Birth Announcement

My girlfriend wanted to make some birth announcement cards for her son and asked if I could help. I was naturally, more than happy to. She really liked the example used in the current catalogue on page 58, so we used it for our inspiration. The card base is bashful blue. We have then layered using old olive and certainly celery. The certainly celery has been stamped with 'Print' background stamp (retired set) in certainly celery ink, we then have used a white gel pen to create patchwork effect on the card. The word 'baby', stamped in bashful blue, has been created using the defining alphabet set (page126). The word 'welcome' comes from the stamp set 'short & sweet' (page 118), which has been stamped in certainly celery. The giraffe has been taken from my favorite baby stamp set called 'bundle of joy' (page 58), stamped onto barely banana with chocolate chip ink, and the spots have then been coloured using a blender pen and the chocolate chip stamp pad lid. We have then used a star punch on the whisper white cardstock, and cut some additional stars in bashful blue. They have been mounted using stampin' dimensionals. A little glitter glue has been used for added sparkle. The back of the card obviously shows the gorgeous Timothy.....what more can I say!!! This is a beautiful keepsake to have. Let me know what you think.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Bundle of joy, prints, defining alphabet and short & sweet

Stamp pads: Certainly celery, chocolate chip & bashful blue

Cardstock: Bashful blue, certainly celery, old olive, barely banana & whisper white

Accessories: Glitter glue, stampin' dimensionals, blender pens & star punch

Man's Birthday Card

This is a card I made for the kids to give their Dad for his birthday. It uses the stamp set Boatloads of Love (page 45). I have stamped the image in chocolate chip onto some sky blue cardstock. I have then used my blender pens and my stamp pads to colour image in. The clouds have been coloured using my white gel pen. For added sparkle I used some glitter glue. The birthday present in the tug boat is from a retired set from last year's catalogue, 'Favorite Teddy Bear'. I have placed present in the boat using the 'masking technique'.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Boatloads of love & for a friend (hostess set)

Stamp pads: Rose red, blue bayou, soft sky, always artichoke & chocolate chip

Cardstock: Blue bayou & soft sky

Accessories: White gel pen & glitter glue

Little Girl's Birthday Card

My son has been invited to a girl's 5th birthday party tomorrow. The theme is princesses and fairies (I know, my son has been informed he can wear batman, spiderman or something else boy related). Anyway, I couldn't go past the 'Pretty Princess' stamp set (page 38). I also bought a new cuttlebug embossing folder called 'Textiles' which I couldn't resist using on the card itself. I have used a piece of pale plum and covered using the Dazzling Diamond effect (see this post). I have stamped the princess image on very vanilla cardstock using chocolate chip ink. I have then used my blender pens and stamp pad lids to colour image in. The very vanilla was then attached to pretty pink cardstock and adhered to the card using Stampin'dimensionals. The tag was made using the tag punches, both located on page 142. Hope you like!!

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Pretty princess

Cardstock: Perfect plum, pale plum, pretty in pink & very vanilla

Stamp pads: Perfect plum, pale plum, pretty in pink, apricot appeal, certainly celery, chocolate chip & versamark

Accessories: Heat tool, heat & stick powder, Stampin'glitter, stampin'dimensionals, tag punch, eyelet setter, eyelet, ribbon, cuttlebug & embossing folder.