A Card for Miss Melanie

You know something....you all could be having as much fun as I am over at A-Muse-A-Palozza. There is still time to register and have fun with all the great challenges. Oh did I forget to mention all the fantastic prizes that they are giving away?!?! Lots and lots of A Muse stamps and products! Now what are you all waiting for....go register. And don't forget to mention that I (Nancy Lucas) sent you! Enjoy!


First I'd like to thank you all for the congrats on my new granddaughter Melanie. *smile* She is absolutely adorable. And yes I am definitely the proud grandmother of three beautiful grandchildren now! *smile* That's the frosting on the cake of life.

I finished up this card to send to my son and his wife to congratulate them on the birth of their daughter. This is a total CASE of StickUps card over at SCS. Isn't this just the cutest baby card ever?!?! When I saw it I knew I would be making one eventually. I love how this card came together! I did not have the SU! set By Ones and By Twos. The ducks and the onsie are a RAK (random act of kindness) from a sweet lady at SCS (Thank You!!!). These are colored with PrismaPencils and blended with gamsol. Yellow/White paper are PTI. Pink is SU! Ribbon is from one of the many ribbon shares I joined. And the little circle w/heart I picked up in the dollar spot at Target. Love how this card resembles a decorated baby wall!

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Lil' Miss Melanie

I'd like to introduce to you all my newest grandchild...Melanie. She was born Wednesday June 11th at 3:33pm mst. 8 pounds 13oz and 21.5 inches long. She's a good size. She's beautiful....but then I am very partial. *smile*

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Baby Boy Card

My niece had a baby boy the other week a bit early. Mom and baby are doing well and baby Stone should be home from the hospital soon.
Here's a card I made to congratulate the new parents. I love the new SU! set Scallops...which I stamped in Bashful Blue. Backed in Bazzill CS that has been punched with the SU! scallop punch. The base of this card is Bazzill CS. Have I mentioned that I think SU! should add the hostess 6x6 pad of paper to their regular line...no? Well they should! I love having matching patterned paper in small packs. The polka dotted ribbon is from a ribbon share...I own a ton of ribbon. *grin* The scallop circle is pop dotted in the center for dimension. I am very pleased with how this baby card turned out and hope my niece agrees.

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I Feel Like Jepeto

I was beginning to feel like Jepeto from the Disney movie making these baby shower shoes. *grin*
But I finished all 30 shoe favors with time to spare. Sorry this picture is a bit dark...I have a terrible time getting a good picture. I loved how these turned out and so did everyone at the baby shower.I ordered the pattern from Creative Cuts and More. I started out using the redline sticky tape that was recommended but switched to Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive when the shoe started to come undone. I purchased this adhesive at my local "Mikes" with a coupon. This stuff works wonderfully!

Guess what?!?!? My Amuse/Elzybells order will be delivered today!!!! Yeah...I'm so excited to play with some new stamps.

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Another Baby Onsie Card

Lots of babies being born in my family lately. This pink baby onsie card is for my DDIL's shower. I found this template on Lauren Meader .
I'm definitely not a ten minute card maker! LOL All cardstock is Bazzill except for a few scraps from the SU! hostess paper pack. Added a few eyelet for the snaps. The stamp is from a new SU! set and at the moment I honestly can't remember the name. *shame on me...I know*

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Baby Shower Onsie Card

I needed to make a baby shower card for my niece who is expecting her first child...a boy. I found this baby onsie template over at SCS. You will need to scroll down to post #15 for instruction on how to print so it will fit onto your cardstock. This really is quite simple.
You know, even my DH was impressed with how this onsie card turned out and he rarely gives a hoot. *grin* I believe all the cardstock is Bazzill. I inked up my SU! Linen background stamp with a dark blue chalk ink. Layed the onsie on top and rolled my brayer over this to get good ink coverage. Then I used the edge of the chalk ink on the edges of the onsie. Gives it a bit of dimension. I found a pack of baby chipboard pieces in the $1 bin at target this past weekend. Backed the chipboard baby dimensional in a darker blue square scallop. Added three eyelets for the bottom snaps of a onsie. This came out really cute and wasn't difficult to complete at all. If you have a baby shower coming up...you have to try making a onsie card.

I'll be leaving tomorrow for a long weekend in Baltimore...family wedding.

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Baby Shower Candy Dishes

I made three of these baby shower candy dishes for my DDIL's upcoming baby shower. Would you believe I have never made a "cootie catcher" or a fortune teller before?!?! LOL These are very easy to make.
Click Here for the directions. For this project I used SU's 12x12 BerryBliss DSP...this paper worked well for this project because it's double sided. After I did all the folds it took me a bit to figure how to open the dish so it would actually look like a candy dish. *grin* The teddy bear stamp I used is from an old retired SU! set Soft and Sweet (Thanks Danyelle!) The little giraffe is from SU! Welcome, Little One. The hand print stamp is Hero Arts. The smaller punches are SU!...3/8th" and the small scallop. The large teddy bear is stamped in Close to Cocoa and punched with Marvy circle punch and backed with their scallop punch.The scallop edges have been dotted with SU!'s white gel pen.There are actually two teddy bear circles...attatched to the ribbon wrapped stick with SU! pop dots. So it's double sided.
These paper dishes will be filled with Dove chocolate eggs and JellyBelly jelly beans. Yum-O!

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Baby Shower Favors

My son and his wife are expecting their first child the beginning of June. *grin* There will be a baby shower on April 19th and I was asked if I would make the baby shower favors. I am thrilled to be asked to do this for my DDIL and little "Melanie" They are expecting a girl.
I ordered these baby shoe templates from creativecutsandmore and they arrived yesterday (Saturday).
So of course I've started working on them like a good grammy should. *grin*
Here's the deal...I'm not sure if these shoes look "cute" enough and I need your suggestions.
I'm doing 15 pink and 15 light purple. The pink shoe is stamped with SU! Mauve Mist and the light purple with SU! Eggplant Envy. The flowers on the eggplant envy have been stamped off once. I'm using SU! Welcome Little One set which is retired. I added pink and lavender ribbon along the sole edge and added pink/lavender flower brads for the button. I plan on adding pink crinkled filler then adding a small cello bag of pink M&M's tie in coordinating ribbon. Should I stamp the flower on the strap or leave it plain? Do you think this will be enough or should I add something more in the way of bling/decoration to the baby shoe? I'm sooo confused! LOL Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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