Crochet Baby Blanket Progress

 

I have been working on the new brightly colored baby blanket.  I only have a few rows left on each square before I assemble them together.  There are three squares each of two colorways.  I like the feel of the Carol, Simply Soft yarn.

 

I whipped up llama for my daughter's birthday last week.  I found and purchased the pattern on Etsy from Nellas Cottage.  I modified it a little, but it turned out really cute.

Thanks Tags

 

I had fun playing with new stamps from Simon Says Stamp.  My inspiration came from Papertrey Ink.

 

I started by smearing a little ink directly from a Memento ink pad to create the background color of the flower.  Then I stamped the image with a slightly darker color.  Then I diecut all of the flowers and leaves.  I used alcohol inks and blending solution to apply color to Heidi Swapp glitter paper and then die cut the thanks from it.  The color is subtle when dried and gives a different look than Ranger Silver Sparkle Alcohol ink paper.

I also used the same glitter paper to diecut the hole cover and the flower centers.  These tags are very simple, but the pops of color against the white make an impact.