Lillybet's Papers

Having completely deleted by original post by accident this may be short!! Welcome to the bloghop for this week. There are so many great design ideas in the baby section and it's great to see what all the other designers have come up with.  You will have come from Monique's beautiful card using the same stamps. Be sure to check out their creations. If you get lost along the way you can find a complete list at CASEing the Catty here . I have been inspired by the packaging bag on page 35,  but have turned it into a card. I have been waiting for a set like this to come out and I'm so glad SU have created this as I am regularly asked for Baptism/ Christening cards. They are quite hard to make but this set makes it really easy. I have created both a baby boy (Marina Mist) and a baby girl (Pink Pirouette) version. The crystal buttons really set them off I think. I am also SO happy because Stampin' Up! have finally released a thick white cardstock which is perfect...

I was asked to make a Christening Card for a family that have adopted 2 girls, but they are  a 10 yr old girl and an 8 month old girl so it couldn't be a baby card. I don't have any sentiment stamps for a christening but I thought that "oh Happy day" from Bloomin' Marvellous seemed perfect. The paper flowers are not Stampin' Up! but the Lattice die, Embossing folders, Pink Pirouette Ribbon (retired) and Curly Label Punch are all SU products. I had to watch Teneale Williams video from Convention 2011 again to perfect the double bow technique Teneale Williams Stampin' Up! Workshop WOW Ribbon (thanks Teneale, love all your work). And it just needed a little something to fill in a few gaps, so I twirled a thin strip of cardstock to look like a trailing ribbon, and stamped the butterflies from Kindness Matters in Primrose Petals, then sponged them with Pink Pirouette and punched it out with the Small Butterfly Punch nad nestled it down near the bow. My...