Z-Fold Baby Card

 You may have noticed that I am using this bunny stamp...a lot!  They are just so sweet, and so easy to colour, that I just can't resist them.

Baby Eeyore Donkey Card

 All I could see when I looked at the new Darling Donkeys Saleabration set was a sweet baby card, with an Eeyore lookalike.  He is just too cute!  I'll be showing all kinds of cards featuring this donkey and his two friends this week, but I started with my favourite (which was hard to pick!):  this slimline, gender-neutral card with matching envelope.

Aren't they just the sweetest things!  I don't have any babies expected in my life these days, but I'll have lots of cards on hand for future babes thanks to this set.

I used some beautiful So Saffron DSP that I had in retired stash, and used my (also retired) Envelope Punch Board to make the envelope from the same paper.  I added a small stitched scalloped rectangle to the front of the envelope for addressing.

I stamped each of the donkeys in Gray Granite on white cardstock, and coloured them with my Blends. I added some pink to the inside of their ears and blush on their cheeks, for some added sweetness. I then die cut each with a stitched square die, and mounted each one on a stitched scalloped square cut from the DSP and white cardstock, in increasing sizes.

I added a few gold sparkle gems to each donkey for some always-necessary bling. ;)  I also added a pretty soft ribbon bow to the top square for some added interest.

For the inside of the card I kept it simple, with one more blended donkey in the bottom corner, and lots of room to write special welcome wishes to the new baby and mom.  I mounted the white cardstock to a another piece of the DSP as well.

Did you notice he's facing left, while on the card front he's facing right?  I used the mirror technique to mix it up!  I also added some grass in Soft Sea Foam under the donkey to ground him.  

I can't wait to share the rest of my projects with you this week!  He's such a cutie!

Barb

Colour Challenge (TGIFC215)

Hi all, I'm participating in my first ever TGIF colour challenge this week!  I enjoy having my creativity stretched to new places, and I'm hoping this will continue to help me expand my horizons.  :)

This week's challenge was to create a project using Granny Apple Green, Night of Navy, and Pool Party.  I decided to use some bright green DSP as my background, and added some blue elephants in the coordinating colours, for this baby card.  Who says baby stuff has to be pastel?!

I think this is so fun!  Both elephants come from the Little Elephant stamp set and were punched with the coordinating Elephant Builder punch.  The sentiment is from the some set but is meant to be stacked on top of each other in more of a square shape.  A quick snip with the scissors and I made one stamp into two, allowing me to place them side-by-side instead, and ink them in two different colours.

The little corner cutaway was made with a circle die--they are a great tool to have on hand because they come in a variety of sizes, so you always have the perfect one on hand!  I also used the stitched scallop border die from the Stitched Be Mine dies to make that pretty edging on the polka dot panel.

The scalloped rectangle is popped off the card base with dimensionals, and the elephants are popped up too, lending great dimension to this card.

I finished it off with a white twine bow and some candy dots in Pool Party.

Thanks for checking out my first TGIF post--here's to many more to come!

Stampin' Up! Foxy Friends Farewell

We are another week closer to saying goodbye to the retiring products this year, and as much as I look forward to playing with all the new goodies, it is bittersweet to bid some old favourites farewell.  The Foxy Friends stamp set (and matching punch) will be hard to lose!

Several days ago I shared the "girl" version of this card on my Instagram (@justbstamping) and Facebook (justbstamping) pages, but I saved the "boy" version for you this week.

I think there is a strong trend right now away from the gender-neutral baby things...green and yellow just aren't cutting it anymore it seems!  When I receive custom card requests they almost always want a girl or boy card.  This card is super cute in any colour.

Isn't he just too cute?  As a mom of two boys I can assure you that I still wanted soft, pretty colours for my boys, and this combo of Pool Party, Grapefruit Grove and Soft Sea Foam sure does the trick.

I actually used three different retiring sets on this card--told ya I was going to enjoy every last minute with them!  The Tree Rings and Pick A Pennant stamp sets are also retiring at the end of the month.

I stamped by sweet little fox on whisper white cardstock and then cut it out with the stitched circle die and mounted it on a scalloped circle in pool party.  I added a little sea foam foliage across the top, and anchored my focal point on a strip of green also stamped with foliage.

I stamped my pennant banner in pool party with Early Espresso letters welcoming the new arrival.  The tree rings and base are Crumb Cake.

I continued the foliage theme to the inside of the card and added some sweet little footprints across the bottom.  

In case you missed seeing the pink version, here is another look:

And one last look at this week's feature:

You can click here to shop in my store if you want any of these products before they retire!

Have a great week,

Barb