Happy Birthday!

Here is a fun birthday card that I made a couple of months back.

The patterned paper is from BoBunny's 6 x 6 Garden Girl Paper Pack and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I tied the two orange water balloons with Baker's Twine from my stash and the rhinestones are from Kaiser Craft's line. The flower border was punched out with one of EK Success' large border punches.

The sentiment stamp on the front of the card is from Penny Black and the inside sentiment stamp is from Stampendous.

TJ's Nursery & Announcement

Good day!

I am sorry that I haven't been posting for awhile. I was having a problem with my blog and I wasn't able to upload any of my photos. Three weeks ago today, I had finally booked an appointment with my "Nerds on Site" guy to come and fix my computer, but I went into labour that day.

So, we finally got the problem with my blog fixed today and now I am able to blog again. I am not too far behind with my posts because I wasn't able to scrapbook for most of my pregnancy due to the pain that I was in.

The above photos are of my son's nursery.

TJ (Trevor John) Digby was born on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11:53 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 7.5 ounces and was 21.25 inches long.

He is named after his dad, Trevor and the name John is after my dad & my grandfather's first names and my brother & my cousin's middle names. These are all the important men in my life. Also, his initials are TJD. My maiden name initials were DJT (Donna Jean Thomson).

The first photo of the nursery is of the vinyl, chocolate brown tree & quote that is on the wall above TJ's crib. The tree is from Stampin' Up and it is the largest one that you can get. For the quote, I used the font from my "Child's First Year" Cricut Cartridge, Cricut brown vinyl and my husband's laser level.

As for a photo of my son being posted on my blog, I just don't feel comfortable doing it. If you go to my store's blog, you will see our new family photo with TJ in it. When it comes to the world wide web, I limit my children's photos to the minimum. That is why my layouts are always posted with just the mats or the photos covered up.

When you come by the store, you will see him in person or you will see his photos on my layouts on display in the store once I get back into my scrapbooking.

Thank you to everyone who has sent us email best wishes or who have dropped off gifts for TJ. Your love & generousity is greatly appreciated. We are very fortunate to have so many people who care about us and we truly appreciate it.

So Many Smiles....

My cousin, Emma, turned 12 last week and I made this card for her from my grandparents (her great-grandparents).

I loved this card so much, that I made 3 more.

The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup "Dutch Mustard Soup" 6 x 6 mini pad and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I used one of EK Success' border punches and stitched with my sewing machine.

The happy face stamp & inside sentiment stamp came from an old Stampin' Up stamp set called "Smile". The sentiments on the front of the card are from Stampin' Up's "Petite Pairs" stamp set in their current catalogue and the "Happy Birthday" came from CTMH's "Say It In Style" stamp set.

I do hope that your day is the happy-face kind!

Happy 14th Birthday Darrien!

I made this card for my 14 year old cousin, Darrien. She loves sock monkeys, so this was the perfect stamp set to use for her card.

I used BoBunny's Forever Fall 6 x 6 paper pack with BoBunny Double Dot Cardstock.

I used CTMH Flower Buttons, BoBunny Ribbon, KI Memories Paper Clip, embroidery floss from my stash and Tim Holtz's Paper Distressor to rough up the edges of the papers.

The "Sock Monkey" stamp set and the "Petite Pairs" stamp set are both from Stampin' Up.

I coloured the sock monkey in with Copic Markers, but forgot to write down which ones.

Happy 12th Birthday Emma!

I made this card for my 12 year old cousin, Emma. She is a real outdoors person, so this image was perfect for her.

The patterned papers are from Kaiser Craft's Hey Birdie 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock used on this card is from Bazzill.

The oval and scalloped oval were cut out with nestabilities and the small flowers were punched out with an EK Success small flower punch.

The glitter brads are from Stampin' Up and I used Stickles (glitter glue) in the middle of the punched out flowers.

The image stamp is from CC Designs, the "Happy Birthday" stamp is from CTMH and the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Copic Markers used are: Face - E00 & E000; Brown - E23, E25 & E27; Pink - R83 & R85

Thank You.....for everything.

I really love CTMH's August Stamp of the Month - Wicked Stamp Set. I had a lot of fun with this card because I got to play with some new techniques.

The two-sided patterned papers are BoBunny's Strawberry Double Dot & BoBunny Vicki B. Floweret. The cardstock is from Bazzill.

I used Making Memories brads, Stampin' Up ribbon, CTMH button, embroidery floss from my stash and Tim Holtz Hobglobin Tissue Tape stained with Stampin' Up Tango Tangerine re-inker.

I used the following CTMH stamp sets for this card: Wicked - August Stamp of the Month; Limited Edition - September Stamp of the Month; Cherish the Day - November Stamp of the Month; A Little Thanks; Card Chatter - Thank You and Grown with Love.

I used CTMH's New Cricut Cartridge - Art Philosophy to cut out the ticket & the tag die-cuts. The shaped pocket that the witch is stamped on was cut out with my Nestabilities Grand Labels Four.

You still have time to order the August Stamp of the Month - Wicked.

Shanna has an order going in this Thursday, August 11, 2011. We needed this order to get in early in August so that we can order more stuff in for our Charity Stamping Party in September.

Shanna is on holidays and I am helping her organize this order. So, if you want to order the Stamp of the Month or anything else from CTMH, please email me your order at ddigby@shaw.ca or drop by the store.

Happy 16th Birthday Andrea!

It was my niece's 16th birthday this past week and this is the card that I made her.

I forgot to take my photo before signing the inside of the card. I believe that my cards look great on the inside until I sign them. Then it doesn't have the same feel to it, but the card must be signed so I try not to look at the card on the inside once they are signed.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's "Out of Print" 6 x 6 paper pack and I used Stampin' Up's Pool Party cardstock. You don't see too much of it, but I also used Basic Grey's "Out of Print" Paper Ribbon Doilies & Kaiser Craft Rhinestones to embellish the card.

The image stamp is Stamping Bella's "Cruise-a-bella" stamp. The sentiment stamps on the front of the card are from CTMH's "Cherish the Day" stamp set and "Fill in the Blank" stamp set. The inside sentiments came from CTMH's "Card Chatter - Birthday" stamp set.

I used my circle nestabilities for the circle die-cuts and Stampin' Up's Calypso Coral & Pool Party Ink to stamp out the sentiments on the card. The black line on the inside of the card was done with a marker and a ruler.

The Copic Markers used: Hair - E37 & E39; Skin - E00 & E000; Tires - W10; Coral - R24; Teal - C1 & BG11