Friday, March 15, 2013

Sweet Little Baby and an announcement!!!

I just finished up the baby boy ensemble today that I was telling you about in my last post. I really like the way everything turned out and I hope the new mommy likes it, too.  Rowan gave me his stamp of approval while I was making everything saying how much he wanted one! I thought that was cute! I guess it helps that it had cars on it!  When I have been out shopping for all of the girl things I have been making, I noticed that the fabric store had a lot of cute new boy fabrics as well. I always struggle to find really cute boy fabric, so I was thrilled to see this.  The card and tag were all inspired by the cute fabrics. If you want to see the things I made for the gift you can see them here .
   I know that I am crazy, but I purchased the "Little Hot Rod" stamp set from PTI just because of this gift set. I knew that with three boys, I would use it alot anyway. I have a ton of nephews, too and my little ones will get invited to tons of birthday parties in the upcoming years so I thought it was a good investment. I was bummed to see that the coordinating dies were out of stock, but I will buy those as soon as they become available.


I chose the color scheme based on the fabric, of course.  I used pure poppy, spring moss and ocean tides. I really should have used simply chartreuse, but after I had it stamped with spring moss, I wasn't going to start over. This was the third time I had stamped it anyway because of smudging issues.  I combined "Star Prints, Just the Ticket and Postmark" as well.  I forgot how much I enjoy using my classy brass stencil for the  piercing around the star. You will probably be seeing more of that in the future.  I added some diamond stickles to the headlights of each car for some extra detail.
Once I was done, I wasn't ready to be done, so I whipped up a quick little tag for the basket. Super quick, but it helps tie it all together!  


As far as my announcement goes....I guess it is fitting that I have been posting all of this baby stuff because we are expecting a baby in September!!!!! We are so excited!!! I will keep you tuned in as to whether we are having a boy or a girl! Thanks for fluttering by!
 

9 comments:

Libby said...

CONGRATS!! :)

Miriam Prantner said...

Congratulations! So exciting!

Marisa said...

Totally adorable cards the past few posts. A huge congrats on being preggers again :)

Nancy Guse said...

Congratulations!!! I am thinking this is your 5th and that is totally awesome!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the next addition. The card and ensemble are darling Kelly. Best wishes!

Mary said...

Congratulations on your news. Another beautfiul baby card and your stitching is awesome too.
Mary

ps the word verification that just came up was "rodcarr" -very funny lol

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Such an adorable card, Kelly! Congrats!!

Debra said...

Nice card and congratulations on your news. Is this baby number 5?

Joan B said...

congratulations! Gorgeous work.