Baby, Baby, I loved WCMD!

It's late, but who cares! Technically, it's still World Card Making Day and this is my SECOND post of the day {gasp!}! WHAT A COOL HOLIDAY! I hope that soon it will truly be a holiday. Card makers should be festooned with jewels and presented with gifts: revered in their families and communities! WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATED!!!!! People will say this, when we walk by, "stand back ~ there goes a card maker!"

Listen, I hear the choir singing! It's A W E S O M E ! Here's another memento of the day:




Oh, a baby! A wee little adorable baby...! But that's not MY baby: that a "spam" baby! That sweet little tot came right out of the junk coupon mailer, and I picked her to celebrate this groovy challenge:



Click on the link or my earlier post for details... In the meantime, here are some baby details:



Can you even tell that baby is printed on news print! {Sweet lil' baby!} I sponged the edges of the printed image and the edges of all of these elements with white craft ink to soften it all down and give is a warm "new baby" quality... Sweet and powdery and dreamy! Loved the duck image and had to play it up with the use of a "well loved" ducky stamp by "Rubber Stampede"... I colored the ducks with chalk pencils and then added Crystal Effects with a dry brush to set the colors... Then I cropped them and glued them on top of some {*swoon!*} Tim Holtz Fragments, that had been glued to Making Memories D/P.... I thought they made magical embellishments to go with THAT BABY!



Of course, if you know of my passion for Tim's Fragments, then you'll understand why I had to throw these down when I saw this sketch for Limelight Papercraft! A totally new (to me) challenge that I've heard a few of my fave blog buddies, Ann and Sarah, design for! I was so thrilled by their use of this sketch that I decided to give it a shot.



Sweet Mandy, who runs the blog, invited ME to partake after I'd left some love for Sarah, who will be designing for them for a while! Nothing like the crafty "tap on the shoulder!" I was honored! She's got goodies and all kinds of fun over on her blog/store, so check it, if ya can!




So, at final review, I'm clearly having a "thing" with clouds! Tee hee Loving that cloud paper in the background by "My Little Shoebox"... I was trying to pull from scraps and embellishments that are "in the magic bucket" of leftovers that live near my scrap table... {trying to keep in the recycle theme of The kitchen Sink Challenge}.... Anywhoo, I had some scraps from Making Memories "Flower Patch" 6x6" pad sitting out, and I was DELIGHTED that they kind of worked with my colors and I just FORCED them the rest of the way! I really like the quilty quality of some of the swatches and these colors provided an excellent bridge from the baby image to my rad cloud paper! {*sigh!* I just loves me MY paper!}

If any of my explanation seems "vague" or you have any specific questions about my post, technique or materials, please don't hesitate to e-mail me! I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend... and between you and me {shhhhhh!} we can make EVERY DAY World Card Making Day! Yipee!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Ruber Stamped
Acrylic Fragments - Tim Holtz
Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Metal Charm - Michael's
Thread - Gutermann