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Bear Hugs

Wow…I sat down yesterday to do some wedding cards and baby cards that I have REALLY been needing to do!  I'm SO late getting them out.  Is anyone else like that?  I want to make a card SUPER special for someone and end up not getting it done in a timely manner!  I mean, I know it will be appreciated any time I send it, but like the cobbler, I always work on my PERSONAL stuff last!

Anyway, I need a baby boy card for my NEW great-nephew, Mason!  Welcome to the world, Mason!  We already have another boy named Mason in our family on my side!   Too funny!  I pulled out Bear Hugs thinking that it was retiring and I'd use it one more time for my blog.  But…then I see that it is NOT retiring…it is still available!  I just LOVE using this set for baby cards…quick and easy to color and interchangeable for boy or girl!

I started with a base of Baja Breeze and layered on Soft Suede.  I am trying to use up my retiring Designer Paper…this one is called Elegant Soiree is SO pretty in the muted earthy tones.  (BE WATCHING!  I will be offering NEW Ribbon and Designer Paper Shares on July 1st!!!) 

I stamped baby bear with Black Stazon on Whisper White, then used my AquaPainter and Stampin' Write Markers to color him in Soft Suede, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake.  His diaper is painted with Moonlight Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink for a shimmery look!  I punched with the 2 3/8 Scallop Circle and layered on the 2 1/2 Circle Punch of Soft Suede.  I added a 1 3/4 punched circle of Crumb Cake.  Then I used the Large Oval and punched out the Bear Hugs greeting from Whisper White and layered on the Scallop Oval of Baja Breeze.  Finally, I added a Real Red punched Small Heart.  Lots of punches, but I love this layout!

Busy day again, need to finish getting ready for my Stamp Club meeting tomorrow night!  Hope you have a WONDERFUL day!

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Cute & Cuddly – PPA38

My friend and co-designer for Create, Mary Brown, let me know about a sketch challenge this morning over on Pals Paper Arts.  I've played with their challenges before, but hadn't been over there for a while…it was a good reminder to check them out!  Sketch PPA38 was really fun.  I needed a baby card for a friend of mine who just had a new grand-daughter born a couple weeks ago.  I bet she is thrilled (and I hope she doesn't see this before I get it mailed to her!)  At least the inside will be a surprise…I'm not going to show it here!  lol!

I started with a base of Pretty in Pink cardstock and layered on one of the prints from Pawsitively Prints Designer Paper from Stampin' Up!  The one made for the Build A Bear dies!  I love the small prints in it.  I added a strip of Whisper White and added two Scallop Edge Punch pieces in Certainly Celery cardstock.  I wrapped the Pretty in Pink Striped Ribbon around and tied a knot.

For the focal element, I stamped the Sweet Little Baby scallop square image from Stampin' Up!'s Cute & Cuddly stamp set three times on Whisper White with Basic Black Classic Ink, then stamped it again three times on Pretty in Pink cardstock.  I punched out the Whisper White images with the Scallop Square Punch and then cut the centers 3/4" to fit inside the squares and capture the Sweet Little Baby words.  Those are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals on a piece of Certainly Celery cardstock and I layered that on Whisper White.

I think this made a very sweet baby card and it was pretty easy to put together thanks to the fun sketch!

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Punch Art – Birds

My Punch Classes did this card last month.  I saw the idea for the birds over on SCS, but changed up the card.  I wanted to feature how the Scallop Square Bigz Die could be used to make the base of the card.  Isn’t this a cute new baby card?

I started by folding a 4 3/4 x 11 piece of Apricot Appeal cardstock in half, then I placed it on the Scallop Square Bigz die just below one edge of the scallops so that side wouldn’t cut thru.  Voila…scallop card!  I wheeled the background of the Whisper White cardstock with Whimsy Jumbo Wheel in Apricot Appeal and layered it on Bashful Blue cardstock.  Then I used the Wide Oval and punched out a Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink oval from each color.  I trimmed off just a slice of the oval, then used it for my wing.  I added a beak from Apricot Appeal which is a 1/2 circle punch cut in half and adhered under the Wide Oval.  I drew some stick bird legs and the eye with a Chocolate Chip marker.  I stamped Hello Baby from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Chocolate Chip on Apricot Appeal and punched it with the Modern Label Punch.  I placed it along the side and trimmed off the excess.  Finally, I used my White Gel Pen and drew some circles in each of the scallops going around the card.

Fun card…pretty quick and easy to duplicate for those last minute baby cards you need!

Bunch of running to do today, meeting my upline for lunch (yeah!) and need to finish working on the Demo Round Up meeting for the Columbus area demos that is Sunday!  Need to prep my Make & Take, plus get some display things put together.  Can’t wait!