Welcome baby card

Hi everyone,

I made this card for one of my friends' newborn baby. I wish the ordered Peachy Keen Stamp sets reached me so that I could use one of the cute faces for the baby.

The stork (cut at 3'') and the baby (at 1''3/4) are from New Arrival. Welcome Baby is from one of My Pink Stamper stamp sets. The border was cut with Martha Steward punch. The ribbon is from Papertrey Ink. I used Bazzil bling cardstock. I did emboss the hat and the cloth with Swiss Dots and Flower Fantasy embossing folders.

TFL.

A cat card

This is the first thing I made to hang on the tree I just made for the coming Lunar New Year (and for MPS challenge). This year is a cat year where I live. I like how it shows up, but I should have stamped the sentiment a little up high in the corner.

It is an A2 card. I cut the cat at 3'' out of the Create a Critter cartridge. The mat and the cat were cuttlebugged using Swiss Dots and D'vine Swirls embossing folders respectively. Martha Punch was used for the border of the mat. The ribbon is from Papertreyink.

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Two birthday cards

I made these two cards for 2 friends of mine's daughters. One likes pandas; the other is often kiddingly called Fox.

Cartridges used are Create a Critter (for the panda and the phrase), Give a Hoot (for the fox, flower, and the paw border) and Life is a Beach (for bamboo).
Panda: 2'', Happy birthday: 1''
Bamboo: 3''
Fox: 2'', flower bush: 2''
Have a happy birthday: My Pink Stamper
The panda card mat was embossed with Seeing the Spots folder; the fox card mat, Spots and Dots.

TFL.

More embossing: A berry sweet card

I seem to have been addicted to embossing!!! Have wanted to tried it on every card I made recently. Here's one of them.

The cartridge used is Simply Charmed. The strawberry bowl was cut at 2''3/4, the phrase at 1''. I used the feature of shadow for all. Should have used a white marker to make some white dots on the strawberries to make them distinguishable, but the order is reaching me though.

The strawberries were embossed with Swiss Dots, the bowl with D'vine Swirl and the card base with Birds & Swirls.

TFL.

MPS challenge

I made this card to enter My Pink Stamper's challenge.She has 2 openings for her upcoming 2011 My Pink Stamper Design Team! The participants are required to make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite cartridge using her favorite colors

Pink

GreenBrown(other optional color of your choice) I am not ambitious to be one of the members on her design team. I just enjoy challenges where I can see other people's great work.
Here's my card.

First, it took me a long time to do the hand stitching (the yellow zigzag in the middle) because this is the first time I have ever done the stitching on paper. The flowers are from Plantin Schoolbook, cut at 1''1/2, 1''1/4 and 1'' and layered. I embossed the phrase With love which is not clearly shown.

To be honest, I am not very happy with the result. I should have embossed the whole triangle green half instead of embossing only a wavy border line paralleling with the hand-stitched line (the wavy was actually debossed because I misplaced the folder lol).

I still used the card to enter the challenge although the details and design are simple and basic. The ultimate purpose is to learn, to get experience and to connect with friends.

Thank you all for looking.

Daisy card

I was inspired by My Hideaway idea to make this card. I love how simple and elegant her flowers are. I used a different color scheme, a taller vase and embossed the mat and the vase to give them a professional look. My cuttlebug and Walk in My Garden arrived this afternoon. I couldn't simply wait.

Cartridge used: Walk in My Garden
Swiss Dots and Daisy Pattern embossing folders
Flowers: 2'', vase: 2''1/2, stems: 2''1/2
The stripe made with purple glitter