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One Cool Cat

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My nephew Cameron turned three yesterday. His party is this weekend and we’re looking to seeing him. He loves to wear sunglasses, so I decided to make him a card with sunglasses on it. I chose this cool cat image from Hambo Stamps and used the sketch from Hambo Hoedown Challenge #8. Since I was printing out the digital stamp, I decided to print out a sentiment of my own choosing as well. I also printed out a strip that reads “Happy 3rd Birthday Cameron!” to put on the inside of the card.

I’m also entering this card in the following challenges:

Cool Cat Cameron’s Birthday Card

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Cool Cat
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, So Saffron
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Uptown
Ink: Dell printer
Embellishments: blue brads
Tools: Stampin’ Up modern label extra large punch; Nesties small and large circles; Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder; Stampin’ Up markers; Prismacolor colored pencils

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17 Months Old

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Can you believe it? Time is flying. Jessica turned 17 months old yesterday.

On Daddy's Shoulders, 2/25/11

 

On the Househunt, 3/12/11

What Jessica is Up To

Jessica is now almost running everywhere. I insist she hold my hand when we’re outside (and not at the park or in the backyard), since I’m afraid she’ll run into the street. I think her favorite time to run is when we get her undressed in her room and put her down and say bathtime. It’s so cute to watch her run to the bathroom.

She also likes to climb. She climbs into things and on top of things.

In Tote, 2/23/11

 

Climbing in Her Playhouse, 3/3/11

Jessica has become quite the bag lady. If something has a carrying strap, she will carry it around. I gave her this little purse that I never really used, because it was too little. When I first gave it to her, she carried it everywhere, even to the bath.

Taking Her Purse to Bathtime, 2/23/11

 

A Princess Carrying a Princess Bag, 2/21/11

 

Helping Mama Weed, 2/22/11

 

Carrying Empty Grocery Bags, 2/22/11

 

Carrying an Empty Lunch Bag, 3/7/11

 

Carrying a Basket, 3/9/11

I even took a little video of Jessica showing off her bag-carrying skills.

 

She has also started enjoying stuffed animals more. Puppy and her are great friends. There’s been a few times she has insisted we take puppy with us in the car.

Carrying Puppy, 2/27/11

I’m trying to get her interested in coloring, but so far I haven’t been very successful. Jessica does like to take the crayons out of the tin we keep them in.

Coloring with Puppy, 3/11/11

 

Coloring, 3/11/11

She’s all about moving objects from one location to another. The crayons from tin to table and back to tin. She even gets her baby carriage involved, but not really for a baby doll. Jessica likes to put the pots and pans from the Elmo kitchen fridge magnet in the baby carriage and push them around and then take them out. And then put them back in and push it back to the fridge and hang them back on the hooks.

Filling Baby Carriage with Pots & Pans, 3/10/11

 

Pushing Baby Carriage, 3/14/11

Jessica likes to go for rides to check the mail. The other day, we had the garden cart out to transport some mulch to the backyard and Jessica wanted in. She liked it so much that when we finished with the mulch we took her to check the mail in it.

Going for a Ride, 3/7/11

 

Checking the Mail, 3/7/11

Even though she has become enamored with things that aren’t toys, like my contact case or the soda coozies, she still loves to play with her toys.

Clapping the Coozie Gloves, 3/9/11

 

Playing, 3/9/11

We don’t let her watch much TV, but I occasionally put on Little Einsteins or Curious George while I get dinner ready. When they start a mission and pat their laps to help Rocket to take off, Jessica will pat her lap too.

Watching Little Einsteins, 3/7/11

What Jessica is Saying

The last two or three weeks have been an explosion of vocabulary and comprehension. In addition to signing more, she will now say more. She has also mastered the signs for all done and milk, although she will sign milk for any beverage. She says both no and yesh. The inflection of her no is so cute. It’s hard not to smile. She can say: cheese, juice, up, out, mama, da, poopy (while getting her diaper changed), ball, wow, whoa, whee (going down slides), uh-oh, hello, hi, bye, and I’m sure there’s a few more I’m forgetting.

What Jessica is Eating

I think Jessica is trying to double the amount of teeth she has. She now has the top front four, 3 in the bottom front, a molar on the bottom left and top right. Plus, she has 3 or more in progress.

My child is the pickiest eater. I’m trying to introduce new foods all the time, but she is still a fruit eating piggy. She does get protein from peanut butter and turkey and she even enjoyed some tuna salad today. And of course she gets her carbs from crackers and bread, but she still won’t eat pasta. Fortunately, she still loves the Stoneyfield veggie yogurts so all is not lost. I’m hoping it it just a matter of time.

Eating Blueberries, 3/3/11

 

Eating Blueberries From Multiple Containers, 3/3/11

I’ll leave you with one last picture of my cutie pie peeking out from behind the rocking chair.

Hiding, 3/7/11

 

 

A Texan Hello

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Welcome to another Texas Tuesday. You might remember that last time I had mentioned having a tough time deciding on a background for my Texas Independence Day card. I had said that you would probably see my second choice on a later card. Well, here is that later card. I found this Alamo elevation background at the Historic American Buildings Survey. I popped up both my little flag-carrying cowboy and the layer with the Alamo elevation. I debated between “A Texas Hello” and “A Texan Hello” for my hand-written sentiment. I went with “A Texan Hello” and am now wishing I went with “A Texas Hello.” What do you think?

I’m entering this card in the following challenges:

A Texan Hello

Stamps: West elevation of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo); Deadbeat Designs Texas Rider
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Real Red, Brilliant Blue
Ink: Dell printer; Stampin’ Up Basic Gray
Embellishments: red star brads, blue ribbon
Tools: Stampin’ Up scallop border punch; white gel pen

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Texas Tuesday posse (links in my sidebar —->).

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Babies Make Your Heart Bigger

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Someone I know is due to have a baby girl any day now.  I made the parents-to-be this adorable card. Hopefully, the mommy-to-be doesn’t read my blog (I don’t think she does), because I’m not going to the post office until tomorrow.

I used Tuesday Morning Sketches #84, except I used an oval instead of a diamond. The image is an adorable Phindy’s Place image that works perfectly for the “Oh Baby!” theme of Phindy’s Friday Challenge #45. I’m also entering this card in The Pink Elephant Challenge #95 to make a spring time card. A baby definitely makes me think of spring.

Baby Card

Stamps: Phindy’s Place Contentment; Ginger’s House Babies (sentiment)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Enchante
Ink: Dell printer
Embellishments: green ribbon
Tools: Stampin’ Up markers; Copic markers (skin); Nesties small/large ovals, small/large scallop ovals

I normally don’t decorate the insides of my cards, because I like to leave lots of room to write a message. However, I didn’t have room on the front for the Ginger’s House sentiment I printed, so I decorated the inside with more of the pretty DP and added it there.

Inside of Baby Card

I also made a set of personalized notecards for the parents-to-be. I tried something different from my norm.

Personalized Notecards

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Pretty in Pink; blank white cards
Ink: Dell printer, Stampin’ Up Pretty in Pink (on embossed feet)
Tools: Nesties Labels Three; Cuttlebug It’s a Boy embossing folder

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Copics Class

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A few Saturdays ago, my friend Kristy and I attended a Copics class at Scrapology. It was a fun class and I learned a lot. Since it was class on coloring technique, we didn’t have to actually stamp anything, that was prepared in advance for us.

This first card uses a neat blotting technique on the colored teapot to give it a mottled look. At home, I added some glossy accents to give it some shine and I also used it to hold the string in place. I also added the A Muse ribbon.

Teabag Card

The instructor was going for a Nancy Drew look for the hair here. The technique to color the little girl’s dress was blending a second color on an acetate sheet with the first color marker. This is a good technique if you don’t have many markers.

Little Girl Card

This if my favorite card of the class. It was really tough figuring out how to blend it to look natural. I’m glad the instructor offered scrap flowers to practice on. I’m really really happy with how my attempt turned out. And I picked up 2 of the colors used on this flower as part of the class fee. How cool is that?

Flower Card

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