raspberry suite color challenge #8

It's definitely baby season around here so I'm trying to increase my stock of baby cards. Here's my interpretation of RSCC#8:


The entire front panel is raised up on dimensionals. I'm still not sure about the embossed card base... should I have just left it plain?


supplies used:
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stamps: beautiful baby (SU!); polka dot basics (PTI); icon stamps (Marcella by K&Company)
ink: chocolate chip, pink passion (SU!)
paper: very vanilla, kraft, naturals ivory (SU!)
other: ribbon (Hobby Lobby); embossing plate (Fiskars)

raspberry suite color challenge #7

Dawn's color challenge this week was perfect for a card to send to some dear friends who welcomed a little girl into their family a couple of days ago.


To make sure I would have enough room for all the ducks, I started with a 3-3/4" x 6" card base and built up the rest of the card from there. The patterned ducks are popped up on dimensionals as is the sentiment.


supplies used:
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stamps: background basics: retro, mega mixed messages (PTI); beautiful baby (SU!); clear pattern (MS)
ink: almost artichoke, pink passion, versamark (SU!); spring moss (PTI)
paper: white (Georgia Pacific); almost artichoke, pink passion (SU!); spring moss (PTI)
other: duck punch, small corner rounders (EK Sucess); ribbon (Michaels); ribbon tag (Spellbinders)

kwerner color inspiration #52

Two posts in one day -- can you believe it?! I'm not getting ambitious, I owe it entirely to the fact that there were two color challenges closing today!

My first inclination when I saw these colors (and this photo) was to create a beach-themed card. Then I realized I do not possess any beach-themed stamps... so that idea was tossed aside. These colors also made me think of a modern palette for a baby card. Here's my resulting creation:



The plaid in the background is all stamped. I love PTI's stamps for this kind of thing! I didn't have a Baja Blue ink, so I improvised and inked up the stamp with Tempting Turquoise, stamped it off on a scrap and then stamped on the plaid. The birdie was from my own little sketch. I didn't want his stamped pattern to compete with the plaid so I used Versamark ink for a watermark effect. The sweet lil' guy is raised up with dimensional tape as is the little sentiment tag. I had a heckuva time getting it to look like he's holding the string for the tag in his little birdie mouth! I'm not really satisfied with it yet, but I didn't want to accidentally ruin anything else on the card by continuing to fuss with it.


supplies used:
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stamps: faux ribbon, background basics: retro, mega mixed messages (PTI); fundamental phrases (SU!); clear pattern (MS)
ink: tempting turquoise, so saffron, more mustard, versamark (SU!)
paper: white (Hammermill); sahara sand, so saffron, more mustard (SU!)
other: ticket corner punch (SU!); 1/16" dia hole punch, button hole punch (McGill); embroidery floss (DMC)

little onesie

No stamping on this card -- just punching and embossing! (I cased Lauren Meader for the shape of this card. She's so clever!) Friends of ours just had a little baby boy and I thought this would be a fun card for them to receive. They decorated his room in shades of green so that influenced my color choice. I used the new Texturz plates from SU! to emboss the dots on the green paper before punching/cutting it.


supplies used
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paper: whisper white, old olive (SU!)
other: 1 3/8" dia circle punch, large star punch, texturz plate (SU!)