WELCOME TO THE WORLD!!!

Both my husband and I come from reasonably big families. So what does this mean?

Well, it means babies!

We are expecting three so far this year and two could come at any time. So for a change I thought I would be organised and start making cards for the happy parents.

My nephew and his partner are expecting a baby girl. The nursery is all ready to go in lovely shades of purple. So using this knowledge, this is what I have made to celebrate her arrival.

I had a play with the new watercolour pencils in the 2017 Occasions catalogue. Before the release of the pencils I had never even picked up a watercolour pencil before. Although I am nowhere near an expert I am pretty happy with my results. They go on smoothly and are easy to blend with a blender pen. On top of the ease, I also find it very relaxing.

The elegant eggplant piece (the purple cardstock for those not familiar with Stampin' Up! colours) has been flicked with clear Wink of Stella to create a sparkly effect.

Thanks for stopping by,
Rosalie
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Strawberry Sketches #SS007

As you may know I do enjoy joining in with challenges when I get the time. The challenge this time comes from Strawberry Sketches #007.

Sketches are just a base from which to start. As in this one above, just because it shows a circle, it doesn't mean we have to use a circle, but we can if we choose to. It is all open to interpretation, we can rotate, replace or use it very literal.

It is my son's teachers' last day today as she is about to have a baby, so I thought I would use the sketch as a starting point for my card.

Baby Bear is a three step image. For this bear I used 3 shades of Bermuda Bay, which is created by stamping off on scratch paper.

Stamp Set:            Baby Bear (141859)
                             Thoughtful Banners (141614)
Ink:                       Bermuda Bay (131171)
Cardstock:            Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock (140490)
                              Bermuda Bay (131286)
DSP:                     Irresistibly Floral Designer Series Paper (141644)
Other:                   Duet Banner Punch (141483)
                             Layering Squares Framelits (141708)
                             Heat and stick Powder (100625)
                             Dazzling Diamonds (133751)

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A Heartfelt Congrats - Global Design Project #049

Inspiration can be found almost anywhere.

This time I found it from this week's challenge at Global Design Project #GDP049. This week they have a colour challenge.

What a lovely combination of colours! This is what it inspired me to make.

The hearts are from the Sunshine Wishes Dies. I cut out three hearts from Flirty Flamingo and Daffodil Delight. I then glued them on top of each other and added a final coat of fine tip glue to the top one.

The sentiment "congrats" also came from the Sunshine Wishes Dies. One was cut from Flirty Flamingo and the other from Daffodil Delight, they were then stuck down off centre to create a shadow effect.

Cardstock:  Pear Pizzaz (1312920)
                   Flirty Flamingo (141421)
                   Daffodil Delight (121680)
                   Basic Black (121688)
Tools:         Big Shot (143263)
                   Sunshine Wishes Dies (141489)
                   Fine Tip Glue Pen (138309)

Make sure you take a look at the other amazing entries for this weeks challenge at Global Design Project #049.


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Congratulations On Your Engagement!

Not so long ago we had some wonderful news, my nephew Andrew got engaged to the lovely Laura. Now I wanted something elegant but simple, so instantly black and white came to mind. 

I needed to leave heaps of room to write, so just added a little something to one corner.

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