Cute Baby Christening - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)

Today's card is a christening card for an order, using the adorable Cute Baby Christening image from DigiStamp Boutique...

There are some lovely brand new images, just released today - you can see them all HERE and there's also a fab special offer at the moment on all Christmas images... 40% off them all HERE.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Sweet Stampin' - ooh baby, baby
The Crazy Challenge - for the little ones
Kitty Bee Aloha Friday - baby
Dream Valley - baby

Soooo many cards to make this week, and fast running out of time!  So apologies if I haven't made it round to your blog yet... I'm squeezing a bit of commenting into the evenings, but will have a proper catch up at the weekend.

Hope you have a lovely evening :o)

(Sort of) CAS Christening card!

Hello everyone :o)

My auntie (the one who's just a few years older than me) orders a lot of my cards, and as I've mentioned before she prefers them very CAS... this week she asked for a Christening card and I just couldn't think of anything CAS without being overly religious (knowing she wouldn't want it to be).

After googling and looking on Pinterest, I still hadn't found anything that inspired me, so this is what I ended up with - not quite as CAS as I was aiming for but ok hopefully!

Items Used

White pearlised cardstock - Papermill Direct

Onesie die - Papertrey Ink

Embossing folders - Sizzix (flowers) & Stampin' Up (stripes)

Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

Spellbinders oval dies

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

In The Pink - maybe baby (please delete if there's not enough pink, or if Christening cards aren't allowed!)

Stamping Sensations - embossing & texture

Crafty Ribbons - no designer paper

Off for a little commenting catch up... Hope you have a lovely evening :o)

A little gift wallet...

While I was demoing on Saturday, hubby was supposed to be taking the boys to a naming ceremony for his friend's little boy.  I'd seen this little gift wallet on the very lovely Vicky's blog, and couldn't wait to have a go, so thought I'd make one for hubby to put a gift card in... it can be used to put money in too, and is so easy I'm sure I'll be making more.  Thanks for the fab tutorial Vicky!

As I said, hubby was supposed to be going, but he actually got 5 minutes away from the venue and Dex's little voice piped up in the back... 'I need to get out!' and then he was very sick... everywhere... So they all went home again!  I'm quite glad I was demoing ;o)

with the tag/ pocket inside the wallet

with the tag/ pocket pulled out

Items Used

White linen cardstock - Papermill Direct

Pre-coloured die cut image - LOTV

Digi papers (printed onto linen card) - Pink Petticoat

Tab punch - Stampin' Up

Ribbon & baker's twine - Fantastic Ribbons

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

I'm entering my wallet for the 'anything goes' challenge at Lili's Little Fairies.

Running a bit late (last minute trip to Asda for dressing up stuff for Dex... blimmin' schools lol!) so I'll keep this fairly short.  Hope you enjoy the rest of your evening :o)

Pink & cute for a christening

I had an order for a Christening card but for something more 'cute & pink' rather than traditional.  I wasn't sure what to use at first, and then I remembered this little LOTV cutie and thought it might be ok...

And a matching box... can you see the little notch cut out of the side?  I did that with the Stampin' Up 'word window' punch, love that punch :o)

Card and box together...

I've coloured the image with promarkers and koh-i-noor pencils.  Papers are K&Co, with core'dinations cardstock.  Swirly corners cut with a sizzix die, border cut with MS punch.  Flowers are a mix of Wild Orchid and some smaller ones from my stash, sprayed with a bit of 'spray & sparkle', ribbon & pearls from stash.  Lettering on the box was cut on the Cricut.

Not sure about the flowers - are they a bit much?  I'm not used to using so many roses, but I thought seen as I'd been asked for a boxed card I might as well use some big flowers.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• CES Challenges - embellish it
• Sweet Stampin - sketch (+ optional 'in the garden' theme... really wanted to use the sketch for this one though, hope that's ok!)
• Totally Papercrafts - don't be square
• Lili of the Valley - here comes summer
• Paper Sundaes - pop it up
• Catch The Bug - grads, dads & other celebrations

Crafty Cardmakers 19 - desert island!

Time for a new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and this fortnight our challenge is 'desert island' - basically we'd like to see all your absolute essential items that you couldn't be without, even if you were stranded on an island lol :o) And your card must be made entirely from those essentials. Hope to see lots of lovely entries!

I have a very long list of items that I couldn't possibly do without, but I had to narrow it down a bit because I didn't want this card to be too fussy - I wanted a sweet and simple card for my friend's little girl who's 3, and was baptised yesterday. I'll make all my essentials bold to make it a bit easier! I've used a digi stamp, this one is from Mo Manning, and I've coloured the image with promarkers. The lovely paper is MME (at least I think it is, I know it's meant to be a Christmas one) and the cardstock is coredinations. I've used lots of Green Tara flowers with flat backed pearl centres and some buttons from my stash. I have used circle and blossom nestabilities to mount the image. I also like to add a bit of sparkle - on this card the paper is glittery, I've used a sakura clear stardust pen on the little girl's headband, and one of my buttons is sparkly too.

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly - cutie pie
• Sketch Saturday - sketch (I've replace the sentiment with another flower, hope that's ok)
• Create 4 Fun - make a card using only circles
• My Time To Craft - pretty pearls
• The ABC Challenge - S is for sparkle