Another Simply Adorable baby!

I made this card for my friend Cindy, who had the sweetest little baby boy almost three weeks ago. I was going to play with Bundle of Joy, but then remembered my sister had borrowed it, so instead I turned to one of my old favorites, I'm Here. I'm so glad this one stuck around in the catalog with us for at least another six months! I did use some new things on this card as well - the colors are Soft Sky and Bayou Blue, and I used the Soft Sky Prints DS paper. The hemp twine is SU, and the twill tape is by Martha. The other new thing on this card - I had been lusting over the scallop punches everyone uses for ages now, and I finally got one for myself a few weeks ago - and this is the first time I've used it!!! Geesh! After wanting one that badly, you'd think I would have used it right away!! I pierced holes along the scallop and then drew in "faux eyelets" with my white gel pen, as I've seen many people do many times before. It's a quick and simple card, but I thought it turned out really sweet. For a shower I'm going to on Saturday, I hope to try Leslie's extremely cool colored liquid applique technique! Wish me luck with that! :-)

Today I finally placed my first new catalog order!! Everyone seems to be posting their orders on their blogs, so I'll play along! I focused more on accessories than stamps, which is typical for me! Here's what I'll be anxiously awaiting from Mr. Brown!!
- Here, Kitty Kitty stamps [I love kitties!]
- Wanted stamps & the Bronco wheel [How can a Texan not order these!??!]
- Pretties Kit [I can't wait to play with dying the flowers!]
- Kraft taffeta ribbon [Can't wait to see what this stuff is like! I see another ribbon share in my future with all this excellent new ribbon!!!!]
- Antique Brass jumbo eyelets [I'm not a huge eyelet fan, but I wanted to check them out]
- Photo corners punch
- Scallop punch [You just heard how I lust for scallops!]
- Rich Regals textured cardstock [Can't wait to see what the texture is like!!!!]
- Wintergreen DS paper [I loved these patterns in the Winter mini, so I'm excited to have them in different colors!!]
- Color Index labels [Woohoo!!! I know I could have ordered something similar on eBay long ago, but I'm excited SU has this now - so annoyed that the revamped ink pads don't have names on the sides!]
- Event Full hostess set

I also got to cash in my $30 gift certificate, so with that I ordered more DS paper - Outlaw, Fall Flowers and Creepy Crawly.

Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to get all my new goodies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)