Stampin' and Scrappin' With Kristin

Cute & Cuddly Baby Card

I'm making an effort to stamp and actually SEND cards out to my friends, customers, and family!  I wrote a HUGE list of cards that need to go out....including those VERY late wedding thank you cards.  I know, I know...its almost unforgivable - Friday will have been 5 months!!!  But, today I made a card for one of my customers and Die-Cut Divas! 

I really wanted to use the new baby set out of the catalog, but I don't think I own it!  Surprising, I know!

Here are the supplies I used to make this card:

• Cute & Cuddly Stamp Set
• Sweetness Unlimited Stamp Set (New Under $10 stamp)
• Tea Party DSP
• Pretty in Pink Card Stock
• Whisper White Card Stock
• Certainly Celery Card Stock
• Basic Gray Card Stock (What was I thinking?  It matches one of the stripes in the DSP but I'm still not convinced it works.)
• Basic Gray Classic Ink
• Pretty in Pink Marker
• Barely Banana Marker
• Whisper White Satin Ribbon

Growing Up! Promotions

Check out these two great promotions for August!!!

Promotion #1 - Growth Chart:  Purchase the brand-new Décor Elements Growth Chart, only available August 1-September 30, and as an added bonus, receive a free applicator tool with your purchase (a $1.95 value).

Isn't this chart too stinkin' cute?  I wish I had a growing child so that I could have this charting their height!

Promotion #2 - FREE Buttons:  Spend $35 on stamp sets from the Growing Up section of the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog (pages 74-90) and receive a FREE package of Designer buttons--a $7.95 value! Eligible buttons are listed below.

Item #	Page	Description	Retail Value
116313	181	Playground Designer buttons	$7.95
116312	181	Sherbet Designer buttons	$7.95
114333	181	Button Latte Designer buttons	$7.95

Cute & Cuddly Baby Card

Oh my gosh!  I think half of the women I know are pregnant!  Okay...maybe that's an exaggeration, but sometimes it feels that way!  I've been working on some projects that I can't post online so I haven't had a chance to stamp anything new that is postable.  That's when I realized I'd never shown you this card!  It was for my husband's (now my) cousin's baby shower - a week before the wedding!  No wonder I forgot to blog it.  It's impressive that I remembered to make a card!!!

Anyway, I LOVE this card.  I think it's because it has an insane number of layers of paper - and ribbon (there's three)!  And, I love all of the textures between card stock, DSP, ribbon, and vellum.  It was definitely a hit!  But, I'm setting the bar high with my husband's family!  They're going to be expecting over-the-top cards all of the time!

Here are the supplies I used to make this card:

• Pink Pirouette Card Stock
• Close to Cocoa Card Stock
• Chocolate Chip Card Stock
• Candy Lane DSP
• Card Stock Vellum
• Cute & Cuddly Stamp Set
• Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker
• Close to Cocoa Stampin' Write Marker
• Corner Rounder
• Scallop Square Punch
• Eyelet Border Punch
• 1-1/4 " Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon
• 1" Chocolate Chip Double-Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon
• Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon

Baby Shower Card

My friends Julie and Brandon are having a baby!  Yesterday was their baby shower.  I wanted to share with you the adorable card I made for them.  It uses tons of new Stampin' Up! tools - the Texturz Plates and the Circle Cutter!

I cut the Baja Breeze scallop using the Circle Scallop #2 Die.  I used the circle cutter to cut the Barely Banana circle.  Then I used the Circles #2 Die to cut the Whisper White Circle.  I'm falling in love with the circle cutter.  Once you get the hang of it, it's a piece of cake.  The trick is holding it down steady and using enough adhesive to hold down your card stock.  Anyway....back to the card.  I used the exclusive Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates to emboss the polka dots in the background of the top layer of Whisper White.

The teddy bear image comes from Cute & Cuddly.  I stamped him in Close to Cocoa and colored him in with my ink and a blender pen using Close to Cocoa and Creamy Caramel.  I stamped the Welcome Baby sentiment from the Short and Sweet stamp set.  I love that little versatile thing!  Finally, I tied some Baja Breeze ribbon around the botton and voila!  A cute card!

I popped up several of the layers using dimensionals - especially between the top layer of Whisper White and the Whisper White card base.  I took a side-view photo so you could get a better idea of the dimensions.

Enjoy!