My daughter asked me to make a card to give to her friend's baby girl who has reached the mile stone one year old!!
I bought some dies a few weeks ago from the lovely Appleblossom when they were on hochanda - I got these and a couple of other sets and I'm just so in love with them, these are from a set called
A day at the zoo
I was asked to help out with the Die'sire DT this week with some of the samples for the new Christmas launches (watch this space! - they're fab!!) I think the die cutting gave me a bit of inspiration away from my usual colouring - I really enjoyed the experience. Anyone who hasn't tried creating with die cuts- you really need to give it a go - it's really a totally different experience in crafting - and far from the easy option - all that measuring, precision and sticking without getting the glue all over lol - quite a challenge
and it's decorated inside too
I used several sets of die dies to create this card
This is what I did....
!0inch x 7 inch card
Card for die cutting - American crafts and Crafters companion centura pearl (plain white side)
Outer card
Animal dies - a day at the zoo from the appleblossom die collection at Craftstash
Happy birthday die - Sue wilson dies from creative expressions
Stitched banner dies - Justrite dies A2 stitched banners and rectangles
Cicrle dies - spellbinders
Stitched circle die - Mamma Elephant
Number 1 - Tim Holtz vintage market dies from sizzix
Papers - 12x12 vintage market papers
twine from my stash
Inside
cross stitched rectangle - Mamma Elephant
Happy birthday die - Tattered lace
Balloon punch - Martha Stewart
Letters - Tim Holtz vintage market from Sizzix
There is also a 'Baby Card' challenge still going on at Moving Along with the times Challenge blog
Hugs
Judith x