Baby, Baby, Baby

Have I got you all humming Justin Bieber songs now?  For some reason 'Baby' keeps playing in my head...Yes, I have a pre-teen daughter, why do you ask? Sorry for the ear worm, but it's a catchy song and now it's stuck in your head too.  Just be glad I didn't put it on an instant music player on my blog to annoy you :) You're welcome.

This week at Heart 2 Heart, it's a BABY challenge! Make a card, gift item, scrap page...anything baby-related, as long as it includes mostly CTMH products.

I chose to make a card:

And a girly one too:

These cards were inspired by this card from the talented Deneen Treble at A Path of Paper.  Hi Deneen!  I just loved the little dresser on her stair-step card, and thought a big one the size of the entire card would be cute too.  What do you think?

The scalloped edges were cut with my Cuttlebug and Nestabilities Labels Four die.  Pieces were layered to create drawers, and a couple of them were popped up on foam dots to appear open. On the blue card I sanded all the edges to reveal the white core in the cardstock, and on the pink card the edges are inked. The baby items are from CTMH D1266 Baby Steps, and the teddy bear is from a Christmas stamp CTMH D1443 Share the Magic.  To make the drawer handles, the blue card has a brad inserted through an eyelet. The pink card's pretty knobs are little flower brads from a retired CTMH Mini Medley pushed through punched flowers. The only pattern paper used was scraps to make the little onesies, I used Miracle paper for the boy's and Sweetheart paper for the girl's.  The only non-CTMH item on these cards is the cute little wire hangers, I "borrowed" them from one of the many Klutz Paper Fashions craft kits that my daughter has. She has about 100 of these hangers, so I hope she won't miss 2.

Oh Baby! Check out what the fabulous H2H DT has to offer this week! Their blog links are also over in my sidebar.  Play along with us, and link up your baby creations to the H2H Challenge blog.  Remember that you are required to use mostly CTMH products. You have until the end of the month to play along,  there are prizes to be won (from our generous sponsors Lori Brown and  Angie Parchey), and one lucky person will be invited to be our Guest Designer next month! 

Thanks for visiting my bog today,

Lorrinda

Recipe:

CTMH products:

Cardstock: Sky, Baby Pink

Pattern Paper: Miracle, Sweetheart

Stamps: D1266Baby Steps, D1443Share the Magic

Various markers, Inks and watercolor pencils

White Daisy eyelets, brads and flower brads

Non-CTMH product:

Mini hangers from Klutz Paper Fashions kit

Nestabilities Labels Four

Cuttlebug



H2H Challenge - How fancy are your folds?

I've missed playing along with the H2H challenges this summer!  I've been following along and there have been some fabulous challenges that I really wanted to join in, but I just never seemed to be able to find the time.

I'm baaaack!  I was so happy to send the kids off to school this morning so I could play! The challenge from Heart to Heart this week is to include fancy folds on your project. Not sure if this gatefold can be classified as a "fancy" fold as it is actually very simple...

...so I made the inside fancy to compensate!

Here it is fully open,

Recipe:

All product CTMH

Felicity paper pack (special promo, not available anymore :( so sad, I love these papers)

Stamps D1266 Baby Steps and D1262 Express Postage

"clothesline and pins" out of Waxy Flax in Colonial White

Inks in Twilight, Bamboo, Barn Red and Cocoa

I colored the images using a Blending Pen and ink pads

BabyBlue safety pins hold up the clothesline,

Cuttlebug and Sizzix texture plate in Harlequin for embossed background.

What do you think? Does this qualify as a fancy fold card?

 I'm entering it for this weeks' challenge at H2H anyway!

Thanks for popping by,

Lorrinda

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I wasn't sure this qualified as "fancy folds", but I guess the gals at H2H liked it anyway, because they chose it as one of their Friday Five this week. Thank you so much! I would sure hate to be one of the judges, I don't know how they choose just 5 from all the wonderful entries...