Baby card set

Hi there!

Elena here, to show you a card set I made to slip into my sister's baby gift basket (thank goodness she doesn't check crafty blogs, lol.)

My little sister is having twins in December! She already has 2 girls and this will be girls 3 and 4. We're so excited!

I love creating thank you cards for new moms. I used Itty Bitty Welcoming Committee for these cards. I love that the image is so large it takes the guesswork out of designing the card-front.

When I create multiples of the same set, I usually do it very systematically. First, stamp and color all images, then die-cut them. Next, figure out what to do with them. It's not usually all planned out!

The best decision I did make was to frame out the focal image with the Hooray wreath. I snipped the word hooray out and placed it onto a piece of grey cardstock. 

I splattered some white ink onto the grey circle to give it a dreamy quality and added some pink to the bottom half of each card to make sure that the set looked girly enough for my sister and her soon-to-be-FOUR girls.

Thanks for stopping by!

♥.

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Neat & Tangled / We R Memory Keepers Day 3

Hey everyone!  Are you enjoying our special Neat & Tangled and We R Memory Keepers DIY Party week?  Today Elena and Miriam are here to share:

Hi there! Elena here, for another day of WRMK inspiration! I was lucky enough to work with the WRMK Party Fringe and Score Board - it is perfect for making those trendy tassle party garlands that are everywhere on Pinterest.

I decided to show you 2 ways you could use the Fringe board to make cards. My first card features my favorite donut girl with some party fringe:

I stamped, colored and die-cut the girl from Say Yes to Donuts, and stamped a sentiment from the set to frame the donut top. It's so easy to bend and manipulate sentiments to get a whole new look!

To ground the donut girl image, I folded a few sheets of blue tissue paper so that I had 3 tiers. Then, with one quick pass of the blade, I had the entire fringe piece, ready to glue onto the card front.

In order to hide the top part of the fringe (which I had stapled together since I am a lazy crafter!) I cut an extra white panel the same width of the card front and tied some twine around it.

My second card uses the Fringe Board in an even easier way:

I used the girl from Better Together, and created a little square shaker behind her. With a quick pass of the fringe blade, I had strips of pink tissue paper that I cut into little squares with a set of paper snips.

Next up is Miriam:

I was thrilled to receive one of the Alphabet Boards as well as some of the special 3x5 paper packs designed to work with the board.  This board is fast becoming a family favorite!  The girls have been asking for letters to use in their projects around the house, and I know it's going to get a lot of use for school projects too.

I used the board to punch out a B for a Boy/Baby card.  Then I added some images from Itty Bitty Welcoming Committee.  Super sweet and that big B packs a big punch.  

I'm quite sure that the Alphabet Board and I have some birthday cards in our future, especially since the board also cuts numbers!  

I've got a bonus Alphabet Board project on my blog today, so stop by to take a look.  Here's a little sneak peek:

Thanks for stopping by, come back tomorrow for some more inspiration!

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Hooray!

I can't get over how cute the Itty Bitty Welcoming Committee set is.  It seriously makes me smile every time I ink it up!  I couldn't help but team it up with the Perfect Blend set....Hooray for Coffee!

Unlikely duo of stamps but I was giggling when I was stamping.  If you know me, I love my coffee♡

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Don't Give Up!

Hi there! Elena here with an encouraging card featuring a mash-up of a few of our newest sets. 

The larger-scale image from Itty Bitty Welcoming Committee obviously takes center stage. I stamped the images and die-cut them, but made sure to not die-cut the bottom of the grassy area. The entire image makes up the bottom half of the card.

I added the bird on top of the blanket, and stamped the "hugs" sentiment from another new set, Better Together. 

The sentiments in Scandinavian Prints are so great for supporting the larger script. A few of them could have worked here, but I chose "don't give up." I am more than a little obsessed with that stamp set's sentiments. They are basics, but I have never seen them before in a simple font that I love!

Once everything was stamped and colored, I cut a simple circle out from another piece of white cardstock and adhered the image to it, showing a fun sunburst peeking from behind. A little reminder that the sun comes out eventually!

I hope you like what I created for you - thanks for stopping by!

♥.

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Happiest Birthday To You

Today's birthday card features loads of products, including the newly-released Better Together and Itty Bitty Welcoming Committee, as well as Happiest Birthday and the A Lot to Say Die. I coloured and die cut the kids from Better Together and added birthday hats from Itty Bitty Welcoming Committee. I popped them out from behind the window created with the A Lot to Say Die and stamped a sentiment from Happiest Birthday directly on the card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sources:

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