I was asked to make a card for someone whose friend had a daughter who was turning one. But there was a special request.
Apparently, the parents of baby Clemency are not very ‘girly’, and i guess little Clemency was likely a bit of a tom boy in the making. Due to this fact, Craig’s colleague couldn’t find a baby card that suited their personalities.
I was so excited to be faced with a challenge, after all, baby cards and little kiddy cards traditionally fall within pink or blue, and are usually covered in bright colours or tv characters. I decided that this card would be more subdued, and i knew instantly that for this card, i would be playing with kraft.
The brown kraft gives a natural, organic feel to any card, and therefore i knew that it would be perfect for this very occasion. Of course, i had to put a little bit of pink in there, but i purposely chose a pattern paper that had a subtle pink, mixed with some soft blues as well.
Because I wanted simple, but not boring, i chose to add texture and dimension by using an embossing folder to create the raised dots, and i also used my tim holtz distressing tool to rough up the edges of the raised panel. And for a little more VaVaVoom, some Ranger Enamel accents.
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Hello there crafty peeps
It was my niece’s birthday earlier a few weeks back and I wanted to share the card that i made for her. I was really excited to make this card because i got to play with some new products. 🙂
First of all, i {heart} this background stamp. Isn’t it fab?! It is an unmounted etched rubber stamp from Creative expressions, so i mounted it onto some EZ mount kling so i could use it on my acrylic block. I think i’ll be using this stamp a lot, especially for Mens cards.
I also picked up this cute Gorjuss stamp called ‘Little Foxes’ when I was in Scotland. I have had my eye on it for a while because I love using stamps that you can colour in and build up on your projects, and the Gorjuss girls are so cute and easy to use. The problem I had was chosing which one i would buy, they have so many really sweet ones – but as soon as i saw the foxy one the others didn’t stand a chance. I love foxies, and i remember when we lived in Glasgow we would see them all the time because we lived next to a big park. One time we even saw a little fox kit wandering through the neighbourhood. So cute!
Not only did I have some new stamps to use, but i also couldn’t resist using one of the new Limited Edition Tim Holtz fall distress ink colours- Ripe Persimmon. It is such a yummy colour. I remember when Bethany was little she used to debate whether her favourite colour was pink or purple. Now that she’s growing up so fast, i decided to use purple, rather than an overly girly pink. Ripe Persimmon distress ink was perfect.
To create the flower i used a Sizzix die that i had in my stash, but to create the dimensional curvy effect on the petals i placed the flowers upside-down on a foam mat and used the rounded tip of a paint brush to gently apply pressure in the middle. I did this with each flower and then finished off the centre with a little printed chipboard circle. The colour of the candle matched the project perfectly, so i couldn’t resist!
November already, huh? I really must start thinking about all the Christmas shopping i have to do…
Have a great day.x
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Welcome to another MAN-day Monday everyone. Thanks for joining me today. 🙂
I have a little box of cards that I sell at my hubby’s work and as he works in the computer games industry, when I spied some Super Mario badges for sale at my local pound shop, i couldn’t resist buying them. I just know there will be lots of people at his work that want ‘geek-chic’ cards! And what’s better than the legendary retro plumber himself?
I wanted to create a scene for the basis of the card, so i used a journaling stamp to stamp the green blocks at the bottom of the card. It reminds me of those little pixely computer screens on the gameboy (ohh geez, remember the gameboy!??)
I mounted the badge onto the card using some foam tape, but i removed some of the stickiness first by tapping the tape onto my jumper a few times first of all. I wanted to make sure it was sticky enough to hold to the card, but easy enough to remove without tearing the card.
To create a sense of movement i pulled out my beloved eyelets (that have been in hibernation i think) and made a ‘boing’ line. {press A to jump, double tap A to double jump….boiiiiing!} 🙂
Forget about boys, even I would love this card!!
xx
Oh, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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