Babies Babies Babies!!

Hi Everybody, hope you're all well and have been enjoying an Indian Summer! Nearly October now so time to make a start on those Christmas cards, or, in my case, on a few more of these baby boxes... My colleagues are still producing kids at an alarming rate, three recently became parents to two gorgeous girls and a boy, and now four more are pregnant! I can't keep up anymore, better start buying these boxes in bulk ;o)

 

 

Ingredients:
Paper: Maja Design and KI Memories; Bazzill Basics cardstock white and kraft
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearls swirls and pearls; QuicKutz and Doodlebug rub-ons
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle, Classic Heart and Scalloped Heart; Kars butterfly punch; Fiskars border punch; QuicKutz alphabets; Xenos tea boxes

 

That's all from me for now, hope to see you again soon. Thank you for stopping by!

 

Hugs,

Erica

And Another One...

It's Baby Boom Time at work, two more colleagues have just become proud first-time parents :D!

I've made this tin for the colleague who had a beautiful (and I do mean stunning!) little girl last week and last Saturday my other colleague gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl...that's going to be a bit more challenging, tin-wise ;o) so more on that at the weekend!

And this is not the last of it, another one of my colleagues is actually expecting her baby this week, her due date is Thursday...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, I am so sick of these tins! Hope you still enjoy them though :D!

Project Ingredients:

Paper: Bazzill Basics carstock kraft; Maja Designs design paper
Embellishments: Queen & Co pearls; ribbon; string; charm (inside booklet)
Tools: Tin; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles Large; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Fiskars border punch; Kars butterfly punch; QuicKutz alphabets Abigail and Snow Angel plus "baby" dies (inside booklet)

Right, that's all from me, off to watch Desperate Housewives and generally laze about ;o). Hope you have a great week, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Erica

A Baby Boy!

Remember how I told you I have about a gazillion pregnant colleagues? Well, one of them gave birth to a baby boy last month and here's what I made!

A little booklet so all 50 of us could write a funny, helpful or just congratulatory message to the proud parents ;o)

Now, September promises an influx of these tins, as three more colleagues are due to give birth. One of them to twins, a boy and a girl...any suggestions on how I'm going to solve that? ;o)

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink sentiments
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Maja Design design paper
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls; CC Designs tin; string; charm
Tools: Marianne Design frond die; EK Success Retro Flower punches; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle Large and Scalloped Circle Large; QuicKutz alphabets Studio and Abigail, shape dies; Fiskars border punch; Kars butterfly punch

Right, that's all from me, thank you for stopping by and see you soon with a new Pink Ink challenge!

Hugs,
Erica

Let Me Introduce You To...

...these delightful Magnolia chickies! A little over a month ago I gave a workshop at the fifth Magnolia Event, organised bi-annually by Paper & Pictures in Doorn, the Netherlands. I was asked months before the event to come up with a project and here's what I made. This is not entirely how the workshop album looked, but it's my draft version ;o).

The pages are pockets and all the left-hand side pages have a pocket on them too. There are no sentiments yet as I'm not sure what I want to use it for...I might even keep it myself ;o)

Meet Lovely Letitia, who literally carries her heart on her sleeve! She falls in and out of love so quickly and gives her heart to every boy she fancies, but none of them are ever "The One"... Ah well, Letitia figures that she'll meet him some day and until then she'll have lots of fun flirting with all the boys in the village!

Letitia's best friend is Shy Sue. They do say opposites attract don't they, well in this case that's soooo true! If a boy even so much as glances sideways at Sue she blushes red like a beetroot and hides behind her hat. She got these flowers from Silly Sam, the boy-next-door who really likes her but is just as shy as she is...will this story ever get a happy ending?

Have you met Berry Betty? She spends her summer holidays picking berries for Farmer Fred and, whilst doing so, eating tons of them as well! She's a little worried that her tongue is now permanently purple and there are so many berries in her tummy it looks like a lumpy mattress, but still she won't stop eating them...hope she doesn't get a tummy ache ;o)

This is Billie Butterfly, who likes nothing better than to chase butterflies round the garden all day. When she catches one it goes into her beautiful butterfly sanctuary where it can feast on flower pollen and rotting fruit (yeugh!) and be safe from Billie's cat, Mr Whiskers, who doesn't understand why he can't reach these delicious snacks...

Anxious Amber is the modern-day, much less heroic version of Little Red Riding Hood. She also has a grandmother who lives in the woods but instead of a big bad wolf to be afraid of Amber is afraid of, well, everything! The cute little deer, the charming birds, the naughty squirrels and prickly hedgehogs...everything! That bunch of flowers she's holding? Not for her grandmother but to defend herself with, if ever an animal should come too close (most of them are used to her quirky ways and stay well away but those naughty squirrels do like teasing her...) she bashes them over the head with the flowers and runs screaming to grandma's house...silly Amber ;o)

Little Bonnie has new purple boots and a new purple hat and she loves them! They're only supposed to be worn on special occasions though, her mum's told her, so now every day Bonnie tries to think up a special occasion so she can wear her fab boots and hat! Did you know, for example, that World Writer's Day is coming up? As well as International Youth Day and International Lefthanders Day? Bonnie has been trying to teach herself to write left-handed and as she is clearly "youth", that's three special occasions, yay!

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Magnolia
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock white; Maja Design design paper "Fika"
Embellishments: Kars adhesive pearls; Papertrey Ink ribbon
Tools: EK Success Retro Flower punches; Fiskars border punch; QuicKutz Antique Flourishes die; Magnolia Doohickey; Needle and thread
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
Y28, E50, E53 (hair)
E44, E43, E42, E41 (hair, clothes)
V95, V93, V91 (clothes)


That's all from me for now, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Hugs,
Erica

Warm Wishes And Blog Candy Winner!

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good day, it's nearly weekend so what could be bad about it eh ;o).

I have an easel card to share with you today, I'm entering this in the Sugar Bowl challenge which is a lovely sketch by Marlena! The prize, as always, is a fantastic one: you know how Sugar Nellie is the sweetest Scottish stamp company around right? Well, on 1 July they're unleashing these gorgeous Sherbet Pips onto us poor greedy stampers, and guess who'll be first in line at Funky Kits to get her inky paws on them? That's right...moi :D! Anyway, the prize they're giving away for this challenge is the whole set of Sherbet Pips for one lucky winner!

Aren't they just the most gorgeous gals you've ever seen?!?!

Onto the card before you lot start thinking I'm working on commission here ;o). This is the first time I've tried colouring on kraft cardstock and I must say, I thought it would be a lot harder! Granted, the hat ribbon colour isn't like that in real life, but otherwise it doesn't look half-bad methinks :D.

The layers of punched paper strips on the bottom of the card is an idea I got from the very talented Michelle, she did this on labels which is even more effective!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Sugar Nellie stamp "Pickin' Apples"; sentiment by CC Designs
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock; Kaisercraft design paper "English Rose"
Embellishments: Zva Creative pearl swirls; Kars adheshive pearls; Papertrey Ink ribbon
Tools: Magnolia Doohickey die; Martha Stewart, EK Success and Fiskars punches; Spellbinders Nestabilities Oval and Scalloped Oval; chalks
Copics:
E00, E51, E93, E21 (skin, cheeks)
E44, E43, E42, E41 (hair, clothes, basket)
YG95 (leaves, grass)
R20, R21, R39 (bows, flowers, apples)

And now the winner of my blog candy, as chosen by random.org

Congratulations Desiree! Please e-mail me your addy (erica_everaers@hotmail.com) and I'll send you your candy a.s.a.p.! Thanks to all of you for playing ;D!

Glad you stopped by today, hope to see you again soon!

Hugs,
Erica

Hey Baby!

Hi, hope you're all having a lovely day and enjoying some much-needed sunshine!

Today I want to share this little project with you, it's something I made recently for a colleague who gave birth to a little girl. She's the first of six pregnant colleagues to actually have her baby so be prepared in months to come for more of these little projects ;o).

Project Ingredients:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Bitty Baby Blessings and Favor It Baby sentiments
Paper: Bazzill Basics cardstock kraft; Maja Design design paper "Mina Vänner"
Tools: QuicKutz shape and alphabet dies; EK Success retro flower punches; Fiskars border punch; Kars butterfly punch; Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles
Other: ribbon; charm; tin; adhesive pearls


That's all from me for now, thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs,
Erica