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Punch art and colouring in baby card

16 Saturday Jan 2016

Posted by Carolyn in Baby cards, Cards, Curly label, Perfect Polka Dots, Using up scraps, Word Window

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Happy New Year!

I’m back at my craft desk today after a nice break over Christmas and New Years.  I am visiting a close friend who has had a new baby next week so wanted to make a special card.  

I have seen punch out baby drawer cards all over the Internet and have been itching to make one.  So here’s my version:

  
I used a top gold card blank (cut an A4 sheet in half vertically at 10.5cm) and then cut the shape from the bottom with 2 cuts of the curly label punch.  The drawers are 8cm x 2cm and embossed with my spotty folder for added texture.  The top of the drawers is 11cm x roughly 1.5cm (I just used up a scrap). 

I used Sahara Sand card stock and sponged the edges with Blushing Bride. 

The images are from the Baby Bundle set and the sentiment is from Nursery Necessities (both retired Stampin’ Up! but there are lots of cute baby sets in the current catalogue that would work just as well). 

I cut out all the shapes.   One tip for cutting really tiny shapes like the curve of the coat hanger – if you have a marker the same colour as your card stock just colour around so it’s not obvious if you leave a bit for added strength:

  
It’s a good idea to position the clothes etc before you stick down the drawers – I stuck a few behind the drawers:

  
(I used dimensionals to stick on the drawers and mini glue dots for the fiddly little cut outs). 

I hope you enjoyed that card – and hopefully my friend will too!!!

Thanks for reading. 

Caro 

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Punch art and colouring baby card

16 Saturday Jan 2016

Posted by Carolyn in Baby cards, Cards, Curly label, Perfect Polka Dots, Using up scraps, Word Window

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Happy New Year!

I’m back at my craft desk today after a nice break over Christmas and New Years.  I am visiting a close friend who has had a new baby next week so wanted to make a special card.  

I have seen punch out baby drawer cards all over the Internet and have been itching to make one.  So here’s my version:

  
I used a top gold card blank (cut an A4 sheet in half vertically at 10.5cm) and then cut the shape from the bottom with 2 cuts of the curly label punch.  The drawers are 8cm x 2cm and embossed with my spotty folder for added texture.  The top of the drawers is 11cm x roughly 1.5cm (I just used up a scrap). 

I used Sahara Sand card stock and sponged the edges with Blushing Bride. 

The images are from the Baby Bundle set and the sentiment is from Nursery Necessities (both retired Stampin’ Up! but there are lots of cute baby sets in the current catalogue that would work just as well). 

I cut out all the shapes.   One tip for cutting really tiny shapes like the curve of the coat hanger – if you have a marker the same colour as your card stock just colour around so it’s not obvious if you leave a bit for added strength:

  
It’s a good idea to position the clothes etc before you stick down the drawers – I stuck a few behind the drawers:

  
(I used dimensionals to stick on the drawers and mini glue dots for the fiddly little cut outs). 

I hope you enjoyed that card – and hopefully my friend will too!!!

Thanks for reading. 

Caro 

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Using my colouring in … Part 3

03 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 1 1/4 inch circle, 1 3/8 circle, Baby cards, Cards, Embossing folders, Perfect Polka Dots, Scallop edge

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baby cards, cards, Colouring in, cute

Hello

The past few days I’ve been showing you some pictures of some of the cards I made with my stash of coloured-in images.

Today I want to show you one of my favourite set of cards I’ve made in a long time. Such a cute baby card (if I do say so myself!)

I’d coloured in a whole heap of small imaged from a retired Stampin’ Up! set called Baby Bundle.  You could make a similar card from the current A Fitting Occasion set, or any other set with cute small images  (PS the images in the Baby Tees jumbo wheel are also gorgeous and great for colouring in).

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I cut out the coloured image with my 1 1/4 inch circle punch.  The matted circle was cut from the 1 3/8 inch circle punch.  I like this as it gives just a hint of background colour, but you could use your 1 3/4 inch circle if you like more background.

The white cardstock layer was run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

I then used my Scallop Edge border to cut along the edge – I thought the card needed a bit of balance on the right and I love how the scallop edge turned out. This photo gives a better idea of what I did (sorry it’s a bit grey)

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Here are some more:

Gorgeous baby card

 

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IMAG0098I’m so in love with these cards I almost couldn’t bring myself to give them away!  (I must confess I’ve kept quite a few.  I need some people to have babies so I can use them!)

Thanks for reading

Caro

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A music note card

18 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by Carolyn in Big Shot, Birthday, Music Notes, Perfect Polka Dots, Wheels

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card layout, cards, wheel

Hi

Just a short post today to show you one of my favourite card layouts.  I have made this in lots of different colours – this one is Stampin’ Up! Crumb Cake and Marina Mist.

IMG_1398 I used a Marina Mist C6 card blank and ribbon with a Crumb Cake card stock layer and ink.   The music notes come from a Stampin’ Up! wheel (“Music Notes” with a little happy birthday greeting.   I ran the top of my Crumb Cake layer through the Big Shot with my Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder for a little extra texture.

I’ve made this card with Night of Navy, Melon Mambo and Bravo Burgundy (now retired) – but I can’t really think of too many colours this wouldn’t work with!

Caro

PS This was a card I had wrapped up in a cellophane bag to give to an Op Shop to sell.  Next time I’ll photograph it OUT of the bag!

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A quick Quintessential flower card

25 Saturday May 2013

Posted by Carolyn in 1 inch circle, 2 3/8 inch scallop punch, Cards, Embossing folders, Mini scallop, Perfect Polka Dots

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cards, Quintessential flower

I needed to make a birthday card very quickly the other day so I thought I’d show you what I came up with.    It was so easy to make this card I made a few at a time.  I just used various shades of pink C6 cards and added some Whisper White (10cm x 14.2cm) which I’d embossed with my Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

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I stamped a bunch of images from the Stampin’ Up! quintessential flower stamp –  in Pretty in Pink, Blushing Bride (retired but about to return!), Rose Red and Melon Mambo.

I then punched out at least one colour each of the various flowers/circles in the image using my 2 3/8 scallop punch, 1 3/4 scallop punch, mini scallop punch and 1 inch circle punch.      Then just mix n match, layering up with Snail glue and dimensionals.    I popped a Glimmer brad and some pink pearls I found at a $2 dollar shop in the centre, but you could also use pearls and rhinestones.

Here’s a close up of some of the flowers.    I think they would also work really well on gift tags or even stuck directly onto a gift wrapped present.

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Looking at these pictures I think next time I use this flower I am going to have to put some bling in those little dots around the edge of the widest flower!

I hope you enjoy.

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