The Shabby Tea Room - baby Love

Hi everyone, how are you on this Monday...yuck...I hate Mondays!! My weekend went by WAY too fast and Monday means back to work. Why didn't I marry for money ;) hehehe!

 Anyway, today I have a special surprise, I will be having 2 posts today. This regularly scheduled post for The Shabby Tea Room AND a blog hop for a newish company I'm designing for called 3 Twenty Crafts that starts at 3:pm eastern time. Hope ya'll come back by for a visit :)

 Now then, this weeks challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is soooo fun!! The theme is baby shower.

How pretty is this little inspiration picture?? just one rule...make a card or project with a baby theme!

Our sponsor is Creations By AR...yes, lol, I am on her Design Team too...how fun is that??? As soon as I heard this weeks theme I knew exactly which template I wanted to work with...Lil' Bear.


Creations by AR: Lil' Bear 
Paper Sweeties: Cupcakes & Sprinkles, Sending Sweet Thoughts
DeNami Design: teeny star, polka dot background, all star greetings,  outer space stamp set

This little template is ment to be a non openable card...just a little bear with a stamped sentiment on the bib, however, I took it a spet further and cut out 2 bears for each one and made it into an openable card....

I scored the 2nd bear I cut from plain card stock just under the ears and attached it with my ATG tape runner then stamped another sentiment inside. Now their ready for my little twin nephew & niece that will be turning 2 right away :)

Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3D templates, cutting files and digital images. Visit Creations by AR for inspiration!

I am pleased to offer The Shabby Tea Room participants a challenge discount of 10% off entire purchase during the week of my sponsorship.  The discount code is challenge10.

Creations By AR - Feb 2014 blog hop - "It's all about baby"

Hi everyone! Are you ready for another fun hop showing off all the new pretty templates at Creations By AR?? I have to admit that I don't know a soul that's having a baby!! How disappointing, right? Well I still had a wonderful time making these cute little templates...who needs a new baby to make some cute little goodies like these???

There are 3 templates in total and the best part...YOU get to choose weather you want to make them for a boy or girl...how cool is that?? Let's get started showing you what I made....

"Dress Up Baby Bag"

How cute is this little bag??? I just love this little template and it was SUPER easy to boot! If you choose to make it for a girl you cut out a little collar along with puffy sleeves and it has a rocking horse option vs. the little pocket. I cut 2 pockets (stamped with a polka dot background) so I could have a little one (well, half of one, lol) on the pants leg for a cargo jumper look. Then I added some cute little stars, buttons and a DeNami Design sentiment to finish it all off.

"Rockin' Horse Card"

And how cute is this little rocking horse card?? So many options here too since the mane, tail and body are all separate so that you can easily use several papers. Best part...I only used pieces of scrap to make him!!!

"Rockin' Cradle"

This last template is perfect for taking a little treat to Mom in the hospital / when she gets home or as a table decoration for a shower....just fill it with candy or some little booties. I chose to make mine from plain cardstock with a couple of pieces of patterned paper accents so that I could use one of my favorite DeNami Design stamps to decorate it with.

Adela

Jak Heath

Doris Molina

Julia Aston

Lisa Eisner

Lisa Somerville

Lori Brown

Lyn Bernatovich

Monica Soto

Patti J Gillmam

Sue Kment

Tina Milbourn <------------- you are here



Well that's it for me today. Now don't forget to hop along with the other designers and leave comments so that you can have a chance to win any one of the three sets! Also, as a little bonus if you'd like to purchase all 3 templates there is a little discount! You can get the baby bundle for only $12.00.

Dads a star...........

I've had this camera on my wish lift for a loooong time but never purchased it because I thought I'd only use it for scrap booking, not card making. So, it sat on the back burner for longer than I care to admit. ;)  Since I'm now able to start scratching off a little of my wish list items, I went ahead and purchased the camera and both of  the film clips.

I knew that I wanted to try to incorporate the camera into a card but just wasn't sure how. After playing with it for a little while I came up with this. I like it but at the same time I don't like it, ya know what I mean? If I saw this exact card somewhere by someone else I'd love it, it's just strange to me because it's not my usual style.

 

Do you remember the big DeNami birthday bash?? I won the "pin it to win it" contest and was lucky enough to receive 6 random items that I had pinned. The little square word bubble and the all star greetings set were part of my winnings. I've wanted both of them for a long time too!!

Here are links to the camera and film clips. Best of all...they're on clearance so you can get them at a bargain price!!
Camera
curled film clip
film clip

I have one last Father's Day card to share with you tomorrow. I think this one is my favorite of all of them. The bright fun colors to the fun layout, it's perfect. :) 

I'm super excited today!! Not only am I having a great time shareing my Father's Day creations with ya'll, but I have the great honor of being a guest blogger over on the DeNami Design blog, where I showcase a prettly little floral card made from 6 Petit Four sets!! ;)  Hope you stop by there for a little visit!!

 

See ya tomorrow!!

CAS graduation card

Hi everyone, today I have a more CAS (clean and simple) graduation card to share with you. I'm not real good with the CAS style, but I still strive to bring ya'll something a little different when I can :)

I wanted to show this to you in several color schemes and since it didn't take but just a couple of minutes (don't ask how long it took to "plan" this card...ugggg!) to throw these together, that was easy peasy!

Like I've mentioned before, I'm more of a "add layers and slap a big pretty bow on it" kinda gal so this was definitely outside my little scalloped box, lol! It just kills me to leave all that white space un-touched! I was itching to add a length of ribbon, rhinestones...anything at all, just to not have all that space there! In the end I did what was best for the card instead of what was best for my sanity and left it blank ;) hehehehehe.

I'll be back tomorrow with one final graduation card (my fave of all of them). It's gender neutral and involves a much beloved chickie so you won't want to miss this one ;)