31 December 2016

New Arrival

HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all, I wish you all the best for the coming year xxx

Today's creation is for My Time To Craft where we have a fabulous theme for you to follow...

SOMETHING NEW

new baby, house, job, even new stash

One of  the couples that I look after in my job, recently had a baby great granddaughter & asked me if I could make them a card for her. So this is what I made, I just love Forever Friends so they were the perfect choice for me. I just hope they like it! 



I just loved making this card, love how the dimension makes it look more realistic xx


Challenges I Would Like To Enter
Allsorts- something new
Polkadoodles- something new

Images & Colouring Mediums
Image- 'New Arrival' from the Forever Friends set
Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black
Derwent Coloursoft Pencils words in brown
Bear- march hare, brown, pale brown, sand dune & light sand
Crib- pale blossom, bright pink, pink lavender, grey lavender, pale lavender, bright pink, peony, bright lilac, cinnamon, dark brown & brown earth
Presents- pastel blue, pale blue, baby blue, iced pearl, pale lavender, pink lavender, eggnog, pale orange, icicle & cloud blue
Ground- ice grey 1, steel grey & dove grey
Tim Holtz distress inks
Surround- tumbled glass

Papers & Embellishments
DP- 'New Arrival' from the Forever Friends 6" stack
'pink' card from the 12 x 12 Papermania coloured stck
My stash ribbon & 4mm pink pearls

Tools & Glues
'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog
'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Crafty Purple Frog
X-cut Xpress
'New Baby' die cut sentiment by Die'sire
'Precious Hearts' die cuts by Memory Box 98474
'Stix2' pick up pencil
'Glue Gloss' by Clearsnap from Crafty Purple Frog
'6" scalloped edge white square card blank' 

Thank you for stopping by today, please make sure you pop over & check out what 'something new' the DT ladies have used
Hugs xx

11 comments:

pst said...

What an adorable card, I love the background paper. Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Crafty Friends.

Diane Louise J said...

Hello
Lovely to see you… thanks for joining our ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge with your gorgeous baby card. Good luck in the draw and hope you will come back for our next challenge. Happy New Year.
[Diane Louise, Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]

Kathleen said...

I can not see any reason why they should not love this card. Great image, lovely colours and a great design.
Thank you for joining in our 'Something New' challenge this week at Allsorts.

Kath

Mervi said...

Cute and lovely card Shell.
Thank you for sharing over at Allsorts' New Something week;-))m

MagsB said...

This is a gorgeous baby card, Shell, the dimension is awesome! Happy New Year, my lovely! X

love Maggie X

Hazel (Didos) said...

Ahhh this is sooo sweet, what a fabby card, Must make a date for our skype this week!! Love Hxx

Tracy said...

Cute image. Love how you popped it out. Thanks for joining us at Polkadoodles Tracy x

*Vicki* said...

This is absolutely darling!! Love the dimension on the image and the soft colors!! Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Cute Card Thursday! I hope you will join us for the new challenge this week too! Hugs & Smiles - *Vicki*-DT member

Karon said...

What a sweet card. Thanks for joining us for our Anything Goes Polkadoodles Challenge

Karon DT, Polkadoodles

Unknown said...

So cute :) I got this stamp ... and also those DP :) Thank you for joining us at Crafty Friends and good luck xxx

Claire said...

Gorgeous card, love the decoupage too. Thanks so much for joining us at Polkadoodles this time,
Claire xx