Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Elephant Parade Triple Diamond Point Baby Card

My cousin just welcomed a new baby boy into his family. Baby #3 but his first boy. When I mailed off the card, bubs had yet to be named hence why I went with "sweet little boy" rather than a personalised card with a name. Bubs name is actually "Rowan Walter".

I couldn't help myself and had to make another triple diamond point card as I thought the points would be perfect for a three letter word like "boy" and I love how the top portion of the card is like the "scene" portion of the card. I used Hues of Happiness DSP for the sky/grass part of the card and it did all the hard work for me. I die cut the grass from the limited edition playful piggy dies (available during September only and while stocks last) and the tree trunk is from the retired waterfront stamp set. Congratulations stamp is from A Grand Kid with the elephant and leaves from the Elephant Parade stamp set which I coloured in with Stampin' Blends. 

Close up of the trees where I popped up the top layer with stampin' dimensionals (I also popped up the grass as well).


Elephant Parade is too cute and perfect for baby cards don't you think? 

If you want to grab any of the products I have mentioned, I have included a shopping list at the end of the post


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Elephant Parade Bundle (English) [158697] $74.50	A Grand Kid Cling Stamp Set (English) [152500] $37.00	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $30.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.50	Black Glimmer Paper [139605] $8.75	Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843] $15.75
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $14.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.75	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $16.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $14.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $15.75	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $16.25
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $14.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Hues Of Happiness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158822] $21.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Playful Piggy Dies [160254] $54.00

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Stampin' Up! Personalised Baby Card featuring Lined Alphabet Bundle

I adore making personalised gifts and when I had a request from my sister to make a baby card for her best friend’s new little bundle Henley, I had to give the Lined Alphabet Bundle a spin. I choose nice and playful colours for the letters that were fun but yet still soft but certainly not boring! 

Doesn't it make the sweetest baby card? It would make a card for any age to be honest! The fact that you can spell any word is the best! I love not running out of any letter stickers etc. when using my big shot for titles or letters etc. 


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Lined Alphabet Photopolymer Bundle [148390] $249.25	Bubble Over Photopolymer Stamp Set [145868] $30.00	Animal Outing Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146600] $37.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $14.75	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $14.75	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00
Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $14.75	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $14.75	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00
Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $14.75	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $13.00	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $14.75	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $8.75

Stampin' Up! Springtime Foils Speciality Designer Series Paper Baby Card

I was asked to make a baby card for a friend to give to a work colleague who is having a baby soon (sex unknown). I was a little stumped trying to work out what to make that didn't feature much pink or blue. I finally decided to use the springtime foils speciality designer series paper that is a free sale-a-bration product with $90 purchase and use my brayer to colour the white cardstock to so saffron.

A close up of the letter panels featuring stitched shapes framelits and moon baby stamp set coloured in with stampin' blends

Have you got your springtime foils speciality designer series paper for FREE yet (with any $90+ purchase.)


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Moon Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143085] $35.00	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $12.25	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $14.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $11.50
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $15.50	Pool Party Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144595] $7.75	Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144604] $15.50	Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144586] $7.75
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper [147193] $0.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Large Letters Framelits Dies [141712] $172.00

Stampin' Up! baby shower card featuring large letter framelits dies

Nothing says baby shower card more than a stork don't you think?
Knowing that the upcoming bubs is a boy I made use of a blues and greens to create the stork card.

I used Mayton font for the "A new baby is coming" with the word baby skipped and die cut using the large letter framelit dies from Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack. 


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Live in Australia? Click on the Stampin' Up! products below to purchase them today!

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976] $11.50	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $14.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $11.50
Marina Mist A4 Card Stock [121682] $14.00	Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad [126962] $11.50	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky [131292] $14.00	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $11.50
Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock [141422] $14.00	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack [144193] $17.50
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Large Letters Framelits Dies [141712] $172.00	Up & Away Thinlits Dies [142748] $50.00

Stampin' Up! Adding Texture with Embossing Blog Hop

Welcome to another Art with Heart Team blog hop where we are focusing on creative projects by adding texture with embossing. Embossing can add a lovely dimension, and with our wonderful Stampin’ Up! products, we can create many different looks. These include heat embossing using embossing powder, dry embossing using our textured folders or by adding embossing paste!

You may have come to my blog from Alisha Watson. Blog hops are full circles, so start blog hopping here and and the end of my post (and everyone else's) there is a link to the next post.

On my card today, I have used two types of embossing. I have used embossing paste to create the clouds with dimension in the background and I have also heat embossed the brads (which are the centre of the owl eyes). Did you know that you can change the colour of your embellishments with embossing powder? All you have to do is dip the brad (in this case) into the versamark ink pad, then dip the brad into the embossing powder and heat set the embossing powder using a heat tool. If you find that one coat isn't enough, once the brad has cooled, repeat all the steps again until you are happy with the coverage. Using tweezers certainly makes holding the brads a lot easier!


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Click to visit Rachel Woolard's blog and see what she has to share today. 
If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:
1.  Alisha Watson
2. Ros Davidson
3. Rachel Woollard
4. Sharon Davern
5. Kate Morgan 
6. Catherine Proctor
7. Caroline Manwaring
8. Monika O’Neill
9. Tina Gillespie
10. Leanne Mitchell
11. Rachel Palmieri

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Painted harvest, star of light, confetti celebration
Inkpads: Early espresso, chocolate chip, soft suede, crumb cake, sahara sand, emerald envy, garden green, lemon lime twist, soft sky, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight, versamark
Cardstock: Early espresso, chocolate chip, soft suede, crumb cake, emerald envy, garden green, lemon lime twist, soft sky, pumpkin pie, whisper white
Punches: 1" circle, 3/4" circle, 1/2" circle, leaf
Accessories: Embossing paste, pattern party decorative masks, palette knifes, big shot, seasonal layers thinlet dies, early espresso stampin' write marker, metallic enamel shapes, heat tool, mini silver brads (retired), white stampin' emboss powder, fine tip glue pen
Font: Bradley hand

Stampin' Up! Labeler Alphabet Watercolor Onesie Card

My sister recently gave birth to her 3rd child and my grandmother asked me to make a card for the new little baby. I had great fun playing with watercolor paper, inkpads and a stampin' spritzer to create a Bonds style onesie card. I had so much fun I only managed to get a quick snap before giving the card to my grandmother.



Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!

Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set [141936] $30.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock [144250] $14.00	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $11.50
Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] $11.50	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $11.50	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $15.75	Watercolor Paper [122959] $8.75
Stampin' Spritzer [126185] $5.00

Baby Concertina Card

I had a custom order request for a baby boy card and I couldn't but help give a concertina card a go. I used the babies name "Patrick Eli" across the front of the card with the babies birth stats between his two names. I also left a blank panel at the end of the card to write a personal message. 
I rather enjoyed making this card and can see many more popping up on my blog in the near future. 

I didn't have a small enough "Congratulations" stamp for the front of the card, so I used my printer and stamped the nappy pin from "Something for Baby" to finish the congratulations panel off.
Card closed

Stampin' Up! materials used:

Something For Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[134030]

$38.00

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

$14.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

$11.50

Marina Mist A4 Card Stock

[121682]

$14.00

Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad

[126962]

$11.50

Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[131181]

$11.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Big Shot

[143263]

$159.00

Large Letters Framelits Dies

[141712]

$172.00

Baby's First Framelits Die

[133735]

$41.00

In color baby card

I had a request for a baby card similar to the one I made for my nephew. There was no colour restrictions other than a baby boy card so I whipped out hello honey and lost lagoon which are both 2014 - 2016 in colours that will be retiring soon.

The annual retirement list is fast approaching (April 19th) and in color products are often one of the first things to sell out (sometimes in a matter of hours!) Check out what you need and order your 2014-2016 in color products today before you regret missing out.

Stampin' Up! materials used:  

Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set

[137163]

$43.00

Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad

[126979]

$11.50

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

$12.25

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140932]

$12.25

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

[126959]

$11.50

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

[131180]

$11.50

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

[133686]

$12.25

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[133644]

$11.50

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[138326]

$11.50

Hello Honey A4 Cardstock

[133685]

$12.25

Hello Honey Classic Stampin' Pad

[133643]

$11.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.00

Big Shot

[113439]

$169.00

Little Letters Thinlits Die

[133730]

$49.00

Hearth & Home Thinlits Dies

[139666]

$35.00

Baptism card

Making a card for a baptism when you have no stamps that suit the criteria is a little difficult. Ideally, I would have used "All god's grace" (page 35 of the annual catalogue) but seeing as this is the first baptism card I have ever made I couldn't justify purchasing the stamp set just yet.

Stampin' Up! materials used: 

Island Indigo A4 Card Stock

[124390]

$12.25

Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad

[126986]

$11.50

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$12.25

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[126982]

$11.50

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.00

Updated Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack

[138371]

$14.00

Paper-Piercing Tool

[126189]

$7.00

Stampin' Pierce Mat

[126199]

$9.00

Baby shower dress card

A cute little dress card for a yet to be born baby girl. Perfect for a girly baby shower.

Invitations and thank you gift tags I shared previously for the baby shower. 
Stampin' Up! materials used: 

Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack

[140548]

$14.00

Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride

[131287]

$12.25

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

[131172]

$11.50

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119247]

$8.75