7 Baby Cards

Hello there!  I am popping in with some baby cards made earlier this year.  I think my basket at the store was short on this category, so I whipped up a small batch.  You will see similar stamps or dies used on a few of these, since my supplies were already out on the craft desk.

Hero Arts Precious Baby Boy boat, sentiment; Spellbinders Large Deckled Edge Rectangles die (to create frame); Gina Marie Designs Flower Pleated Lace Nested Rectangles die; turquoise mirror cardstock from Stampin' Up!; sequins

Penny Black Special Friends bunny, leaves; Stampin' Up! Praiseworthy Prose sentiment; Market Street Stamps Gingham Background (yellow); pearls

Stampin' Up! elephant, balloons, 'wild about you' sentiment (from scrap bag); Technique Tuesday Sweet Baby 'baby' sentiment; Penny Black Special Friends leaves; Gina Marie Designs Flower Pleated Lace Nested Rectangles die; string

Penny Black Special Friends leaves, bunny; Papertrey Ink Inside and Out: Baby sentiment

Hero Arts Precious Baby Boy lion; My Favorite Things Grassy Fields die, Jumbo Fishtail Stitched Banners die; Stampin' Up! Fable Friends sentiment

My Favorite Things Grassy Fields die; Gina Marie Designs Big and Little Chain Rectangles die; Stampin' Up! elephant, balloon & sentiment (scrap bag)

Hero Arts Precious Baby Boy rocking horse; Papertrey Ink Tiny Tags sentiment and tag die; pink and white twine; Inspired By Stamping Whimsical Banners triangles; The Paper Studio Ornate Flourish damask embossing folder

I have not held a baby in my arms in so long!  My daughters are 23 and 19.  So, it has been quite a while. 😊

Thanks for coming by!  God bless you!

A Trio of Sympathies

Welcome!  I make so many sympathy cards to sell in the shop that I thought it best to lump a few into one post.

I had to have the Penny Black Botanical Notes stamp after seeing it on others' blogs, and found it makes a lovely background in gray.  The sentiment is from my oft-used Hero Arts set, With Sympathy.

I stamped the image twice on pale gray cardstock, and cut out one butterfly to place on top.  I used a white shimmer Smooch ink to paint the butterfly, but I couldn't adequately capture that in a photo.

Stamps: Botanical Notes - Penny Black; With Sympathy - Hero Arts Paper: Going Gray - SU Ink: Going Gray - SU; Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko Fibers: Mushroom seam binding - Hug Snug - The Zipper Stop Accessories & Tools: pearls; doily - Wilton; white shimmer Smooch ink

The next card is one I've made many times over.  It's a CASE of a card by Susan Raihala of Simplicity.  She's got such a way with the clean and simple style.

Stamps: All Year Greetings - Fiskars; Happy Harmony - SU Paper: True Black, white - PTI Ink: Going Gray - SU; Versafine Onyx Black - Tsukineko Fibers: gray velvet ribbon - May Arts Accessories & Tools: Lacy Brocade embossing folder - SU

The last involves subtle sponging, and a stamping-off technique:  stamp an image full-strength on scrap paper, then stamp on your card panel to get a softer appearance.

Stamps: Large Agapanthus - Stampendous; Kind Words - Verve Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black, Whisper White - SU Ink: Orchid Opulence, Sahara Sand, Elegant Eggplant - SU; Milled Lavender - Ranger; Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko Fibers: black seam binding - Hug Snug - The Zipper Stop Accessories & Tools: Glossy Accents - Ranger; Ornate Flourish embossing folder - The Paper Studio 

Blessings to you,