Card Feature Wednesday 6
Wednesday, July 02, 2014
The card today is a really simple lazy card and it doesn't involve any stamps.
I needed to make a card with a name on it and didn't have any stamps big enough so I just created one in Microsoft word and then printed it on some card. The font is Scriptina, love this font.
To embellish the card, I punched out some butterflies and flowers from some Martha Stewart punches in different patterned papers, added some little gems to the centre of the flowers and butterflies and I put them on some glue dots to make them more dimensional.
Papers - My Minds Eye The sweetest thing honey | Punches - Martha Stewart 3 in 1 butterfly and 3 in 1 hydrangea | Gems - Hobbycraft.
I really liked the way this card turned out with the style of the font and the patterned papers. I have a feeling I may be making more quick cards like this too.
Hope you are having a good week. See you soon.
Amelia's 5 month update
Friday, June 27, 2014
I thought I would start doing updates on Amelia to capture how much she changes.
Amelia was 5 months on the 25th June. It has gone fast and I am trying to make sure I enjoy the moments with her as it's so easy to get caught up with life.
She was weighed on Monday and weighs 16lbs 7oz and is still on the 75th centile.
We give her 5 7oz bottles a day but she drinks about 3 1/2 to 4 of them.
She hasn't started weaning yet but I can't see it being long before she will. I am aiming for 6 months as they can eat mashed food rather than puréed food at that age. I am going to start putting her in her high chair (well, Hollie's high chair) to get used to it.
She is still in 3-6 months clothes but I don't think it will be long before she is in 6-9 months.
She loves to smile and laugh especially with her sister and has begun to cry when I leave the room.
Amelia isn't interested in crawling or turning over etc. yet but would like to sit up rather than leaning on a cushion although she doesn't have the strength to stay sitting up yet.
She also loves to take her socks off.
Her latest trick is to shake her head and it tends to be just at the right time like when we are asking a question!
Amelia still has reflux but it is slightly better at the moment and she doesn't get pain with it and she dribbles a lot with teething as I mentioned in this post.
She sleeps through the night and has done since she was 8 weeks old which was the same with Hollie. I definitely don't take this for granted as I know this can change at any moment especially as she is teething and does wake maybe once or twice in the night due to teething but settles herself quite quickly.
We are beginning to see Amelia's character coming out (look at the cheeky smile!) and look forward to seeing what she gets up to next.
Hope you have a lovely weekend. See you soon.
Altering bibs with the snap poppers
Thursday, June 26, 2014
For a long time now, Amelia has had reflux and brings up a lot of milk after her feeds and also with teething, she dribbles a lot too.
Luckily, the reflux doesn't seem to give her any problems but obviously the teething givers her some trouble.
The problem I have is that the bibs that I saved from Hollie and even some of the bibs Amelia got new, were too big around the neck and wouldn't catch the sick or dribble (nice!).
So I did think about buying new bibs but I just couldn't justify buying news bibs and trying to find ones that were smaller, if that was even possible. So I decided to add a snap popper using the Kam pliers to each of the bibs to make them smaller. All I did was measure where the snap popper needed to be when the bib was on and then added one.
Such a simple thing has helped me solve a problem that was annoying me and helps me if the bibs stretch a bit in the future.
Have a lovely day. See you soon.
Linked up to: A Bowlful of Lemons, Glued to my crafts, Artsy Fartsy Mama, Live Laugh Rowe,
Card Feature Wednesday 5
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Today's cards are a couple of masculine birthday cards that I made a while ago.
For the first card, I decided to use 3 circles as the main focus of the card. I went with some bright orange patterned paper for the background and layered it on some kraft card so that it would balance the orange out a bit.
Paper - My Minds Eye Out of the Blue and Fly a kite | Stamp - Clearly Besotted Tag Along | Circles - Spellbinders circles large | Stars - Sizzix | Twine - The Ribbon Girl | Buttons - Papermania | White gel pen - Uni ball Signo gel pen.
I chose the the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Tag Along stamp set and stamped it on one of the circles. On the other circles, I added some stars.
For the embellishments, I added some small green buttons at the top and some brown twine around the bottom. I also added some faux stitching around the outside of the card with a white gel pen.
For the second card, I went with a numbered patterned paper for the background which I love the colours of. I added some stripey orange paper for the back layer of the centre label and I added some kraft card to the front of the orange layer. I stamped the larger star and added a smaller star on a foam square, on top, to add some dimension.
For the sentiment, I stamped a sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Stamps A Little Sentimental on a label from the Clearly Besotted Stamps Tag Along dies.
Paper - My Minds Eye Fly a kite and Out of the blue | Stamp - Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental and Banana Frog Super Stars | Dies - Clearly Besotted Tag Along and Spellbinders Nestabilities Label one.
These cards were not too difficult to make but have a lot going on to make the cards full of colour.
Hope you are having a lovely week. See you soon.
The Nitty Gritty Comb Review
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Ever since Hollie started Nursery, she keeps getting head lice.
It's so frustrating as a mum to keep the lice away. I have tried the medicated treatments to banish the lice but they wouldn't get rid of the actual white eggs, so the lice would always hatch.
I was getting to my wits end and felt defeated by these annoying little bugs, until recently I decided to try the Nitty Gritty comb.
I had tried the basic nit combs but they were getting rid of some of the live lice but not the eggs.
When looking at buying the Nitty Gritty comb, I noticed it had was award-wining and had a lifetime guarantee, which made me decide to try it as well as it seemed to have rave reviews.
The comb itself is stainless steel and has little grooves which spiral down the comb. These grooves are what catch the eggs and the teeth are tight together to catch the lice.
When looking at buying the Nitty Gritty comb, I noticed it had was award-wining and had a lifetime guarantee, which made me decide to try it as well as it seemed to have rave reviews.
The comb itself is stainless steel and has little grooves which spiral down the comb. These grooves are what catch the eggs and the teeth are tight together to catch the lice.
I was sceptical about this product after trying everything else but this is my saviour when it comes to fighting head lice and would not be without it now.
It works so well and I haven't used any other treatments since buying the comb.
I would completely recommend trying this comb out if you are fighting against head lice.
I wanted to tell you about the Nitty Gritty comb as it can be heart breaking watching your child constantly scratching their hair let alone embarrassing!
You can find out more about the Nitty Gritty comb here.
This is not a sponsored post, I bought this in desperation!
Sophie the Giraffe Strap
Thursday, June 19, 2014
While researching the KAM pliers on Ebay, I came across straps for Sophie the Giraffe teether toy. I thought this would be great to try to make with the the pliers as I had bought as Sophie the giraffe recently and it isn't cheap and so a strap to keep it secure would be a good idea.
I also came across a tutorial on how to make them on Leanne's blog. She gives you all the measurements and where to put the snap poppers.
The tools that I used were:
- The KAM pliers and parts.
- Snap poppers.
- Scissors.
- Ribbon e.g. grosgrain.
You will need some ribbon that measures 56 cm/ 22 inches in length and turn the ends over 1 cm and add a snap popper. I did make mine slightly longer so that it would hang longer. As long as you keep the outside measurements the same it will work if you would like it longer or shorter. You then need to measure 22 cm/ 8 1/2 inches and add another popper. This is the larger end which you attach to Sophie the Giraffe. From the other end you need to measure 14 cm/ 5 1/2 inches and add another popper. This end is where you tie it to the stroller. Make sure you keep all the poppers facing the same way too. Also you can add a bit of glue like I mentioned in this post to the ends before turning over to stop them fraying.
This what the strap will look like when it is made. It will have a large loop on one end and a smaller loop on the other.
When it comes to attaching the giraffe to the strap, it is quite simple.
You place the strap under the giraffes neck.
Then fold the strap over the neck.
Wrap the strap behind and under the legs.
and up over to attach the snap poppers together.
You just simply attach the other end to the stroller and it's secure.
I think the straps could be very handy. What do you think?
I'm having great fun with the KAM pliers and still have a few more things to make with them.
See you soon.
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