MY SISTER IS HAVING A BABY

My sister Christina is having a baby.  Yes, it's no. 6 for her!  Lucky her and lucky 5 older sisters for this little baby girl or boy!  Christina has waited until delivery to know the sex of each of her children and this little one will be no exception.  Do you know how hard it was for me to find generic baby clothes for her.  Since she had the 5 children, she and her husband thought they were done.  Baby no. 5 is 5 and just started kindergarten.  Now no. 6 will be here shortly - probably late sept. or early oct.  I finally found some clothes in newborn 0-3 months for her and sent them off to her with this card.

I used mostly current SU! stamps (all but the alphabet for baby and the no. 4) on this card.  The baby carriage on the envelope is from Baby Bundle.  I love the baby booties in the set and I stamped them to hang off the end of the carriage.  The giraffe comes from Fox and Friends, which is a really neat set because it can be for babies, children, or even adults. The 4 you is from Tiny Tags set and I used the coordinating tiny tags punch which is also exclusive to SU!.  It's a jewelry tag punch.

I also did some dry embossing with my SU! Big Shot to texturize the paper.  Finally, the let's celebrate
and inside of card sentiments are stamped using stamps from the all in fhe family phrases.

And here is another image on my card from the Fox and Friends set.

This monkey is so adorable!

I can't wait to meet my new niece or nephew!

OLD AND NEW SU!

We are getting ready to start our NEW IDEA BOOK for SU! come July 1st!  I'm really excited about this!  The new book is just incredibly awesome (email me if you need a copy!).  I wanted to share some old and new SU! with you.

I made this card for my youngest sister Celena who is expecting her first baby any day and as I put on the card, he'll be so worth the wait!  I used some great SU! stamp sets and EMBOSSED with our new Embossing Powders.  We have them currently available in the NEW COLORS Melon Mambo and Wild Wasabi.  They are so colorful.
 

The card base is wild wasabi layered with daffodil delight card stock.  I embossed the chair (Have a Seat), the goose (Cherish Friendship), the words (Word Play) and the baby onesie, bib, and teddybear (Baby Bundle).  The newest stamp set is Cherish Friendship.  The others on the front of this card a relatively new and are continuing into the New SU! Idea Book!  The ribbon is Peach Parfait, an in color that was introduced last July and will continue for one more year (stay tuned, because we are introducing 5 more colors July 1 that will be around for 2 years!).  I just love the seat.  You can put anything on this seat and it just calls out to you! 

This is the inside of the card before I wrote a note to Celena inside.  The doctor stamp is adorable but not SU! unfortunately.

Here's my envelope.  This is where old meets new.  The old set is not quite old yet, but is on the Last Chance List and that is Jumble Alphabet.  Thankfully I took a chance on it when it first came out.  I love alphabets!  I embossed here name with the melon mambo embossing powder.  This stamp set, like most alphabet sets, stays in my collection. It's really hard for me to give up alphabets!

The NEW is the delicate doilies I embossed on the envelope in wild wasabi and blushing bride classic inks.  I think they are truly delicate and delightful.  Watch for lots of things to be done with the doilies stamp set coming July 1.

Oh, and Good Luck Celena.  I'm thinking about you and can't wait to meet my new nephew!

SURPRISE BABY SHOWER FOR MY SISTER AND HER HUBBY

My youngest sister Celena and her husband Zoran are expecting their first child in early July.  We had a surprise baby shower for them earlier this evening.  I'll post a photo of the happy couple shortly.  In the meantime, I wanted to share the card I made for them.

 This is the inside of the card.  I used some retired SU! baby stamps and the current set called Baby Bundle.  Good News - Baby Bundle is in the New Idea Book that will be out on July 1st.

SNEAK PEEK AT A BRAND NEW SU! SET COMING JULY 1

BRAND NEW
BABY BUNDLE
ONE OF THE MOST ADORABLE
SETS I'VE EVER SEEN!

Ok, I had to make something for you with the sneak peek stamp sets from SU!'s new Idea Book. This one is the new Baby Bundle! Whether you know someone having a baby or who has had a baby or not...this set is worth it's weight in gold. You've got a carriage and a baby and so many things to go with the baby.
This is the sentiment inside and it is perfect for a baby shower, but you could substitute Congratulations or any other sentiment. I work with a lot of young nurses and several are pregnant right now so I'm going to make a few of these cards. And now that I buy mostly clear mount stamps, I can afford to buy a lot more. Well, you could even stamp this image or some of the other images in your scrapbooks.

The other images in the set are a teddy bear, a rattle, baby socks, a baby bottle, present, baby onesie, a heart, a bib, 4 sentiments and a date/time/place/for/rsvp stamp. All together there are 16 stamps in this stamp set!!!!! What a great deal for the money!!! And...this set has a coordinating large wheel of baby onesies - so adorable!!!
Do you like my envelope? I stamped the baby carriage and then added the little rubber ducky and had the sentiment coming right out of the ducky's mouth. Way too cute!

By the way the background is Pretty Petals stamp set stamped in certainly celery on card stock of the same color. That stamp is in the current idea book and it will continue into the new book out July 1. If you would like a new SU! idea book please email me so I can get you information on how to get your copy.

More sneak peeks coming soon! Stay tuned.