Baby welcoming card.

This bench card was made for my nephew and his girlfriend, who have recently welcomed their first child into the world. I have had to hold off posting this one so the postman has enough time to deliver it.

 I am not going to give instructions for this card as I have previously written a tutorial on this style of card. ( If you want view further instructions, look for bench cards in the side panel listings.)

 I am just sharing a couple of photos here just to show how the baby sits in the middle of this cot.

 I used 300gsm card to make the base card, I cut a slit just slightly over 3/4 of an inch long into the mattress base where I wanted the baby to sit (leaving enough room around her for the blanket to sit )

Once I had coloured and cut out the baby holding her blanket,  I glued a strip of card  about 1 3/4 inches long  by 3/4 of an inch wide. I glued the strip to the back of the baby leaving an inch at the bottom to slide into the slit in the mattress.

 Because the card is thicker and more sturdy it makes for quite a tight fit when assembled so there is no need to glue baby in. She will sit there quite happily without glue. 

 Not adding glue means the recipient will be able to adjust her position easily. 

My last tip would be to stand the card up and check the baby's tab isn't showing underneath when the card is viewed head on, and that it's not so long, it prevents the card from standing properly.

If you find you have this problem, slide out the baby and snip off the required amount from the bottom of the tab then, place her back in the slit.

This card does fold flat to fit in an 7 x 9  inch envelope.  You just push the bottom of the mattress up and push the right side over towards the middle and flatten the left side. 

I almost forgot...The teddy bear! I would you believe I only have two teddy stamps and neither were suitable for this card so I had to draw one. I think he turned out quite well considering I don't draw.

 

Cute childs card.

 This  cute stamp set is called Story book friends. There is also a coordinating die set for this stamp set.
I bought this bundle a while ago and it has since retired. I am ashamed to say, this is the first card I have actually completed since I bought it.  I have  started four  different style cards using these `but I wasn't happy with the results so these unfinished cards have sat in a box waiting for me to decide what to do with them. I came across them earlier this week while clearing out my craft room. My half finished attempts inspired me to get the stamps and dies out again, coupled with the fact a certain young man celebrates his 3rd birthday tomorrow.  So I had the perfect excuse to get them out  and start again.

My previous designs had more layers, but I decided to keep this version a bit simpler but keep all the dimension of my previous versions. This card is half an inch thick, but it squishes flat to fit into a 6x6 envelope.

I used sea foam  card stock by Stampin' Up. It's the perfect colour for this card. I love it with the red of the toadstool. I used Copic markers to colour the mice rather than the using the colour layering  stamps that come with the mice outline stamps.

Baby Congratulations Card

Regular readers of my blog will know this Two by Two stamp from S.U is one of my favourite stamps for baby cards.  Although I used the stamp quite a bit,  I  tend to change the die or the orientation of the die when cutting out the image, of course I  also change the background papers and colours for  a different look.

I coloured the image with Copic markers and  a few S.U  markers.

Another card using Plane and Simple stamp set

This a card I have cased, I really like this one. Mind you I don't case cards I don't like. So If you are the original designer Well Done and thanks for sharing.
I used the plane and simple stamp set again this time with Vanilla, Early Expresso and Soft Suede card stock and Early expresso ink, all from stampin' up.

Pram baby card

An extended version in blue...... Well you just have to try things in different colours.
This card is huge.
The paper lace strip is actually on the inside of the card.
I used the daisy punch and circle punches to make the wheels.