Special cards for Special People

 Hi y'all!
I haven't posted any cards for a while! So here are a few of the recent cards I've made, for some very special people!
This first one was for my niece Venice when she was born! For some reason I didn't take a pic of the card after I stamped her name under the "Welcome" stamp. I had made a girl card and a boy card, waiting to see what flavour baby Alicia would have! And when Venice was born I personalised this card for her {smiles}. I LOVE the new hexagon embossing folder from Stampin Up, I love how it creates such an interesting layer on the card! And I nearly wore out my Martha Steward Doily Edge punch while punching through the grey cardstock, I think I might need a backup one of those! But I don't want to pay the $25 I saw it for at the most recent craft show. Boy I wish we had Michaels the craft shop over here in Australia, everything is so cheap in the USA!
This second card was for my nephew Cooper for his 5th Birthday which was a Construction Party! I knew that Road-print Washi Tape would come in handy for BOy Cards! How cool does that truck look driving along it? And I just love the Stampin Up set of big trucks, they are so cool! I used another Stampin Up embossing folder in the background layer of this card- the Woodgrain one. Another one of my faves! You know I love anything woodland-ish, so this is perfect for me. And then I found the screw-top brads in my collection and thought they were awesome to add to a Construction card! Was I right or was I right {tongue in cheek!}

This third card I made for Dad's birthday :) Dad is, and has always been, an enthusiastic and awesome photographer, so I knew the Amy Tangerine camera stamp would make a great birthday card for him! The yellow star cut-out card was actually still sitting on my desk after I made another card with the actual star I punched out, and when I chucked it on top of the other layers of this card I was like "Bing!" {Light bulb going on above head} "That looks so cool!" LOL! Do you every have those moments in card making? Where something accidentally happens and it turns out to make the best card? Yeah me neither {looking sheepish!}.

And this last card was for my sister Yvette's 40th Birthday! I do love Hot Air Balloons and seeing as Yvette was going on a Hot Air Balloon ride for her birthday, I knew I had to use this set (by Stampin Up!) I stamped it with Versamark ink and embossed with some aqua coloured Zing embossing powder I picked up at Spotlight. It's the bomb! The colour is sooooo rich and it created a lovely thick layer which looked so good! They make the Zing powder in about a million colours too, so I'm gonna have to go back and get some more (then force myself to do more embossing cos it's something I don't do often enough, yet it looks so good!) I hand drew on the little baskets under the balloons cos I didn't trust myself to line the stamp up right, and I was so pleased with the embossing result I didn't want to ruin it! Can you tell they're hand drawn?
So I hope you guys all enjoyed your welcome/birthday cards!
And I hope you're having a great week too!
:) C

Little Boy Blue..

Hi Y'all!
Not long til NZ now, yay!!
Here are some Baby Boy cards to keep you inspired to create!

Clearly, I had the Kaisercraft Elephant stamp out on my desk when I was in a creative mood for these cards! I made 3 cards using him! He's so cute though, I couldn't put him down! And I paired him with the Stampin Up retired {sob!} set, "Seeing Stars" which is an awesome set for guys. I'm always bummed when they retire some really versatile sets like this one! Oh well, I have enjoyed perusing the new catalogue for new favourite sets! The sentiment is from Kaisercraft too.

I had fun making it look as though the elephant was blowing the stars out of his trunk! Then I added some jewels in between to add a bit of bling. You can never have too much bling, even on boy cards!

Baby blue and brown is one of my favourite colour combos for baby boys. In fact, I think it is my very favourite. It looks so smart! I've used Kraft and Bashful Blue cardstock from Stampin Up for the base cards. The "baby" sentiment on this card is from Stampin Up's Pennant Parade set.

Then I made a card to use up all those little patterned paper scraps that were hanging about on my desk! It reminds me a bit of quilting, piecing all the small bits together to create a fancy background. It's fun! Not to mention a fabulous way to use up all those tiny pieces you hoard! Or is that just me? {tongue in cheek} The sentiment here is Kaisercraft and the little boy is by Stampendous I think.
Have you been stamping lately?
:) C

Bunting Cards

Hi y'all!
Time for some cards? Yes, I think so! {high five} It's been ages since I posted some cards, so here are some for your perusal...
Do you know what craze I love and hope never goes away? Bunting. It's awesome. Not just as party decorations, but for bedroom decor, jewellry, on clothes, stamps, crafting, book covers and fabric. I'd love to be surrounded by bunting all day long. That would make me feel like my life was a constant party. Or circus. Actually, come to think of it, that may not be such a great idea...
But here are some cards I made using my current top fave thing (apart from Hot Air Balloons, which I've been telling Mum for about 18 months will be the next big thing and she didn't believe me til today!). I made Bunting cards! Hooray for me keeping all those ridiculously small pieces of patterned paper, and hooray for actually using them up {party poppers going off- at my constant party!}

I made a baby card..
The boat is a Hero Arts stamp, sentiment by Stampin Up.

And a Birthday card. The sweet fox is from Stampin Up's Fox and Friends, which sadly retired at the end of August. Boo! Sentiment also by SU.

And another baby card. Look, I sewed across the coathangers so it looks like they're hanging off the sewn line! I'm a genious!
It was fun to get out the sewing machine and ran along these cards in red thread. I think they look so cute! I sewed the bunting on the background paper before I stuck it down on the base card, so the sewing doesn't show from the inside of the card, and you don't have any loose thread ends hanging around. Up here's for thinking! {tapping head in a thoughful way}.
I encourage you to use up all those little scraps of paper to make Bunting Cards. It's fun!
:) C

For the Boys

Hi y'all!
Happy Thursday! I'm working Thurs and Friday this week, which sux a little (even I hate working Fridays, though I only have a 2 day week!) but I'm covering for another Supervisor at work so at least it's not a regular thing.
Here are some cards I've made for Boys lately! I realised, while going through my card box, that I didn't have a great selection of Boy Cards, even though I seem to have a pretty good collection of boy stamps. So  I set about to rectify that!

What boy doesn't like a Dinosaur? Yeah, not many! I used a bit of black and white striped Baker's Twine on this card too, seeing as I have to stop myself using ribbon (for fear it might be a bit girly, I can't stop myself all the time though-see the monster card below). I think I might have been on a bit of an "orange-card-roll"...

I {heart} this little pirate from Lizzie Anne Designs. I won it in a comp on their blog many moons ago and he's been so much fun to stamp and colour in. I use my Stampin write markers from Stampin Up to colour him in, I love all their colours. The Ahoy Matey I got from LAD too. Oh, also hooray for using up lots of small paper scraps on these cards {giving self a pat on the back.} I'm always happy to use up my stash!

The sentiment and little pirate head on this second pirate card are both from The Cat's Pajamas. I got them online from their store about 400 years ago and I've used the pirate head, like, twice. Hooray for using it a third time! {music blaring & streamers falling from roof!} LOL!.

Monster Card for Jai's friend Piet from Playgroup's 1st Birthday. He had a Monster party which was quite cool. His Mum had gone to a bit of effort with the food and decorations (which I'm used to with our family, but it's nice to attend one that I didn't have any input for! LOL!), even though there was only 6 kids there (plus parents). My fave thing was a giant watermelon "monster" that was spewing fruit out it's jaggard-cut watermelon mouth. so cool! LOL! {giggles}
Hope you like the cards!
:) C

Run Rings around these Cards... Circus Rings!

Hi y'all!
For Jaimeson's First Birthday I am planning on throwing him an "Under The Big Top" Themed Party! We're big into themed parties in our family, as you may have worked out! I have a whole Pinterest board dedicated to his party, it's full of fun and awesome Circus ideas, I'm really looking forward to it! Though it is still over 2 months away! {giggles}. I do hope Jai enjoys it as much as I will! {belly laugh!}
I broke out my "Under the Big Top" stamp set from Stampin Up recently, and made a couple of cards to get me in the mood! This set has the sweetest little collection of Circus animals and people. I {heart} the Strong Man! He's got the awesomest moustache! There's my moustache love again. Who knew I'd like them? {shrugging shoulders at moustache love}.
I think Primary Colours probably go best with this set, and also red/white combo, though I haven't done any in that combo (yet) {whip cracking in the background}. I'm thinking I could use this set at Jaimeson's party to make the invitations, or to stamp on Lolly Bags to take home, or to make Cupcake Toppers. Not sure yet, but I'm sure he'll at least get a card made with them! It's definitely one of my favourite sets at the moment! And I reckon I might be able to belt out some more girly cards with them too, I might have to break out a softer colour palette though.
What have you been up to this week?
Only 4 sleeps til we go to NZ!!

Baby Card Stampage!

I've been on a Stampage! A Stamping Rampage, if you will {smirk} and I've been churning out baby cards like they're going out of style! It must be the inspiration from my gorgeous boy Jaimeson and the desire to use up more of my scrap stash so that I can keep up with my New Years Resolution! {High Five!} I think I've used up at least another 2% of my scraps in just a few days. LOL! It's such a numbers game for me, call me my Father's daughter!
Will's sisters are currently my best card clients, and Lil has been to so many baby showers lately that my baby card stash is quite diminished! There mustn't have been much on tv during the last quarter of last year! Hahahaha {belly laugh!} And I have been inspired to ink up lots of different stamps lately too, and break out some of my Stampin Up stamps that haven't seen ink yet! Like the sweet little stamps on the first 2 cards. I love the Sweet Pea (seeing as Jaimeson was called Peabody) and the Peanut is my second fave. So Cute! Actually, that's the name of this set too... ironic! I love the big pink flowers on this second card too, I got them at the Quilt show a week ago, hooray for breaking open the packet already {patting self on back}.
I think the 2 little Elephants on Stampin Up's "Baby Steps" stamp are just gorgeous! I saw a card on splitcoast where someone had stamped a second tiny elephant behind the Mummy elephant by inking up just the baby with a marker, and they had made a "Twins" card, oh so sweet! So you can see I had the pink swirly embossed card out on my desk, cos I've used it on all the girl cards! LOL! And I went about making duplicate cards again too, but this time I used different stamps or embellishments to make them look a tiny bit different, even if the LO was the same.
Fox and Friends is definitely one of my fave sets for children, I have to admit to being a bit disappointed with the baby sets that are in the current SU catalogue. I really have to stretch my imagination to keep coming up with cute cards using the limited sets! Hopefully in the new catty which is out Sep 1, there will be more to choose from!
And I am currently still working on boy cards, but here are a couple I did yesterday! I had to use a Kaisercraft mini stamp set for this one {wink!} I do love that plane though, its so cute for boys! And the "Little Man" sentiment which I love is from the same set, and sometimes I call Jaimeson that too, so it's even more special to me :) I did a red plane card too, and the sentiment on this one is from a Kaisercraft set also. I found the "So cute" ribbon in my stash, I had totally forgotten about it! I think maybe I should do a NY resolution for ribbons next year! Hahaha! But I LOVE ribbon! Nah, I think I'll just stick with papers, its hard enough to reach that resolution!
And one more boy card, also using Fox and Friends. The whale is soooo cute (ok, obviously today I think everything is soooo cute!) But he really is cute cos he has a tiny heart coming out of his water spout! The whale makes a good boy card I think, and there's my fave sentiment again! The zig zag edge is doing using a Martha Steward punch. I love punches, especially edgers and label shapes, they add a little extra "zing" to my cards!
And for Monday, here is your pic of Jaimeson! I LOVE it when he purses his lips and makes a tiny tiny "O"! This isn't even the smallest O he can make, sometimes its just so tiny that it make me laugh out loud! Its especially amazing seeing as he has a wide smile. How do you go from wide smile to tiny O?! Love it!
:) C

Make a Monster!!

Hello y'all!
Well I had a very productive weekend while Will was out fishing and at work. Mr Mojo popped in and hopefully he will stay a while! I've done 1.5 scrap pages and I made 7 cards! WOW {high fiving all around the neighbourhood!} I started off with the idea of making some boy cards so I mounted one of my brand new sets I got from the new 2010-2011 Stampin Up catalogue called "Make a Monster". I paired it with some SU papers from the retired packet called "Jersey Shore" which was one of the packets I found when we were moving and realised I had to include it in my New Year's Resolution count! D'oh! But then I immediately thought of it when I was inspired to make cards and thought it would pair really well with "Make a Monster" and I think the cards turned out pretty good! I used Pumpkin Pie and Wild Wasabi cards and ink and Pacific Point ink as well. The lined stamp is another one from the current SU catalogue, it makes fun backgrounds when I'm not sure what else to use. On the second card I used one stamp from Circle Circus (the rounded honeycomb kinda stamp) which co-ordinates well and the Birthday Wishes sentiment is by Hero Arts. I really like the green big spot paper on the 3rd card which is also part of the Jersey Shore packet. I know the colours are EXTREMEMLY primary and not everyone's cup of tea, but they are for boys and boys like the simpler things {wink!} And I had fun making them and that's all that matters right?!
I hope Mr Mojo hangs around a bit longer and keeps me inspired {excitedly fluffing pillows and smoothing doona's in the hope that he likes what he sees and stays around}.
:) C

Boy oh Boy.. cards.

Hi Y'all!
You'll be please to hear I am doing much better in the sickness department, though I still can't hear properly out of one ear, but that's a vast improvement on earlier in the week so hooray {throwing hands up in the air, like I just don't care}!
Here are some of the many many cards I was able to churn out in the week I was at home, this time it's a couple for the boys... Look! I'm trying to use up some of my massive collection of 3D stickers! Hooray! {cheering}. I like these ABC stickers & have been waiting for a fun card to put them on. Isn't this PP just the sweetest, look at those cute little animals! And the little buttons are 3D stickers too :)
This cute little giraffe is from Stampin Up's Fox & Friends set, oh I love this set! Now only if they had some fantastic baby phrases to go with it. The sentiment here is from the retired SU set "Riveting". I used my nestabilities dies to cut the scallop rectangle BG card piece and the Fiskars threading water punch for the brown scalloped strip. Love my punches! I like the colour combo in this card too, the suede colour with the light blue and white is so chic for boy cards!
This little fox is also from Fox & Friends (aptly named), oh I think he is my fave from the set. Even more so than the owl, which is also spectacularly cute. And the giraffe... also cute. Oh you get the picture, they're all cute! I had these 3 tiny strips of PP left on my desk and threw them together and liked what I saw! So I found a background PP that tied them all together and voila! This card was made :) I've had that blue printed twill tape for yonks! and I only use a tiny piece at a time and I've got about a meter, so I've got enough twill sentiments for another 50 cards or so! LOL! Or so it feels like :) I inked up the edges of the nestabilities rectangle on this one with blue brilliance ink, for a little extra shine. I like it! And a little bit of Kindyglitz didn't hurt either {wink!}
I made this last card for something a little more traditional, it turned out to be Mum's favourite I think (they dropped by for coffee & homemade melting moments yesterday! Oh and for a chat- it's amazing how much information we manage to get out in a couple of hours!) I used this sweet little train from KI Memories and some boyish paper pieces I had in my scrap stash. I punched the green "It's a boy!" shape with my new EK Success label punch (you know, the one I sleep with under my pillow cos I love it so much). The green punched piece does remind me of those old cash registers with the pop-up price buttons. Ok, bad description, but there is a picture of it in my head so at least I know what I'm talking about (I think!) LOL! Oh look, I googled and found this: does it not remind you of old cash registers? LOL.
Have a great Thursday! Yay, eating out night at work... hmmm... sushi or subway?
:) C

More Circle Circus Cards..

Here are the other sample cards I made with Circle Circus (new fave set!) I cased these ones off Splitcoast stampers too, don't be mad at me. Sometimes other people have awesome cards you can steal the design of, ahem {cough}, I mean borrow the design off {wink!} This first card was the one I demo'd at Nat's party, though for a change we didn't go for technique, but I let the ladies go nuts with choosing their own colours. We had some great combos and designs! Don't stress over your ink pads though, in a room full of new stampers and enthusiastic colourers, you will end up with some old olive ink in your pretty in pink ink pad. It's bound to happen. And it did. Did I mention before that I love the versatility of this set? How awesome is this baby card? Especially in these colours if you're not sure the sex of the little one. I LOVE this card. I can't remember who I cased it off on Splitcoast, but they are a champion. THE champion of the Circle Circus community I reckon! {heart!} Its stamped in Close to Cocoa, So Saffron and Apricol Appeal. Just gorgeous. And the 3rd card happened to come from my own head after all. What a miracle, with all the wedding stuff that's jammed in there, I actually managed to make a card from my own ideas! Oh my gosh {gasp!} LOL! I like this Taken with Teal, Summer Sun and Chocolate Chip combo. It's cool!

Got my Wedding Hair and Makeup trial tomorrow, and Alicia and I are shopping for Bridesmaid's jewellry!! Should be fun!

:) C

Card Makin' Fun!

Felicity and I had a card making day last week (or was it the week before? 2010 is a blurr already!) which was so much fun! Now that she's super busy with a toddler and a new baby it's hard to find a spare minute, so I was so happy when she wanted to use that spare minute to make cards! I love this Choo Choo set from SU but I really haven't used it that much! I'm gonna make more of an effort cos it really is so cute! I thought it went well with the brown grossgrain cos the black stitching looks like tracks! Cool!!

I also love the boy stamps from my Hero Arts acrylic set. I hadn't used the Little Prince wording before but thought it looked pretty cute paired with the sweet lion (no menace on that face!) and the crown stamps. I have a really hard time stopping myself from using Bling on boy cards, I solved this prob by buying orange bling. Thats boyish right?! {sniggers} I think it looks cool!

And then I made this third card. Totally not normal colours for me (are these normal colours for anyone?!) But as I started making it and it came together I realise I don't make (or send) enough encouragement cards. Sometimes people need to know they're doing a great job (at a new sport, or instrument or baking!), or there is a whole world ahead of them (like starting High School- that's you Jami!, or a new job) and not just get a card from you on their birthday or Christmas. I wish I sent more cards. Maybe I should work on that this year. I sent one to Mum on Monday for encouragement for our Bridesmaid's dresses cos it's the world's trickiest pattern with the world's lamest instructions. I'm sure she liked getting it in the mail, I love getting mail. Right... I WILL try to send more cards this year, 2010 the year of the card sending!

:) C

3D sticker mayhem..

Last week I went totally nuts trying to use up some of my massive stash of 3D stickers. I grabbed all the boy papers out of my stash, grabbed the boy 3D stickers from my massive box and set to work (with Midsomer Murders on Tivo- love that show! Dt. Barnaby is so dry..) So these are the ones I came up with....

Yesterday I was shopping in the Reject Shop and they had heaps of 3D stickers, which normally I would have jumped at and grabbed til my arms were overflowing, but I am sooooo trying to get into using up my stash so I had to stop myself. Proud? I was :) I much prefer the fun of stamping and it'll be good to use up what I've got! I was totally in the groove this night and ended up making 6 cards! I love when I've got something good on the TV and the ideas are flowing and everything just comes together so easily. It happens now and then for me, and I just love being able to create a whole bunch of things at once! It was like I had created my own card kits cos I had gotten out paper, card, ribbon, rub ons and stickers that all co-ordinated together and it all just came together! I am proud to say that I used up 2 full sheets and now the lid actually clips down properly on the 3D sticker storage box!! Lol! These chipboard 3D stickers took up quite a bit of room! In fact now I'm blogging about them it has made me a bit inspired to go and do the same thing for girl cards! I think I might!! So what have I got on Tivo to watch now... Inspector Poirot? He's so up himself.... Hmm.... Law & Order UK? Yeah, I think the young policeman is hot too, you're quite right. NCIS? oh I have Ocean's 13, how can you pass up on Brad Pitt?!

:) C

Boy Oh Boy.. cardmaking late then early again?

So I was up late last night making cards, come to think of it actually, it wasn't late for me.. normally I sleep at midnight but I finished card making then promptly fell asleep on the lounge watching the Tour de France at 10:30pm. Hence, I woke up this morning at 7:22am (almost an hour before I normally wake up on a weekday!) and so just went straight back to my desk and back to my cardmaking! Did you know Rage rewards the early waker? Usually by the time I wake up on a Saturday it's that weird time between when Rage has started playing the weird "I'm sure they don't even play this on Triple J" music and before Video Hits begins, so I'm stuck watching crap for my breakfast. But early, before most people even open their eyes on a Saturday morning (i.e. 7:22am), Rage plays all the good clips. Hurrah for ABC!! I enjoyed my morning sing-a-long while cardmaking!

So here's some pics of what I got up to: for these preppy baby boy cards I broke out some of the unused stamps from the Hero Arts Precious Baby clear set that Felicity got me for my birthday. I love all the stamps on this set but for some reason have been using the same stamps (namely the elephant and the cloud) over and over, so I decided it was time to break out some of the others!! Did you know the secret to stopping the ink beading on brand new acrylic stamps is to rub an eraser (the plain old soft school kind) over the image, then clean it well on your stampin scrub (if you've got one) and then start stampin away baby! I tells ya, works a charm! I do that for all my acrylic stamps! Take that as my "Tip for the Year". I'd say "Tip for the day" but seeing as I haven't given out any other tips this year, that is probably going to be it for the whole of 2009. Cherish it. It's 7 months worth of thought right there.

Anywho, do you like the cards? I have kept one cos I loved it so much, just in case Felicity has a baby boy in Nov (this is not a random thought, she is actually pregnant and due in Nov, so don't think I'm crazy- it's not "in case she has a baby" but rather "in case she has a baby boy". Lol!) I wanted to use a colour scheme other than my normal baby blue and green, I love the boldness of the red and blue together. And the red gingham ribbon is one of my faves!

Will and I are going to Nick's Diner at Macquarie Centre for dinner tonight and then to the movies afterwards. We're gonna see either Bruno or Harry Potter- yeah, a bit different to each other! We'll see what time dinner finishes. I had to book Nick's cos we've tried to go there for dinner before and they couldn't fit us (and the restuarant is pretty massive) so this time when I called the girl had to go away and "see if we have any room for you"! We are only 2 people! Wow!! It's cos there's only like 2 other places to eat up there. It's seriously lacking in good restaurants- what I wouldn't give for a Hogs Breath less than 20 mins away!!

Well, I hope you're having a fantastic Saturday!!

:) C

Weekend Wonders

Hi Y'all!

Wow, I chocked up my weekend so full of stuff it's hard to know where to start! I finished a page (to be posted later this week.. ooooh suspense!) on Saturday as well as making 3 cards at Felicity's house. Yes, I had to take everything I own and yes, I did end up only making 3... ssshhh {pressing fingers to lips} it was a good effort!

The first card I actually made 2 of (you know, make one, make 2)... isn't it just so cute! Felicity wanted a card for a friend who just had a baby boy and like me, the friend loves Woodland animals! So this was a super easy card for me to make, cos you know I love owls and the woodgrain is so sweet! The brown spotty paper is Stampin Up Close to Cocoa designer series paper, I love it and the ribbon I got at the Scrappin shop in Yamba back in Oct! I don't know what I would do without this October Afternoon owl set, I use it all the time!

And then I had to beef up the baby cards in my box so I used my new Hero Arts sets I got for my birthday. I love the clouds and the boat is from the baby boy set. This is the first time I have used buttons in fully ages! Buttons were the first craft thing I started collecting and hoarding all those years ago. Mostly I got them from the Op Shop at home but I have bought them on and off from real stores too {lol!}. It was so nice to get some out and embellish this card, I love them!
And then, just quickly I made this card this morning for a friend's birthday tonight. We're off to Pancakes on the Rocks... YUM!! Anyway, as soon as Will asked me for a card I pictured the Monkeys! Ric is so much like that monkey peeking around the corner of the tree at the bottom- he always comes across Will and I sneaking a kiss at work or smooching or snuggling in the locker area and is like "Ew!! Do you have to!" So when I put this card all together I was laughing so much. I hope he appreciated it!
Better run to dinner now!
:) C

New Rubber see's Ink!

Yay, finally had time tonight to ink up the new Hero Arts stamps I got for my birthday {hugs Fliss!} Well that was after I made Lemon Cream Cheese Cupcakes and a Banana and Walnut loaf. Somehow when I step into the kitchen I move into some time warp where I create extra baking time outside the normal realm of the clock... I will try to pass on my skills if you're interested!! If I sit down at my desk the time flies past, but in the kitchen I can bake for hours and hardly any time has passed! How does this happen?!

Anyway... this first card is using the Sky's the Limit and Precious Baby set.. sorry for the poor quality pics but it is 11:30pm and the sun aint out anymore!! So I love both these sets. This was the exact card I had in my mind when I chose this set so I'm so happy to see it come to life! The cloud designs are just adorable for baby cards! {Heart!} Love them.

And of course I loved the card so much I made another one, just in a different colour scheme :) You know I love to do that!! I think this card would be great for a baby shower, which is quite a co-incidence seeing as I have a baby shower to go to on Sunday! Genious.

And then I used the Precious Baby set again to make this cutie little card! I love elephants (not quite as much as I love Owls, but they're up there. Maybe if there was an Owl sitting on an Elephant's back I would be in Utopia) and this little guy is squirting out such an adorable little water splash which I coloured with my Spica Atyou glitter pen. Awesome IRL!! I love the gingham elephant body.. Hero Arts gets 5 stars from me with this set!! It's so cool to have new baby stamps seeing as baby cards are the ones I sell the most of and I'm kinda sick of my old supplies!

Another busy week ahead at work for me means this might be the last chance I have to create til Saturday {sigh!} I'm happy with what I did tonight though!

:) C