Top Dog Dies - Weekly Post

Definitely so behind this week, things are really busy around here with shopping, packing and then tomorrow moving my son to Sudbury. Today festivities include buying a freezer, blinds and all the 'oh I forgot to tell you items...'.

I have a card today using the new Top Dog Dies Modern Mosaic A2 Mat and the Top Dog Dies Banners #1.  I created a baby card that could be used for a boy, a girl or an unknown! 

I die cut the mat from white cardstock and used it as a stencil along with translucent embossing paste.  I coloured the paste using Distress Ink that I smooshed onto my craft sheet. I find the translucent embossing paste not as creamy as regular paste , so it takes a bit more mixing to get the consistency right.  I used Post It tape to hold down my stencil over the card panel and then used my palette knives to add the paste to the stencil  in two shades. I removed the stencil and let both dry completely. It has a really nice shine to it.  The stencil is going to be used for a future project, stay tuned...

A detail photo of the texture and shine...

Head over to Top Dog Dies to see all the new release dies!

Surprise, Jessica!

Surprise, Jessica!

Were having a shower for you today!

Jessica Davis, of The Paper Parade, is having a baby boy very very soon.  Jessica is one of the 12 of The 12 Kits of Occasions and we are hosting a shower for her today starting at The 12 Kits of Occasions blog.  We know that you must be so excited for your first child and we are so excited for you.

We have some shower snacks...

A cake...

and lots of cards...

I used the baby sentiment from Fresh Squeezed Stamps Subway Series: Occasions as the focal point of my card. I clear embossed it and topped it with a blue baby onesie from String Me Along and a cute happy face from The Envelope Please.

Join me over at the 12 Kits of Occasions blog today for the beginning of this very special surprise baby shower blog hop and send some good wishes to Jessica along the way.

 

                                   Subway Series: Occasions                        String Me Along                     The Envelope, Please

Cardstock:  White, Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned paper: Bitty Dots (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Subway Series: Occasions, String Me Along, The Envelope Please (Fresh Squeezed Stamps)

Ink: Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky (Papertrey Ink) Versamark (Tsukineko)

Dies: Stitched Mats (Lil' Inkers)

other: foam tape

Melissa's Baby Shower

Happy Monday!

Melissa Chipperfield, owner of CASology, had a baby girl yesterday morning. Bryna Kate  came a few weeks early but mommy and baby and doing just fine. The Design Team at CASology is hosting a Baby Shower for Melissa over at the CASology blog!

Come and join us to see the cards the Design Team made for Melissa, but also to make a card for her yourself and add it through the inLinkz button at the end of the Baby Shower Post!  Let's show Melissa how happy we are for her.

Cardstock:  White, Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Giraffe (Imaginisce) Hanging Out (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Dies: Scalloped circle, cile nesting dies (Spellbinders)

other: Stickles, pink sequins, assorted Copics

For Penny

Heading to a meet Penny party today.

Penny is my great niece and is now 8 months old.

So no traditional new baby card, but one for a little girl.

Cardstock:  Simply Chartreuse, Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Daphne's Closet, Pink Lemonade (Lawn Fawn)

Stamps: Hanging Out, Up Up & Away (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: True Black, Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Hanging Out (Papertrey Ink)

Shower Card & Gift Bags & CFC103

Going to my nieces Baby Shower today!

We know it is a girl so my daughter and I went to Carter's and got the cutest little outfits.  Do I want another baby, no, that yearning has passed know.  Super excited that I got Laurie Willison's newest card hanger die in the mail last week. Here is my card.

This is the card my daughter put together for her gift.

She is entering her card into this week's CAS-ual Fridays congratulations challenge.

Have a fabulous Sunday!

I'll be back tonight to add the supply list.

Baby Shower Invitations

Today was such a fun day. It is finally a beautiful, warm and sunny 21 C (70 F) day in the great white north.  I spent the day today with my sister-in-law making baby shower invitations for my nephew's wife.  We know she is having a girl so we chose traditional pink.

Cardstock:  Pink (Bazzill Basics)

Stamps: Hanging Out (PTI) Girraffe (Imaginisce) Envelope Sentiments (Simon Says Stamps)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Angel Pink) (Tsukineko)

Dies: Sircles, Scalloped Circles Nestibilities (Sprillbinders) Stitched Mats (Lil' Inkers)

other: corner rounder