Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Celebrating Birthday & Birth Day with Blast From the Past!

 Hello Delightful friends and family!
Welcome to the Blast from the Past Blog hop featuring Taylored Expressions Stamps released prior to July 2011!  There is a double theme for us today Birthday/Birth Day.  My first card celebrates birthdays which I have a lot during the fall months especially in November so I'm glad to get started with the many I need to make.
This card features two TE stamp sets Make a Wish and It's in the Bag.  Before I go any further I just would like to congratulate Taylor and her husband on the birth of their new daughter Madelyn Grace!

Here is the sketch supplied for inspiration by Sankari Wegman.


The ingredients: Designer Paper, My Minds Eye (Life of the Party - July KI kit); Card Stock: Bazzill and Neenah; White Corrugated Paper, Jillybean; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Glossy Accents; Adirondack Dimensional Pearls, Espresso; Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circles, large; Cuttlebug; Dotted Swiss Embossing folder; Copics: BG0000, BG01, BG10, BG72; B0000; G40; N3; C0; E74, E31

In honor of our hostess Taylor, I made this baby card. Love this double-sided paper from My Little Shoebox(Enchanted Garden - Magnificent).  The stamp set is In the Bag (sentiment and pacifier aka binky in our home) I simplified the sketch a bit and came up with this cute "new baby" card.  I haven't finished the inside of this card but I think I will probably make an envelope for a gift card.

Love the 3-D bag, a die set from TE that coordinates with the In the Bag stamp set called Shopping Bag and Labels.

I used the Liquid pearls (rouge) by Ranger to make the pacifier more dimensional.
Other Ingredients used:  Creative Charm Adhesive Pearls; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Ribbon (handle on bag) TE Key Ingredient July kit; Bazzill card stock; Spellbinder Nestabilities scallop circle and standard circle; Cuttlebug (ProvoCraft); shredded crimped paper repurposed.
Thanks for visiting and I look forward to reading the comments and visiting the rest of the hoppers and being inspired by all the creativity!  God bless!





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21 comments:

  1. Couple of fun cards! Aren't liquid pearls awesome!!

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  2. What great cards, Natalie! I love the 'frosting' on your birthday card :D

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  3. Yours cards are TOO CUTE! I LOVE that shopping one!

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  4. Both wonderfully creative! Love the mini shopping bag on the 2nd card!

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  5. So sweet! Love the birthday card - what a great way to use those colors and that sweet little bag on the card is just too cute!
    big hugs!

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  6. Such cute, cute cards!! Love the colours you selected, and that sweet shopping bag.

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  7. WOWOWOWOWOW!Awesome job Natalie! Two cards and both are beautiful!!!

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  8. Cute cards! LOVE your patterned paper choices in the first card and the raffia coming out of the bag in the second one!!

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  9. Cute cards! I love how the dimensional pearls look and the bag is adorable!

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  10. Adorable cards! I love the way you did the corners on the first, and the little bag on the second is so cute!

    Chris L.

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  11. Your birthday card is sooo pretty especially with the gorgeous colors and details!!! I love the sweet baby card with the darling little bag, too!!!

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  12. These are just wonderful! I love the papers you used and your interpretation of that sketch is FANTASTIC!

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  13. Very pretty, I like your take on Sankari's sketch and what you did with the shopping bag set too.

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  14. Wow, great unexpected colors! And that littel bag is so cute!

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  15. I love both of these. Perfect color choices and papers are perfectly matched ! Cute! XOXO

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