I seem to be on a roll with baby cards lately. It must be because so many people I know are expecting or have just had little ones. Today I have a baby card I designed for my techniques group this month.
The cool thing about this design is that people who don't need a baby card can easily change it to a birthday card by simply switching out the sentiment...gotta love versatility!
I have been wanting to play with my new Colorbox Chalk inks (available in the Stampin' Up! Occasions catalogue) for ages and I finally got my chance. To create my Bokeh background I began by sponging a piece of
Whisper White card stock using the
Aquamarine,
Rose Coral and
Yellow Citrus chalk inks. I love how easily this ink goes on and the fact that it takes longer to dry gives more time to move the ink around and blend it nicely. I actually used my
heat tool to set the ink once I was finished. Then I used a circle template I created with some scrap
window sheets and the
Circles Collection Framelits, a
sponge dauber and
Whisper White Craft ink to add my light points. The effect is almost like irridescent bubbles...LOVE it!
To create the balloon, I heat embossed the confetti stars image from the
Celebrate Today stamp set in
gold on a piece of
vellum. I then die-cut the image using the
Balloon Framelits...what an easy way to make a pretty focal image! I embellished it with
gold baker's twine and
sequin trim. The sentiment is from the
Itty Bitty Banners stamp set, is heat embossed in
gold and die-cut using the
Bitty Banners Framelits. The card front is matted on a piece of
Crushed Curry card stock and mounted on a
Coastal Cabana card base.
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| Inside view with sentiment from Cuddles and Kisses (retired) |
On the inside, I stamped a couple of the banners from the
Celebrate Today set using the
Rose Coral and
Yellow Citrus chalk inks. The sentiment is from the (retired) Cuddles and Kisses set and is also stamped in
Yellow Citrus. I have to say I really enjoyed playing with the chalk ink...can't wait to play some more!
Now for this week's Weekly Deals...as always prices are good until Monday at midnight :)
This is adorable!!!! Love those colors!!!! Such a beautiful bokeh effect!
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