Baby Shower

SU Playful Pals and #3 Craft Project Central April 2016

April 7, 2016

My mother-in-law asked if I “might” have an elephant baby shower card…

Well, let me see what I can come up with I told her…

I saw more than a few cards on Pinterest showing this cutie-pa-tootie elephant peeking through leaves. I played around with the SU Playful Pals stamp set and its coordinating Pyramid Pals framelits, the Botanical Builders framelits with the Botanical Blooms stamps, and added some Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper and made this lickety-split.

I just LOVE the sentiment from SU Suite Sayings. This stamp set is a GREAT one to cover a lot of needs in cardmaking. Just this week, I used three of the sentiments on a baby card, a wedding card, and a graduation card, not to mention an Easter card recently.

I see a Mother’s Day card in the making, too.

Take a look at all the messages:

Speaking of Botanical Gardens Designer Paper and Botanical Builders framelits,

here is another great project from Buffy Cooper

for April 2016 Craft Project Central.

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Why not create a beautiful gift for your favorite mom – one that she can use as well as admire? This tutorial will show you how to create a custom clock using the beautiful Botanical Blooms Bundle. You’ll create a pop-up bouquet card to let the recipient know how special she is. You’ll also learn how to create Dazzling Details in any of the exclusive Stampin’ Up!® colors. This set would make a fun class or stamp camp – and it’s a gift you can give any time of the year. Simply change the designer series paper and cardstock colors and it will work for a birthday or wedding gift, Christmas, Valentine’s Day or other holidays.

Head over to Craft Project Central to subscribe to April 2016 for just $10

or take a look at subscriptions from past months.

Don’t forget to play along with the Creating Pretty Cards Monthly Card Challenge, too!

Product List

Playful Pals Photopolymer Bundle [141069]	Botanical Blooms Photopolymer Bundle [140819]	Suite Sayings Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140712]	Old Olive 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100702]
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676]	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730]	Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad* [102277]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad [133645]

SU Zoo Babies with Teeny Tiny Wishes

May 24, 2015

Big Day at the Brumbaugh house today- oldest son is moving back to Orlando for a job, and we are doing the final walk-through for his condo closing today, and we are also picking up the keys to my daughter’s first apartment only about 10 minutes from her big brother. You know what that means? Yes, I will be moving them in for the next week! But before the chaos starts in a few hours, I wanted to share a baby card I played around with yesterday using the colors from ColourMe Challenge #72 this week.

I finally used my SU Zoo Babies stamp set – oh, it’s so cute! I paired it with the ever so useful SU Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set as well. A used a 1 3/8″circle punch to punch out my animals and bordered them with a 1 1/2″ circle framelit. I added a few little pennants cut from the Banner Framelits for the sentiment with a cute little heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents trio of punches. My DSP is 2″ x 5″ bordered by 2 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ cardstock. This is an easy sketch to play with- try it with some other images- send me a photo of your work if you do…I love it when you do that!

To finish it off, I place a few candy dots in the challenge colors- Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz, and White (neutral) on the So Saffron card base. I used a nice Bermuda Bay print from the SU Brights Collection Color Stack- I can’t wait to get the new color stacks- they are so trendy.

I wish I could have used all the animals in the set- just look at that Giraffe, Elephant, and Rhino! Of course, I can’t leave out the sweet little monkey and toucan:)

Thanks for buzzing by, friends…

SU Something for Baby

January 23, 2015

Tara has asked us to create a baby card with sweet colors

at the Friday Mashup #194 this week.

This week’s Mashup Challenge is:

Create a project with a “Baby Theme.

“Create a project with “Brown, Aqua & Tangerine.”

or Mash it Up! and create a “Baby project with the above colors.”

I knew I wanted to use the SU Something for Baby stamp set with its adorable matching framelits. The colors from last year’s retired RetroFresh DSP fit the challenge perfectly. I was looking around for a baby sentiment and came across this AWESOME one in the SU Big News stamp set. I had overlooked it- it is so cute!!! The large sentiment fit so well with the layout I was playing around with on the card front. Since the Paper Players #228 is all about the sentiment so I am sharing it over there.

I added a few Soft Suede candy dots, and I was happy:)

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Something for Baby, SU Big News
INK: SU Soft Suede, SU Tangerine Tango, SU Coastal Cabana
PAPER: SU Soft Suede, SU Tangerine Tango, SU Coastal Cabana, SU Retro Fresh DSP (retired)
ACCESSORIES: Soft Suede Candy Dots
TOOLS: SU Baby’s First Framelits, SU Stampin’ Dimensionals

Take a quick look at this fun all-occasion stamp set:

Big News # 134018

Thanks for buzzing by…

SU Bravo and Something for Baby – Side Step Card

The subtle colors are ColourMe Challenge #38 just had baby written all over them this week! I actually needed a few baby cards so this was a timely color challenge- my last post had a baby theme and now this one, too.

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Bravo, SU Something for Baby
INK: SU Pool Party, SU So Saffron, SU Blushing Bride
PAPER: SU Pool Party, SU So Saffron, SU Blushing Bride, SU Whisper White, SU SAB DSP 2013 (retired)
ACCESSORIES: SU Mini Silver Brads
TOOLS: SU Baby’s First Framelits

Thank you to Chris Slogar for the schematic she has posted on her blog HERE. It is the second one in the post under the Holiday Home Side Step Card.

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9/23/14 Thank you, Tara for the pick this week!

Don’t forget about the Weekly Deals going on until Monday, September 22- I am putting in an order at 9 pm so if you want any great goodies like the 2″ Circle Punch, the Flip Card Framelit, or the gold ribbon for Christmas…

Contact me at cindyleebee@gmail.com

or give me a call at 724-323-2296.

You can also order HERE.

Put in the current Hostess Code to be included in a drawing for a SU treat from me:)

SU Itty Bitty Banners for Baby

Tara has a neat challenge for us this week at the Friday Mashup #178. I am utterly amazed week after week when I see what you crafty ones create for the challenges. And this week, I am really excited to see your cards and projects!

Here’s your Mashup Challenge:

Create a Project using “Vellum.”

Create a Project with “Stitching (Sewing or Faux).”

Mash it up! and create a Project with “Vellum and Stitching.”

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Grab a cup of something….I am going to get long winded

…thanks in advance for the therapy time, friends!

Now, I have to say…I really did attempt the “sewing on card stock” technique. My little RN was off of work and sat in my stamping room with me enjoying a good book while I played around with this challenge (priceless day). So, I have a witness that I got out the sewing machine, watched a few tutorials, and then attempted to sew on my card stock! Oh my, I changed up tensions and blah, blah, blah but all that needle did was make ugly holes in my paper and ball up on the opposite side of the paper. Ugh…

I was attempting to sew a vellum pocket like the card on p. 149 of the Annual Catalog and put some little circles in it. Well, since I could not get the sewing to work out for me, I decided to make a pocket with vellum and some SU Lullaby DSP using the SU Banner Framelits layered inside each other. I then added a little banner with DSP and vellum just adhered directly to the banner. I added some circles to the outside of the vellum, too. But I still did not have any stitching on my card!!! I tried my white gel pen that would not cooperate with me, either. So out came the Needlepoint Embossing Folders to the rescue. How did I end up spending so much time on a card? Once I started I just would not get it out of my head…