Spring babies

Has it been almost a month since my last post? Wow, time flies.

My coworker has been expecting a new grandbaby this month, so I whipped up a couple of cards to have ready. Used up some retired papers in my stash...

One using retired CTMH Dayream papers for a girl:





And one using retired CTMH Stardust papers for a boy:

The card front sentiments are printed onto cardstock with my computer, then I cut the shapes with the Cricut CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge, using the center point button to center the blade on the sentiment and cut the shape around it.

I love spring babies!  Now if spring would just get here already....


We got another foot of snow yesterday, this is turning into the winter that won't end. 

This photo was taken this evening, standing on the driveway on my tippy toes to be able to see my husband's dirty work truck over the snow. 

 

Now, we live in town, with regular snow removal. The country folk are way worse off, I've seen roads plowed where the snow in the ditches is higher than the school buses this year. For all my long distance followers...No, snow in Canada is nothing new. However, I live on the prairies!  By the end of March most of our snow is usually gone. Plus, snow like this usually only happens in the mountains. Or in Inuvik. Or in Alaska.

 

Stay tuned for "the big melt"

At this rate it will be in July.

Lorrinda

 

 

Sweet Baby

When my kids were very little, I had a young nanny named Brandy who came in every day while I went to work. We grew to love her, and were heartbroken when she had to leave us. That was 10 years ago, and we've kept in touch with her and her family. This past Mother's Day, Brandy had a baby girl and they named her Sage.  We got to meet little Sage today, so of course I made her a card:






The center panel is popped up on 3D dots.  I tried to get a better pic, but they all look like the center piece is hanging over the edge of the card, but IRL it doesn't. I just bugs me on the picture.

Inside is a pop-up gift card. The big blur at the bottom is because I wrote in the card before I took a picture of it, and that is the extent of my Photoshop skills :)



Little Sage is a beautiful baby, and she smelled so good!  Almost made me want another one. I know first hand that Brandy will be a great Mom, Sage is a lucky little girl.  Don't you just love it when nice things happen to nice people? And to have a baby on Mother's Day makes it extra special, don't you think?

For this card I used up some of my hoarded paper stash that has been long retired.

Thanks for popping by!
Lorrinda