A New Home Card Made Using A Baby Stampset!

A while back my friend Jade gave me the fab 'Little Additions' stampset as a baby shower gift! I have LOVED using it to make baby related cards....

...but decided to have a play at using the set for some non-baby related cards and came up with this 'New Home' design:

On a 'Saraha Sand' cardbase i layered some beautiful 'Everyday Enchantment DSP' (which you can buy only for this month - checkout the top of my blog for details) to create wallpaper and carper. I stamped the armchair, cabinet and lampshade all from the 'Little Additions' stampset using 'Pear Pizzazz', 'Chocolate Chip' and 'Pool Party' ink onto 'Very Vanilla' card and then cut them out and glued them into place. I then stamped the frames image using 'Chocolate Chip' and 'Poppy Parade' 'Stampin' Write Markers' and glued them into place and then cut a small piece of mirror card (not Stampin' up!) to craete the oval mirror!!

i finished off the card by running some 'Pear Pizzazz' card through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Timeless Type Alphabet Dies' to create the 'New Home' sentiment and glued it into place!!

I hope i've inspired you to take a good look at your stampsets and try to use them in alternative ways!!! If you'd like to order these papers or the fab stampset email over your order today: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Crafty Boots Challenge: Babies!!

This months Crafty Boots Challenge is very relavant to me: Babies!! With Baby Tiddlywink due imminently i thought i'd share with you the baby announcement cards that i have made ready in advance:

These cards were super quick to make (which was just as well as i had to make quite a lot!!) and you will notice that i slightly altered the designs to make creating such large quantities more bearable!!

I started with 'Bashful Blue' cardbases (i managed to make 3 cards from every piece of A4 card) and embossed them using the 'Big Shot' and the 'Stripes Embossing Folder' to create texture and then placed three 'Basic Pearls' in the bottom corner of each card to add some bling!!

I then stamped the super cute baby feet from the 'Baby Prints' stampset onto some 'Whisper White' card using 'Bashful Blue' ink and then stamped the 'it's a boy'  over the feet (also from the 'Baby Prints' stampset) using 'Pacific Point' ink and then ran it through the 'Big Shot' using a die from the 'Labels Collection Framelits Dies', using 'Dimensionals' to attach the image to the cardbase. Here's a close-up:

I finished these cards off by stamping the announcement image from the 'Little Additions' stampset using 'Pacific Point' ink:

I loved making these cards and can't wait to send them out to all our friends and family to announce the arrival of Baby Tiddlywink. If you're expecting your own little arrival why not consider making your own announcement cards - check out the catalogues for suitable materials and feel free to email me for advice and orders: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Baby Shower RSVP!

If you're a regular CraftyThinker follower you will probably have gathered that there has been quite a baby boom within my friendship group and many of the recent craft projects i have shared have been baby themed - i'm afraid i have another baby themed card for you today!! i have recently been invited to a baby shower, which will be held in September and made this card to RSVP:

I began with a 'So Saffron' cardbase. I wrapped a piece of beautiful 'White Organza Ribbon' around a piece of 'DSP' from the 'Domestic Goddess' collection and layered it onto the cardbase. I stamped the cot image from the 'Little Additions' stampset using 'Crumb Cake ink and then punched a little heart out of 'So Saffron' card using the 'Owl Punch'. I layered this onto some 'Certainly Celery' card and then onto the base. I stamped the RSVP sentiment from 'Wedding Sweet' set and punched it out using the 'Word Window Punch'. I embellished the card with some coordinating 'Designer Buttons' along the edge of the card!

Babies, Babies everywhere!! I love the fact i'm getting lots of use out of my 'Little Additions' set which my good friend Jade treated me to for my own baby shower

I've been playing with it quite a lot recently and it has so many uses - other than baby cards - i can't wait to share some of these with you - so keep your eyes peeled on this blog!!

Don't forget if you'd like to make an order email me: amyjtidd@gmail.com and don't forget to check on the July promotion where you can earn free ribbons and brads with your orders!! (See the top of my blog for details!!)