Happy Birthday Ashley - Last Card for a Bit

Good morning, Everyone. Some of you already know that Keith and I bought a home in Dedham. We're SO excited, but we have so much to do before we can move. Unfortunately, I {think} I'm packing up my crafts today! I'm so sad, but it makes sense because I won't have time to craft AND I won't be tempted to craft when I should be packing.
So here is my last card for a little bit....It's a birthday card for Ashley who's turning 4. Isn't it sweet?
This card features the exciting new digital stamps from Pink Cat Studio. Pink Cat Studio have always had awesome stamps but there's something great about being able to buy these images and get to use them immediately! I love that! This image is Itty Bitty Betty in her ladybug costume which I got for FREE when I purchased her in this same costume holding her Halloween pumpkin. Click on the link above to find out more details.

Our move date is scheduled for November 8th (wow, that seems far away) but between having a yard sale and packing everything up and getting settled in our new home I bet it will fly. Bye for now, but soon I'll be crafting from my very own STUDIO!! Which Keith says is the reason we had to buy a bigger house in the first place! HA!
I will be sure to upload pictures of my new home and studio as soon as it's ready.
See you soon!
Ingredients:
Digi Stamp: Pink Cat Studio, Itty Bitty Betty Ladybug Costume (digital), sentiment from $1 bin at Joann Fabric
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Ridinghood Red, Whisper White, Bella series dsp (all SU!)
Ink: Copic markers, Brilliance Graphite Black (which I love)
Accessories: Nestabilities circles, scalloped circles, labels one (Spellbinders), Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), sewing machine, ribbon (stash), silver twine and button are both SU!

Baby Gift by Special Request

Good morning, All! My friend, Suzanne, asked if I would make her a baby gift for a friend of hers. She specifically requested an eclectic item that wasn't too baby-ish or too girly and something that could be displayed in any area of the house and for a long time. So I opted for classy but non-girly colors of brown, kiwi and blue. She also wanted for this item to show the baby's birth details.
I've seen a lot of these types of home decor items from various other designers on Splitcoast Stampers and I had been dying to make one myself and this was the PERFECT opportunity!
Here is a link to the design that inspired me the most which I decided to CASE (copy and share with everyone). I had this shadow box from a project I intended on doing and then never did. So I changed my project to fit this shadow box frame.
Ingredients:
Stamps: Season of Friendship, Pocket Silhouettes, Great Friend(SU!)
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze cardstock, several retired designer series papers
Ink: Versamark, White Craft(SU!)
Punches/Dies: 1.25 square, 3 hearts, 3/4 in circle, scalloped circle, 1 1/4 circle, 1 3/8 circle, large star, scallop border, birds & blooms die(all SU!), small flower, small scallop circle (local craft store)
Accessories: glazed brads(Basic Grey), kiwi kiss satin ribbon, chit chat rub-ons, kiwi corduroy button, baja breeze button (button bouquet), filigree brad(all SU!), hemp twine (my stash), pearl stickers (Marc Richards), sewing machine, 'Love' rub on is from my stash, used Angelina font and Microsoft Word for baby birth details

I think I got everything. If you have a specific question about items used, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks for stopping by!

EEK!

I was inspired to make this owl-y creature after seeing the new Halloween release from Sweet Shoppe Designs. I ended up buying this adorable digi set because I just couldn't resist. But as soon as I saw that little purple guy I knew I had to make him come to life with my punches!
I ran my Top Note die and Rich Razzleberry paper through my Big Kick and then cut the Top Not in half and cut off the perforated section. I dotted my Spica Clear marker all around the border for an extra little twinkle. His eyes were punch with both a 1 inch and 3/4 in circle punches. His nose is one petal from my Five Petal punch. His feet are one small scalloped circle cut in half. The moon behind my owl was cut out with a nestie and I punched a star out of Crushed Curry card stock adding a green button tied with twine and this cut out "Eeek" saying from last year's Halloween paper.
For my background, I layered some Halloween themed paper (also from last year) onto Kiwi Kiss and machine stitched them with a silly stitch. I didn't know how I was going to complete my design ALL DAY that is until I was inspired by Jen del Muro's Sketch For You To Try. I didn't follow her design exactly but it help me get by!
Can you believe I only have one Halloween stamp set and I don't even have anything that says Boo!!! I'm going to have to do something about that! HA!
Now that I'm looking more closely at this card the "moon" is missing something....some paper piercing perhaps? Heading to bed maybe tomorrow!
Thanks for stopping by!
Ingredients:
Stamps: None
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss, Only Orange, Crushed Curry(SU!), Eek saying is from Halloween Whimsy dsp, Halloween Black Dots dsp(K&Company)
Ink: None
Accessories: Top Note Die, punches: 5 petal, 1in circle, 3/4in circle, large star(SU!), circle nesties, small scallop punch(EK Success), sewing machine, twine

Katey's Wedding Cake Card

I made this card yesterday while Little Keith was sleeping. I was only going to post it to SCS but I saw a had some comments on it this morning so I thought I would just go ahead and post it here even though the recipient is a follower of my blog!
So I started with Whisper White card stock and made three cake pieces: 3.5 x 1.75, 3 x 1.75 and 2.5 x 1.25. I stacked them just like I would stack my finished cake inside my Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder and ran it through my Big Kick. I wanted to work with just the cake at first not knowing what to do yet with the base so I adhered 2 strips of scrap paper to the back of the cake lengthwise so I could work with it in one piece. I cut three lengths of brown satin eyed ribbon. Katey's bridesmaid dresses are a rich chocolate satin! Did I mention I'm a bridesmaid? I can't wait to wear my dress.
To embellish the cake I used my Little Leaves and Birds and Blooms dies in colors of Kiwi Kiss, Ridinghood Red and Tangerine Tango. To make the flowers seem more dimensional I folded each petal so it would stand. I glued the two layers together with mini glue dots (a life saver for this project) and I adhered pearls to the center of each.
Once I knew what I wanted my cake to look like this actually came together very easily!
For my base I made a 5 x 7 card out of textured Kiwis Kiss cs and a sheet of Chocolate Chip dotted dsp. It's from the Bella dsp pack. To give this project just a little more I decided to frame my dsp layer with brown grosgrain ribbon.
One other special detail...I punched a hole in the side of the card and threaded ribbon through it to be tied as a special closure.
I hope Katey likes her cake! I really wanted to make something special and beautiful for her wedding. I'm really looking forward to the BIG DAY!
Ingredients: all SU! unless noted
Stamps: none
Paper: Whisper White cs, textured cs Ridinghood Red, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Kiwi Kiss cs, Chocolate Chip dsp from Bella series(retired)
Ink: none
Accessories: Cuttlebug embossing folder, corner rounder punch(ek success),
ribbon(lss), adhesive pearls(Marc Richards), Little Leaves and Birds and Blooms dies

Simple & Quick Birthday

Hello today! I have a very busy day today, but I wanted to post this cute little card. It's a quick and simple card that I put together using my new Piece of Cake set from PaperTrey Ink. I heat embossed one cake layer in white and stamped the other in Close to Cocoa. I also heat embossed the flowers on top in Crimson and Clover embossing powders from Close to My Heart which I'm not too fond of actually. They're very grainy and didn't give a really nice clean image, but it will do.
I also machine stitched this card which I like to do from time to time.
Ingredients:
Stamps: Piece of Cake(Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron dsp (all SU!)
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red (SU!)
Accessories: sewing machine, scallop border punch
Have a great day!