Welcome Baby Reed!

A sweet new baby to love arrived this week: my nephew Reed.

With Reed's arrival, my Katie is still the only female grandchild on her Dad's side of the family. She was really hoping for a girl cousin, but it wasn't to be! She is Grandpa's only princess. Regardless, she fell in love when she met him.

Anyway, this post is supposed to be about Reed, or rather Reed's card, not Katie! Started with a 5-1/4" Chocolate Chip square card (it seems I haven't used this size in a long time), added a layer of Whisper White, then Taken with Teal. Another layer on the bottom half of the card of Chocolate Chip and a design from the Sale-A-Bration pack of DSP, Welcome Neighbor. I used my Scallop Edge punch on these pieces. {By the way, Sale-A-Bration is on until March 31st}.

The letters were done with my Timeless Type Sizzlits. I think I should have embossed them, but I thought of that after I had them on! Two pewter brads were added the top left side to fill up bare space. The star and the sentiment are from Nursery Necessities. And, of course, ribbon, cause I love ribbon, especially wide grosgrain ribbon! I think this is called a tailored bow, but whatever, it suited the card.

Happy Stamping from the proud Auntie!

Gigi

Really Cool Flower

So this card is a total case of my last post. I decided not to do the easel card I posted about for club, but still wanted to use that DSP. So this is the card. I added this really cool flower. I love this flower! Super easy to do too.

Punch yourself 5 scallop circles. Snip between each scallop; don't cut too far into the middle. Then scrunch them up. Lots. For a few minutes. Seriously, you need lots of good scrunching to get the desired effect. Then carefully un-scrunch the pieces. Then spritz them with water and set them aside to dry. Layer them one on top of the other, pierce the centre and stick a brad through all the layers. And ta-da you have this cool flower.

I must point out that I did not "invent" this flower. I have seen instructions on several blogs and websites. I don't recall the exact links or webpages but someone else came up with this little technique.

Happy Stamping!

Gigi

Clean and Simple Stamping

Clean and Simple Stamping (CAS) sounds so simple, but it really isn't! It takes an immense amount of willpower to STOP....DON'T ADD ANYTHING ELSE! I always find it a challenge (which may be why I don't often attempt it).

These are SU's Note Cards - they are 5" x 3-1/2", a nice size for a gift set (which would normally have at least 4 cards, not sure why I stopped at 3).

A Razzleberry Scallop rectangle with the cute flower (Razzleberry and Old Olive) from Hello Again stamp set and a sentiment from Short & Sweet. That's it.

Seriously simple.

Happy (simple) Stamping!

Gigi