January Twins

     I just can't wait to share this card with all of you!  I was commissioned to make a card for a gal who gave birth to twins earlier this month; one boy, one girl.  Can you think of any kind of "New Beginnings" better than that?  Had to decide on a color palette since we are celebrating both a boy and a girl.  I chose a pale lavender card base on which I could build both pink and blue.

     The winter owls is a digi stamp from Sweet n Sassy, and I thought they would be prefect to represent these particular twins since one is obviously a boy and the other a girl.   The lace photographed as though it is lavender but it's actually pastel pink.  I used pink gingham ribbon around the body of the card, and sheer blue ribbon threaded through the border-punched top of the scalloped card.  I cut a paper doily in half, added it above the lace, and then added the fussy cut owls.  Two pink pearls on one side and two blue pearls on the other, then I added the paper flowers made with a pink sequin and a blue sequin in their centers.  Sentiment was printed from my computer and matted with blue and then pink CS.

     Mrs. Gallagher was as tickled with this card as I was!  She has knitted sweater and booties sets for the twins - one pink set and one blue set, and she told me she used lavender satin ribbon for the ties on both sets! She and I must have been thinking along the same lines.  In any case, the card really fits with her gift, which I hadn't seen before I made the card.

     I'm so happy with this one that I'm going to enter it in a thousand challenges!  OK, not 1,000 but lots!
Clearly Inspired Challenges -- Pastels
Corrosive Challenges - Ring in the New Year (how about with two new babies?)
Crafty Boots -- New Beginnings
Crazy Challenge -- Tic Tac Toe: Ribbon/lace, Image, Pearls
Cupcake Crafts -- Born on a Winter's Day
Divas by Design -- New Beginnings
Forever Friends (always use an animal) -- Shaped Card (Scallops)
Freshly Brewed -- Something New
Heidi's Hobbystuggu -- Winter
Inky Impressions -- Any shape but Square
Just Inspirational Challenge -- photo of babies in pinks and blues
Little Red Wagon -- 2 different ribbons
Moving Along with the Times -- Things with Wings
Nettie G's -- Pastels only
Ooh La La -- New Beginnings
Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- Birthday (doesn't the Birth day count?)
Ribbon Girl -- Blue & Pink
Scrappy Frogs -- Lace
Some Odd Girl -- Bling it up
Stampin' Sisters in Christ -- Something New
Whoopsi Daisy -- Anything but square

     OK, I hope your weekend is being blessed with warmth and lots of creative mojo!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie