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Thursday, March 7, 2013

CAS Prams

I know several people who are expecting babies this year, so I wanted to make some Congratulations cards. Since I don't always know the sex of the child, I thought that the sweet color combo at Less is More would work well.

The little stamp is from Graphic 45's Little Darlings collection. I cut it out, covered with Crackle Paint, and added a raised border with a white Sakura glaze pen. I believe the little metal clips are by Graphic 45 as well. The [originally silver] stork charm is from my stash (Mom got it free somewhere!), and since I didn't want a silver charm, I heat-embossed it in copper (ZING).

The baby carriage stamp (well, they just look like prams don't they‽) is by Viva Las VegaStamps. First, I stamped the Lace (Kaisercraft) in Antique Linen distress ink, and then stamped the line of prams in Mustard Seed (a bit more yellow than I wanted, but it was the closest I had).

Inspiration/Challenges:
CYDI Challenge #30: Little Ones
Less is More Week 109: Colour Challenge
Kathy's Waffle Sketch File: March Sketch

Thank you for visiting,

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Mo's Wonderful Time of the Year

How has it already been another year ... I guess time goes fast when you're crafting! I've had a great December full of traveling and visiting family, and now I'm looking forward to a new year full of ... well, all those things that come up when you're an adult!

I thought that the current challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil would be a nice way to both reflect on 2012 and welcome in 2013: We're to pick our favorite Mo's Digital Pencil project of 2012. I was sort of surprised to see that I only made four projects in 2012 (You can see all of my projects using Mo's images here), but I just had to choose Silky Puppy Love:

Silky Puppy Love, February 20, 2012

As you can tell, I had too much fun making that card!

Last year I used Mo's Fan's Cricket to make a Chinese New Year card, so figured I should do the same for 2013. Didn't get this in the mail in time for Western New Year's, so maybe I can send it to someone for the Chinese New Year!

I printed everything (including the sentiment by TLC Creations, which I inverted) onto shiny Recollections papers (gold, charcoal, white). I was inspired by the lovely sketch from The Sketch File. I used the font Silentina Movie for the Charlie Chaplin quote ("Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles."), some beautiful Graphic 45 paper, and added a bit of white leaf ribbon.