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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Baby Boy Card


A friend of mine had a just had a baby boy and I am taking dinner to their house on Wed to help out a little, and thought it would be nice to make a card to celebrate the new baby! Luckily, my friend Kelli just gave me a great deal on this wheel, and I had to get it from her, as I had been wanting in anyway. The wheel is SU and is called Wash Day. I rolled the wheel with SU Basic Black ink onto Watercolor paper. I colored with SU markers, using mostly Soft Subtle colors. I love coloring with markers on watercolor paper, as it absorbs all stroke lines and looks so great. Once colored, I put the panel on a Barely Banana piece, then on top of a Bashful Blue piece that I used SU Scallop Edge punch on. The card base is Certainly Celery, and I cut a circle of Bashful Blue DSP and layered that centered, then stamped the sentiment on the bottom of that piece, sentiment is from Holidays & Wishes. Then I added decided the scallops should be pierced, so I did that, then stuck it over the circle using Dimensionals. I really love this card! It's clean and fairly simple, and most of all I had a great time making it.
I guess I better get in the hang of baby cards. My friend Jas called me today from the hospital and she gave birth to her 3rd child, a little girl, today. My friend Lisa had her second little girl last month, and I still need to get a card done for her. Whew! Lots of babies!

10 comments:

  1. That is a lot of babies! Don't drink the water...

    Adorable baby card! I love the soft colors and gread advice on the watercolor paper!

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  2. Cute card! I love that image!
    And it's on a wheel? I love yellow on baby cards, it adds such a soft touch.

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  3. That card is so cute! I love all the soft colors, the scallops, everything. Neat idea for the circle in the background. This card would make a great sketch.

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  4. Beautiful card! I love the soft colors! I also tagged you on my blog!

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  5. I LOVE THIS!!! I have to bust out my wheel and make a few of these! This is just gorgeous and i am so gonna CASE it!!!

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  6. That is soooo cute!! I absolutely love the little baby clothes hanging out on the line - beautiful beutiful details on your card - its so clean and crisp! LOVELY!!!! I am sure your friend is going to LOVE it!!
    Best wishes,
    Sankari :)

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  7. Ohhh, I LOVE this too! What a gorgeous, sweet baby card! I've been wondering how the rollers work. It looks like they come out really well. And, so nice that you're bringing dinner over- isn't that the best gift to a new mom?!

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  8. That is adorable. I love that wheel! You card is wonderful!

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  9. This is my FAVORITE wheel. I think it was one of my very first purchases from SU. I use it for just about every baby card I make.

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