Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts

Saturday, July 15, 2017

CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge extra for July - Mid-Month Inspiration.

Welcome to our mid-month inspiration post for our CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra!
 
It's a bit difficult to concentrate on winter and Christmas cards in this wonderfully hot summer, so this time I opted for unusual pastel colors and short sleeves for my card:
 
 
The image is Baby Couple from our sponsor Bugaboo Stamps.
It wasn't a Christmas digi but I thought it was perfect to celebrate a baby's first Christmas adding some pastel-colored papers (First Editions) and some touches of red here and there.
 
Have a look at my teamies' cards: you can see them all here!


Thursday, April 7, 2016

Sweet Bears.

One of the things I wrote in my new year resolutions was to use as many stamps from my stash as possible.
I found lovely little stamps in a magazine a looong ago, perfect for various occasions and I realized I could make the cutest tags ever!
 
This is the first set:
 
For a baby girl:
 
 
and for a baby boy:

 
I love this little bear with its smiling face!
Simply colored with a touch of Copics and mounted on pink or light blue punched cardstock with matching bows.
Very sweet!!
 
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
In The Pink Challenge # 91: Dies and/or Punches
 
These tags are for sale in my Etsy shop. If you are interested, please contact me and I'll be happy to help!


Monday, April 13, 2015

2 Cute Ink Challenge #127 - Baby.

Hello again!
 
Welcome to a new 2 Cute Ink Challenge!
We have a Baby theme for you this fortnight and we feature this super-cute digi stamp:
 
 
This is my card:
 
 
And this is another one:

 
It's Baby Eli the Elephant from 2CuteInk shop on Etsy which I colored with Copics.
I couldn't decide whether to make a card for a baby girl or a baby boy, so I made one each. Luckily I had both a light blue and a light pink card blanks!
Isn't it cute??
 
My teamies have made the cutest cards this week, check them here!
 
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
As You Like It Challenge: Favourite Alcohol Markers or Distress Inks
(Copics, I love the possibility to shade them but I must confess I have never tried Distress Inks for the are not as easily available in my town)
Di's Digistamps Challenge: Include an Animal
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Children's Cards
The Cutie Pie Challenge # 86: All About the Boys
 


Monday, March 16, 2015

Not Just Cards Challenge # 15 - Anything Goes.

Welcome to a new Not Just Cards Challenge.
It's always Anything Goes so you can show us all your creations!
 
This week I made some new baby decorations:
 
 
I chose Patchwork Moon from QKR, colored with Copics and mounted on a chipboard plaque covered with a dotted paper (DCWV) or a striped pink paper (printed from Pink Petticoat).
A satin ribbon to hang them, a bow and some rhinestones to decorate them and voilà a perfect decoration for a new baby's room!
 
QKR is one of our fab sponsors this week! Let's play with us!
 
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge: B for Beautiful Babies

Thursday, January 1, 2015

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 292 - Color Challenge.

Happy New Year!
 
Welcome to a new C.R.A.F.T. Challenge!
 
This week we have a color combo to inspire you:
 

 
Do you like these colors?
It's been snowing a little bit in the past few days here and these colors are perfect for my winter scene:
 
 
I chose First Snowfall from Karen's Doodles mounted on a card base from DCWV.
 
To help you with this challenge, Jo has created some background papers with this colour combo, which you can download for free here.
 
Karen's Doodles is one of our sponsors this week.
Some of our sponsors have needed to withdraw sponsorship due to financial reasons. It was no longer financially viable to continue their small businesses due to the changes in the European laws regarding VAT.
We had already decided to reduce the number of sponsors per challenge to ensure they can have their products shown off better.
Check them all here and be inspired by the creations from the DT.
 
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenge: Who Wants to Build a Snowman?


Thursday, December 18, 2014

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 290 - New.

Hello!
Are you ready for a new C.R.A.F.T. Challenge?
 
This week the theme is very exciting: let's celebrate something NEW!
A new baby, a new job, a new home and, of course, the new year if you're still in the holidays mode!
For me it was healthy to make something different from a Christmas card and I opted to celebrate a new baby:
 
 
My image comes from Inky Impressions and is called Lizzie's Bundle of Joy.
Papers are from First Edition.
Aren't they cute?
 
Click here to check all the fab cards made by the DT this week!
I can't wait to see what you create!
 
I'd like to enter the following challenge:


Monday, December 1, 2014

Santa's Tractor.

In my whole life I had never thought about Santa on a tractor.
Maybe because I'm a girl, for me tractors are good for country life only.
 
This was true until I discovered a stamp from Eat Cake Graphics: Santa Riding John Reindeere Tractor. I saw it and I was in love!
 
This is my card:
 
 
The best part came while coloring it: it's so rich in details, like the smoke coming our in the shape of candy canes, the little tag on the present, the holly in front of the tractor.
 
I love coloring and here I really had a great fun! And then I added glitter, glitter and more glitter!
Colors and glitter, my fav things!
 
I also added Tiny Tweet (wearing ear muffs), the cute little bird looking the scene. And it seems the girl next to the dog is looking at it!
 
I added lots of light brown snowflakes on the background paper and, of course, some pearls.
 
It's a great stamp so if you are looking for a gift for a crafter, click here and visit Eat Cake Graphics shop: you'll find hundreds of cute stamps, from tiny one like Tiny Tweet to bigger ones like Santa Riding John Reindeere Tractor!
 
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Completely Christmas Challenge # 40: Anything Goes + Something beginning with S
 
 
 

Thursday, May 15, 2014

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 259 - Christmas

It's Christmas time again here at C.R.A.F.T. Challenges!
 
This week we want you to show us your Christmas cards or projects.
This is mine:
 
I chose an adorable image by Kenny K called Christmas Tree. They are one of our sponsors this week and you might be lucky enough to win 5 digis from their store!
I colored it with Copics and glitter and mounted it on some (very precious) Doodlebug papers from the Santa's Workshop collection.
I LOVE the enthusiasm of the little girl in her pink pajamas! She's as happy as a kid should be while decorating the tree!
 
 
Don't forget to have a look here at C.R.A.F.T. Challenges main page to check the wonderful sponosrs and prizes we have this week and to be inspired by the great creations from the DT!
 
 
I'd like to enter the following challenges:
The Cutie Pie Challenge # 69: Bling and Cute

Saturday, February 1, 2014

A Fun Challenge.

Cold and rainy weather is perfect to have a reason to stay at home and create cards!
On Thursday it rained the whole day, heavy rain... so grateful to my husband who collected our daughter from school and went to the haidresser! They both looked very handsome when they came back home and I didn't have to go out!

I needed some new baby cards for my shop and I had already printed two Baby Storks from Meljen's Designs so when I read the theme of this week's challenge at Meljen's Designs Challenge blog I decided to make the cards and see how long it took to make one.
Yes, the challenge is Time's Up! - Less than 30 minutes to create a card.

I already had the idea of the card in my mind so I only needed to cut card base, papers, color the digi and put things together to make this:

and this:

It took me 25 minutes to make one card, including some time to fasten the button to the ribbon with needle and thread, thing that I hate...
It took me a bit less to make the boy card (except for the needle and thread part...).
Anyway, the image was super fast to color with Copic markers. I then added papers from Pink Petticoat, pearls, rhinestones and a ribbon with bow and button.

This card is for the following challenges:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge # 20: Make It Cute or Sweet
Incy Wincy Challenge: Add Ribbon and Pearls
Little Red Wagon Challenge # 222: Child's Play

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Another Card for the Kraftin' Kimmie Guest Contest

I don't know how but yesterday I managed to finish another card to enter the Kraftin' Kimmie Guest Contest.
I had been working on it for a few days, adding details here and there without being able to put them all together. Finally, I decided that my Saturday chores could be postponed for at least 30 minutes and I finished it.

She is Diana from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps which I mounted on a big square card by Dovecraft. I added a flower border cut from an old Heidi Grace patterned cardstock. The two striped pieces of paper are the back of the Heidi Grace cardstock.
There's also the version for baby boys but I still have to finish it.

After a few years, I finally managed to put my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps into good use! I have two more, hope to use them soon!

This card is for the following challenges:
ABC Challenge: P for Pretty in Pink

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Inspiration Saturdays: Baby Shower Tags

I've recently finished party decorations for a sweet little girl's birthday and was inspired to make something similar to one of the things I created for her:

Cupcake toppers for a Baby Shower!


Let's start from the beginning...

I first chose my cardstock, printed a page of It's a boy! and It's a Girl messages and a page of tiny little baby carriages from Broken Box Stock (you will find the black & white here available as a freebie and a lovely colored trio of baby carriages here):

I then punched my cardstock scalloped circles, my circles with messages and carefylly cut each carriage which I previously colored with Copic markers and some glitter:

Et voilà! With the help of glue and 3D dots I had a bunch of little decorations that can be used as tags, that can be glued to a lollipop stick and turned into cupcake toppers or can be used on cards or party favours!

I'm sorry I don't have any new baby coming... I could have used some!

This project is for the following challenges:
Creative Inspiration Challenge # 219: New Baby / A Card for a Child
Alphabet Challenge: J is for Jiffy (CAS)
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

So Pretty!

Isn't she pretty?
I LOVE her!
She's so delighted and happy to be waiting for her baby!
She is Pregnant Toodle from Broken Box Stock and I loved her so much I colored her in three different ways!
Papers are printed from the Pretty Little Hearts Collection from Pink Petticoat and I wanted to keep a simple layout with ribbon and bow, a sweet charm and some rhinestones to give a bit of light!

This card is for the following challenges:
Creative Inspiration Challenge # 198: Anything Goes + optional flowers
(This card was meant to enter their Challenge # 197 but it seems I'm a bit late!)
Stampin' for the Weekend: Something Girlie
Created with Love Challenge # 25: Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Challenge # 2: Becky's Bingo Grid (Sentiment, Image, Bow)

Friday, January 14, 2011

Time Well Spent...

When I saw this digi in Bugaboo shop I thought it was The Stamp.
I've always spent hours reading books to my little daughter: in the afternoon, at night, while waiting for the doctor... She has always loved to sit down next to me and listen to a story, old or new, short or long, every moment was perfect to enter the magic world of tales.
And I've always loved to read, trying to make different voices for the different characters, to sound happy when the characters was happy or sad or angry or astonished or frightened...
They have always been really precious moments I'll treasure forever.

I still read tales to my daughter even if now she sometimes reads something to me: she practises and I enjoy the story as much as I do when I read for her. So this card is meant for children who want to thank their mothers but also for those mothers who want to thank their babies for the joy they bring in our lives.

When I read the requirements of a few challenges I thought this stamp was perfect for three of them.

Here's my card:
I used a card from Lasting Impressions with embossed dots and I glued the Bugaboo Reading Time digi - which I painted with watercolor pencils - and a light yellow ribbon which matches the color of the envelope.

I'm entering these three challenges:
Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Emboss It! They ask for a card with dry or wet embossing.

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge # 76: Go Dotty. They ask to use dots and this card has a lot! Moreover, this challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, so that's perfect!

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge #134: Thank You. This card has become a Thank You card for every mum but also for every baby who sit down and listen to what we tell, with enthusiasm, love, tenderness and curiosity.

It's the first time I enter these last two Challenges, so I'm pretty excited!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Let the Shopping Begin!

I LOVE shopping!

It's absolutely one of my favourite activities!!

And in this period there are so many reasons to go shopping: gifts, family reunions, decorations, parties...

This week I did not manage to work too much on challenge projects as I was quite busy with family chores. Yesterday, we decorated the Christmas tree and spent some time in the Christmas market my daughter's school organises to raise some extra money to pay for activities and books.

Now, with the tree on we are really in the Christmas mood!

The only card I've managed to prepare for a challenge this week is for the Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge which has a shopping theme + something black.

This is my card:

Unfortunately, the day is dark, even if it's only 9:00 am there's little light. I went outside to take the picture but light was still not enough.

I imagine this little boy so proud of his Christmas shopping. Maybe a gift for his mom or dad? Maybe a gift for himself!

I bought this digi from Bugaboo because his face reminds me the face of my 20-month nephew and I simply couldn't resist. I already colored the same image in light greens and yellows but I made a more elegant (and black one) to follow this challenge rules.

I mounted it on a black card with patterned paper from DCWV embellished with matching punched stars. The digi is colored with watercolor pencils and the gift is covered with crystal glitter.

Happy Christmas shopping!