Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sweet Baby Girl



I can't think of a better reason to celebrate all weekend than a new baby! Yesterday, the Verve Divas celebrated the upcoming arrival of Charmaine's baby girl, and today, the Stamper's Dream Team is celebrating. Woohoo!! Can you feel the love, Charmaine? I hope so, because we're all just so excited for you!

Check out what the rest of the Dream Team made:

Becca Feeken
Carolyn King
Denise Marzec
Kimberly Crawford
Laurie Schmidlin
Michelle Rodgers
Tosha Leyendekker

For today's card, I've used stamps from JustRite Stampers' Baby Stamp Ensemble. This pair of baby shoes is way too adorable! I colored them with Copics, trimmed them out, and placed them on an assortment of layered Spellbinders Nestabilities (Oval, Scalloped Oval, and Labels 4). The words "Sweet Baby" are part of one of the outer rings from the same JRS Baby Stamp Ensemble. I inked all the edges with a combo of Old Paper and Vintage Photo distress inks for a little bit of a shabby look, then added some machine stitching and punched borders using the Martha Stewart doily lace edge punch (top) and flourish punch (sides). The overall size on this one is a little smaller than standard. My original plan was to layer what you see onto a standard card base, but the more I looked at it, the more I liked it just like this.

Thanks for stopping by!


Stamps: Baby Stamp Ensemble (JustRite Stampers)
Paper: Papertrey Vintage Cream card stock; K&Co dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up Always Artichoke, Ranger Old Paper and Vintage Photo Distress
Accessories: Copic markers; Spellbinders Classic Oval, Scalloped Oval, and Labels 4 Nestabilities; Martha Stewart Doily Lace Edge Punch and Flourish Edge Punch; Papertrey buttons; Stampin' Up ribbon; Bow-Easy; sewing machine; foam adhesive

41 comments:

Cheryl said...

That is absolutely gorgeous!

Shannan Teubner said...

HOLY COW, Amy this is gorgeous!! So precious!

Chriss Blagrave said...

Wow...You have outdone yourself. This is precious and elegant. Love it, truly!!!

Dawn Easton said...

Amy, this is GORGEOUS! I don't know anyone that has such an eye for detail, like you do! Amazing work!

Pam Speidel said...

You continually amaze me with your spectacular creations! WoW!

Paula Barin said...

Adorable card. I love the shape of it and the use of the border punch on each end. Soooo cute!

Jackie Pedro said...

Dawn took the words out of my mouth! This is amazing!!

SweetMissDaisy (Anna Wight) said...

WOW... this stopped me dead in my blog browsing tracks! Just beautiful!! What a treasure this will be in a baby book!! ..or in a frame on the wall!!

Pam said...

WOW Amy, this is beautiful....and so different too! Love it!!!!!

Gabriela said...

Amy - I just about fell outta my chair when I saw your baby girl card. It will surely become a treasured heirloom for Charmaine. Just beautiful!

Jessie/knightrone said...

WOW....STUNNING!!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

OH MY GOSH, Amy, YES, I can certainly feel the love! Thank you SO MUCH. . .I can't believe I get TWO gorgeous cards from you! :) Thanks for making me feel so special!

Cindy Lawrence said...

Oh my gosh, Amy!!! This is one GORGEOUS baby card! A MASTERPIECE!!!

ScrappyKy said...

Wow, Amy! Once again, your work just knocks my socks off! I love all the detail...the sides and the distressing and the stitching...oh my! As always, your choice of paper is perfect too. I just love it!

And ya couldn't live without a new doily lace edge punch, huh?

Jen P said...

Awesome! I love the border,all the fine details and the colors too! :)

Nee said...

Beautiful card!

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card, Amy! I love everything about it, and Charmaine will too! :-)

Yvette said...

Wow! This card turned out sooo amazing! Love it!!

Peet said...

Wow Amy, this is totally gorgeous!!! love it.

Tosha Leyendekker said...

...just a sec...I'm having a hard time typing here...it's hard to concentrate when your jaw is hanging open. LOVE this vintage masterpiece Amy!! Oh my goodness!! The papers, the sewing, the buttons, the shapes...sheesh...everything!! This card is beauteous perfection!! WOW!!! I'm always, ALWAYS...in awe of your work!! Did I mention ALWAYS?

Carolyn King said...

faints................be back to comment when i regain consc......thud!

Anonymous said...

Simply gorgeous!

Jami said...

Stunning!! Love the vintage colors and all the different edges and shapes!! Wow!

Shy said...

Love the vintage feel of this card! So pretty!

Millie said...

As usual a beautiful card!! I was wondering if you use a full size sewing machiene or do you have one of those mini-ones?

Kathy Jones said...

OMG!!! I'm used to spectacular work from you Amy, but you've outdone yourself with this card!!! Words can't explain how stunning this is!!!!

Deborah Young said...

Just perfect, as usual!!! Now there's another border punch I'm going to have to search for....

Elizabeth *^..^* said...

Such soft sweet colors. Love this!!

Anonymous said...

Spectacular!! I could stare at this card all day!! I love all the borders you used and that K&Co is to die for.
--Becca

Denise Marzec said...

Wowie! Stunning!

Conniecrafter said...

Oh so adorable!! Neat shape, pretty papers and the layering is so cool!

Marimer said...

Genial, te ha quedado precioso este card, delicado pero a la vez con fuerza. Perfectocomo siempre, técnicamente eres un crack.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card! I love how you did the sides.

Josefa Laura said...

hI,YOUR CARD ARE SO SO BEAUTIFULS ..hUGS JlAURA

Niki Estes said...

This is absolutely precious, Amy! The colors and design are just beautiful!

ChristineCreations said...

Oh I LOVE the shape of this card Amy! It really lends itself to the gorgeous vintage feel. Loving this card!

Amy Rohl said...

Oh man, a Spellbinder dream here, Amy! Wow, all those edges fit together in perfect harmony!

Bananastamper said...

OMG - GORGEOUS! Love the "vintage" feel, it's fabulous!

Shanna

Angella D. Crockett said...

Wow, this beautiful beyonds words! I love every single little detail!!!

dpkennedy said...

This is just one of the sweetest and most beautiful baby cards I have ever seen...truly! Absolutely gorgeous!

Kari Sweeten said...

I love, love, love this baby card! I am featuring you as "Creative Card" for a few days on my craft blog! You are VERY creative!