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Cards and other handicrafts made by Jean Straw

Sunday 1 June 2014

A Good News Day

Good news day because our second little great granddaughter, Kaycie was born in the early hours of this morning. In spite of being 3 weeks early we knew her birth was imminent and that she was a girl so I had time to make this card in readiness.
I stamped the LOTV image with Memento black ink and coloured it with Promarkers. I used a Spellbinders scalloped circle die to cut it out, and the largest die from the Majestic Elements set (also Spellbinders) to cut the pink mat. I used a 6" square card and cut matching pink card to almost cover the front. Onto this I stuck panels of two LOTV papers from their Bonnets and Bowties collection which I got free with Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine. I wrapped lace and pink gingham ribbon around the whole panel before fixing to the card. I mounted the matted image with foam tape over the ribbon and stamped Congratulations, ( I'm not sure what make that stamp is).Then I added a bow, a charm and a little pink teddy which has been in my stash for years,left over from a scrapbook project.
As I used a piece of card from the white snippets box for the stamping I can take this to the Pixies Playground. The other pixies are all a very talented and fun loving bunch why don't you pop in and take a look, you only need to use at least one little snippet on your project to get through the gate.
I'll be back soon as I have some other cards to show you.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my corner of blogland and for your comments, they make me happy.




11 comments:

  1. Congrats Jean on the new great Granddaughter!!! I love LOTV and this card is just perfect love that little pram charm:) huggles Sue xxx

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  2. Hearty congrats on the good news. Such a pretty, pretty card.
    Love,
    M

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  3. Congratulations! You must be so excited!

    This is such a very pretty card. That image is a sweetie pie!

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  4. I'm glad she has a name now. You card is lovely. Well done you for 'being prepared'. Kate x

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  5. How sweet and so pretty Jean and such lovely papers which I think are the same ones I got recently but I haven't used them yet. Congratulations on being a second time great grandparent too. x

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  6. Congratulations on the new arrival, its an adorable baby card.
    Yvonne x

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  7. Hi Jean, and congratulations on your new very special little angel. Your beautiful card celebrates her arrival in such a beautiful way and she will be so proud later on that her Granma made this just especially for her. Love the image, and those S/B dies really show off that sweet LOTV sweetie. Wonderful coloring, gorgeous papers, and loved the little teddy and tiny charm. Just perfect for a sweet little girl - and I bet you can't wait to cuddle her lots. TFS & Hugs

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  8. Congratulations to you Jean. What a sweet little card for the new arrival. xxx

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  9. Very lovely and adorable at the same time. I really like the quilted look and that cute little bow with the charm. What a great card for a baby book too! Congrats on you second GGD. How fun babies are!

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  10. Huge congratulations Jean! What an adorable card you made, fabulous use of snippets and absolutely perfect for the new arrival. Love the image too :)

    Hugs, Di xx

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  11. This is so gorgeous!! I love Lili of the valley! Beautiful make!
    Lucy x

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