A good customer of mine just had her first child--a beautiful little girl named Elaina. I just finished making her this special card. I'm sure she's too busy to be checking my blog right now, so I'll give you all a peek before putting it in the mail.
I really had a hard time photographing these beautiful purples. I must have taken 15 pictures, and the color just isn't quite right. Anyway, pull out a piece of Orchid Opulence and see what a rich, gorgeous purple it is, and then imagine that that's the color of the base of my card!
I began designing this card by looking up the sketch challenge for the week at Splitcoast. It seemed one I could work with for a baby card, so I went about figuring out a designer paper to incorporate. I didn't have to look long to know I needed to use the new Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper. The delicate purples are just right for a baby girl. I cut two pieces of that paper, then backed them both with Rich Razzleberry, my absolute favorite new In Color. I then tied a beautiful piece of White Organza Ribbon around the entire card and snipped the ends off. TIP: Just fold the ribbon in half and cut at a slant to get those cute ends. The main image is a single stamp called Beautiful Baby. It's stamped on Rich Razzleberry with Whisper White craft ink, then I poured on White Emboss Powder and set it with my Heat Tool. After that was cool, I paper pierced around the edges, used my White Gel Pen to create faux stitching, mounted that on a piece of Whisper White card stock, then adhered that to my card using the leftover rubber scraps from mounting my stamp sets. That gives it even more "pop" than the dimensionals. I ran another print from Cottage Wall through the Big Shot using the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, wrapped a piece of Silver Cord around its body and tied it off to look like antennae. I used a small bit of SNAIL Adhesive down the center to leave the wings free to flap! The final addition was three small white half-back pearls from the Pretties Kit.
- Item No. 114492 Beautiful Baby stamp $7.95 (on the dormant list; not in catalog but still available)
- Item No. 115671 Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper $9.95
- Item No. 109132 White Emboss Powder $4.75
- Item No. 101731 Craft Whisper White Stampin' Pad $7.50
- Item No. 100005 Heat Tool $29.95
- Item No. 116631 Paper-Piercing Tool $3.50
- Item No. 105826 Mat Pack $9.95
- Item No. 105021 Signo Gel Pen $3.95
- Item No. 109114 Pretties Kit $29.95
- Item No. 114319 Whisper White Organza Ribbon $5.95
- Item No. 114507 Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die $21.95
- Silver Cording - coming Sept. 1st in the Holiday Mini Catalog







