LIM #438 Baby

Hi there crafty friends, hope you are enjoying your weekend so far ?
I have another card for the 'Less is More'  challenge to share with you today. Their theme is 'baby' this time, I do love a nice baby card I must admit...in fact I also love a nice baby too lol ;)
I searched through my vast set of files in the depths of my computer lol....oh my why do I keep so much 'stuff' ! I found all my best saved baby images I like to use for baby cards. This one jumped out at me as the one to pick ;)
It is very old, it's called Moon Baby, not sure where I bought it now but it is a digi one. I decoupaged the baby and the bow part and coloured with Flexmarkers. The edge dies were Spellbinders Grand ones and I used some distress ink along the edge of the scalloped one. The yellow behind the moon is digital btw.
I used shades of lemon, pink and blue so it could be used for a boy or a girl. A few clear sequins and my card was finished. Hope I left enough white space for  LIM, I tried doing the image smaller but it looked just too little on the card.
Enjoy your week whatever you are up to ;)

Pastel cards and a church

Good afternoon friends, I hope all is well with you. Blue skies and sun here today, a lovely Spring day!     I am here to show you my latest cards for this  week's 'Less is More' challenge which is a Colour  one and they want us to use 3 pastel colours.     My mojo seems to have gone walkabout alas! I tried several times to make a card and it just wasn't  working. I made the bunny card first, not happy  with it still.      I removed one of it's eyes as it just looked so odd ....it was below the first one! It was quite painless though and the bunny didn't suffer at all ;)

Then I made a baby one, sooo love this image too. Not happy with this one either lol. I may be back with another soon if I can find my mojo. Let me know if you spot it anywhere please!

Also I am posting pics of my OH's latest model, a church this time...my request ;) It has taken him a long time to make so I don't think he will want me suggesting more ideas for a while he he. 

He managed to head butt our metal chimney  yesterday too (don't ask) so he has a large cut on  his head. He never tells me at the time (doesn't  want to worry me) so I  was surprised to see the  state of him.      Not that bad though so no stitches this time ....(thinks of falling off the ladder incident  recently and his badly cut leg!!!).

Anyway I hope you like the church , I helped  with the windows and the 4 clock faces ;)

Two smaller model cottages to come next btw. Enough of me rambling again, come and have a  look at my pics. Enjoy your weekend too whatever you have planned. We are having our two young grandchildren to stay next week....wish us luck ;)

White Linen card Water colour card Lili of the Valley rubber stamp Die-namics Wonky stitched edge die Clear Embossing ink and powder TH Distress inks  

 

White Linen card Water colour card Lili of the Valley rubber stamp WPlus9 Scalloped Edge die  Versafine Vintage Sepia ink H Distress inks Glamour dust

Model church

Sorry for the shadows in the photo!     It 26" high x 20" wide.

Back

Side   I just adore the tiles, all hand cut and painted each one.  So realistic, I kept looking at them in a big bowl as he made them ;)

Twinkle twinkle card

Hi friends, it's Saturday again so time to  show you another 'Less is More' card.  This week the theme is......      

"This makes me happy!

 It could be a colour, a technique, a design, a

 subject that pleases you... whatever! 

However, we would like you to TELL US

 what the thing is that pleases you!"

 What a lovely challenge ! Well I think most

 of you know already about my love of PINK

lol.

My main loves are of course my family,esp.

my gorgeous grandchildren. My other loves

are crafting, making cards, jewellery, 

photography, walking, music etc. etc.

But pink and babies do feature quite often

with me. As my lovely DIL's will tell you

lol.

 I always pinch the babies for a kiss & cuddle

as soon as they arrive at our house. Often

before they have even got out of the car.

My DIL's find this sooo amusing!!!!

So my card features pink and is a  baby 

card. The sentiment is exactly how I

 feel about all my 'little stars' .....

or grandbabies ;)

See side pics to see just how adoreable 

they are! ....ahem well yes I am a

tad biased !

Anyway here is my card, come and have

 a closer peek.

Btw. I am experimenting using the

'manual' option now with my new fancy 

camera. So  pics may vary...but I hope to

 improve as I go.

ps. A big welcome to my latest follower too.

Thank you for choosing me and welcome

 aboard.

Have a lovely week everyone whatever

you have planned. We will be celebrating

Alexander's 3rd birthday on Monday ;)

Easier to see the die cut here!

White Linen card
Cuttlebug E/F
Clearly Besotted Die Bracket Edges
My Favourite Things stamp Beautiful Baby ( sentiment)
TH Distress ink Picked Raspberry
Star gem from stash
3d pads

Giraffe baby card

Hi sweet friends, I hope you are all well and  keeping warm in this cold weather we are  having. Well it's cold here anyway brrrr !!!! 0c here just now.        We have just a sprinkling of snow today so far. At least we made it yesterday to look after our grandson for a while to help out.         This week over at 'LIM' towers it's a Lucky Dip and the chosen theme is         Little Ones


Of course what cards did I last post here... ........baby cards of course.....so typical ! I made a similar card but used a different  image this time.          It was also another very small  square  card  (4"x4"). So that goes  with this week's theme too I think ;)          I still have babies on my mind, see  previous post lol. We found out we are  expecting another granddaughter .          Of  course I am beyond excited  AGAIN !! Thanks for all the good wishes  too,  you are all so lovely even though I  haven't met any of you irl. & many of you also live in another country.         Card  making/blogging certainly makes it a  very small world. I do appreciate and  treasure your friendship ;)         Anyway come and have a closer look  at my card. I hope you have a lovely weekend whatever you have planned ;)        

     White Linen card Hobbycraft Giraffe stamp Momento Tuxedo black ink Gingham card ( had it for ages, found in stash) Image coloured with Flexmakers MFT sentiment (beautiful baby) Gems from stash  

Few cards today

Hi friends, here are a few cards I made a while ago and then forgot to post  here.       Also one or two digi ones made for friends and  family. I have a few more to show you but will  save those for later in the week.

ps. I am sooo excited as we find out on Wednesday what sex our new grandbaby will be ;)

Anyway here are my cards, come and have  a closer look......

Made for my dear niece who lost her husband recently.

Clipartfairy digi download, girl version (Front)

  

(Back)

Another Clipartfairy download, boy version.

(Back)

For our Son and DIL

For a neighbour

For a good friend

Card and gift for a friend ( I made the necklace too)

With box

New baby card

Hi friends, just popping in to show you my  latest 'Less is More' card. I managed to get it made in between babysitting sessions.       It's 'One layer' card week again and the theme  is ........     'New Beginnings'  
Been so busy as we had to babysit twice last week and then we had the other grandbabies  over today too.        We are having one of our grandsons to stay over for the first time next week by himself as it's his parents Anniversary.        I predict lots of cuddling then, he loves me  reading books to him also.......and pretend  'shopping'.........mostly  for Advocado's lol.  I  am the shop keeper and  he pays me with  lego bricks lol.          Right sorry waffling too much as usual, here is  my card.The light wasn't great so please forgive  my  photo!      Come and have a closer look.....        

      White Linen card Paper Smooches stamp TH Distress ink Momento Tuxedo Black ink Promarkers Doodlebug sprinkles    

A Little Lovin' card and a freebie!

    Hi everyone, I hope you are all well and almost ready for the big day! I think I am just about, house  decorated  to within an inch of it's life lol.     All Xmas cards  posted , pressie's wrapped now,  fridge heaving with food/drink etc..........and relax! I am posting my usual 'LIM' card today, the theme this time is........     'Family'     LIM's  DT member Jen is leaving us too, sob sob, she will be sorely missed by all of us I am sure! I just adored Jen's beautiful cards. I wish her  a Happy Christmas and good luck  in her new job.       As everyone who saw my previous post will know, we are going to be grandparents once more ;) Yipee! ...so excited by that I could jump up and  down !       So my card just had to be another baby card again. I just adored this sweet image as soon as I saw it. I think it will get used a lot ! I hope you all have a lovely time whatever your plans  are for Christmas and  the New Year.        Also a big thank you for all the amazing comments  you have left for me over the past year, all most  appreciated.     As a little thank you I have made a few calendars  to share with you all. I hope I have got the size right.       I did a test print and they printed out fine for me. I will post the first one today and a few others  during the coming week. Enjoy your Christmas ;) xx        

   

    White Linen card Die-namics stitched die Paper smooches stamp (Image and sentiment) Flexmarkers Momento London Fog ink TH distress ink (edges) Dovecraft chalks Liquid pearls Promarker 3d pads    

Freebie calendar

 

 

ps. Usual terms apply to my freebies, free to use on any

    projects but please don't claim them as your own

  and direct people back here to download them,

thank you :) 

Left click to make them larger then  right click and

 'save image as' .      

Baby card...... and some good news!

Hi friends, I am so excited today to be able to share a bit of good news for a change. We are very happy to announce that we are expecting another grandbaby again!       A lovely brother/sister for Alexander ;) It will be our 4th and last I think so very special as  you  can imagine. A few early problems and lots of scans but the latest scan and blood tests say all  is well.     It's 3 months now too so I can spread the word. We have known from almost the first month so it's  been so hard to keep quiet. It will be nice to have a  Summer baby this time also, the last three all arrived  in Winter.        Anyway here is the congratulations card I made  yesterday, just before I received news from our son  that all the tests were good.I can send it now ;)     No blue or pink of course as we don't know the  sex as yet.  So I went for lilac ;)      Come and have a closer look........      

    White Linen card Lawn Fawn Stitched dies Die-namics Beautiful Baby die (elephant) My Favourite things Beautiful Baby stamp (elephant) Sentiment (same set as above) Versa Color ink Heliotrope Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Lilac gem from stash       

Baby boy card

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all having a great  weekend. Today I have a quick baby card to show you, I made it for my DIL's sister who just had a baby boy  yesterday.I always like to make an A5 card if it's a special one to be personalized etc.  Also I have my new pen storage to  show you .I saw it while  blog hopping .......ahem, do you find stuff like that too, it costs me  a fortune I know ! It's from Crafters Companion  btw., they had  a sale on and  they just  jumped in my basket....as things do he he. I am sooo happy to  have it now, I will add more as I get them  also. You can see  my old system  which was cut in  half lemonade  bottles lol......well it worked for me ! Right enough waffling....come and have a peek at my card.......

Before pic one

Before pic two

 New system
Card Recipe Linen  card white Image   Dearie Dolls freebie image Nesty   Labels 20 Ink TH Distress ink Salty Ocean ( on edge of nesty) Glamour dust Quickie glue pen 3d pads Promarkers and Copics Computerized sentiment

Baby card for grandson.

Here is my card for our latest grandson Alexander.
I made it a while ago but have just added birth details
 etc. now. It's a BOBEA digi image, such a cute one
I think too. I decoupaged the image and coloured it
 with Copics & Promarkers. I added glamour dust
also.I then cuttled a strip of blue card and added
the computerized wording.
Alexander is still in intensive care, may be there a while
longer too, more problems. His mother had low blood
 pressure also so she hasn't been that brilliant either,
 she couldn't see him until yesterday poor girl. But
 things are now improving hour by hour so fingers
 crossed all will be well soon.Having our first visit today,
 can't wait to see them both now, although it may be
 through glass for the baby yet. Thankyou for all your
 good wishes too,.....you are all so lovely :) Viv xx

Welcome baby Alexander !

Well he's arrived at long last ...  8 days late!
He was born at about 10.45 am today ( not sure
about details yet) and weighing 8 lbs (?).
We had a bit of a scare too as his mum had a fever
& his heartbeat went up rapidly so he had
to be delivered by cesarean section quickly.
Longest two hours wait of our lives in hospital
 this morning! Anyway mum ok now and baby is
 ok we think,..... bit of breathing problems so he
 is in intensive care unit atm. So not seen mum
 or baby yet, can't wait now ! here is a quick pic
my son took just after he was born...he looks the
image of his mum too :) More soon .Viv xx