Baby Congrats

I am going to need a lot of baby cards soon and thought I'd better start stocking up. Why is it that babies seem to come in waves?? So for my SP and Company DT post this week I've got a little new baby girl card.

I layered some patterned papers along with some embossed and inked strips. I created some epoxy buttons using my Epiphany Crafts flower button punch and the Circletastic Background stamp. I used Fashionista Alphabet on the hanging baby banner. That banner is punched usig the Epiphany Crafts banner punch! So much easier than hand-cutting like I used to. And the sentiment is from Ultimate Sentiments II (one of my all-time favorite sentiment sets!).

 

Then, I used Divine Twine in Blossom to "hang" the banner from.

When I started this card I wanted it to have an eclectic mix of patterns and colors. Do you think it works or is it just too busy?? I kinda like the busy-ness of it! Thanks for stopping by today.

 

 

 

Supplies:

SP Ultimate Sentiments II, Fashionista Alphabet, and Circletastic stamps

SU Whisper White cardstock

MME Dolled Up 6x6 papers

SU Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder

Lifestyle Crafts Floret embossing folder

Studio G ink

Divine Twine in Blossom

Pick Your Plum twine in gray

Epiphany Crafts Flower button punch and epoxies

Epiphany Crafts banner punch

 

Congratulations - baby girl card

Today, I've got another SP & Company DT post in the form of a really fun and layered Congratulations card for a new baby girl.

To make the frame I cut 2 strips of brown cardstock at 5.5" and 2 strips at 4.25".

To make the mitered corners I laid one strip over another as shown below.

Then I drew a line from the outer corner to the inner one and then cut along the line.

You could do this with all 4 pieces but I only did the 2 long pieces (just in case they didn't quite line up. I didn't want the background showing through from behind).

I stamped all 4 pieces with the new Wooden it be Nice woodgrain set and created the frame around my card front, making sure the mitered pieces went on top of the other 2 strips.

For my background I "stamped" on some clouds on aqua cardstock. I simply used bubble wrap and white pigment ink and just blotted until I got a soft cloudy image.

 For the baby clothes I created this template and cut out three, one on plaid patterned paper (MME Dolled Up) and the others are stamped with Large Polka Dots (in pink onto red paper) and Bold Houndstooth (in yellow onto white paper).

Then I just embellished with a ruffle made by running a stitch on seam binding, a flower, and a belt for some fun girly touches. The center of the flower and the belt buckle are drawn with Sakura glaze pens for some fun and shiny texture.

 I glued down a length of twine and created clothespins out of kraft cardstock to "hang" the clothes.

 Then I added the Congratulations sentiment from Ultimate Sentiments II. 

And finally I added some decorations to the frame itself with diecut butterflies and punched flowers.

I'm also entering this into the Young Crafters Unite challenge to use many layers.

And into the Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge to use something new (my woodgrain stamp and one of the flower punches).

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

 

Supplies:

SP&Co Wooden it Be Nice and Ultimate Sentiments II stamp sets

Colorbok brown cardstock

MME Dolled Up (plaid paper)

EP Paradise Beach (red paper)

StazOn Jet Black ink

7gypsies seam binding

SU Punch Pack (small 4-petal flower)

SU Beautiful Wings butterfly die

McGill Mini Petals punch (5-petal flower)

SU Boho Blossoms punch (6-petal flower)

Studio G white ink, pink ink

SU Daffodil Delight ink

Sakura Glaze pens

Twinery Twine

It's a Girl...

This card is for Wee Memories Challenge #18. The challenge is to use buttons, brads or embellishments.  I had these colors out for the last challenge I did at Off the Wall Craftiness and I couldn't help but think of babies. And I have a friend who is due with a baby girl in a couple months so I thought I would go ahead and make her card. Then I saw the challenge at Wee Memories and thought I'd embellish to make it fit over there.

I used a double lattice border at the bottom using a Martha Stewart punch. The green and yellow panels are chalked on the edges. I double stamped and popped the stroller, then added buttons for wheels and a brad on the hinge.

Okay, now seeing this close up I see that I need to clean up my cutting on the stroller!

Let me add that my husband asked if I meant to make the scallop on the bottom different. I hadn't even realized that it was punched weird. It's the green scallop on the left side. I guess maybe I double punched it or something. Thanks for pointing it out honey : \