Crochet

Hekko Crafty Friends,

In my previous post I told you I have been

doing some crochet. I have been making some

baby blankets for two of the girls who are working

in the home of my mom. Both are pregnant with boys.

I actually bought a package with a pattern, but then when 

I started to make it, I did not like it at all. It was only the 

off white and the yellow. So I bought some more cotton

and just made up my own pattern.

You see the stitches are the same as in a granny square.

Then when i noticed the combination of color, it looked

like the beach, so i found these appliqe patterns for

the boat and the fishes on pinterest.

Fish:

 https://strickwahn.blog/2019/05/28/28-mai-2019-fische-haekeln/amp/

Boat:

http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.com/2012/06/sail-away-crochet-pattern.html

The arigumi duch template can be found here:

duck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIyZxLJjUkI

II wrapped it all together and gave it 

to the first one who is due soon.

So I had lots of cotton left and started to make some

granny squares for a new blanket. i just love the combo 

of colors.

Of course I had to add a rattle to this blanket too.

I found the pattern of this cute penguin:

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/63261569756471193/

It is the pattern of a teether, but I did not like the

wooden ring, so I only made the penguin to play with.

And this is the start of a new project. It is going to be a 

large blanket of 64 squares in these colors. It will be one for

my own couch!. I have already 9 squares, So the beginning

is there.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep crafting!

 

Bugaboo New Release

Hello Stamping Friends!

Here we are with a cute new image from Bugaboo

Digital stamps. You can see all the different

cards on the 

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

Here is the Boo Teddy Bear image.

She is colored with Stampin'Blends by SU!.

In the background you see a ribbon from my stash

and some design paper.

The background of the girl is an oval die cut

and a matching scallop oval.

The sentiment is from a stamping set

by Stampin'Up! called Apple of My Eye.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe

and keep crafting!

Bugaboo digital stamp: New Release

It is new realease day on the

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

Come and see all the wonderful cards 

by the design team here.

The new image is this cute little baby mouse.

BM Crawling.

I made a z-fold card.

Behing the panel of the mouse I added a panel

where you can write and congratulate

the new parents.

I used some cute colored design paper.

The mouse is colored with Stampin'Up! 

Stampin'Blend markers.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

Limited Runs Progressive Challenge #31: Bears

Today it is Animal Day in The Netherlands.

So a great day to use an animal on my card

and as this month we were given this cute bear

for the Limited Runs Progressive Challenge,

I made these cards for today.

When I thought of what to do for a card, I had

so many ideas, that I ended up making 3 cards.

Card #1

When I looked at the bear-image, it looked like

he was dancing on his own, so I added some music

paper behind him and a Create with TLC sentiment.

I colored all the bears with my watercolor pastels.

I added some musical paper behind the bear and

a cute lace ribbon.

The sentiment is by Create with TLC.

If you click on the above image, you can see the bear dance!

I added an wobble behind the bear.

Card #2

It also looks like the bear can hold something.

How about a coffee cup?!

For this card I used:

Digital coffee paper I bought on Etsy

ribbon by DL.ART,

rubber stamp by Hero Arts

and the coffee rings are dies by Sizzix.

I just love that big cup in his hands.

I cut the hand to move the cup in

and added foam tape to make

it look like he drinks from the cup.

Card #3

As lots of babies are born in our family,

I came up with this cute baby card.

Bears are always cute on baby cards.

I had this cute baby image in my stash:

look at how the baby is also holding a tiny bear!

The sentyment is from an old SU! set.

Thank you for looking.

Be nice to your animals

and have a creative day!

Baby Girl for Bugaboo Sketch challenge

It is baby time! In need of more baby cards,

so i used the sketch challenge on the

Bugaboo Challenge Blog

for my card.

This sweet image is a freebie from way back.

Unfortunately I cannot find it in the Bugaboo Shop,

so this one must be retired now.

The image is colored with SU! Stampin'Blends

and the sentiment is from SU! too, but a 

very vintage baby set (also not available anymore).

Design paper is from my stash.

This is the given sketch.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Simon Says: Cute

Here are two cute baby treat boxes for 

the challenge on the

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday blog this week.

After I made the cute Easter mini treat boxes yesterday,

I suddenly had an idea for these baby boxes.

You can use them for a treat on a baby shower, but

also to reveal the sex of the baby, anyway lots of ideas.

So exept for the Elizabeth Craft Design gable box die,

all other stamps and thinlits (onesies) are materials

from my (not so current) Stampin'Up! stash.

Here I show you the box from all sides:

The onesies are tied to the box with some small

organza ribbon.

Thank you for looking

and have a wonderful Sunday!

The Daily Marker day 24: sketch

More baby cards today!

I used the sketch from the

CAS(E) this sketch blog.

I made a girl and a boy version

using the same Tim holtz mini blueprint 8 CMS231 stamps again.

Also some design paper drom a blog from my stash 

and the sentiments are stickers from small talk by Tim holtz.

This is the boy version.

For both cards I also made matching enveloppes.

Of course my card is also for day 24 of

The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!

The Daily Marker day 23: Cookies Challenge 111

Another baby card, this time for a boy.

Photo inspiration from the 

If you give a crafter a Cookie Blog

made me come up with this card for today.

For the background I used the same technique

as for the girl card with a sweet embossingfolder,

distress crayons.

Here I used brushed pewter distress mica spray.

When the background dries, I color the images

with fossilized amber, broken china and mowed lawn

distress oxide ink and a water brush.

The images are from the mini blueprints 8 CMS231.

After cutting out the images, I used a fossilized amber

colored paper behind the image to gave them a cookie look.

Around the card I tied a piece of blue crinckled ribbon.

The letters on the boy tag are from Tim Holtz 

industrious stickers and the stamped sentiment is from 

the set Made with Love by Stampin'Up! as well

as the little stars. A tiny sticky gemstone for a little

bling in the card.

Here the finished card.

Of course I made a matching envelop and decorated

the inside of the card with the left over strip.

Of course I enter my card also for 

The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge

day 23.  

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!