A Little Bit of Sunshine

Just a quick post tonight as my computer was on a go-slow in uploading the pictures for this post and it is now bed time!  I made this card yesterday for the Freshly Made Sketches and Just Us Girls challenges.

For this card I used two of the papers from the Domestic Goddess selection, the checked DSP was almost identical to the table cloth in the inspirational photo so I knew I just had to use that.  I chose the second DSP because of both the colour and the pattern, both of which fit well with the inspirational photo.  The photo made me think of a lovely barbecue down at the park with friends on a lovely summery day, and the pattern on the DSP with the suns just seemed perfect.  I used the Reason To Smile promotional stamp set because flowers too remind me of time outdoors - something I am not doing much of as it is winter here in Australia at the moment and we are having quite cold, sometimes overcast days.  It was lovely to make a card that reminded me of the fun times of summer.

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Baby Shower

Today I went for a baby shower to a special friend from work who is expecting a baby girl in just over a month.  I wanted to make something special for her and was a bit stumped at first as I don't have any 'baby' stamps, then I thought back to the card I saw at Convention made by Felicity Fernandez ...

Card by Felicity Fernandez

And this is my version of the card and matching envelope ...

I decided to use the Nursery Nest DSP as it made me think of pretty wall paper in a baby girl's room.  I used this to steer me toward a colour palette for the rest of the card, including Blushing Bride for the card base, and Perfect Plum for the frame and sentiment. The dress is cut from Flirtatious Specialty DSP using the Edgelits Adorning Accents die cut on an angle.  I just love finding a new use for one of my Stampin' Up! tools, especially when it is a cute as this.

We had a fun time at the baby shower, we played some games (not the horror ones you hear about), and I won "My Water's Broke" by being the first person to free a plastic 'baby' out of an ice cube! One of the other games we played was guessing the name of the Nursery Rhyme and it was surprising how hard that was!  Great way to spend a drizzly cold Saturday.

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Top Pick

What a lovely surprise to see that my Peek-A-Boo Christmas card was chosen as this week's winner at Festive Friday!   I am a double winner because I am getting nicely ahead with my Christmas cards!

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