Retro Sketches Elephant

Hello!

I can't believe our March Break is almost over.  That makes me sad.  The week has gone by do fast!  It has been a great week and we've enjoyed every minute with my mom and dad!  The boys are looking forward to seeing their Dad though!

I needed to make a card for my girlfriend who had a baby last month!  I was waiting until I saw her and met this beautiful baby to give her the card!  I used this week's Retro Sketches sketch to create the card. 

I had wanted to give hexagon cutting a try.  Let's just say that it takes a bit of practise (or took me a bit of practise!) but after a while it's pretty simple!  Just make sure you're using great scissors!  I wanted to go with Baja Breeze since I thought it would look best with the Crumb Cake cardstock.  I embossed the elephant from Patterned Occasions and then cut him out (cutting off the sentiment and flowers).

Supplies:

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler

DSP: Baja Breeze

Stamps: Patterned Occasions, Tiny Tags

Ink: Versamark, Baja Breeze

Other: Tiny Tag Punch, White Embossing Powder, Hexagon Embossing Folder, Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Two-Step Owl Punch (Heart), Linen Thread, Dimensionals

I've attached a few pictures of my newest little friend Andrew!  Isn't he sweet?!  I was able to snuggle him on Tuesday and then again today!!!  So sweet!  I can't believe how small newborns are!  Seems like so long ago my boys were ever this tiny (and even smaller!).

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great day!
Jen!

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #67

Happy New Year!
I trust everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday and a wonderful New Year!  I am still enjoying the holidays with my parents and the boys!  My husband has returned back home for some relaxation/work.  He is coming back on Friday to pick us up!  We are having so much fun here and the boys are totally enjoying the incredible amount of snow we have!

I can't believe it's Wednesday already and since the holidays I've had the worst time trying to keep track of what day it is!  We have a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches!  Jen Timko brings us a great sketch this week and boy I was excited to move on from Christmas cards!  I must admit though I'm highly considering making a Christmas card a week so that I'm not floundering in December!

I was so blessed to receive some of the new Stampin' Up goodies for Christmas!  I couldn't wait to break into them and loved using some on my card!  The new DSP is my absolute favourite!  Who doesn't love hearts?!  I got out my mom's Fashionable Hearts Embosslit to add some cute little hearts to the card!  I couldn't resist using the new pool party ribbon to tie it all up!

Head on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog to check out what the design team has created for you!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals Core'dinations, Pool Party Core'dinations
DSP: More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper
Stamps: Tiny Tags
Ink: Basic Black, Primrose Petals
Other: Jewellery Tag Punch, Finishing Touches Edgelits Die, Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die, Pool Party Ribbon


Here's a picture of my little men on Christmas morning!  I can't believe how big they're getting!

Hope you have a great day!
Jen!