Big, Tiny News

"Just the Facts, Ma'am." (quote from Dragnet).  My son and daughter-in-law are coming in today for her baby shower.  I finished this just in time. Whew! 😀

Challenges: 

• As You See It - sketch challenge
• The Paper Players - color challenge
  
• Bitten by the Bug - mood board - usually Cricut, but die cuts allowed in collaboration with . . .
  
• Double Trouble - mood board collaboration with Bitten by the Bug
  
• Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies
  

 

Products:

• outside: dinosaur-Avery Elle; sentiment-MFT; pattern papers-Craft Consortium
• inside: sentiment-Taylored Expressions; dino egg-Heffy Doodle
• dies: Avery Elle, MFT (banners), Heffy Doodle, YNS (heart banner & hearts) 

A peek at the inside:

It's a boy, due the end of Oct.  They are going with a dinosaur theme. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you are having a good day. 

Christmas Stocking Thank You

A Xmas card in May!!?? Yup.  It's actually a Thank you for a lovely woman who helped complete a Xmas stocking for my "little Theo." 

Challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Dies or Punches
  
• Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper Challenge - Option of Candy Canes
• NBUS - everything on this card is NBUS!  
  
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes
  
• The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
  
• Time Out Challenge - Items from your home.  The Xmas stockings are from inside my son's home this past Xmas.  

Backstory: My mom knit gorgeous Xmas stockings for her 3 children. Then she knit for our husbands, and her grandchildren. She knit each person's name onto the top of their stocking. As she was getting older she realized her family might outgrow her ability to continue knitting stockings.  So she made a "stash" of stockings for future family members.  As the oldest I am the "keeper of the stash".  Happily, mom's forecast came true.  Her family grew.  Eventually she was no longer able to knit the names on the stockings, and then she passed in 2019.  Along comes Theo (her 3rd great grandchild). 

My sister-in-law found a lady who was able to knit names onto the stockings.  This thank you is for her. 

Mom knitting a stocking ~2005

Theo's stocking with his Mom's & Dad's

Supplies: 

• diecuts: Thank-you (Simon Says Stamps); stocking (Concord & 9th)
• pattern paper: assorted (HoneyBee & DCWV & My Mind's Eye)

These stockings bring a smile to my heart. The tradition continues. Here's a peek at the inside:

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are enjoying a lovely spring day. 

A Foxy Mother's Day

 Hello!  I hope the sun is shining on you today. Even with today's rain, I had a fun day making this card. Theo's mom is celebrating her first Mother's Day in a few days.  She enjoys fox and forest baby things.

Challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches - I rotated the sketch and tweaked the vertical bars.  I needed the card to be vertical to accommodate the sentiment I want inside.
  
• The House that Stamps Built - All About Moms 
• Shopping Our Stash - "I made this for you, Mom!"
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - I love Honey Bee's 6x6 pattern paper pads.  I like that often you can combine papers from their different pads. 
  
• Color Throwdown

 

Supplies:

• Front: fox image - Hampton Art; sentiment - My Favorite Things
• Inside: fox image - Uniquely Creative; sentiment - Gina K
• Other: pattern papers - Honey Bee stamps; "pearl" bling - Craft Consortium

Here is a look at the inside:

Enjoy these photos of Theo starting to get "solid" food.  

Not liking Oatmeal

But he is Loving Carrots!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope this post brought a smile to your face. 

Happy Mommy to Bee Day

 

Happy News!!  We recently found out we're going to be grandparents again!  We are so excited.  This is for our daughter-in-law for their first baby to Bee.   

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning, and the colors from Just Add Ink. It has "cute animals" for the Fusion Card Challenge.  And the pattern papers are NBUS.

Challenges: 

• Tuesday Morning Sketches
  
• Just Add Ink - Inspiration
  
• Fusion Card Challenge
  
• NBUS #26

      

Supplies: 

• stamps: Honey Bee
• Pattern Paper: Craft Consortium
• Foil Paper: Tim Holtz

 Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.  For the Moms everywhere . . . Happy Mother's Day. 

Baby's First Christmas

Christmas, like Thanksgiving, will be very different this year.  We won't be with our older son and daughter-in-law who live out of state.  We won't see (in person) my sisters and their families like we usually do. 

But we do have a great gift this year!!  It is Theo's first Christmas.  And our younger son and daughter-in-law, who live nearby,  will be joining my husband and me for Xmas dinner.  We will wear masks like we usually do, around them.  

We'll get some baby snuggles.  And what could be better? 

Challenges:

I used the sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesday Challenge

Since I didn't create nearly enough Xmas cards this year, I think I'll try to play along with Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  Theo's card will be a good beginning. 

At Always Fun Challenges the theme is Christmas

Challenge #194

Our theme for the new challenge is
"Christmas"

Since I used a Gerda Design Stamp, I'm putting it into Share Your Design Challenge

I stamped the image on several pattern papers, and fussy cut them out, and paper-pieced it together.  I did use Copics to color the baby and bear. 

Products used: The stamp is from Gerda Steiner Designs.  The pattern papers are old Me and My Big Ideas, and the wood from Craft Consortium.  The shape die is an oldy but goodie from Spellbinders. 

Here's a peek at the inside:

I think the inside stamps are from a combo of PTI and Penny Black.

Thank you for taking a look.  I hope you are having a safe and Merry Christmas.  And here's to a Healthy New Year!!

Welcome Theo!! Yipee!!

Our first grandchild was born 2 weeks ago.  My son and daughter-in-law chose not to know if it was a boy or girl.  So I didn't make this card until he was born. 

I used the following Challenges:

1) CAS(E) this Sketch - I flipped the sketch upside down

2) Cupcake Inspirations - blue in my card, but other colors too. The pattern paper is from Doodlebugs. 

I'm not sure who makes this stamp -- it is realllllly old.  I've had it for quite a long time.  I colored it with copic markers. 

Here are a few photos of our newest family member:

Mommy & Daddy & Theo

Theo

Grandpa, Grandma, Theo, & our first grand-dog Chester. 

Here is a peek at the inside of the card. I'm not sure who makes this sentiment stamp either. 

I could overload you with baby pictures -- I'm doing such a happy dance inside.  But I'll restrain myself. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.  I hope you and your families are doing well.

What will the Babee Bee?

I don't know if I've told you . . . My daughter-in-law is expecting our first grandchild.  Her sisters recently held a small shower for her - the theme was "What will Baby Bee?".  It was amazing -- the weather cooperated spectacularly for socially distancing. The decorations, food, company were over the top. It was fantastic.  

So I made this card (x many) for her sisters and mom, and for my very dear friend who made bee-themed masks), and for my sister and nieces who gave me Grandma-to-be gifts.  

Here's a peek at the inside:

I'm putting this into the following challenges: 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge This is where I started my card -- I usually look for sketches, then colors.  This sketch was perfect.  

Papercraft Challenge     Challenge # 62 - Black + White + one additional Colour - When you add yellow to black and white you get a combo Perfect for Bees.  I did use a bit of blue for the wings and pink for the face.  

I'm also putting the card into the following challenges:

Always Fun Challenge #181 Anything Goes

NBUS - the pattern paper is an old unused pack from DCWV - the stamp "bees knees" is from an old sentiment set by Pink by Design - never been used. 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Animal Antics - Bees are in the Animal Kingdom. 

Products:

• Stamps: Honey Bee - the front image and inside sentiment; MFT the inside images
• Paper: DCWV 

And here are the grandparents to be:  

This week we said Good Bye to summer.  Here is a photo of the last summer sunset taken from Patchogue dock.  Doesn't this just look a card waiting to be made? 

As always, thanks for taking a peek.  Stay safe