New Baby Card

My Hubby asked me to make a card for a lady he knows well who is expecting a baby soon.

He didn't know at that stage if Mummy-to-be knew the sex of the baby so we went for a gender neutral approach and included pink, blue, green and yellow as the colours for the elements.

All papers used are from my scraps drawer. The card is 5 in size and I used a polka dot paper which has been distressed with an inkpad to knock the brightness back a little.

The layout of the card was from the last Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge. I am however too late to enter but wanted to thank them for the sketch anyway.

The base panel is some holographic card with stars on which provides a bit of twinkle and a nice contrast to the white circles that have been cut from the Nellie Snellen Flower Circles Dies.

All the dies are cut from 3 layers of white card layered onto one another and coloured with Promarkers, Flexmarkers, gel pens and Sakura clear glitter pens. This is a technique I had seen on a YouTube video that seems to make it into a 'Thicker' dimensional sticker and is a lot less fiddly to stick together with a Xyron sticker maker than adding 3d foam squares would have been. 

The baby head and bottle are from a Sizzlits 4 die set. The baby booties are a Marianne Creatable dies My First Shoes and the Baby Clothes Line is a Sizzlits decorative strip. Most of these dies I have had for along time and it is the 1st time I have used them. The clothes line I am particularly pleased with as there are so many elements that can be used on their own.

Just after I had finished the card we found out that the baby is due to be a boy so I made it with a blue insert and matching envelope.

Card Size - A5

Dies - Sizzlits 4 Baby Die Set, Sizzlits Decorative Strip Baby Clothes Line, Nellie Snellen Flower Circles, Marianne Creatables My First Shoes

Colouring tools - Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Gel pens, Sakura Glitter pen

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 613 Avenue Create – #222 Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations – #216 Anything Goes 
• Aud Sentiments  – #229 Anything Goes & sentiment
• CCC Digi Creations - #104 Anything Goes
• Colour Crazy Challenge - # 23 Anything Goes
• Corrosive Challenge - #6 Anything Goes 
• Crafting By Designs – Anything Goes
• Crafting With An Attitude - #52 Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - #467 Anything Goes & Optional Circles
• Crafty Creations  – #392 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #194 Polka Dots or Stripes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #165 Anything Goes with optional Spots or Stripes
• Creativ Fusion Arts & Craft - #12 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #165 Anything Goes with optional Spots or Stripes
• Creative Fingers - #166 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #171 Anything Goes
• Everybody Art – #449 Anything Goes
• Get Creative - #81 Anything Goes
• I Love Promarkers - #386 Anything Goes / More Than One Layer
• Leanne’s World 101  - #15 Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread - #96 Anything Goes
• Let’s Craft & Create - #148 Anything Goes Optional You’re The Man
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #108 Anything Goes
• Love To Craft - #35 Anything Goes
• Mix It Up Challenge - #26 Anything Goes
• My Besties Spanish Challenge - #60 Anything Goes
• Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
• Outlawz Festive Fridays - Anything Goes
• Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode - Use Your Scraps
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter - #388 Spots or Dots
• QKR Stampede – #351 Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too - #150 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #392-393  Anything Goes