Someone finally had ....

.... a baby boy.  Just looking back, I've made nothing but baby girl cards for the past 6-8 months.  Now, one of the teachers at school has bucked the trend and had a boy. 

Here's my card - I made it at a crop in Marie's (Crafty Angels) house on Saturday (thanks Laura and Marie - I had a lovely day).  This card doesn't cover any challenges, 'cos all the ones I normally do were still doing Valentine's when I made it, or else needed images from a specific company, I just used my Hampton Art stamp again.

Recipe:

Stamp: Hampton Arts

Ink: Staz-On Dove Grey (+ Tim Holtz Antique Linen for distressing)

Papers: Piggy Tales

Other: Crackle Accents, MS Zig-zag punch, ribbon from stash, needle + thread.

Once again, a very dark photo, the crackle glaze on the image wasn't dry enough to take a daylight pic, so this will have to suffice!!

Yet another Baby ....

.... Girl! What is going on in the world - I don't know anyone who has had a baby boy recently - all girls. Isn't that supposed to mean a more peaceful time?!

Anyway, decided to incorporate this week's SFTW challenge, which is to use the colours pink and grey. I also used this week's Friday Sketchers sketch. Thank goodness for sketches, they can be great for kick-starting some inspiration.

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Isn't her name gorgeous? Have to visit her later in the week - pressie bought and wrapped too - I usually buy clothes, but when we were on holidays I spotted an Elmer toy and book in a shop window and I couldn't resist them.

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And a relative of mine is getting married at the weekend in Somerset. We're not going to the wedding, too close to back to school, but here's the card I'm sending. I don't really like doing "occasion" cards (apart from birthdays!), can't seem to think of anything and I don't have any wedding-y stamps either, so I always do a variation on this quilled bouquet for wedding cards. This time I've varied the background layers a bit.

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Thanks for looking!

Give it a ....

.... Twist. This week's challenge on PaperPlay Challenges is set by Elisa:

Use your supplies in an unexpected way: For example, pink card for men, title in Braille, clock faces instead of the letter "O", anything with a twist!

I took inspiration from the "pink card for men" and twisted it - I made a card for a baby girl using NO pink!! It's for a friend who has just had a baby girl after 2 boys, I figure her house will be full of pink stuff except for this!!!!

The prize on this week's PaperPlay is sponsored by Annamarie at The Scrapbook Store - it's a gorgeous kit from Pink Paislee. So have a go at the challenge and you could win!!

I've been so busy I haven't had time for much crafting other than PaperPlay over the past few weeks. The end of the school year is coming up fast and I have to make something for DS's teacher, few other bits and bobs to get working on too. I'm sure it'll all come together in the end (gulp!!!)

DS has been sick over the past week. He started off with an ear infection, progressed to a high temperature and then a bizarre rash. He asked me yesterday: "How do you get an ear infection - is it from hearing too much?"!!!!