Baby Shower Elephant

Hi there

Following on from my last post, I'm now sharing the second baby shower card I made which was requested by a friend.

Clearly Besotted really do create the cutest images so I've used more of their sets here.  And as the sex of the baby had not been revealed, I chose to use lemon and mint to keep it gender neutral...

I stamped all the images first, from various stamp sets, and die cut them with their co-ordinating dies.  'Mummy to be' was the requested sentiment so I printed this on white paper then adhered it to some cardstock.  Before die cutting the heart I used a polka dot background stamp inked up in yellow to co-ordinate with the elephant's ear, and stamped this over the sentiment.  I die cut a panel using a scalloped rectangle die and I was then faffing around with the placement of all the elements for ages.  The heart was causing me a problem but in the end I settled with tucking it under the banner. 

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted (most are retired sets) - Baby Shower, April Showers, April Showers Additions, Mini Basic Banners (all with co-ordinating dies), Building Blocks II 
• Ink: Altenew - Silver Stone, Silver Lake, Mountain Mist, Buttercream
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Scalloped Rectangles; MFT Die-namics - Stitched Heart Stax

Thanks again for taking a look, your visits are always so appreciated :)

Baby Shower Safari

Hi there

Today I'm sharing the first of two baby shower cards I was commissioned to make for a friend recently.

I was told that one of the recipients was decorating the nursery with a safari theme so that was my inspiration for this one...

I started by stamping and the colouring the animals with Copics, no fancy shading, and then die cut them with their co-ordinating dies.  The request was to have 'mummy to be' rather than a baby shower sentiment so I printed the sentiment on white paper, adhered it to cardstock and then die cut with a stitched sentiment die.  Next I die cut a panel using a scalloped rectangle die and added some Distress Ink shading to the background with a few water splatters, just to add a little interest to the background.  I adhered the animals and sentiment strip, popping the giraffe up on 3D foam squares, then finished with a congrats sentiment above.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted - Petite Plushies, Modern Calligraphy
• Coloured with Copic markers
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Distress Ink - Speckled Egg; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Dies: Clearly Besotted - Petite Plushies co-ordinating dies; Create a Smile - Scalloped Rectangles; MFT Die-namics - Stitched Sentiment Strips

Challenge entries:

STAMPlorations - June CAS Challenge - Anything CAS Goes

Thanks for looking.  I'll be back later to share the second baby shower card I made at the same time.  Enjoy your day :)