Rhonda's Design Haven: Bundle of Joy

Bundle of Joy

January 28, 2008

Bookmarks for Welcome Wagon

I know there is Welcome Wagon across Canada but I am not sure if they are in other countries or not. Welcome Wagon delivers gift baskets to families who have moved, had new babies, are planning weddings etc. In the gift baskets are gifts from sponsors and I have decided to become a sponsor in Saskatoon for the new moms. Amongst other things I am including a handstamped bookmark for them congratulating them on their new babies. The one in the center is the first one that I did and then realized that there was too much detail considering that I have to make hundreds of them, lol! So I changed a couple of things to make it a little faster.

I used the now retired Bundle of Joy stamp set and watercolored the bear with choc. chip reinker and an aquapainter. Then I cut them out (this part took forever, lol). I punched two scallops with the Stampin' Up scallop punch and went around them with a white gel pen. The base of the bookmark is choc. chip and then I layered on pretty in pink and then bashful blue. The bashful blue is wheeled in blue with the Sweet Stars jumbo wheel. I used the photo corner punch on pink and choc. chip. In the top right corner I punched a hole with the Horizontal Slot punch and tied a piece of bashful blue grosgrain ribbon. The sentiment on the original bookmark was from the retired set, In My Thoughts, but then my new hostess set, For a Friend, arrived while I was making them so I stamped it on instead with choc. chip ink.

Today, is a HORRIBLE day weather-wise here. We are having a blizzard! I spent lots of time this morning trying to dig out my driveway. Our drive way is about 78 feet and as you shovel snow a foot deep out of it you really realize how long that is! I've definitely got my workout done for the day, lol! The temperature plummeted overnight and now it is flippin' freezing. Grrrr.....so jealous of all of you who live in warm climates:)

This is a picture of the lawn in front of my house. Correction, this is where the lawn should be, lol! It's hard to tell but this pile of snow on the corner is close to my armpits in height (I am 5 ft 7 inches). There is more to shovel too. At this point the driveway is only half shovelled. I'm looking on the brightside though...my kids will love to sled down this once it gets a little warmer:)

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April 10, 2007

Birthday Card for Alex

My nephew is going to be one year old on May 6th (the day before my birthday:)! He is such a cutie and for some reason the first time I saw this set, I thought of him. So last night I thought I would get to work and come up with something for his birthday. The bear is watercolored using the watercolor wonder crayons and an aquapainter.

Stamp Sets: Bundle of Joy, Riveting, Itty Bitty Backgrounds

Cardstock: Four Seasons Designer Paper, bravo burgundy, black, white, so saffron

Ink: black, burgundy

Accessories: Circle Punches (1 3/8", 1 1/4", 1/2"), dimensionals, vintage brads, wwc, aquapainter, black marker, paper piercer

My 10th Anniversary is on Thursday and of course today I have decided that I want to do a big project to give to my husband complete with pictures and everything. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. I am thinking of doing a squash book, check back later this week to see if I got it done in time!! Here is a picture of the two of us on our wedding day!

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March 06, 2007

Thinkin' Pink...

I am doing a baby card swap this month so I thought I would try a couple different designs before I decide on one. We had a lot of power problems here yesterday that really hindered my efforts though. In the afternoon, it was out for about 3 hours and then again last night for about 2 more. I had to go to bed hours early just because there was nothing else to do:)! Very frustrating when your brain is dying to be creative! Anyways...