Baby Card and Gift Bag

Hey Friends! I have a quick card and bag for you today.  I apologize for the bad pictures.  Someday I will get my act together!  The card below was made using PTI product.  The stamps are from Baby Button Bits.  Dot Spot paper and Hawaiian shores cardstock and button.

Next up is a cute little gift bag.

 

Here is the thing I am really proud of!  My little vellum pocket for the card!  Genius and super easy! Adhere thick vellum on 3 sides to your Kraft bag.  Slide in your card!  Easy peasy and cute!  Matching tag was cut with a PTI die.  Its stamped with Baby Button Bits and Polka Dot basics. 

Birthday Cupcake

Hello friends! Sorry for the lack of updates lately. The end of the school year is always so busy! I haven't touched cardstock in at least 3 or 4 days. But I do have for you a card I made last week.
I love this diamond background from Waltzingmouse stamps. The best part about it is that it easily spans the card base!  I inked it a little unevenly to get a distressed look.  I added a piece of vellum and used a sentiment from PTI.  The cupcake is also from PTI (Baby Button Bits).  It is paper pieced with doodlebug papers.  The star borders were cut with the PTI star border die from Doodlebug and PTI papers.  Thanks for stopping in!

Baby Shower Ensemble

Hi there blog friends! One of my college friends is expecting and had a baby shower last Saturday. I bought out the Carter's store and while I was there I saw this adorable bag. (Note I did NOT stamp on the bag- it came that way). I thought it was perfect and I could easily make a matching card and tag.

First up the tag. It features the little frog from PTI boy basics. I used one of the tag dies (can't remember which one- sorry.) Some ribbon to look like water and orange button for the sun.

Last we have the card. Same froggy. Sentiment from Baby button bits. Doodle bug button with PTI ribbon. A little copic and white pen work and we are good to go. Thanks for stopping by!

Baby Shower Invites

My sister in law is expecting her first baby this May. We are all so excited for her. I was happy to make the invitations for her shower in April. Thankfully they are almost all done, because I have never been one for mass production. I used Spring rain and lemon tart cardstock with doodlebug dotted paper. The teddy bear is from PTI's baby button bits.
The information is all computer generated. I am way to lazy to hand write it. I used PTI's gingham ribbon and buttons. The blue squiggly is from bitty bird and the little ducky from bitty baby.
Thanks for coming by. And thanks so much for all the nice comments about my birdie card.

Sweet Cherry Gift Set

Hi! It has been to long since I posted something crafty. I have been working on teacher gifts and the like. My last day of work is Friday and then its summertime! This gift set I made for my principal. Even though she can make me crazy sometimes, she is actually a wonderful person. Very caring, hard working, and dedicated. So I always try to make her a little something at the end of the year.
This is a set of 4 cards with matching lined envelopes. It probably took me the better part of two hours to put it all together. I already had the cupcakes made and pieced. I had been making them for a card candy swap I joined.There are two designs of cards, this is the first one. The base is made of raspberry fizz cardstock (PTI). The cherry pp is from Doodlebug. I got it in the spring, so you may be able to still find it. The dot paper is from PTI (bitty dots). The rickrack is cut with my PTI ric rack die from stampers white. I used nesties label one to cut out the red and pp labels. The sentiment is from fillable frames 4 and stamped in fresh snow.
Here is the second design. Pretty much the same product and layout. The cherries are from Everyday button bits and the sentiment from Inside and Out:thank you (PTI)
A close up of the pieced cupcake. I used PTI's baby button bits for the cupcake... its like my favorite stamp ever! LOL. I stamped it on kraft and then again on green for the leaves. On cherry pp for the frosting and on raspberry fizz for the scallops. I added a pure poppy button on top and added a little shading with my copic markers.
This is the front of the envie. Its stamped with Fillable Frame #4 and the cherries from Everyday button bits. The circles are from Polka Dot Basics one.
Here is a shot showing the envie liners. Aren't they divine? So easy with PTI's new envie liner die! OMG I LOVE IT!
All four cards in my crafting mess! LOL
Finally the packaging. I was tired so I went simple. Thats a recycled PTI stamp box. I tore off the belly band and added my own bitty dot band. I scalloped punched some pp and then added a cute little sentiment from PTI's handmade set. I bought that set on a whim last month and I LOVE it. Anyway, thanks for coming by! Hopefully with summer arriving the posting will be more regular. I do appreciate your comments! Thanks so much!

More Teddy Bears

This is how scattered I am... I had to go search my blog to see if I had used this photo already! Its been CRAZY here lately. I can not wait for this school year to be done. It is just one thing after another lately. Anyway since my life is so chaotic I am all about the CAS card lately. I love this little teddy bear. Its from PTI's Baby Button Bits. I use that set alot. Definitely on my recommend list.This is a one layer card made with a piece of PTI Kraft paper. I stamped the little bear in dark chocolate. I punched a heart out of some PTI bitty dots paper and covered it in crystal stickles. I then used a Doodlebug Fancy Frills heart border that I cut in pieces. The sentiment is from the same set and is also stamped in dark chocolate.

Teddy Bear Baby

Good Morning! Happy Friday to you! Today I have a welcome baby card for you. I used PTI rustic white for the base. The yellow scallops are from Bitty Dot Summer Sunrise. I cut them using the PTI scallop die. The green scallop is more Doodle Bug Fancy Frills. The teddy bear is from the Baby button set from PTI. I stamped it on kraft and cut it out. I colored with my topics and added a rhinestone/brad from MM. Thanks for stopping in!

Another Cutie Cupcake

Same basic set up as yesterday's card. I paper pieced the cupcake from Baby Button Bits. I mounted it on some Linen Vellum (PTI). Mounted that onto some pp from PTI. Stamped the sentiment and tied on the spring moss twill. The whole thing is mounted on some Lemon Tart card. Thanks for stopping by!

Cute Little Cupcake

I am back, with more cupcakes! Like I said yesterday I have paper-pieced a bajillion of these cute little guys. The cupcake is from the Baby Button Bits set from PTI. The patterned paper is a mix of PTI and memory box (sweet baby). Everything else is PTI. I think the sentiment is from Through the Trees. Speaking of PTI, today is the first day of their anniversary celebration, they are turning 3! Lots of prizes and fun on Nichole's blog, stop over if you have time. As for me, I am off to the gym this AM and then I am meeting a new friend that I met on the PTI message board. We are going to do a little shopping at the local stamp store. Should be fun. I made her some card candy (guess??? yep little paper-pieced cupcakes!). See ya tomorrow!

Papertrey Princess Challenge

Hello! Here I am a day late and a dollar short as usual! I think all the other princesses have completed this challenge and moved on! LOL! You can find all the details here on Anya's blog. She gave us this beautiful inspiration picture and let us take it from there.
I decided to pull out my new Baby Button Bits. Truth be told, I really don't even like making baby cards all that much, but this set was so adorable it sucked me right in. I love this cupcake. Its adorable and perfect for paper piecing. I have made many, many cupcakes today so I am sure you will be seeing quite a few in the near future. Anyway back to the card, here are the deets:
Stamps: Baby Button Bits
CS: Kraft
PP: PTI pastels and Memory Box sweet baby
Extras: PTI button and ribbon in spring rain, dark chocolate ink.