Thursday, March 7, 2013

Oh, Baby!

I went out to lunch with some friends today and found out that one of them is pregnant...with TWINS!  So as soon as I got home (after I called the boiler man because my house is freezing and that's an amusing story I will probably share on my other blog) I made her a congrats card.


She won't find out boy/girl for another six weeks at least so I thought this week's Splitcoast color challenge might be good since it's blue *and* pink.  I wanted to put something in on the card base, a background stamp or something, but then I decided to go more CAS and leave it as-is.  I used the soon-to-be old Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch (new SFF sketch tomorrow):


Slightly modified, because how often do I actually get it 100% right.  Anyway, since the new mommy-to-be is one of my few really good friends here in England, I suppose I shall soon be back in production on baby books.  I'd had this goal this year to do 100 pages (so, 50 double-page layouts) for OUR scrapbooks, but so far I've only managed two pages...


And there they are!  It felt so good to be back to scrappin', so I need to figure out how to balance my card-making, scrapbooking, baby book production, reading, and cross stitching time (thank goodness classes are done with).  I can't have any more hobbies, though I would love to learn how to quilt, I don't think I should add anything else in here!  This layout was interesting--there was so MUCH red in the photos that I wanted to do a more neutral background so that red could pop, so I ended up with Night of Navy, River Rock, and Garden Green, because Okinawa is all Garden Green.  Yep, these pages are from 2008...I'm way behind, BUT I shall never be bored!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies for the card, all SU!:
Stamps:  Ciao, Baby! and Button, Button
Ink:  Primrose Petals, Bashful Blue
Paper:  Bashful Blue, Raspberry Ripple, In Color DSP
Accessories:  Primrose Petals ribbon, 7/8" scallop circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, Dimensionals

Supplies for the scrapbook pages:
Stamps:  Rough Type
Ink:  Night of Navy
Paper:  Night of Navy, River Rock, Garden Green, Holiday Treasures DSP I think?
Accessories:  Sizzix alphabet
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8 comments:

  1. Patrice HerreraMarch 7, 2013 at 9:59 PM

    I am sure your friend will love this little card!. Congrats to your friend too BTW! Thanks for joining us over at SFF this week.

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  2. AlexisMarch 7, 2013 at 11:57 PM

    Awe come on...there's always room for more hobbies! I pretty much do all that plus sewing, crochet, knitting... Of course it's all done in small bursts, but still! ;-). Anyways, great card and I love the layout! I haven't done any scrap booking since my son was born and I miss it. So...MORE!

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  3. Kim InnisMarch 8, 2013 at 12:53 AM

    Great card for twins with the two oh baby punches! Thanks for playing with us at Sketch Frenzy Friday!

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  4. TammyMarch 8, 2013 at 8:55 AM

    Great color combo!! She'll love it!

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  5. DebMarch 9, 2013 at 5:36 PM

    Cute baby card! How clever to make it pink and blue! Maybe she will have one of each - lol! Thanks for joining us at Sketch Frenzy Friday!

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  6. inkedx2March 10, 2013 at 10:42 AM

    Fun card and you are right it can be used for a boy or a girl. Thanks for playing with us last week at SFF, Hope you will play along this week.

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  7. Vicki BurnsMarch 12, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    Looking at your scrapbook pages motivates me. Always love your layouts!

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  8. Sunflower StamperMarch 23, 2013 at 4:59 PM

    Great card-your friend will love it! Really like the colors! Thanks for joining us at Sketch Frenzy Friday!!

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