Scrapbook for Baby Shower Gift

Hello,

So I've finally started making the scrapbook for my friends whose first born is due in June!  They aren't telling the gender of the baby which I am finding quite frustrating, so we are going for neutral here, people...  The theme of their shower is Safari, so I went with Safari colours, Orange, Brown, Bright Green, and Yellow (or in SU! terms Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss and Crushed Curry.. with a little Crumb Cake thrown in every now and then).

Here is a picture of the first page:

I wanted to start with a few that I could complete, like this 'Our Family Before Me' page.  I thought it was a great way to start a baby book (It really helps that one of their wedding colours was orange! Perfect!).  Next will be 'On The Inside'  or maybe 'Life on the Inside'  with an ultrasound picture as well as a belly pic of Mama, etc.  Stay tuned...

Thanks for looking,
Mandy

Colour Inspiration Challenge #154

Hello again,
It is a BEAUTIFUL weekend here in Belgium... People told us it only rained here, but so far we've had three weeks of snow at Christmas and all March and April have been sunny!  So who knows about weather anymore... but I'm surely not complaining.  I quite enjoyed these colours together, and I kind of used a sketch from a few weeks ago from Stamping 411 ( 1 ♥ them!) to go along with it.
Here are the colours for the Challenge:

And the sketch I used (even though that challenge is over):

And finally here is my Card:

It's kind of hard to see the words on the jewelry tags but it says "find joy in the little things".

To make this card, I used Chocolate Chip CS for the card base.  Three squares of Always Articoke CS 1 3/4", underneath the three whisper white CS squares that are 1 5/8".  I used Rub-Ons from the Lovely Flowers Bundle Hostess Set from the 09/10 Idea Book & Catalogue (IBC) for the three flowers as well as the sentiment.  The flowers were coloured in using Stampin' Pastels.  The square I used was supposed to be Rose Red, but I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as the Real Red square...  But it looks okay anyway!

The Jewelry Tags are on a string of Linen Thread secured at each end with a Jewels Basic Pearl.  The Chocolate Chip Ribbon also has some Pearl bling added.  And that's it!

Thanks for Looking,

Mandy

Manly Cards... so tricky!

Hello again,
I've not much time but I wanted to stick this non-girly card up... just because!
Here it is:

I like it. Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, and Crumb Cake make up the colours!

Thanks for looking,
Mandy

I'm in the Stamper's Showcase!!!

Wow!  After only doing two or three challenges, I've been chosen (one of the five) as the operators' favourite for this week over at Stamping 411!!!
For those of you who don't know what that means, it's just an honour essentially.  I don't get a prize or anything, I just get to know that these 8 SU! Demo's and veteran stampers admired my card!  Wait til I tell Aunt Dorothy after she gets it in the mail for her birthday!
You can see the other showcase winners here.

Thanks for looking,
Mandy

SSC197

Hi!!
Yeah, it's been a while I know, but I've been super busy!  Haven't stopped crafting (mostly making birthday cards) but was slacking on the posts, Sorry!

However, I have a new card to show off here.  It's for the Saturday Sketch Challenge #197, but I also used the latest Color Inspiration (#153)  from Stamping 411 as well!  Here is the Color Inspiration:

And the Sketch:

And my Card:

Isn't it pretty?  I'm quite happy with it.  And hopefully so will my Aunt be, as she will be getting it very late for her birthday!  (I made it ON her birthday and I live across an ocean from her so mail isn't exactly a day or two!)  But anyway, better late than never, right?  Here's what I used to make the card:

Whisper White CS: 8.5" x 5.5"                                             Scallop Trim Border Punch
Pretty in Pink CS: 5.25" x 4"                                                 Vintage Vogue Stamp Set
Night of Navy CS: 5.25" x 2.5"                                             Well Scripted Stamp Set
Old Olive 5/8" Satin Ribbon                                                  S-A-B Bliss Stamp Set
Vintage Brad                                                                        Filigree Brad
Whisper White Craft Ink                                                      Night of Navy Classic Ink
Pretty in Pink Classic Ink                                                      Old Olive Classic Ink

I did do quite a bit of cutting out shapes with this card, but I didn't have anything else I could have used to keep to the sketch.  I stamped both the flowers from the Vintage Vogue Set first in Pink, then just around the edges with Navy onto Whisper White CS.  I love this technique, but I have no idea what it's called; or even if it has a name!  I cut out both flowers and the Olive Butterfly from the Bliss Set.  I stamped the background decoration from the Bliss Set with Navy onto the Pink CS before adding the Navy CS (punched on the bottom with the Scallop Trim) and Olive ribbon.  The sentiment from the Well Scripted Set was stamped with Whisper White Craft Ink, but if I had thought about it earlier I would have heat embossed it with White as well!  And that's about it!

Coming up next; I have yet another Man Birthday Card... That pickup truck from Loads of Love is really getting a workout!

Thanks for Looking,
Mandy