Hello, Baby! Or is that “Aloha, Baby!

Aloha, all!

     I may have mentioned that I'm going to become a Great Aunt to two babies this spring.  Next month one nephew will be welcoming a baby boy, and in June – for the first time in decades! – my side of the family, courtesy of another nephew and his wife, will be welcoming a baby girl!  My niece, Margie, who is a 30-something, has been the only girl baby in our family since the day she was born.  She indicates that she is more than ready to give up that honor. 

     So I'd better start shifting into "pink" mode for some of my cards and projects!  I have plenty of blue stuff in storage, and now I need to get cracking to welcome a baby girl.  She may not want pink down the road a bit.  But for now, this Great Aunt will be making pink!

     The paper with those darling little birds is from the Designer Series Paper set, Nursery Nest.  I cut it with the Circle Scissors Plus, and mounted it on a card made with the Scallop Circle Bigz Die.  But before I did, I attached a piece of the Blushing Bride 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon behind it.  This ribbon does so well going around corners!  I love it for a lot of its characteristics, but I think this is my favorite.

     To set off the greeting (from Teeny Tiny Wishes), I included a Scallop Circle punched with the 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, which I then embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder.  And after I adhered everything together, I added some of the Twitterpated Designer Buttons. Both the Pleated Ribbon and the Twitterpated Designer Buttons are from the Stampin' Up! 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog, which will be around until the end of April.  I'm thinking that these not only look like baby colors, they look like Easter colors!  So I'm sure you'll be seeing them here again!

     Whoever it is for whom you're creating something this week, I hope you have as much fun – and wear as big a smile – doing it as I had making this card!