CASEing the Catty - #CTC140 For Babies & Kids

Hi everyone! Welcome if you've called in from Judy May.  Today we're casing the section For Babies & Kids pgs 102-111.

I have used the card on pg 108 for my inspiration.

I finally caved and now have "This Little Piggy" set... They just kept calling everytime I flicked past them, but you know the feeling - right? I chose Rich Razzleberry for the base, and Berry Bliss for the pig colour.  My top circle is watercolour paper, and the bottom layer is vellum cardstock.  I don't have the sweet little die used in the background so made use of the Decorative Ribbon Border punch to recreate the background strips. Silver 1/8" ribbon replaces the sequins. I used the Fine Tip glue pen to make the snout pop a little. The greeting is from Best Birds and the finishing touch a little Rich Razzleberry enamel heart.

I know it is supposed to be all about the card, but as Peta did last week - I had a little assistance with my photography this week. His name is Rove and he usually ignores me unless feeding time, but as the girl wasn't home, and he was bored, he played my silly game. No. 1 cat is not so co-operative, but maybe one day you'll get to see him.

Please pop over and visit Kathryn next:

Kelly's Stamping Friends - Blog Hop

I am delighted to be part of this blog hop created by the lovely Kelly Kent to celebrate her 5 years of being with Stampin' Up!. I first met Kelly when we shared a Demonstrator Booth at the Stampin' Up Convention, Gold Coast 2015 and she has been inspiring me ever since. It seemed appropriate that she offered up the theme of 'Happy' - firstly because that's just what Kelly always appears to be; and secondly, because of the excitement building with the new catalogue kicking off tomorrow!.

I've combined a few things that make me happy; Colour, Butterflies and Nature.  The Butterfly Basics set called out to fill the brief. 

I used the background stamp and Sweet Sugarplum on the Fluttering TIEF to create the background.  I then used the small butterfly and Daffodil Delight to pop some colour onto the bigger embossed areas. Next I tore down an edge of vellum and randomly stamped the fern and leaf images over it in Garden Green before adhering to the embossed Whisper White. Twine was wound round and finished with a double twine bow, matted with Daffodil Delight and mounted onto a Basic Black base. I stamped three flower images onto Whisper White and coloured with markers and an aqua brush - then lots of fussy cutting. I kept with the gardening rule of odd numbers for the flowers, and popped dimensionals under each before attaching to the vellum.  

The greeting was stamped in Basic Black then again with Daffodil Delight, slightly offset. It was then cut with the Stitched Shapes circle, and mounted onto a Sweet Sugarplum Layering Circle. Butterfly of Daffodil Delight layered with a strip of Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon, Linen thread, a smaller Garden Green butterfly and a vellum butterfly stamped with Daffodil Delight. To hold them together I did some hand stitching with linen thread. Wink of Stella provides the sparkle and Daffodil Delight enamel heart the finishing touch. .

Of course, I needed balance on the inside, so replicated the mat, then stamped and coloured the flower image. Being a finished size of 6" square, I have also created an envelope from a retired DSP, with the same stamped and coloured image. This card is going to another lovely lady - my amazing mother, who will soon mark the 2nd anniversary of Dad's passing - love you Mum xx

Thanks for stopping by, now hop over and check out what Cheryl O'Bree has come up with

Full List of Participants:

1. Kelly Kent
2. Billie Moan
3. Rochelle Blok
4. Kayla Renee MacAulay
5. Jacqui Crouch
6. Tina Gillespie
7. Kathryn Ruddick
8. Valerie Moody
9. Jo Weedon
10. Danielle Bennenk
11. Nikki Spencer
12. Sylvia Verhulst-Batenburg
13. Richelle Fletcher
14. Chloe Evans
15. Rachael Lewsley
16. Lou Kitzelman
17. Courtenay Heuston
18. Denita Wright-Smee
19. Christine Blain
20. Martha Groeger
21. Patrice Easton
22. Sandra Collett
23. Cheryl O'Bree

Busy Birthday Month

Although today's post is a little late, I liked how this card for a special young lady, turned out.  I saw a similar design online from Bluetenstempel and this is my take of it. I wanted a hint of colour so it may be misleading because the photo was taken on the Blushing Bride Glimmer paper, however the colours I chose were Pink Pirouette and Sahara Sand. All stamped images were from Touches of Texture. The Thinlits used were Rose Garden, Detailed Dragonfly, Stitched Shapes, along with some Layering Circles. The finishing touches were the rhinestone and the heart from the Subtles Enamel Shapes.

I decided against a greeting and opted to use her age for the inside:

Welcome to the World

Such a long time since I've made a baby card and I now have not one, but two little girls to make them for. I was going to make them a slightly different but when I completed the first one, I liked it enough to copy. I have seen the Baby Bear stamp used on this style card - (which I think is called a double Z fold card) - but this is my take of it.  The base is Blushing Bride.  The DSP is from a retired paper stack but the idea is great because you get four different patterns and you know they are going to work together. Baby Bear is triple stamped - my first layer onto Whisper White was Blushing Bride, then Crumb Cake and finished with Rich Razzleberry.  The bear really comes to life when that last layer goes on. The greetings are from the same Baby Bear set - "welcome to the world", and "to hug and to hold from this day forward".  I have cut the names out with the retired Little Letters Thinlits. The onesie and duck are from Something for Baby.  The bow is stamped from Holly Berry Happiness and punched out with the Holly Berry Builder punch - (yes it does line up with the stamp from Baby Bear as well), but instead of adding it to the bear, I chose to use the Blushing Bride Baker's Twine as it was a little softer looking.  The doily is also retired although a slighty smaller one is still available.  I think I will add another doily to the back to write my message on. The flower was die cut from Rich Razzleberry and finished off with a Blushing Bride enamel shape.