Pink Toile Baby Girl Card and Easy Hand-Crocheted Lace Pattern

*I hope everyone had a truly beautiful Easter!*

Ours was filled with spiritual nourishment and special moments with each other in our new family.  Hopefully later today, if I have time between packing and cleaning, I will post some of our easter family photos amongst the south Texas wildflowers across from our home.

It has been a very long time since I've updated here; every moment with our new little Ben is so precious!  Every day he is learning and begins to laugh and smile so much that it is a nice reward for the long nights.

While he naps though and between laundry loads, I do manage to create something every day for my sanity; I simply do not have time to blog it all, but here is my most recent card to share.  I will be giving a baby shower for a friend in May, who is expecting her third baby girl.  So I'm able to make the girly cards at the same time that I'm enjoying baby boy things for Ben.  What a great deal! :)

This card was primarily made for the publication call at Embellish Magazine, but in addition,

Here are a few challenges:

Colour Create Your Choice of Pastels

Stamp Something Pink Somethings

Our Creative Corner Break out the Buttons

Materials Used on this Card:

Cardstock: DCWV, Papertrey Ink

Papers: The Paper Studio: Baby Pink Toile, Cute Pink Ovals

Embellishments:

RibbonFX - black grosgrain ribbon

Buttons: Fancy Pants Designs "Little Sprout" collection

Doily Lace buttons from craft supply

Chipboard alpha from Making Memories Garden Party collection

White floral hydrangea blossoms from Hobby Lobby stems

butcher's twine (find this at WalMart)

spring chipboard flower from craft supply

crochet thread (ecru)

Martha Stewart Crafts doily lace edge punch

Thermo-Web Zots 

sewing machine

crochet needle (size 7)

Pattern for Easy Hand-crocheted lace:

Make a single chain approximately 5 1/2 inches long. Work three rows single crochet in chain, ch1, turn. Work 1sc in first stitch; *ch3, skip next 3 ch, 1sc*; repeat directions within *'s until end of row, ch1, turn. Work 1sc in first stitch; *4sc in loop, 1sc in anchor sc of prev row*; repeat directions within *'s to end of row. Finish.

And last but not least,

Have a wonderful spring day!

--Kathryn