Giraffe Baby Card

Good day! When I first started making cards I just made whatever came to my mind or I found a challenge for inspiration. Now that my stash has grown I'm more purposeful in my card making. A couple of weeks ago a baby boy giraffe was born at the Tulsa Zoo and I made this Giraffe Baby Card to send to the zoo staff. We went and visited the new baby last weekend and although we didn't get a great view of him, it was clear he is a cutie. While we were at the Giraffe exhibit we got to feed an adult male a few pieces of romaine lettuce, their tongues are amazing. It was a lot of fun!

To create this card the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch was used for the layout. The giraffe stamp is by Inkadinkado and colored with Copic markers. All patterned papers are from the Snips & Snails paper pad by Doodlebug Designs. The Cutest Baby Ever sentiment is from the retired Label Love stamp set by Stampin' Up!. A stitched rectangle die cut out the image and a deckle die by Tim Holtz/Sizzix cut the bottom blue layer. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• CAS(E) this Sketch: Sketch #283
• Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
• DL.ART, Thankful Thursday: Baby
• Pattie's Creations: Anything Goes

  

Giraffe at Tulsa Zoo

Handmade Baby Cards

Happy Saturday! The perfect way to finish a baby gift is with a Handmade Baby Card. Here is a couple I listed in my Etsy Shop. I love the retired sweet Giraffe Heart image by Bugaboo. The images were colored with Copic markers and then die cut with a stitched rectangle die. Patterned papers by Doodlebug Designs and The Paper Studio were used. The final touches were three punched banners, pastel glitter dots by Sticko and the retired Sweet Baby sentiment by Stampin' Up!. That's it!

Here is another photo of each card:

Blue Baby Card entered into the following challenges:

• Catch The Bug: Anything Goes
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes

Wild Wishes Card

Happy Tuesday! It's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week our theme is Exotic Animals. It was a lot of fun getting a little wild with these Jungle Animal Faces images provided by our sponsor MyGrafico. There were several animals to choose from and I used the panda, giraffe and zebra. We would love for you to join us this week in our Exotic Animal Challenge. You have until mid-day next Monday, July 11th to play along. Click here for all the challenge details and wild design team inspiration.

When I first started making cards I loved using zebra patterned paper. It's been awhile since I've made anything with it, so I was happy to see this challenge. To create my card I adhered the giraffe paper by Bella BLVD and the zebra paper by The Paper Studio to a piece of black cardstock and then adhered directly onto the white card base. For the offset white focal panel I decided to add some gold texture paste by Heidi Swapp using the Dot Fade stencil by Tim Holtz. The images were printed, colored with Copic markers and punched using a 1 1/2" circle punch. The images were then layered with a 1 3/4" scallop circle with black cardstock. I used the computer to print the sentiment and that's it.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see your Exotic Animal creation in the gallery at Tuesday Throwdown. 

Giraffe and Lion Flannel Blanket

Good day crafty friends! I've still been sewing and this Giraffe and Lion Flannel Blanket is my latest project. It's reversible with gray chevron on the opposite side. The finished size is 30" x 35" which is considered a stroller blanket. You can find it listed HERE in my Etsy shop. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Sweet Baby Card

Hello and thanks for visiting my blog where I love to share my handmade cards. Today I made this Sweet Baby Card for a cousin and his wife who are expecting their first baby. They are having a girl so I'm sure at this point they are on Pink overload! So, I decided to use Purple and Green to mix things up a bit. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and I hope they love it too.

The image is called Giraffe Heart 2 by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and it was colored with Copic markers. After coloring the image I used a Lil' Inkers stitched rectangle die to cut it out. For the layout I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday. Selecting the right papers gave me a little challenge, but if you do enough digging eventually you find something that works. The purple gingham card base is from Current and it's larger measuring 5" x 7". Then a layer of Watercolor Dots by Recollections was added after it was matted to white cardstock. I found the green patterned paper from the Spring paper stack by American Crafts and the purple was found in my scrap bin. A little purple twine from The Twinery was added along with three silver puffy heart stickers from Freckled Fawn. The last detail was adding the Sweet Baby sentiment from the retired Itty Bitty Banners stamp set by Stampin' Up!

This Sweet Baby Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Cards und More: Baby
• Without Words: Purple and Green (No Halloween)
• Addicted to Stamps: Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations: Anything Goes

Wishing you a wonderful and crafty day!