Babies......again!

Hello, and welcome!

It seems that I've been wrapped up in all things baby this week....hahaaa!

I'm sooooo happy to  have at last finished the Blessing blanket for Riley's Blessing Day, on Sunday.......can't believe it took me so long, but it will all be worth it to see our beautiful new ganddaughter wrapped up, all snug and warm :)  Her parents haven't yet seen it, so I'll post pics after the blessing.

The challenge at Card Crafter's Circle this week is .........

BABIES!

And our sponsor is... Robyn's Fetish awarding our prize winner their choice of 5 images!

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.  Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib.    Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

So, this is my second baby card this week.........can't get away from 'em.....hahaaa!

I used the sweet Good Night Teddy for my vintage-style card.......

I used a kraft card base and rounded the right hand corners, then used a lovely piece of DP that was in a stack that my lovely friend Maria Rudolph sent to me.......thanks again, Maria!

I cut a paper doily in half and used it as a backing to the image.  I used my Spectrum Noir markers to colour up this sweet image, and sewed around the edges with pink cotton thread, adding a little brown chalk to the edges.......

I found a little spool of this cute ribbon in my ribbon box.......no idea where it came from, and don't even remember buying it......oops........but it's too lovely to stay at the bottom of that box, don't you agree?

I twisted a little bit of brown lace and stuck it onto a small card circle, then added the button and the flower gem........

First outing for this pretty Memory Box die......used a little brown chalk on it and added the sparkly heart gem......I like it!

A border of the pretty pink paper along the inside bottom of the card, and a die-cut message spot.......c'est tout!

My team mates would love you to pop along and see what they came up with this week......the challenge blog is bursting with inspiration!

Thanks for coming to see what I've been up to.....see you soon!

hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  Anything goes with ribbon

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ribbon-or-lace-challenge.html  Ribbon or lace (I used both)

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/  Pink

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/anything-goes-challenge-12.html  Anything goes

Brides or Babies

Hello, and welcome!

I am so late, getting my post up.....sincere apologies to one and all :)

I have spent the last few days almost setting fire to myself.......my knitting needles have been giving off sparks because I've been trying to finish the blessing blanket for 6 week old Riley's blessing....this Sunday!

It's become a tradition that I make one of  these Victorian inspired blankets for our newest grandkiddles, the first one having been made for our first, Hannah, who is turning 19 next month, and they take me forever!!!

I've pieced the 24 squares  together and now need to finish knitting the 140 inch border....then sew it on, and  weave in all the ends.  It looks like Riley will need it, too, because we still have way below zero temperatures and snow!

I'll try to remember to take some piccies to post here, when it's all  done.

Speaking of babies.......this week's challenge at Perfect Sentiments is a little cracker...........

BRIDES OR BABIES

All you have to do is make a card with or for either a baby or a bride....simples!

Just remember to make sure that there's a sentiment on the front of your creation, too.

Our sponsor is 

and they are generously offering 3 cute digi images to the randomly drawn winner...woohoo!

I decided that I would go with the baby theme and chose the oh-so-cute Little Owl image from the store.......

I wanted to keep the card quite simple and started with a scalloped card base, adding freebie papers with more white card to layer with the yellow gingham......I love blue and yellow for a baby boy.......

This little darlin' was coloured up with Promarkers and cut out with a Spellbinder's Nestie die.........the blue grosgrain ribbon is from my stash......

I'm not sure where I nabbed this lovely digi sentiment from......think I must have got it in the days before I knew that it was important to give credit to the artist.....but I love it!  I used a Nellie Snellen die to cut it out......

The little embellie is simply blue raffia twisted into a circle and stuck onto a small circle of card.....I've got a huge stash of sequins, and have noticed that lots of cards are sporting them, lately, so popped one on....I think I quite like it :).....

More of the same paper to layer inside, and a die-cut message mat....done!

I hope you'll take a peek at all the goodies that my Teamies have prepared for your inspiration on the Perfect Sentiment blog, then make a lovely card and pop it into the challenge....good luck!

Hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-quotable.html  Use a quote

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/simon-says-anything-goes.html  Anything goes

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-73-anything-goes.html  Anything goes

http://pausedreamenjoychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/  Anything goes

http://eurekastamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-32-its-in-words.html  It's In the Words

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/  Anything goes