Baby Boys & Baskets of Sunshine...

I haven't played along with Play Date Cafe Challenge in a while, and as I had the perfect The Twinery Stone twine to play along, I jumped at the opportunity :)  I combined this weeks colours with Less is More Up in the Air Challenge, together with this fab sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  I added extra texture to this scene by dry embossing the Victorian Square with clouds, in addition to the gorgeous faux stitched detail on these L'il Inker Sun and cloud dies.  The gorgeous hot air balloon is from The Alley Way Stamps Lighter than Air, and I highlighted the balloon and tether ropes with The Twinery Stone twine.  This cute sentiment verse is from Practicing Creativity.

 

It's Spring Baby...

Even though we are heading towards Winter here, north of the equator is heading towards Summer, hence we have a very Spring inspired baby card.  This card was inspired by the CAS-ual Fridays Hey Baby! Challenge, The Paper Players Spring has Sprung, and this gorgeous collage of Easter images from Jay Gees Nook Challenge.

I love these shaped bib cards - I first made one when my sons teacher was expecting her first baby.  I love that they are so easy to make - similar to a circle card, just not quite the full circle, then use a circle punch to create the neckline.  I have stitched around the edge of this card to add some texture - but as you can see I still have my "L" plates on when it comes to driving my sewing machine - but the more I practise the better I'll get at least that's what I tell my kids, so I better start practicing ;) These gorgeous stamps are from Paper Smooches Spring Fling, although the set has an egg-shaped stamp, I actually stamped the tulip to create the top and bottom of my cracked egg, and paper pieced them and the baby chick.  Papers are a combination from Echo Park Dots & Stripes, Grace Taylor and Sassafras. The sentiment is from Practicing Creativity Designs.

Hope you are enjoying Spring (or Autumn!) wherever you may be.

Jest for the Pun of it...

Another card for CAS-ual Fridays Jest for the Pun of it challenge. I was tempted to go with "Eyes missing U", or "It won't be the same without U" as the sentiment on this.  However, as the "You will be missed" Practicing Creativity Designs sentiment was already on my desk it won the day! Alpha stamps are from Paper Smooches.

Thanks for stopping by - hope U is having a pun day too :)

PS. This made my day!!! I LOVE Skipping Stones Design :)