Let the cute begin again

Today I'm just playing with my Big on Spring cute stamp before putting it away, and made two more versions of the cute little pink baby girl card I made last week. My friends are very prolific and have delivered these newborns.

Seth ~ Beckham ~ Zachary ~ Lincoln ~ London ~ Riley

These are the names of little babies I know who have been born in the last month or so, whom I've been busy making cards for today. Now I need to get them sent off. I love babies.

• Ink: Black, Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker
• Paper: Going Gray, Basic Black, Pretty in Pink, Prints Pack DP, Whisper White
• Accessories: Basic Eyelets, Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Pink Grosgrain, Black Hemp Twine
• Tools: Large Star, Scallop, Slit, Photo Corner, 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 1 1/4 inch, 1 3/8 inch circle Punches, Crop-o-dile, Making Memories Instant Setter, Stampin' Dimensionals
• Stamps: Big on Spring, Nursery Necessities, In the Stars

Congratulations--I can set an eyelet properly!

Lately, I've had terrible results in setting eyelets, so I have gotten out of the habit. It's as if I've forgotten how to do it. So today I played around with my various tools and was thrilled to pinpoint what works best for me, my Making Memories Instant Setter. After messing around with scraps, I put this card together. I experimented with my Crop-o-dile, plus the old method I used, which was a handheld punch, then using all kinds of variations, made little progress until I found this video on setting eyelets. It made my day when I got my eyelet setting groove back. I prefer for the eyelets to "flower" out on the backside, rather than the smashed round finish that I get with the Crop-o-dile. So I am happy! Look for some cards made with eyelets in the future, now that I can do it consistently. Thanks to Melissa for being my sounding board!

Jumbo Eyelet Flower

Love the big, bold new jumbo eyelets by Stampin' Up! I set the eyelet with the Cropodile with ease. No noise and no pounding.

• Stamps: In the Spotlight, All Holidays
• Ink: Timber Brown Stazon Ink, Bashful Blue
• Punches: Word Window, 5-Petal Flower, 1 3/4" Circle
• Tools/accessories: Paper piercing, vintage brads, Cropodile
• Paper: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla cardstock, Blue Bayou and Creative License designer papers, all by SU