Mediterranean Achievers Blog Hop APRIL 2016

 

Over the last few months I’ve had two very special people – both named Emma – give birth to beautiful babies – one a girl and the other a boy. Congrats again to both pairs of Mums and Dads and the new families.  Each family got a handmade card – of course –  along with an album containing cards from Stampin’ Up!’s Project Life (PL) Hello Baby Girl or Baby Boy Collection and matching accessories.

 Today I’m sharing the cards I made and one of the albums.

But first – this is a nappy (aka diaper) cake I made for one of the baby showers.

 I knew that I was going to be doing a PL album when the babies were born – but didn’t know if they’d be girls or boys – so I themed the cake in the “gender neutral” colours of the Hello Baby collections – Basic Grey, So Saffron and Mint Macaroon. The images on the side were sized for pockets in the future PL albums and the prospective parents were told to hold onto the these. The onsies were made using the gorgeous “Made with Love” stamp set and Baby’s First Framelits.

The first baby born was acute wee girl – here’s the card celebrating her birth:

The images in the card are from two sets that both co-ordinate with the Baby’s First Framelits – Made with Love and Something for Baby. The Framelits and the Made with Love set are going to be available in the 2016-2917 catalogue, but the Something for Baby set is retiring. So that cute pram, pin, hanger, toy and duck will all be gone soon! Also retiring is the Something for Baby Bundle – a fantastic value where you get both the stamp set and the Framelits together at a 15% discount.  In this card I added in Blushing Bride which is used in the Hello Baby Girl card collection.

Next up, a gorgeous wee boy was born – and here’s the card celebrating his birth:I’ve used the Made with Love stamp set for two of the onsies and for the third and the Baby’s First Framelit to cut the third onsies from a Project Life Card – aren’t those hearts cute! The extra colour in the card is Lost Lagoon which is retiring at the end of May. Those stripes are from the 2015-2017 InColor Envelope Paper – also retiring soon. I’ve loved the weight of this envelope paper – not just for making envelopes but also as a layer in cards.

And here are some images of the PL album – all ready for pictures of  that stunning wee boy.

This 6″x8″ album is a great size to put together and the cards in the Hello Baby  collections are stunning – I’m so pleased these sets will be available in the new catalogue.

It was such fun making these projects to celebrate the arrival of two precious new lives and I’ve loved sharing them here!

 

 

As a final treat – here are the cute cupcakes my daughter Beth made for the baby shower – they not only looked great – they tasted sumptuous too!

There’s information below about the products I’ve used in these projects. If you live in New Zealand and would like a demonstrator to order through – I’d love to have you as my customer.

 

Until next time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackie

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Product List

Made With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [138662] $53.00	Something For Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134030] $46.00	Baby’s First Framelits Die [133735] $49.00	Something For Baby Clear-Mount Bundle [136791] $80.75	2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper [138312] $12.75
Hello Baby Boy Project Life Card Collection [138457] $34.00	Hello Baby Girl Project Life Card Collection [138504] $34.00	Hello Baby Project Life Accessory Pack [138458] $21.25	Kraft 6″ X 8″ Project Life Album [139655] $21.25	Variety Pack 6″ X 8″ Project Life Photo Pocket Pages [135297] $12.75
Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] $15.00	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] $15.00	Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock [133686] $15.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad [131172] $14.00	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $15.00
Many Marvelous Markers [131264] $230.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $12.00	Big Shot [113439] $204.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform [130658] $84.00	7/8″ Circle Scallop Punch [129404] $25.00