Little Sunshine to welcome some babies!

Baby cards are such fun to make aren't they?! I've been having a go with Stampin' Up's Little Sunshine stamp set - come and see what I came up with:

One for a boy, one for a girl! Well, sometimes you just don't know if it's going to be a boy or a girl - I know I always wanted it to be a surprise when I was having my lovely babies!

Crisp Cantaloupe and white with touches of gold is a perfect colour combo to celebrate the birth of a baby girl. I love this speech bubble sentiment and it looks really special in gold! As well as the Sweet Dreams washi tape and buttons which coordinate with the stamp set, I added some Stacked with Love washi, which has gold hearts on it, and a pretty flower from the trim in the Artisan Embellishment Kit on page 27 of the spring/summer catalogue.

For my boy card I decided to focus on the 'little addition' sentiment with the +1 - I can't get over how cute these are! I punched a circle in the Soft Sky panel and stamped the +1 into it with Lost Lagoon ink. Below the sentiment, I added one of the 'stitched' Sweet Dreams buttons on a piece of washi and as a finishing touch, echoed the stitched detail with my white gel pen on the number 1.

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Little Sunshine Wood Stamp Set £20.95	Sweet Dreams Designer Buttons £5.50	Sweet Dreams Designer Washi Tape £7.25	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder £3.95
Artisan Embellishment Kit £8.95	Stacked With Love Designer Washi Tape £4.50	Card Stock A4 Crisp Cantaloupe £6.25	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky £6.25

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We don't have any babies in our family at the moment so I have to live on my memories of when my own hulking great teens were dots! They were all early talkers and I always melt when I think of their first efforts at conversation. Like my eldest son turning his huge blue eyes on me when his father left for work one morning and saying: "Daddy gone?" And like my youngest son who after many bedtimes with me telling him that mummy loved him very much, got in before me one night. "Mummy much!" he said. Ahhhhhhhh!

It's Artisan blog hop day tomorrow and the team has pulling out all the stops to inspire you so I hope you can join me then!

Little Sunshine gift box of note cards - Stampin' Up artisan blog hop

Are you ready for another inspiring hop around the world with the Stampin' Up Artisan Design Team? Well you've come to the right place! Each member of the team has been sent a box of the same products to use throughout March and you'll be amazed at how differently we use them!

BRING ME SUNSHINE STAMPIN' UP!
This week, I've inked up the gorgeous Little Sunshine stamp set to make my project. I've been making some cute baby cards with it, which I'll show you soon, but today I've come up with a different way to use it! Come and see:

This little box has a belly band that has been decorated with the pretty heart border using a delicious colour combination of Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Cajun Craze, then sponged with Crisp Cantaloupe ink. I love how some of the images in this set look woven.

To add extra interest, I stamped and cut out the heart image, topped it with a button and added a matching bakers twine bow. I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll never stop saying it, I LOVE how Stampin' Up products match!

So, shall we open the box and take a look inside?!

The band slides off and the box opens envelope style. It's easy to make using the Gift Box punch board - I used 6 x 6" card stock and used the L start line on the board.

Once the box had been scored and creased, I used Fastfuse to put it together like an envelope, leaving one flap open and rounding it for a neat finish...

... and you can see where I snipped the gusset on two corners to reduce bulk and encourage the box to close nicely!

It holds a set of simple, one layer, 3 x 3" note cards, each decorated with the border stamp and sponged again so that it coordinates nicely with the box. I added a nice, strong sentiment to the cards with the 'thank you' from my beloved Painted Petals stamp set.

Cream envelopes would have been fine but how much more exciting to have yummy Crisp Cantaloupe envelopes to coordinate with the note cards! I rustled these up in no time with that fabulous Envelope punch board!

Honestly, if you've been wondering whether the Envelope and the Gift Box punch boards should go on your wish list, my advice is never mind the wish list, order them now! They make a variety of boxes and envelopes in minutes and cost little more than a standard punch - go for it!

I hope you've enjoyed my project this week and I know you're going to love the rest of the team's work! Just click the button below to carry on with the hop, starting with the lovely Allison Okamitsu!

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Little Sunshine Wood Stamp Set £20.95	Naturals Ivory A4 Card Stock £6.75	Gift Box Punch Board £17.95
Sweet Dreams Designer Buttons £5.50	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad £4.95	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad £4.95
Crisp Cantaloupe Thick Baker's Twine £3.25	Envelope Punch Board £17.95	Card Stock A4 Crisp Cantaloupe £6.25

My shop is open 24/7 so you can buy Stampin' Up products from me any time, day or night.

If you have any queries, or prefer to speak to me, I'm happy to help.

You can contact me by email or phone on 01280 820593.

Using the Little Sunshine stamp has obviously encouraged spring to make an appearance in the heart of England. No coat for me today!

Thanks for coming to visit. Do come back tomorrow when I'll be looking at the latest Stampin' Up deals :)