Seeing Stars

I finally got back into my craft cave! Before I dive into my newest products, I had to make a quick baby card. Punches can be a lifesaver when your time is limited. The only stamping on this card is the sentiment. I just love Stampin’ Up! Star punches. If you like them, buy them both because you’ll have regrets if you don’t. Also, don’t forget about the Stampin Up Seeing Stars stamp set that coordinates beautifully with these punches too. I’m always attracted to coordinating stamps and punches because it makes it easy!

Our house guests left on Sunday and I’ve been busy catching up on housework and taking down Christmas decorations. I've been bringing out my Valentines Day decorations to add some more color back to my house as I put away the Christmas stuff.

We’ve had more snow than you can imagine and the only one happy about that is my son Brandon. He could play in the snow all day if you let him. He gets to sled ride at my sitters house. She has a nice hill in her backyard. The other morning as we were arriving at her house Brandon asks me “do you get to sled ride at work?” Ha! I wish I could go sled riding at work. Gotta love the questions of a 4 yr old!

Have a wonderful day & happy stamping!

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Recipe (all supplies from Stampin’ Up!):
Stamps: Best Yet (retired)
Ink: Basic Black
Card Stock: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Patterns Designer Series Paper: Bashful Blue (#112151)
Accessories: Certainly Celery Satin Ribbon (#117288)
Tools: Mat Pack (#105826), 1 ¼ Circle Punch (#104403), Large Star Punch (#110710), Star Punch (#109045), Perfect Details Texturz Plate (#115962)

Hello Baby

When I was putting my basket of cards together this past week for the charity event, I found that my stash fell short of baby cards. Great excuse to make some! Since my little one was born, I haven't really bought any baby stamp sets. Although they are nice to have on hand, you can simply use any stamp set you have for a baby card and make it look soft and baby-like by the colors, embellishments, and design.

I used Stampin' Up! Circle Circus for today's creation. From the looks of this stamp set, it doesn't say "baby" to me at all. I stamped it in Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue and whola . . . baby! I also didn't add a lot of color and added some pearls to make it soft looking. The majority of the card is Whisper White. I think that helped with the look of it too.

Here is the recipe (all supplies from Stampin Up):

Stamps: Circle Circus (#115778)

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, White Craft Ink
Card Stock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Pretties Kit (#109114), Whisper White Organza Ribbon (#114319)

Tools: Scallop Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Speaking of babies, my little guy & I go meet the preschool teacher this morning! Time sure does fly. He is not a baby any more! He starts preschool officially next week. Boo hoo! I hope I can keep it together on his first day. I may have a tougher time than he does. Hee hee!

Enjoy your day and happy stamping!

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A Bouncing Baby Boy Is On The Way!

Did I trick you with my blog title today? It's not me that's expecting, but a friend of mine is having a boy by c-section next week, on my birthday! How cool is that?!

When I was pregnant with Brandon I bought more baby scrapbooking supplies than you could imagine! They are all masculine because I found out ahead of time I was having a boy. It wasn't hard to put together this card for her!

The lovely saying is a vellum sticker from AMM (All My Memories). I dressed it up with some soft color buttons and a shimmery cream ribbon to match the cardstock and patterned paper.

TGIF! Aren't you glad it's the weekend? I sure am. Too much to do, so little time. I'll be back again this weekend! Enjoy!!!!

The Story Begins . . .

Ok, I know this is the second baby card posting in a week, but I needed to make these and I thought this one turned out so cute, I had to share it. The cute little baby stamped on this card is from the retired Stampin' Up! set called Baby Firsts. I bought it when I was pregnant with Brandon and used it for my shower and thank you notes. I set up this card like a mini file folder for something different. The cute little tab at the top is the Stampin' Up! Round Tab punch. I use this a lot!!!! It's so cute to add to cards, notebooks, recipe cards, etc. The possibilities are endless.

I hope your week is going great! I have family in from out of town all week, so forgive me for my short posts. Something is better than nothing, right?

Thanks for stopping by!

Tiffany

P.S. BIG NEWS - All of Stampin' Up! new stamps in the upcoming catalog will be die cut! All you need to do is pop, peel, and place before you begin stamping.