Baby Boy

Happy Thursday, blog friends! Popping in really quickly today to share a card I created using the most recent sketch over at Card Patterns Sketch Challenge! Here's the sketch:

My friend is expecting her first baby (a boy) in May and her baby shower is this weekend! So, I made this card for her. Since I'll be delivering the card/gift in person I don't have to worry about the extra bulk of the clothespin.

I just LOVE that little onesie from DeNami Design! It's so much fun to paper piece!!! All of the patterned papers are from the Snips and Snails Collection by Doodlebug Design---ADORABLE!!!

So...we've been living without TV for a couple of months now. We cancelled it in preparation for our upcoming ADVENTURE (more details on that coming soon). And honestly, I don't think we'll ever re-up our TV subscription. Might sound crazy, but this has been the best little discovery ever! We're not missing it AT ALL. We still watch movies (rented via Netflix), and that seems to be just perfect.

------------------------------- 

Supplies:

Stamps: Onesie E115, Small Baby Script E68, Mini Open Button A100 (DeNami Design)

Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko), Grass (Amuse Studio), Ultramarine Vivid! (Clearsnap)

Cardstock: Stampers' Select White (Papertrey Ink), Swiss Dots: Salt (Bazzill Basics), Blue (from my stash of scraps)

Patterned Paper: Snips and Snails Collection (Doodlebug Design)

Punch: 3" Scallop (EK Success)

Circle Template: (Staedtler)

Wood Buttons: (Simplicity Creative Group)

Baker's Twine: Lemondrop (The Twinery)

Clothespin: (purchased at Michaels)

DeNami Design Gift Tag Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to your next stop on the DeNami Design Gift Tag Blog Hop!!! If you're on track you should have arrived here from Ayana's fabulous blog! If not, no worries, you can start at the beginning by heading to the DeNami Design Blog! And you'll want to be sure to check out each participant's blog and leave a comment because DeNami is giving away several gift certificates to their online store! YAY!

Here are two tags I created for Christmas presents that I'm sending to family this year!

I cut the tag from the Ellison machine at Archivers. Then, I created the background by repeatedly stamping the "Harlequin Border N112" (DeNami Design) and adding glitter to alternating diamonds in the pattern to give it some sparkle! The letters are stickers from Making Memories, and that yummy glittery button is from a bag of pink buttons that I won from a DeNami Design Challenge! I thought it was just perfect for this tag!

I popped up the little ornaments to add some dimension too!

For this tag, I created the background by repeatedly stamping the "Three Line Border N128" image (DeNami Design). Reminds me of a candy cane! Cute! Then, I used a Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura) to add glitter to the white stripes! The ultra adorable long-legged chickie is from the "Season's Tweetings Chickie Scene N120" stamp (DeNami Design). I just inked up one chickie within the scene and stamped him onto the tag. I also added some snow banks with glitter at the bottom although it's difficult to see in the photo. LOTS of sparkle on this one!!

I hope you like my creations and are inspired to create some holiday tags for your presents this year!! Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop on the hop is Jenny! I bet she's created something fantastic!

 

------------------------------

Supplies:

Stamps: "Harlequin Border N112" (DeNami Design), "Three Line Border N128" (DeNami Design), "Season's Tweetings Chickie Scene N120" (DeNami Design), "Falling Snow E94" (DeNami Design), "Mini Ornaments Stamp Set PF22" (DeNami Design)

Ink: "Rosebud Memento" (Tsukineko), "Tuxedo Black Memento" (Tsukineko), "Blazing Red StazOn" (Tsukineko)

Copic Sketch Markers

Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura)

Glitter: "Sugar Coating" (Doodlebug Designs)

Clear Stardust Gelly Roll Pen (Sakura)

Cardstock: "Stampers' Choice White" (Papertrey Ink), "Arctic Shadow" (The Paper Company)

Letter Stickers: "Cheeky Shimmer Stickers - Green" (Making Memories)

Tag Die (Ellison)

Buttons (DeNami Design)

Ribbon (DeNami Design)

Baker's Twine (Martha Stewart)

Pop Dots (All Night Media)

Double Sided Tape (X-Press It)

Two In One

Hello! Just wanted to pop in really quick and share an Easter card with you! I made this for two challenges: Jen Del Muro's "Sketch For You To Try" and Embellish Magazine's "Embellish Borders Color Challenge."  

I drew the egg freehand on shimmery white cardstock (Bazzill) and then decorated it with glittery "Bunny Hop - Fancy Frills and Icons" stickers (Doodlebug Design). I created the scallops using my scalloped-scallop border punch (EK Success). I scored horizontal lines into the top green layer (although it doesn't show up very well in the photo).

 I just found out that one of my closest friends is coming to visit us over Easter break!!! I'm so excited! She and her husband and their two little guys will be staying with us for five days, including Easter Sunday! Tony and I don't have any kids (yet), so this will be the very first time the Easter Bunny will visit the Petrella household! Oh, it's going to be SUCH FUN!!

Thanks for stopping by!