A-Team Baby Book: Baby Shower

Happy Saturday!  Let's get all pink and girly.

I usually don't do a layout for a baby shower in the baby books I make, but I couldn't resist the idea this time (probably a little bit because I was one of the shower hostesses).  I used the Birthday Bouquet paper for the shower invitations and some of the decorations, so that's what I used for this too.

The theme of the shower was Cinderella, and there is a LOT of tea in that movie, so we had tea and lots of teacups and of course I had to use A Nice Cuppa for this layout.  And Daydream Medallions (now retired) looks pretty great to frame the teacup if I can pat myself on the back a little bit.

I used a marker to only ink up the word Tea-riffic, the whole stamp says "You Are Tea-Riffic".  And the heart is another stamp.

The Birthday Bouquet DSP-inspired color palette:  Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White.

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies:
Stamps:  A Nice Cuppa, Daydream Medallions
Ink:  Pool Party, Blushing Bride
Paper:  Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Birthday Bouquet DSP
Accessories:  Cups & Kettle Framelits, Circles Framelits, Sizzix alphabet

Friday Flashback: Million-Dollar Moments

It's Friday Flashback time!  Today's featured stamp set is Million-Dollar Moments, a hostess set from spring 2013.  And it's a short flashback.

I don't know why that's the only card I ever made with this stamp set, it's so cute!  But there's just not enough time I suppose to give every stamp set the love and ink it deserves (why no hubs, that *doesn't* mean I have too many stamps, why would you think that?).  So here's the new creation:

I kind of wonder if I should have left the "rain" as just the one bit above her hand and not stamped it all over the panel, but oh well.  This was one of those kinda-gonzo SCS sketches but suddenly it clicked in my brain when I went to make a card with this stamp set.  I know lots of prego girls so I'm sure this will get used sooner than later :)  The Basic Black layer is embossed with a houndstooth pattern, kind of hard to see in the pic.

That's it for me today, thanks for stopping by!

Supplies, last card only:
Stamps:  Million-Dollar Moments, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Daydream Medallions
Ink:  StazOn black, Pool Party
Paper:  Pool Party, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories:  Word Window & Modern Label punches, Houndstooth EF, Dimensionals

Be Mine Medallion

We're doing the time warp and it's not even Friday Flashback day.

I made this last July for Splitcoast's Dare to Get Dirty challenges, and then forgot to post it around Valentine's Day.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Mixed Medley (retired)
Ink:  Versamark, Real Red
Paper:  Real Red, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  White EP, Flower Collection Framelits, medium scalloped circle punch, Lacy Brocade EF, Dimensionals

Raspberry Birthday Medallion

Monday again, but let's soften the blow with a nice birthday card, shall we?

This is for my friend Melissa, whom I've known for a ridiculously long time now : )  Since middle school, in fact.  The colors are from the Just Add Ink color challenge:

I think there should be more color challenges with Raspberry Ripple, I really like that color.  I'm not sold nearly as much on Primrose Petals, but I know I'll miss Raspberry Ripple when it retires.  And it's nice to see Sahara Sand in a color challenge since it rarely gets any love (though I quite like it) and of course Coastal Cabana is just awesome in general.

The sketch is from the folks over at Freshly Made Sketches:

I figured this sketch was just begging for me to use Daydream Medallions and the coordinating Framelits, so I did.  A bit of Afternoon Picnic DSP and a flower accent, and this card was done!

Thanks for stopping by, and go have a stampy Monday : )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Best of Flowers, Bring on the Cake
Ink:  Raspberry Ripple, Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand
Paper:  Raspberry Ripple, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Afternoon Picnic DSP
Accessories:  Floral Frames Framelits, 1 1/4" scallop circle punch, Dimensionals

Mad Hatter Tea Party

We have reached that unspecified point in the future at which I promised to post the things I made for the tea party this past Tuesday.  :)

Here's the sign I made for the front door so guests would just come on in and I wouldn't have to run answer the door every 20 seconds.  I used the Broadsheet Alphabet for the top part, and "Come On In!" is stamped with the now-retired Sweet Shoppe Alphabet, though I wish I'd picked one that was a bit thicker letters because it kind of got lost on the sign.  The flowers are from the retired hostess set Array of Sunshine, and after I stamped them I thought d'oh!  I should have used the teacup stamp from Tea Shoppe!

I made labels for all the food and stuff using the Floral Framelits dies and Daydream Medallions stamps with some computer-generated words.  They came together really fast,  like 20 minutes to make 10 signs.

I have a bunch of little decorative jars?  flower vases? glass containers of some kind that I got for cheap at the 100 yen store when we lived in Okinawa, so I just filled them with jellybeans (the guests loved the jellybeans) and used pipe cleaners for the flower stems.

If you want to see a few more pics and get a look at the recipes I used, visit my other blog here.  Thanks for stopping by!

Feel Goods Daydream

Howdy, folks!  I can't wait to share today's card so let's get to it!

I think this is my favorite thing I've made this month!  I used Daydream Medallions embossed with white EP on Tangerine Tango and Island Indigo cardstock, and the center piece is cut from a piece of Sycamore Street DSP (Sale-a-Bration exclusive!).  I did not come up with that brilliant idea however; I found it on Lynn Weiss's blog and couldn't wait to try it myself!  That design from the patterned paper fits perfectly in the medallion stamp.  I put a Daffodil Delight brad in the center; surprisingly enough, it makes a pretty good match to the Summer Starfruit ribbon.  I think the only way I'd like this card better is if I could magically make the Rich Razzleberry parts on the DSP be Island Indigo instead to match the rest of the card, but I'm still pleased with it as-is. 

The sketch is from Create with Connie and Mary and I'm kind of in love with it:

Click on that link above and look at Mary's card (second one down).  I can't *wait* to get Swallowtail in my hot little hands so I can CASE that card!!!  Wow, I just realized how many exclamation points I've used in this post.  I'm gonna go over my monthly allotment if I'm not careful...

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Supplies (all SU!):
Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Feel Goods
Ink:  Island Indigo, Versamark
Paper:  Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Sycamore Street DSP
Accessories:  Flower Framelits, White EP, Summer Starfruit stitched satin ribbon, Brights brads, Dimensionals

Daydream Friend

I got a couple of new stamp sets recently, including Daydream Medallions, so I had to use it for the most recent sketch at Fab Friday.  Here's my card:

And the Fab Friday sketch:

I also used the colors from Nacho Average Challenge 18:

I'm thinking about using them again for a baby book layout, it's a fun color combo.  Thanks for visiting today!

Supplies (all SU):
Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Mixed Medley
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede
Paper:  Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, DSP Stacks in Neutrals & In Colors
Accessories:  Floral Framelits dies, smaller scalloped circle punch