Greetings, 'Fetti Fans and Happy July! I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend. I've been working all weekend in preparation for our next that is happening on May 15th. If you're thinking that doesn't sound right...you're right! We have ALWAYS released on the 8th of the month, but this month is super special because my daughter turns 16 on July 8th and that day needs to be all about her. She's shared 15 birthdays with release days, so this year we are pushing back the release date by a week. I promise that it is worth the wait!

Hello crafty friends it’s Joy here with a cute baby tag designed for this month’s Stock Your Stash Challenge.
I die cut the large tag and stars from the Big Confetti Tag die, from watercolor cardstock and then stamped the images from the Better With Friends stamp set. I used the sun and clouds, along with a cute bunny.
I used Zig watercolor markers to color my images. I used Light Gray and Light Pink for the bunny, Dull Blue, Bright Yellow, Light Brown and Light Pink for the clouds and sun. The stars from the Big Confetti Tag are colored in Bright Yellow and Blue Gray. I used the coordinating dies to cut the stamped images out.
Then I splattered the tag with Blue Gray and Bright yellow to add some interest to the background. I hand wrote “baby” with a black pen and then adhered the cute images, some with foam tape for dimension. I finished the tag with pretty silver thread.
Happy Friday and happy July 1st! A new month, means a new Stock Your Stash challenge (SYS). This month's challenge is 'Oh, Baby' and I decided to create a cute baby card using pieces from a number of different sets.

I was really challenged with this month's theme because I haven't invested in any baby themed supplies from Reverse Confetti, and was struggling to figure out how I was going to create a baby themed card with my supplies on hand.
But, the saying is so true, 'necessity is the mother of all invention' because I created this card using all supplies I had on hand with none of them being baby themed.

First I used the Folklore Cover Panel (my new go to cover panel) to cut a background from white cardstock and glue it down to an A2 white card base.
Next, I had an idea to create a baby in a basket and looked through my supplies for the shapes I would need. My 'basket' came from the carton that is in the Egg Carton set that was released earlier this year. I simply cut the carton from pink cardstock, then turned it upside down.
I used the Dot to Dot stamp set to stamp a round circle on brown cardstock and then fussy cut it out to get the baby head.

For the 'blanket' I cut the Large Rainbow Circle confetti cut from Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, and just used one piece of the rainbow to tuck into the egg carton
I also used a black fineline pen to draw a cute face onto the baby's face.

The sentiment was used from the Wildflowers stamp set and I thought it was a fitting sentiment for someone who has a new bundle of joy on the way.
Lastly, I used the Big Confetti Tag confetti cuts set to cut confetti from holographic cardstock. I took out the hearts and glued them right above the baby, and added a few light ink jewels around the hearts.

That is it! There is a first time for everything, and I'm so proud to have created a baby card entirely out of non-baby supplies. I hope this post encourages you to go and find new ways to stretch your supplies!
Now it's your turn!