Irish Luck for Lachlan

Believe it or not, this is a baby card (yes, for the same Lachlan Luana made her card for the other weekend). Not traditional I know, but I wanted to give a nod to this little man's Irish heritage and strong Irish name.
Also, I wanted to use a Sale-a-Bration set before they finish - today's your last chance to get these great sets!!



I used the heart from Polka Dot Punches to make a lucky four leaf clover, stamped in Green Galore. This was mounted on Whisper White card which had been pierced around the edge, swiped and sponged with Green Galore, mounted on Green Galore and mounted on a Glorious Green card base. To finish the clover I just cut a stem from Green Galore card. I stamped Lachlan's name using the retired Pure & Simple Alphabet Upper and mounted each letter with dimensionals.

Welcome to the world little man, we cannot wait to meet you, and always be proud of your heritage.

Thank you Karen (Pooi-Lim)

I made this card for a Sale-a-Bration swap back in January. The inspiration for this card came from a very unexpected gift from a friend I did Nutrition and Dietetics with for Chinese New Year. Karen is Malaysian-Chinese and is one uni friend I have kept contact with over the years and miles. I was a little bit intrigued when a card arrived in the post from her mid-January as Christmas had been and gone and it was addressed to Luana; upon opening it there was a card for all of us for Chinese New Year and a gift for Luana - Karen explained that it is customary to give gifts in her culture to children for New Year as a symbol of blessings for the New Year and growth in children. I was quite overwhelmed and just HAD to make a thank you for her. So this is what eventuated, inspired by Chinese New Year, and more specifically the envelope Luana's gift arrived in:

I have used Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White card with the Botanical Blooms SAB set. I stamped the 'rounder' flower outline in Real Red, and the lily in Versamark before embossing with gold - 3 lilies as 3 is a Chinese number of good luck! 'Thanks' is from Live Your Dream (one of the sets that supports the Bushfire Appeal at the moment) and is stamped in Basic Black.

I am trying to scrap the card and envelope, so hopefully will get it done at some stage. It's providing a challenge as the envelope is red, gold and black, and the card is blues, greens and browns....

Thank you Karen for thinking of us!! Hoping you had a truly wonderful Chinese New Year!

Cheese!

I wasn't planning on posting this page just yet, but Shelli's latest Creative Challenge is using Sale-A-Bration, so I thought I'd try to enter this one.

I made this page for Paul's calendar (and yay! he has a brand new work desk to put it on!) - I tried to make his calendar pages not girly-girly so he would feel comfortable having them on his desk, but this photo just screamed for pink and purple - Pink Passion and Elegant Eggplant!! I have used the gorgeous Polka Dot Punches from Sale-a-Bration for the heart and a bit of background stamping (also in the bottom left hand corner, but the photo came out a bit dark), and Best Friends Upper Alphabet for Cheese. It took ages to get the title to a point where I was happy, and it ended up being pierced around the edges, swiped in Pixie Pink (I used Pixie Pink for all the stamping to make it less 'strong') before being mounted with dimensionals.

I do love this photo because it was taken just days after Luana had ENT surgery (that's why she has a little mark on the corner of her mouth where they taped the tube during the operation) and while it was just the both of us getting ready for my sister's engagement party. She had a ball at the party and you would never know what she went through just days before - little trooper!

This page always makes me smile - hope it makes you smile too!