Scrappy Tails Baby Card Crazy hop

I don't know about you but I love getting more out of my supplies.  A fellow Scrappy Tails Crafts design team member came up with an awesome idea.  Using non baby themed stamps to make a baby card!  The Sweet Bear stamp set is just perfect for a baby card!

I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and stamped the bear all over using a light gray dye ink.  I then took the trio of hearts and stamped those to fill in the areas between the bears.  I did some dirty masking using scraps of paper.  No need to get fancy!

Then I grabbed a paint brush, water and some Distress Oxide inks.  Milled Lavender, Scattered Straw, Bundled Sage, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot.

Next I stamped several bear masks.  I cut them all out and placed them on the colored panel.  Then I took a blender and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.  I used a very gentle hand to add color over the entire panel.  Once I was happy with the coverage, I peeled off all of the masks.  There was a tiny area that I chose not to fussy cut out of the mask.  I grabbed a BG000 marker and colored it in.  It is a great match to Tumbled Glass.  

I cut the panel down using a scalloped rectangle die.  I added foam tape to the back and added it to a top fold, A2 sized gray card base.  Next I grabbed Crystal Stickles.  I added the Stickles to all of the big hearts.  I also chose to add glossy accents to that cute bear nose.

While those pieces were drying, I grabbed the dies that spelled love from the Flower Vase Pop Up die set.  I cut the letters out four times from the same gray cardstock as the base.  I even remembered to add Stick It adhesive to the cardstock before I cut the letters out.  This made it so much easier to glue all of the layers together.

I added the letters in a jaunty layout.  I thought this made it look more whimsical.  I also dabbed on some Frost Shimmer stix to add a little more sparkle.  That's it!  One super cute baby card complete.

The good news is that my card is part of a hop.  Some of us have videos and some of us have blog posts to share.  I hope you'll join in on all the fun.  And a little added bonus - if you comment on every blog post & video along the hop, you'll be entered into the chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Scrappy Tails Crafts store!  Your next stop is Teresea Plunkett right HERE.

Inspired to shop right now?  You can get 10% off in the Scrappy Tails Crafts store if you use the code STCBLOG10.

Toodles!

~Kristina

Supplies used:

Compensated affliate links may be used - I may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you should you make a purchase using my link.

Teflon bone folder Shop at: EH	Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC	Milled Lavender Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC	Black Soot Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH
Frost Sheer Shimmer Stix Shop at: SBC | EH	Scalloped Rectange dies - Lawn Fawn Shop at: SBC	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Tonic Studios-Retractable Craft Pick Shop at: SBC | EH
Mini Ink Blending Tool Shop at: SBC | EH	Stick It Adhesive sheets Shop at: SBC | EH	Therm O Web Foam Tape Shop at: SBC | EH	Distress Oxide-Hickory Smoke Shop at: SBC | EH
Therm O Web Masking Magic Sheets Shop at: SBC	Distress Oxide - Tumbled Glass Shop at: SBC	Crystal Stickles Shop at: SBC	Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper Shop at: EH
Copic Marker BG000 Shop at: EH	Bundled Sage - Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH	Silver Brush Black Velvet Round 4 Shop at: EH	Replacement blending foam - Ranger Shop at: EH
Sweet Bear dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT	Sweet Bear -Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT	Flower Vase Pop Up dies - Scrappy Tails Crafts Shop at: SCT

Stand up guy - Baby version

Hi guys!  Today I'm bringing you a baby girl card.  The stamp set I used is Stand Up Guy from Polka Dot Orchard.  Yep, you read that right, Stand Up Guy.  But Kristina, you say, that stamp set is for GUYS.  Well, sure it is BUT with a little creativity I totally made a baby girl card.  Check out this set.

Purchase HERE

I have a co-worker who is expecting a baby girl any day now and I wanted to have a card all ready to go.  I was making a few sketches and I was struck with the idea to use the giraffe.  I mean, giraffes are totally perfect for baby cards.

I just adore how this turned out!  I love it when a plan in my brain actually works out on paper.  Let's talk details.

I cut a piece of watercolor paper to 8 3/4" x 3 3/4".  I picked out two Distress Oxide inks to use with Trinity Stamp's Slimline Stripes stencil. I'm using the diagonal one today.  I sprayed the stencil with Pixie Spray and got to work.  I used Spun Sugar for the first layer.  Now, I wanted to use the stencil in the opposite direction to create a gingham look.  The stencil isn't big enough for that but don't let that stop you.  I just moved it to where I needed it and lined it up.  I made sure not to leave any harsh edge lines when I used Picked Raspberry for the next layer.  I also spritzed it with clean water and dabbed it up.  Plus, I sprayed it with Shimmer Spray!

I set that piece aside and went to the giraffes next.  I resized them to fit my purposes and printed them out onto Neenah Solar White cardstock.  I then colored them up with Copic markers.  I used RV17, 13 and 11.  I went around the entire border of the giraffe with T1 and the colorless blender.  Next I cut them out using a slimline die from Whimsy Stamps called Slimline Scallops.

I bet you're wondering what I'm going to do about the necktie.  Just wait!

Next I colored the scalloped ovals leftover from cutting out the giraffes.  I used the Picked Raspberry and a blending sponge to color them.  I cut additional ovals out of scrap white cardstock and glued 3 layers together for each oval.

Now it's time to start building the card.  I trimmed the striped panel 1/4" off of one short side and one long side.  I didn't want to waste the long strip I cut off so I added it to the inside.

I glued the striped panel down to a white card base which is 8 3/4" x 3 3/4".  I used temporary adhesive to place the pink ovals down.  Then I tucked in the giraffe ovals.  I picked the ovals back up and added liquid glue before putting them back in place.  I printed the "Welcome Baby" sentiment from the brand new Footprints On Our Hearts set onto white cardstock.  I trimmed it down and backed it with a piece of gray cardstock.  Then glued it down.

I held the finished card in the sunlight to try and catch all the shimmer from the shimmer spray.  It's so awesome!  You can also see how I handled the ties.  I colored them like one of the other spots.  Then I used teeny tiny adhesive backed gems to make it look like they are wearing necklaces!  Pretty clever, eh?

And of course I didn't want to have just a plain old white envelope.  No sir.  I got out the new Slimline Envelope Builder die from Trinity stamps and made a cute pink envelope.  It makes my matchy-matchy heart so happy!

Oh, I almost forgot, Polka Dot Orchard is having a 35% off sale right NOW.  No code needed!  Go get yourself some new goodies.  You deserve it!  Thanks so much for stopping by my crafty corner of the world!  

~Kristina

Supplies used: 

Compensated affliate links may be used - I may receive a small commission at no additional charge to you should you make a purchase using my link.

Neenah Solar White Shop at: SBC | EH	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue Shop at: SBC | EH	Tonic Studios-Retractable Craft Pick Shop at: SBC | EH	Mini Ink Blending Tool Shop at: SBC | EH
1/4 inch double sided tape Shop at: SBC	Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry Shop at: SBC	Copic Marker Colorless Blender Shop at: EH	Sheer Shimmer Spritz, Sparkle Shop at: EH
Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Shop at: SBC | EH	Cloud 9, Nuvo Dream Drops Shop at: SBC | EH	Copic Marker T1 Shop at: EH	Copic Marker RV11 Shop at: EH
Copic Marker RV13 Shop at: EH	Copic Marker RV17 Shop at: EH	8.5 inch Tonic Guillotine Cutter Shop at: EH	Slimline Stripes stencils - Trinity Stamps Shop at: T
Slimline Envelope Builder die - Trinity Stamps Shop at: T