Card Making

Hayley's New Home

on September 5, 2010

Hi ya,

A HuGe BiG Thank you to everyone who has been sending us their congratulations on our big news. We are so excited to be joining the ‘Mummy & Daddy Club’. The last few weeks have been rough, but I am thankful that I am now beginning to feel much better, and my diet has expanded from mashed potato and soup! I know I’m Irish, but mashed spuds and soup were starting to get a little tiresome!

And guess what else – I even got to play in my craft room this weekend! That is a sure sign that I am getting back on track! Yippppeeeeee!!

Here’s a sneaky peeky of a layout that i’m going to be sharing with you real soon…

But for today – a card to share. This has been in my box of cards for about three weeks now and for some reason it always manages to escape the photo shoots! I confessed to Hayley and Glenn that they definitely are getting a card, so the pressure is on to get it in the post to them! Ha ha! They must be in their new home about 2-3 months now – whooops!

This was my first play with my new Spellbinders scallop border die. I actually accidently bought the bigger one when I fully intended to buy the small one, but never mind. Of course I realised my mistake before opening the package, but I simply just cant hold something crafty and not play with it. I figured I would eventually buy this one too so I’d just keep it. heehee! Because i’ve been so sick, Craig is spoiling me rotten, so he was just glad that I was able to do a little crafting, even though this card to days to make because of the nausea.

The beautiful background paper is from the Quite Contrary line by My Minds Eye! I simply love this paper pad – so summery and bright, and definitely very girly, perfect for cousin Hayley. The greeny blue paper is also from MME, but is from the Bloom and Grow paper pack, which is getting rather thin im sad to say – but I guess thats a sign of a good purchase! I’m sure theres a few paper packs on my shelf that haven’t ever been opened! EEk!

The ‘New Home’ greeting I actually printed out on the computer – although I was so sure I had a New Home stamp in my stash – but I couldn’t find it, so i’ll just need to keep my eyes open incase I see a good one for sale. If you know of any, please let me know.

Oh, and the stamp is Unity Stamp Co…of course!

Thanks again for popping in.

Have a great day.

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MYM – Wish I was there

on August 30, 2010

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I don’t know how many times I tried to take a picture of this card today, but it just didn’t want to turn out right! GGrrrrrrr!!

I wanted a simple, cute card for this week’s Miss You Monday, and I was inspired by this cute animal stamp from last month’s Unity Stamps Kit of the Month. Isn’t it adorable!! First I printed the greeting onto the front of a piece of A5 card, then stamped the image and once I had masked the elements, using white embossing powder, I embossed dots onto the glossy white cardstock using my fav Hero Arts Raindrops stamp. But because the card is glossy and the embossing is glossy, my photos were pants! I know that the main problem is that I was trying to take photos at night, rather than with natural day light. I hope you can see it a little to get the picture!

But never mind the card, I have bigger, better news to share!

For those of you who have been following my Miss You Monday posts will know that these cards are all for my friend Sarah. Well, Sarah has been suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum all through her pregnancy and as if that isn’t bad enough, she is now suffering really badly from Obstetric Coliostasis, and her liver is starting to shut down. This means that there is too much risk of still birth to continue with the pregnancy, so tonight, at midnight PST, Sarah is getting induced!!! What wonderful news, because this means that we will soon have a little baby girl joining the Hardin family!! I cannot wait to see the photos and hear the good news of her arrival.

So, watch this space!

Until then, I’ll try to take better photos for y’all.

xox

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Joshua

on August 23, 2010

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It’s the 23rd today, and that means that it is the birthday of a very special wee man, our nephew Joshua. I can’t believe you are 4 today?! My, my, how time flies. This means that theres no Miss You Monday card this week – but maybe i’ll surprise you mid-week! ;0)

I hope you have a wonderful birthday and that your day is full of fun and cake. With big hugs and kisses from Auntie Lesley and Uncle Craig, and of course Miya the cat.

xoxoxoxoxox

And, as for all you crafty-kids out there, check out this card I made for Josh – made with lil’ man papers from cosmo cricket, woodware dog’s life clear stamp set, twinkling H2Os, glossy accents, my sewing machine, some K&Co stickers, and a whole lotta love.