Daniel likes to sing!

Chris's dad (aka Grandpa), got a video of Daniel singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  He loves to sing songs now!  He does his ABC's or ABCD's as he calls them several times a day which is too cute!  My mom (aka Dika) and I taught him how to spell his name and Nathan's name with a little song too.  I'm hoping to get videos of these songs too.  In the meantime, here's a link to  the video of Daniel singing Twinkle Twinkle!  Enjoy!!!

Fun and Exciting News!!

Nathan is walking!!!!!!!!!!!!!  He's been cruising the walls and furniture for a couple of months but he took his first unassisted steps on his birthday which was April 21st.  He added a few more here and there but this past Saturday, May 8, he just took off!  He's walking all over the house, outside, you name it!  He still has trouble keeping his balance sometimes and if there is an obstacle in his way, he usually goes back to crawling which he does VERY FAST!!!!    But for someone who just started walking, he's doing really well! I'm so excited for him!  And for me because this means he won't be getting as dirty outside!  HAHA!  Just in time for the weather to get nice!  YAY!    Check out  my Nathan walking video!  He's walking down the sidewalk outside on Mother's Day.  So cute! 

Nathan also finally has teeth which just thrills me!  We were beginning to wonder if they would ever come in!  aha!  If he ever lets me, I'll get a picture of his teeth and post it!  I'm hoping to post more card pics soon.  My computer is currently broken and I'm using my old one which has no memory space left on it so uploading pictures isn't happening any time before I get my new computer fixed!  Please comment and rate!  :)

For Erica and Bryan's baby girl

This is my second attempt at a sweet treat cup card and I think it turned out pretty cute!  For this card I used the Something Sweet stamp set.  The DSP is Razzleberry Lemonade.  I used the larger of the 2 scallop circles on the Scallop Circles die for the Big Shot, Crushed Curry Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon and the new Pinking Hearts Border Punch.  The card stock used is Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry.  I also used the Signo White Gel Pen for the faux stitching and doodle dots and the Mat Pack and Paper Piercing tool around the edges.  Thanks for looking!

Birthday Cupcakes

This was a fun card to make.  I wanted to use the cupcakes from the "The More the Merrier" hostess stamp set which I just got!  I love the cupcakes!  Super cute!  They are all on one stamp so it was easy to stamp and go.  I used a bunch of colors on this: mostly inspired by the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP I used.  To color the cupcakes,  I used Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie and a little bit of Old Olive.  I decided to cut them out and pop them up when the card was done because it seemed too flat to me.  I used Pale Plum Card stock under the cupcake layer, then Bermuda Bay punched with the Scallop Trim Punch.  The next layer was the DSP, then Rich Razzleberry punched with the Scallop Trim Punch again.  This layer was actually 2 pieces of card stock only about 1 1/2 inches wide.  I did this to conserve paper!  Works great for an occasion where you're only seeing a tiny bit of it as an accent.  Under that is a layer of Pumpkin Pie.   The ribbon is Bermuda Bay polka dot ribbon.  I stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment with Melon Mambo ink.  Thanks for looking and please comment or send me an email! 

Friend

This is my first card with the With All My Heart stamp set and using the Extra Large Fancy Flower punch.  I really like the way it turned out.  I got my inspiration from another card I saw here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1628196?si=with%20all%20my%20heart&perpage=12&thumbsonly=0&thumbcheck=

I changed mine a lot.  My card base is Bashful Blue.  The next layer is Rich Razzleberry 3/4"  circles for a border then a layer of More Mustard, Whisper White and then Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.  Then I used the Rich Razzleberry again and used the mat pack and paper piercing tool for the first time to do a line of piercing around the edge.  The flower is punched out of More Mustard and the large flower from the With All My Heart set is stamped on it in More Mustard ink.  The next layer of that is a 1 3/8" circle of Bashful Blue card stock and then I Whisper White 1 1/4" circle with the smaller flower stamped on it in Rich Razzleberry.  The button is from the Playground Button collection.  The ribbon is Bashful Blue striped.  The "Friend" greeting is also from the same set and stamped in Rich Razzleberry ink.  Thanks for looking and please comment!

Abundant Hope for Easter Blessings

So, I saw a card similar to this one on splitcoaststampers.com  and thought it was gorgeous!  So, I recreated my own rendition of it.  The card stock I used is Orchid Opulence, Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Certainly Celery and then some DSP from the Shades of Spring paper pack.  I stamped the flower image with Elegant Eggplant and then colored it with Orchid Opulence and shaded with Rich Razzleberry and then the Elegant Eggplant markers.  The leaves and stem are done in Certainly Celery and shaded with Old Olive.  I also did some touches of light with the Signo White Gel Pen on the flower petals.  The ribbon is Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain.  I used the Modern Label punch for the greeting and layered them on top of each other.  I also used the Scallop Trim punch and Scallop Corner punch too.  Enjoy and thanks for looking!

Three Little Words...

This is my first scalloped circle card!  I finally got the Scallop Circle Die and I LOVE it!  I actually cut this Scalloped Circle for a different card I had in mind but changed that one and had this sitting on my desk so I decided to use it with something else.  So, I looked through the Good Neighbor paper pack and found this cute tree print that coordinated with the Old Olive card stock I was already using.  I also decided to use the Three Little Words stamp on this and the front is generic enough that it could say anything inside from that set.  I used the Good Neighbor Stamp set to make the little houses and trees and cut them out and mounted them with Stampin' Dimensionals.  Other card stock colors are More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla.  Then I used the Old Olive 1/2" striped ribbon.  I hope you like it!