Freebie Friday #3

If it's a Friday in November, it must be time for another giveaway just to say thanks to my crafty friends! This week's giveaway is full of Christmasy goodies, including a few lovely items from Pretty Little Studio like these die cuts and some red, green and gold trims and glittery sequins.

So, if you like free stuff, and Christmas, just leave me a comment here or head over to Instagram (clickable link on the right), and follow the instructions there. Deadline to enter is December 6, 11:59 pm Eastern time, 4 winners announced December 7 here and on IG.

I've got a little baby card I made for my daughter's coworker to share today. I went to my stash of die cuts/pocket scrapbook cards and put this together in no time. There's no stamping on this, but I did draw in a string to make the heart die cut into a balloon.

Happy Friday,

Chark

Baby Shower Card with Doodlebug

I love Doodlebug Design products, they are always cute, always great colors and just always want to come and live at my house. And sometimes, I even use them, like this Under the Sea mermaid.

On this baby shower card, I watercolored a background by smooshing and then added a mermaid I just fussy cut (imperfectly on purpose) from a sheet of paper. I added bubble-looking gems and a ribbon. The sentiment is from another collection that isn't Doodlebug and has been in my stash forever. It's past time to start using some old stuff.

The mermaid is covering a part of the paper that ran together and made an unattractive color. But she certainly helps save this panel. I popped her up with foam tape and added rhinestones to her shells. I actually considered glitter, as always, but I thought the bubbles were enough. Crazy, I know!

Here are the bubble gems in close-up view.

Happy Thursday (because I totally thought it was Wednesday today)! See you tomorrow for a normal MWF post.

Chark

Baby Love

So my niece is expecting a little boy any day now and I thought I'd jump on the baby bandwagon (if that's a thing) and do a baby post while we wait. 

Here's a card I made at the lss, The Paper Cottage, with Crate Paper Confetti papers. I added a little wink of stella glitter pen to the stork, but you can't see that here. It's not my design, but I really like it and the papers.

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And here's a book that I picked up from a library book sale that is awesome. It's a Better Homes and Gardens Baby Book from 1947 and it covers prenatal through age 6. 

Now, there IS some actual good advice in this book for today's parents, but mostly...oh dear...don't think of following it.

For example, Sun Baths

When the weather's suitable, Baby may be exposed to the direct rays of the sun from the time he's 1 month old....He can get his first sunburn around April 1, and be well tanned by late April, with no ill effects from the exposure.

Eek! It goes on to say, "Baby shouldn't be exposed to the direct rays of a hot midsummer sun," (which is the actual good advice) but I'm pretty sure you don't want to tan your one month old baby, even indirectly.

Stay tuned for more important baby care tips from 1947.

Happy Monday!
Chark