Another Big Baby

Today I have another big baby card for you.  I have to say, of the bunch, this is my favourite so far.  It is by no means simple, but I just think its really cute.  Check it out:

Sweet baby card featuring the Well Scripted stamp set (retired) and the Advanced Faux Quilting technique

Sweet, eh?  I think the recipient will love it.  She is having a girl, but she's not the frilly-pink type, so I decided to play down the pink and focus on cute girlie details like the eyelet trim and little buttons.  I used the Advanced Faux quilting technique for the background, but had to splice together two lattice die cuts to make it big enough for this jumbo card.  I think it works and isn't too obvious where the joint is.  The colour scheme is about as baby as it gets:  Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery and Perfect Plum.  The bear is made using retired Creamy Caramel cardstock...it just is the perfect brown for bears and I am hoarding my leftover stash for occasions just like this.  The little teeny buttons are from this past spring's Occasions Mini.  I also used some white satin ribbon (retired) and the eyelet border punch (retired, but available on the Clearance Rack!)  The card base is stamped with the ABC background stamp that just retired on May 31st...so perfect for cards for little ones!  This weekend I HAVE to get the rest of these jumbo cards done, so I'll definitely have more to show you next week.  In the meantime, TGIF and have a great weekend!  Don't forget to be good to dear ol' Dad on Sunday!

Another XL Card

Today I have another of the retirement cards I was asked to make for our retiring colleagues at school.  This one is pretty and feminine and is for a member of my Inky Paws monthly club.  Inky Paws is our monthly card class that I run in the staff room after school.  Have a look...

Soft and pretty card for a retiring colleague.  Sentiment is from the retired Well Scripted set.  Flourish on the butterfly is from the Creative Elements set.  The flower is inspired by the cover of last month's Stampin' Success (Stampin' Up!'s demonstrator magazine)

Flower detail

Inside detail with images from the Creative Elements set.

Sooo...this one took a while.  That flower was not quick or easy, but so worth the effort.  I wanted to do something over-the-top for this special lady, as she will be moving to the west coast to be near her son and his family.  I likely won't get to stamp with her anytime soon and I wanted to give her something special to honour her retirement as well as our many hours spent stamping together.  I sure hope she likes it!

On another note...time is running out to order retiring stamps and accessories from the Last Chance List.  If you haven't already done so, get your order in before tomorrow at midnight or you will be disappointed.  Also, if you haven't yet RSVP'd for my New Catalogue Open House...what are you waiting for??  Leave me a comment here or drop me a quick email to let me know you'll be joining us on the 2nd.  It promises to be a ton of fun!!