Another OWH Birthday Card

Continuing to take a break from flowers and such, here's another children's card I created for OWH.

One of my most favorite stamp sets for children is the now retired "Wild About You".  The animals are all so whimsical and I love their faces. :o)

I wanted to create something using all the stamps and settled on a filmstrip.  I stamped each image and then punched them out using a 1" square punch.  Alas, I was unable to use the penguin as there just wasn't space on my black strip. 

I used the spiral notebook punch to create the edges of the filmstrip, mounted the images on the strip, mounted the strip on the base, and stamped the sentiment. 

--Rach

This card uses:

*Stamp Set: "Wild About You"
*Papers: Basic Black, PTI white
*Inks: More Mustard, Smoky Slate, Gumball Green, Early Espresso
*Accessories: 1" square punch, spiral notebook punch

Hello Baby!

Hello stamping blog!  Long time no post.  One of my New Years goals was to make at least five cards a week and send at least three.  Uhhhh, yeah.  Still trying to work on that one...

But, my friend Amy gave me a nudge when she said she needed three cards and asked if I could make them.  Sure thing!

She needed two gender neutral baby cards and a masculine birthday card.  I knew the baby cards would be cake because, well, I have a go to card for babies.  I simply adore the giraffe from "Wild About You" and love to use it.  I also love this very simple layout and just change it up a bit based on what is needed. 

This card uses So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue and the retired DSP "Cutie Pie".

I also needed two "girlie" baby cards for a friend and a cousin.  I am in love with brown and pink paired together for a little girl and pulled out Early Espresso and Pink Pirouette and some Pink Pirouette DSP. 

The sweet "Hello Baby" sentiment comes from "Teeny Tiny Wishes" and finishes off the card. 

I suppose I should branch out with regards to baby cards, but when I can put something this cute together so quickly, how can I resist?

--Rach

Another Happy Birthday

This is most definitely not the best card I've ever made, but it's not awful...

I used the same layout as I used for Gabriel's card and quickly made two for two more nieces--one for Gracie and one for Lydia.  January quickly became a very busy birthday month for us, lol! 

The giraffe would be better on the other side since he should be looking toward the middle of the card instead of off it.  I tried to offset that by having him "talk" to the lion on the lower right. 

At any rate, it's a fun stamp set and I do so like the contrast between the red and black.

This card uses:

Stamp Set: "Wild About You", "Stem Sayings"
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Basic Black
Ink: Black Staz-On, Real Red
Accessories: Real Red polka dot grosgrain