Bluebird a long time ago. I just love how versatile they are and I got the coordinating dies which made things so easy for me. I had to work on the Copic blends a couple of times before I found some combos I liked, but I still need to practice.  The background was colored with Distress Oxides: Tumble Glass, Spun Sugar and Squeezed Lemonade.

Becoming A Fairy Godmother

So I am pretty excited. Actually, I think excited might not even begin to cover what I am feeling. My boyfriend and I were asked to be Godparents and it was such an honor to be asked! I wrote about my boyfriend's best friend Tony from Australia when he last came to visit. He brought his babies for their christening and I totally fell in love.  Well, they have had another little girl. Her name is Isabella and she is now my goddaughter!

And this girl is beyond adorable.

Those cheeks just kill me. 

The family will be traveling to New York for the christening next year so sadly, I have to wait until then to squeeze this cutie. But I have waited a long time to be a Godmother! I didn't want to screw this up. A care package was in order! Off to the Disney Store I went because of course, every child I meet will learn to love Disney. Along with some classic Winnie the Pooh books, I got her some Little Mermaid merchandise. A plush doll, a sun hat and this adorable onesie that I am sure the entire store heard me exclaim when I saw it.

Aw, come on- isn't it so cute?

Anyway, a gift package needed a proper card! I looked to my Disney Cartridge. I wanted to make a fun Little Mermaid card for Isabella. (I'm still trying to figure out what my nickname for her will be. Izzy? Isa? Anything but Bella. Thanks, Stephanie Meyer for ruining a perfectly good name....)

I decided to cut out a seashell and Ariel's silhouette. I thought it was a bit too plain, so I added a flower for her hair with a single pearl. Instead of using patterned paper, I decided to take out my Distress Inks. For the base of the card, I used Tumbled Glass for a light blue background. As for the seashell, I used a combination of Vintage Photo, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass. I blended it a lot to get it exactly the way I wanted. I'm pretty happy with how it came out.

I think it was a success! Seriously though, doesn't her face just scream GERBER BABY??

Godparents are a pretty big deal in my family. I'm hoping I can emulate Cinderella's Fairy Godmother- kind, nurturing, and ready to bestow some words of wisdom along with a plethora of kick-ass presents.

But I can assure you that one HUGE difference between the fairy godmother and I will be our wardrobe. Sorry lady, but shapeless, hooded capes aren't exactly my thing....

Mickey & Donald, bffs!

Recently, I was so honored to be asked to create some cards for a friend of mine who just became a Grandma for the first time! Her son had twin boys and she asked me if I would be so kind as to create their Christening cards. Ellie is a Disney fan (hence why we're friends of course) so she wanted them to have a Disney theme. I wanted to create two cards that while each had similar elements, were indeed very different from each other (just as I imagine, her twin grandsons will be!).

I turned to my Mickey and Friends cricut cartridge and started to work on baby Xavier and baby Adrian's card.

I wanted to stick to each character's distinct color palate, but keep the same spacing. For Donald, I chose blues and yellows. Adrian and Xavier were cut from the Cuttin' Up cartridge. I really like the cartoonish font you find on this cartridge! Red and yellow was used for Mickey and I used black ribbon as a divider on both cards.

Of course, I made these listening to Disney music so there were definitely moments of pause so I could successfully belt out a few notes ('Let it Go' from Frozen comes to mind here!).

Baby Blessings

Recently, my boyfriend's best friend Tony came to New York for a month. He got married and moved to Australia a couple of years ago because that is where his lovely wife, Liah is from. It was so nice to get to see them and hang out again. Also, I was able to meet their two new babies, Rocco and Sofia. They are the epitome of adorable and I wanted to keep them!! The babies were brought on their first trip to America to meet their father's side of the family and also for their Christening. This is the card I made to go with their gift.

I used the Nursery Rhymes cartridge because this looked like a brother and sister running together. Rocco and Sofia are very close in age so I'm sure they'll be very close. The sentiment was cut from the Beyond Birthdays cartridge and I added some butterflies just because I thought it was cute. On the inside, I used two Studio G stamps I've had forever and the "All You Need Is Love" sentiment was used because Tony is the biggest Beatles fan I know.

Little Rocco posed for me. I love his curls!!

I call her Sofia the first! (Disney joke) Those eyes will make you melt!

Baby Girl

The head boss lady sent an e-mail through the line of assistants to find out if I would make a card for one of the trainers. She had a brand new baby girl, but not knowing the person (or the name of the baby) I had to keep this card as generic as it comes. My apologies for the crappy photo. I promise I will never use my cell phone to take pictures ever again. You can't see but the background is patterned and the carriage is sparkly.

A Little Princess

Another new baby! This time, a coworker had a baby girl and since she was his first and only daughter, I knew she would be a little princess. Later, he told me his wife put my card inside a baby scrapbook she had made. That made me quite happy.

Baby Boy

John Paul and I have a friend who got married and moved to Australia. When he and his wife had a son, we sent them a package for baby Rocco. This is the card I made for him. This was solely made with my Cricut machine.

Rawr!!

My coworker's wife gave birth to a boy and they named him Aaron. I decided to make him a T-Rex card because I'm sure all little boys like dinosaurs, right? (Notice how much better I'm getting at making bows!)