Welcome Baby Hunter!

Our gorgeous friends Natasha and Andrew recently welcomed home their new baby boy Hunter. Here is the card I have made for them:


The colour combination for this card came from the colours used in one of the Ribbon Originals collections called Sweet Shop. I don't actually have any of that ribbon but I thought the colours were nice together. A bit different to the usual pale blue or pink.

I'm sure I could have made this card much more elaborate with background stamping, paper piercing, ribbons and more but as you know, I like simple cards most of the time. Perhaps I will do another version one day and jazz it up a little more.

This card looks a little dark in the photo - perhaps it's the overcast weather here at the moment. It's much lighter and brighter in real life, especially the Hodge Podge Hardware.

Stamps: Wild About You
Inks: Apricot Appeal
Papers: Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Almost Amethyst, Rose Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Pewter Hodge Podge Hardware (photo turns and label holder), White Gel Pen

Sick, sick, sick...

Hi everyone,

Sorry AGAIN for the break in posting. This time it was a bout of VERY nasty gastro that attacked our household. Matt and I had it very badly but thank GOD for my parents! Mum actually left work and came to collect our son Toby and took him for 2 days and nights. She got him just in time and he didn't get sick. I'm soooo grateful to them for that as it was such a nasty bug I really didn't want him to catch it. I have no idea where I picked it up from but it really knocked us around. Being pregnant didn't exactly help either! We had the after hours doctor here at 5am after a scary night.

Did I mention how grateful I am to my parents??? Here's some proof that we really love them and appreciate their help at times like this:

This card is pretty much a direct CASE from Carol's blog (click HERE to see).
I normally would have come up with my own ideas for something like this but I was pretty exhausted from being sick so it was just easier to copy in this instance. Thanks Carol for posting such gorgeous ideas on your blog!

The only thing I changed was the ribbon and cardstock that the flower image is stamped on. I didn't have the white organdy that Carol used so I used the Ivory colour and then used Very Vanilla cardstock so it would match better with the ribbon. I also used a Very Vanilla envelope and stamped the same flower image on it.

Stamps: Carte Postale, French Flair background
Inks: Cool Caribbean, earth Elements Markers (Cameo Coral and Not Quite Navy)
Papers: Very Vanilla, Cameo Coral, Cool Caribbean
Accessories: Ivory Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools: Square Punches

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I also gave them a gift voucher so I made a little gift card wallet using the same template as these ones I did for Christmas.




I used the Enchante paper from the Summer Mini for this wallet and a Pale Plum button from the Soft Subtles buttons.

Merry Layout

This is the final layout in Julian's baby album - a Christmas layout.

I used the Simply Scrappin' Kit "All The Trimmings" to make these pages.  The page on the right was copied almost exactly from an example on the front of the kit - why reinvent the wheel?

I then made the page on the left to match.  The Simply Scrappin' kits make scrapbooking sooooo easy!  This was the quickest of all the layouts in this album.  

I still have heaps and heaps of cardstock and embellishments left in the kit that I can use for my own Christmas layouts for my son and even to make Christmas cards with for next year.  I have a document with instructions (and pictures!) on how to make cards from this kit.  

Contact me if you are interested in purchasing the kit and I will give you the instructions as well.

Stamps: A is for Adorable, Everyday Flexible Phrases

Inks: Night of Navy, Real Red

Papers: Simply Scrappin' Kit "All The Trimmings" (Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Real Red, Whisper White, Blue dots, Red Stripes)

Accessories: Navy and Bluebird Grosgrain Ribbon, Red Gingham Ribbon

Tools: Square punch

Friends Layout

This layout was so simple and an easy way to incorporate patterned papers into your scrapbooks.  I don't think it even really needs much explanation.

The teddy bear was stamped with Chocolate Chip ink and coloured in with the Water Colour Wonder crayons and Aquapainter.

If you have any questions about anything on this blog, please do ask.  Leave a comment if you like!

Click on the picture for a much better close up view.

Stamps: A is for Adorable, Favourite Teddy

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa

Papers: Spring Showers Designer Paper, Barely Banana, Kraft

Accessories: Nil

Tools: Aquapainter, Water Wonder Crayons - Earth Elements and Rich Regals

Play Layout

I just love this layout - it's so cute! My son Toby loves it too. Before we gave the album to Bell and Julian, Toby loved to "read" all the pages and this one was his favourite. He loves the frogs.

This colour combination came from the Colour Wheel again.  Gable Green, Apricot Appeal and Bashful Blue.

I haven't used my Stampin' Around Wheels very much and here was a great opportunity.  The Lily Pad wheel coordinates perfectly with the Unfrogettable stamp set.  

I coloured the images with an aquapainter and ink from the inside lids of my inkpads.  I coloured quickly and a little messily but it turned out pretty well (I was under the pump to get this done before Christmas Eve!).  

I stamped the frogs, coloured them and then cut them out with my paper snips. These are just the BEST scissors for cutting out detailed images - the are sharp all the way to the tip, unlike my other ordinary scissors I have laying around the house.  This means you can get into all the little nooks and crannies with accuracy.

I added some googly eyes to the frogs - I think they're totally cute!  I adhered the googly eyes with glue dots.  The glue dots were a bit big for the eyes at first but I squished them up a bit to make them small enough.  I love glue dots for this sort of thing - I don't like using liquid glues much - too messy.

Stamps: A is for Adorable, Unfrogettable, Lily Pad wheel

Inks: Basic Black, Gable Green, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Green Galore (frogs), Regal Rose (flowers)

Papers: Gable Green, Apricot Appeal, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Accessories: Googly eyes (not by Stampin' Up! - you can usually find these at a $2 shop)

Tools: Stampin' Around handle, Aquapainter, Paper Snips

Giggle Layout

Here's a fun way to use little scraps of patterend paper in your layouts. I used the 2 larger sqare punches and some clear buttons to create these embellishments. I used the largest punch to punch 3 squares from So Saffron cardstock and then the slightly smaller punch for the designer paper squares. This paper is from the "Sarah" collection. I tied some linen thread through the buttons and put a glue dot on the back to adhere the buttons to the page. I did exactly the same technique for the circles on the second page.

The colour combination for this layout also came from the designer paper. The colours are Certainly Celey, So Saffron and Brocade Blue.

The crocodile comes from the Wild About You stamp set. I stamped him onto Whisper White and stamped the little birdie on top. I then cut him out with my paper snips and adhered him to the page with SNAIL adhesive.

The edges of the Giggle square have been distressed with the tool from the cutter kit.



Stamps: A is for Adorable, Classic Alphabet, Wild About You
Inks: Certainly Celey, So Saffron and Brocade Blue
Papers: Certainly Celey, So Saffron, Brocade Blue, Whisper White, Sarah Designer Papers
Accessories: Clear Buttons, Linen thread
Tools: 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 Circle and Square punches, Stamp-a-ma-jig, cutter kit (distressing tool)

Love Layout

The colours for this layout came from the Colour Coach. It's a great little tool to have on hand when you're stuck for colour ideas. Quite often I look at the combo suggestions on it thinking "That looks like a weird combination" but they always turn out great.



Another great product used on this layout was the metal edged tag. I used a circle punch the get the Close to Cocoa circle and stuck it on with SNAIL adhesive. I stamped the solid heart from Simply Said in Blush Blossom ink onto Whisper White cardstock. I then used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the floral heart over the top and stamped it with Not Quite Navy ink. I then cut it out with my Paper Snips and adhered it to the tag using Dimensionals. I punched a small hole near the top and tied the ribbon through. The ribbon matched the Not Quite Navy and comes from the Ribbon Originals packs.

Stamps:Big Deal Alphabet, A is for Adorable, Simply Said
Papers: Not Quite Navy, Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White
Inks: Not Quite Navy, Blush Blossom, Close to Cocoa
Accessories:Metal Edged Tags, Dimensional Adhesives, Ribbon Originals
Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Snips, Circle punches