Jun 18 2007
Welcome LeeAnne!
Awwwwwwwwww 
We received the good news that Sue (jsbrooketrout on SCS) gave birth to a precious baby girl yesterday! How exciting! 
This was all the reason I needed to bust out my new Tres Jolie paper from My Mind’s Eye. You see…Michele, Julia, and Lindsey have been using it for weeks, and I could not resist the temptation any longer! This paper is out of this world fantastic. It’s heavy weight, and textured. And the colors….oh my goodness the COLORS!! It’s bliss I tell ya 
I trimmed the smaller floral pattern with cloud decorative scissors, then inked the edges in creamy brown ColorBox fluid chalk ink. I adhered it to the panel of larger floral paper, then inked all the edges and machine stitched using caramel thread.
I cut the polka dot circle using my coluzzle template, then trimmed off the right side, inked the edges, and machine zigzag stitched it to the main panel. Then I adhered this entire stitched panel to the close to cocoa card base.
Using chestnut roan ColorBox fluid chalk ink, I stamped the Hero Arts giraffe on the polka dot circle, and also on a piece of PaperTrey’s Stampers’ Select white cardstock. I watercolored him using pink pastel ColorBox fluid chalk ink. I simply pressed the ink pad on to some plastic, and picked up the ink with my aquapainter. These three ColorBox inks are the perfect match to the 3 papers I used!
I cut the giraffe out, and fringed his little mane with my papersnips. Then, I adhered him on top of the stamped giraffe on the polka dot panel using dimensionals. I made his spots sparkly with my stardust gel pen, stamped the sentiment using snap stamps, then added a little knot of ribbon as the finishing touch.
Welcome to the world little LeeAnne!
Paper: darling polka dot, mother floral, sisters flowers (tres jolie-my mind’s eye), cocoa, papertrey white
Ink: chestnut roan, creamy brown, pink pastel
Stamps: hero arts giraffe, karen foster snap stamps
Accessories: sewing machine, caramel thread, dimensionals, aqaupainter, papersnips, stardust gel pen, circle coluzzle template, orchid grosgrain ribbon
Sweet, sweet card. Thanks for the update on Sue.
This is just sooo cute! Love that paper, stamp, love everything about it! So cute!
Precious card! Great layout. And I LOVE that paper!
What A nice Monday morning surprise ! My name is Liane just spelled differently ,,,,,, It is nice to be welcomed into the world so sweetly , you have an amazing array of creative inspiration ! thank you
Cute card! Love those papers! How neat to hear about the new little one.
What a cute card, how wonderful and sure that Mom and baby are doing fine.
Cute baby card, T!
So cute!! Congrats to her!!
What an awesome card! I love how you inked the edges of the circle and then stitched over it. Too cool.
Is this ever cute!!! Love the circle and your stitching!!!
OMG Trudee, what a gorgeous, creative and textured card for a precious baby girl. Congratulations to Sue. You are making this DP irresistible. TFS
Once again, super cute card Trudee! I’m sure that Sue will love it. She’s lucky to have a friend like you.
Love your pretty giraffe and this wonderful paper! Super adorable card, Trudee!
how wonderful for Sue! and Julia’s mom’s heart beat on in this new little girl that will carry on her spirit. how wonderful sue had a girl! Amazing we can grieve and celebrate all within 24 hours… beautiful cards for both. they are blessed to have you as their friend!
This is so so cute! Great colors and wonderful details! Sue is lucky to have a friend like you!
This is SO adorable, Trudee! What a precious and lovely baby card. Love the colors and all of your stitching–fabulous!
Oh how sweet! She will treasure it!
Absolutely darling Trudee! What a sweet card to welcome a little one into the world. I love his mane and his sparkly spots!
Linda