Felicitations

I'm playing along with the Embellish color challenge.



This card is going to a friend who received some fabulous news recently. (Felicitation means congratulations).



My card uses the Fabulous Frame die from PTI. I stamped the pram from Bitty Baby Blessings onto Enchanted Evening patterned paper and again onto the white cardstock. The French sentiment is from Global Greetings: French (also PTI), as this is going to a French friend! Also, the background was stamped with the Newsprint background set.

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

Congratulations on your special delivery!

Hi! We are gearing up for the first day of school on Monday...barring Hurricane Irene, of course! I have no doubt that we will lose power in my neighborhood. What a crazy week....earthquake, hurricane and what else??!!



This card was made for a friend who recently had a beautiful baby boy. I kept it pretty simple--branch from Little Birds, bundle and sentiment from Bundle of Love. The paper is from Seaside by October Afternoon and I paper pieced the bundle with some PTI paper, although I can't recall which one currently.

I've been making lots of things, so I hope to be back again soon to share.

Stay dry!
Melissa

Congratulations

I'm back with a baby card!

Months ago, Betsy Veldman posted a card that was similar to this--a baby bundle hanging off a branch. It is amazingly beautiful and I wished I had the stamps to recreate it. Now, I do, with "Bundle of Love". I used "Out on a Limb" for the branch, blooms, stars and moon. The "congratulations" comes from Inside and Out: Baby.




I sponged my scene with Spring Rain ink, and also added some Enchanted Evening ink around the edges. The stars got a touch of glitter, and I added a center with my white gel pen to the the blossoms on the tree branch.

Sorry for the bad picture, I tried many time to photograph it well and it just didn't come out clearly.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

boy baby cards

Here are a couple more cards that I made over the weekend will be soon sent to Beth!



This first card uses the teddy bear image and sentiment from Baby Button Bits. I have been using Kraft cardstock and white ink on every card lately...



See! Can't seem to move away from Kraftand white! This card has a background stamped with Boy Basics: Simple Circles. I used Label Basics to stamp the focal image, and the sentiment comes from Baby Button Bits, colored with Copic markers.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"cute and cuddly" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, BB: Retro
Ink: Fresh Snow, Spring Rain and Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Paper: Kraft, Stamper's Select White, Blueberry Sky
Other: Limitless Layers Dies, Double Ended Banner Die, Blueberry Sky satin ribbon, Copic Markers, Foam tape

"bundle of joy"
Stamps: Boy Basics: Simple Circles, Label Basics and Baby Button Bits
Ink: Spring Rain, Fresh Snow, Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Paper: Kraft, Stamper's Select White
Other: Blueberry Sky satin ribbon, Blueberry sky button, twine, Copics, Foam tape

Baby

I made some more baby cards!



I stamped a background using two of the Tiny Tags stamps and added buttons to each image. I'm on such a kraft cardstock and white ink kick!



I tied some rustic cream twine and added a tag from Tiny Tags stamped with "Baby".

I'll be back soon with two boy baby cards!

Melissa

"Baby" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Tiny Tags
Ink: Fresh Snow, Grape Jelly (Memento)
Paper: Kraft, Royal Velvet and Lavendar Moon
Other: Royal Velvet buttons, Lavendar Moon buttons, Hawaiian Shores buttons, Rustic Cream twine, Tiny Tags dies, Pop Dots

Look who has just arrived!

Just when I think life can't get any busier, it does! Is May like this for everyone else??

I made a couple of baby cards this morning. Beth and I are trading, baby cards for a mag, so these will be off to her, as well as others yet to be made!

And baby cards is the latest PTI Princess challenge offered up by Lee .



I loved the card


Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

"Look who has just arrived!" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics, Label Basics, Baby Button Bits
Ink: Fresh Snow, Sweet Blush, Rich Cocoa (Memento), Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Stamper's Select White and Kraft, Emma's Shoppe (Crate Paper)
Other: Copic markers, pink ribbon, foam tape, sponge, Edgers #1

Cute as a button

My friend recently had a baby girl, so I was inspired to put together this card.

I attended a get-together of PTI stampers from the DC area a couple weeks ago, and I was lucky to use other people's stuff! I cut out and stamped some of the bitty backgrounds that you see on this card, as well as some button things.



I stamped the background using Polka Dot Basics II in Vintage Cream ink. The sentiment comes from Baby Button Bits.



On the inside, I used Inside and Out: Baby to add a verse and congratulations.

This card works for the current Passion for Papertrey challenge .

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Cute as a button" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Polka Dot Basics II, Bitty Background Basics
Ink: Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Lemon Tart, Vintage Cream, Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream and Sweet Blush
Other: Sewing machine, Pinking square die, Sweet blush satin ribbon, sweet blush buttons, Button Twine, double ended die

Double the Love

More baby cards! My neighbor had twins last week, a boy and a girl, so I pulled out Bitty Baby Blessings to make a card.



I used papers from Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love, which I thoughted worked well for a baby card meant to include both a boy and girl.



For the inside, I stamped a sentiment from Inside and Out: Baby. I love that you can customize your greeting so well with that set!

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Double the Love" (All PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Bitty Baby Blessings, Inside and Out: Baby
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Paper: Melon Berry and Vintage Cream, Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket)
Other: Melon Berry satin ribbon, Mat Stack 4 die, Spellbinders tag die, button twine

It's a Girl!

I'm making a small stash of cards for our PTA to give out as needed. I made two of these baby cards and will get to work on some boy versions and sympathy next.



The papers used come from Echo Park and the stamps are Lawn Fawn's Bannerific and Sophie's Sentiment. All the inks are Colorbox.



I stamped the inside with Inside and Out: Baby and two more of the cute birds.

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

Tag, You're It Challenge

I was able to participate in another PTI Princess challenge, this one hosted by Belinda . Our challenge is to create a tag.



I made a tag to add to a baby gift that I'll be sending out to my friend, for her new little Nathan!

I used Mini Scrapbook: Library Ledger to stamp the background onto Kraft cardstock. I added his name using Fresh Alpha, and the label from Fillable Frames 5. The tiny sailboat comes from Bitty Baby Blessings, as well as the "ahoy, little sailor".



On the back I added the "congrats" and the saying from Iniside and Out: Baby and the date of his birth was stamped from the Library Ledger set.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Baby gift set

It's finally back to school today for my kids, after what seems like forever!



I want to share a project that I made for a friend who just had a baby girl! I made her this keepsake box with drawers, one of my favorite projects to make. You can see the other boxes that I've made here and here , with a full tutorial. I made one for my daughter to match her room and we keep all her hair bows and barrettes in there.




I made the personalized label on the top of the box using Ambassador Monogram Edition to spell out the name and I cut out a flower from the patterned paper.



Along with the box, I made a matching card. I used the elephant from the Click Simple template "Rock a Bye Baby" and resized it to be smaller for my card front.



And the inside of the card got decorated as well.

I think that this project qualifies for our latest Papertrey Princess challenge which was given to us by Lee. You can see the details here . I also entered this project into the Guest Star Stamper contest.

Have a great day!
Melissa

"a new little someone" card and box (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Inside and Out: Baby, Ambassador Monogram Edition
Paper: Vintage Cream, Lemon Tart, Enchante Evening, Oh Baby Boy! patterned paper (Basic Grey)
Ink: Enchanted Evening, So Saffron (SU!), Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other: unfinished wood box (AC Moore), Enchanted Evening satin ribbon, gems,scalloped circle Nestabilitie Die, Foam tape, acrylic paint, sponge, Score-tape, Threading Waters punch (Fiskars), Elephant template from "Rock a Bye Baby" Click Simple template

Little cutie pies

Baby Button Bits is so, so adorable! This image of the little pie/cupcake is probably my favorite. I made up a few while I had my scraps out. I'm not as thrilled with how my cards turned out, but the pies are cute!



Here's another card:



A purple one:



And the last:



Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"Little cutie pie" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Background Basics: Hearts
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Sweet Blush, Pearlescent Purple Dew Drop (Memento), Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Lily Kate PP (Basic Grey)
Other: Apron Lace punch (Fiskars), Purple ribbon, Pinking shears, Sweet Blush and Plum Pudding buttons, Floss (DMC), Ribbon tag die (Nestabilities), Foam Tape

Baby gift box and card

So this project is one I made almost a year ago and I just now found the pictures in my file and realized I never posted! This little guy is already one year old, but this was a gift for him when he was born.

First up is the card using Polka Dot Basics: I, Fresh Alphabet and a Martha Stewart Little boys set.



I found the box in the unfinished wood section at AC Moore and sanded it a bit and painted it. I then covered it in some of my favorite paper from Basic Grey called Oh Baby!

I cut out some of the elephants and popped them up with foam tape for dimension.



And a final view with contents:



Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

Love Bug

I made a card based off the sketch at 2 sketches 4 you . I used Earth Love paper from Cosmo Cricket and a sticker tag from the same line. No stamping on this card!



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Love Bug"
Paper: Earth Love (Cosmo Cricket), Smokey Shadow, Melon Berry, Vintage Cream cs (PTI)
Ink: Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other: Sewing machine, sponge, Melon Berry satin ribbon and buttons (PTI), DMC floss, dimensionals

Welcome Little One

Hi everyone! I'm finding a spare minute to write this while my littlest one is napping...she's been sick, so time is scarce and so is sleep for all of us! I made this card for a friend's new baby.



I colored the pram with my copics and chose a fun background treatment inspired by Nichole Heady's card here . She is amazing...who else would have created such a great Halloween card with hot pink, red and orange! Isn't the pram cute... I would have loved something like that to push my babies around!

I also made the "from the desk of" template template to house the clothes for baby.



Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Melissa

"Welcome Little One" card and box (all products PTI unless noted)
Template: From the Desk of (Lauren Meader)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Everyday Classics, Bitty Baby Blessings, Fresh Alpha
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Rich Cocoa (Memento), Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate, Sultry PP (Basic Grey)
Other: Raspberry Fizz Swiss Dots ribbon, Raspberry Fizz satin ribbon, Raspberry Fizz buttons, DMC embroidery floss, dimensionals, sponge, Ticket Corner punch (SU!), Nestabilities Oval and scalloped oval dies, white gel pen

Baby shower gift

I made this "box" to fit a few baby clothes that my kids and I picked out to give to a friend for her baby shower. I got my color scheme from the clothes and went from there. I stamped the plaid background using Background Basics: Retro and the little onesie is stamped from Bitty Baby Blessings, cut out and poped up on the ribbon with foam tape.



I was able to fit in pants, long sleeve onesie-shirt, and a knit hat...pretty good! I hope that she will find a good use for the box too!



Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Baby shower gift (all product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Bitty Baby Blessings
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen (Ranger), blue chalk eye (Cat's Eye)
Paper: Spring Rain, Kraft, Vintage Cream
Other: Dark Chocolate satin ribbon, Spring Rain saddle stitch ribbon, foam tape, sponge, Dark chocolate button, Rustic cream twine

Card for a (pregnant) friend

I have a friend who is pregnant and I wanted to make her and her husband a card to congratulate them. I didn't want to say "welcome baby" or something to that effect, as clearly the baby is not here yet! I made this card and I think that it fits what I was trying to do.

I used Background Basics: Retro for the plaid background ( I won this set from the May Blog Hop, thanks PTI!), the pram and sentiment come from Bitty Baby Blessings.



Here's the inside of the card:


I made an extra to put in my Etsy shop, so you can find it there if you are interested (top right hand side). Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

"Baby Makes Three" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Bitty Baby Blessings
Ink: White (Stampin' Up), Dark Chocolate, Vintage touch ink duo
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Lemon Tart, LilyKate PP (Basic Grey)
Other: Cream satin ribbon (Michael's), dimensionals

Baby girl card

My friend, ALW requested a baby card based on my design seen here . I love the colors she chose, pinks and browns and really enjoyed making this. I used the PTI script set, Background Basics: Text Style, for the background as I thought it was fitting for her.



And a peek at the inside.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Welcome Little One" (all supplies PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Everyday Classics, Background Basics: Text Style
Ink: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush and Hibiscus Burst
Other: Hibiscsu Burst satin ribbon, dimensionals, buttons (Foof-ala), twine, Threading Water scallop edge punch (Fiskars)

Shower cards

When I first received the stamp set, Scattered Showers, I stamped a whole sheet with the same design. I only cut part of it and made a card. Today, I used up most of the rest of it for these two cards.


The first one is a baby shower card.



And the second for a bridal shower.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Happy Baby Shower" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Scattered Showers
Paper: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Stamper's Select White, Ocean Tides
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Ocean Tides, True Black
Other: Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon, dimensionals

"Happy Bridal Shower"
Stamps: Scattered Showers
Paper: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Stamper's Select White, Ocean Tides
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Smoky Shadow, Ocean Tides, True Black
Other: Ocean Tides satin ribbon, dimensionals

Sweet Bundle of Love

I made this card for a friend to give to a grandmother-to-be, what a thoughtful gift!
I used the PTI anniversary set, Everday Classics, again. Sorry if you are getting tired of seeing it! I also heat embossed the tiny polka dots on the background layer.



Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

"Sweet Bundle of Love" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Everyday Classics, Polka dot basics, Sweet Celebrations (SU!)
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush, Dark Chocolate, Walnut Stain Distress and Antique Linen Distress (Ranger), Versamark
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Sweet Blush
Other: Filigree detail clear EP, sweet blush satin ribbon, sponge, dimensionals, SU! scallop punch, EK success edge punch