Hearts all over, Baby!

The adorable elephant by My Favorite Things got quite dark for this baby boy card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Fab'n'Funky #396: For a child
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #470: Baby, Baby
• Crafty Cardmakers #213: For a Boy/Man
• Crafting by Designs, May 31: For the Boys
• A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #69: Anything Goes

Welcome, little one!

Today, I enter this baby card for the current The Crazy Challenge, March 12: Bundle Of Joy:

Furthermore, I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting From The Heart #198: Anything Goes

Welcome, Benjamin!

A teacher of our kindergarden welcomed a baby boy over the weekend. I am sending her the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts Challenge Blog #449: Something New
• A Gem of a Challenge #210: Happy Anything
• Creative Knockouts #227: Celebrations
• Simon Says: Something New
  
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #73: Anything Goes

Surprise: Koala Baby!

Today, I want to show you another baby boy card I made with the new Create a Smile stamp set "ein Wagen voller Schaetze".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• AAA Cards #98: Creatures Great or Small
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #266: Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create #201: Anything Goes

New Beginnings, all around!

There were a couple of babies born in my friends circle and I needed a couple of baby cards lately.
For this card I used the adorable elephant by My Favorite Things and stuck them on a dotted tag by Lil'Inker Designs. For the sentiment I used the aqua glitzer embossing powder by Sternenstaub saying "congratulations".

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Sweet Stamping, September 2: Heat Embossing
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog #180: Boys will be Boys
• Allsorts Challenge Blog #431: New Beginnings

Baby Toys!

For this baby card I was inspired by a card from Sarah J. Moerman. I colored my background with Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass. The images are from two different stamp sets which belong to my best friend Christine: Wplus9 "Party Animals" & Lawn Fawn "Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum" using the heat embossing technique. I produced this card on our latest crop.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps and More #242: Make your Mark
• Inky Chicks #83: Baby Card
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges #351: backgrounds - use a background stamp or create a background
• Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog #128: Anything Goes
• Creative Moments #118: Anything Goes

Welcome, Filip!

Our neighbor's son I grew up with, welcomed his second boy about two weeks ago. My mum, brother and I sent them the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenge:

• Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog #60: A New Baby
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog #272: Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #193: Anything Goes

Welcome, Erik!

A friend of mine welcomed her second son on October 2nd and I sent her the following card:

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• CASology #170: Heart
• Creative Moments #80: Anything Goes
• TTCRD, Oct 27 - Nov 2: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #285: Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart Challenge Blog #83: Anything Goes
• 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog #270: Anything Goes

Welcome, Felix!

My best friend and her husband welcomed their second child, a boy call Felix, on Sep 9.
Beside a huge diaper cake I made them this CAS card inspired by Katherine Shudrova.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Stempelgarten Challenge #41: Am Himmel über uns
• Creative Knockouts #106: Clean and Simple - A day for daisies
• The Paper Nest Dolls September Challenge #9: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #278: Always Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #92: Anything Goes

100% boy!

A friend of mine welcomed her third child, her second boy, and therefore it was time for another baby card. After a long time, I used the Stampin'up set "all in the family" again. When I bought the designer paper I used as background, it reminded me on a page in a dictionary.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Everybody Art Challenge #322: Buchseite oder ein Stück davon
• TTCRD, April 28-May 4: Anything Goes
• Cards and more Challenge Blog #131: Baby Karte
• Craft your Passion Challenges #259: Always Anything Goes

Playing in the sand!

I needed a couple of baby cards lately, as some of my friends welcomed a baby within the last four months. For Josef, born in July, I created this holiday baby card:

I used my postage stamp die cut for the pictures.

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Little Red Wagon #260: Oh, Baby!
• Aud Sentiment Challenge Blog #118: 2 or 3 Word Sentiment
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog #118: Holiday

Bundle of joy!

I needed a baby card again for a friend of mine who welcomed a baby boy. I used the sewing machine for the background paper and stamped "congratulations" all over it before I put some baby boy items on it. Quite simple!

I enter this card in the following challenges:

• Party Time Tuesday #168: Die Cut Challenge
• Divas by design, April 16: Bundle of joy
• Cards und more #104: no flowers
• Everybody art challenge #274: Alles Geht
• The paper nest dolls #8: Anything Goes

New arrival in Oz!

My grandcousin in Australia welcomed a son a few days before Christmas. Of course, I had to make a baby card for him too.

Meanwhile, I use stamps from the Stampin'up set "Zoo Babies" for nearly every baby card.

I enter this card in the:

• Party Time Tuesday PTT #152: Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #239: New Year, New Beginnings, New Baby
• Kreative Knockouts #17: Anything Goes

My first diaper cake!

A friend of mine welcomed a baby boy last week. As two other friends and I will visit the new arrival in two weeks I thought of a present. At the moment I love to use my "Zoo babies" stamps from stampin'up.
Scanning various scrapbooking galleries for inspiration, I saw a project at http://remarkablycreated.com/ where Janet Wakeland made a diaper cake using the Zoo Babies as decoration. Immediately, I knew that want to try one too and that this will be my present for Gerwin.

Here is my version, a three layer diaper cake:

I used a criss-cross stitch to create separated segments between the animals and make it look like crafted sleeves. On top, I sewed a blue ribbon on every sleeve. The cherry on top are the two blue flags saying "a gift for baby" and the dummies.

I enter this project in the

• Crafting By Designs: Anything Goes, October 2
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #90: Sentiment for a child
• Challenges 4 Everybody #30: Anything Goes
• Creative Craft Challenges2 #20: Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts #4: Your favourite things
• Paper Crafting Journey: For a Boy, September 26
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes, October 1

Welcome Noe!

I love to make baby cards, as I have so much cute paper for it. Therefore, I made a card for my friend in South Tirol who welcomed her second child, a boy named Noe. Despite all the paper I got, I stayed very simple that time.
I am looking forward to meet little Noe in person, sometime in autumn this year.

I enter this card in the 

• Eureka Stamps Challenge #39: Baby or Pregancy Card
• Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #80: Baby or Mother and Child