Sonny Sage

 My daughter is about to have her 5th child - it's her rainbow baby. :( Her 8-month-old son Sage passed away a little over a year ago and she was not planning this pregnancy but sometimes life makes plans for you. We are all totally excited and understandably scared. Everything looks great and it's a boy. We can't help but feel like Sage sent him to us to help us deal with our grief. Anyway, she's going to name this little bundle of joy Sonny Sage, after his big brother, and I had to make something special for his room. If you are a regular visitor here, you probably know that my daughter started seeing giraffes everywhere after Sage passed away and now I do too! Stamp companies keep coming out with the cutest giraffe images and you know I just have to buy them. LOL So when Simon Says Stamp came out with this set, I had to have it. And it was definitely meant to be because it was not supposed to arrive until Monday - I had a little mini baby shower planned for her today so I didn't expect to be able to use it. It showed up Friday instead. I instantly went to work. :)  Here's my creation:

I'd like to enter it into the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Not a Card

Creative Inspiration #37 - Anything Goes

A Cut Above - AG with optional twist Pastel Colors

 I used some old designer paper from My Mind's Eye called Lost and Found Two Sunshine - I love the combination of the soft yellow & seafoam green with the dark brown. I stamped the giraffe from A Mother's Love (Simon Says Stamp) with Scorched Timber Distress Oxide Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and used a nested arch die from Unity Stamp Co. to cut it out. I used another of the dies to layer behind it. I used a heart die cut, sponging the edges with Scorched Timber Distress Ink and die cut the letters for his name.  Peace.