Hello Baby - Freshly Made Sketches #49

Today's card is a little gem created using a wonderful sketch by Jen Mitchell over a Freshly Made Sketches:

So clean and simple! My card came together in no time at all and I just love how the colors work together:

I wanted to create a gender neutral baby card and this striped pattern paper from the Birds of a Feather Designer Paper Series worked perfectly for me! I chose soft complimenting colors from various papers and used my 3/16" corner punch to add a tad more softness to the card. A bit of Primrose Petals cardstock just peeking out is a nice compliment to the soft colors. The zig-zag was created using my Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies and the circles were created with my 1" circle punch. That's it!

Design note: I used a bit of post it tape to tack the zig zag edgelit die to the cardstock so it wouldn't move during the cutting process. 

Stampin Supplies:

Stamps: Sweet Essentials

Paper: Primrose Petals, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White CS; Birds of a Feather, Patio Party, Twitterpated DSP

Ink: Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

Tools: Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelits Die, 1" Circle Punch, 3/16" Corner Punch

Embellishments:  None

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Graduation Thank You

Today I wanted to share with you the graduation thank you cards that I made for my son to send out. My goal with these cards was to keep them simple enough for a twenty one year old young man to want to send out, yet elegant as well :) I used a retired sentiment (two years retired I believe) but I have kept the set because it is so timeless and versatile. I was SO pleased with how well it worked with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies! I changed up the embossing folders as I went.

I was very satisfied with how they turned out and my son was thrilled, so really, that's all that counts, right?!

Stampin Supplies:

Stamps: Engraved Greetings

Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White CS; Twitterpated DSP

Ink: Basic Grey Classic Ink Pad

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stripes and Houndstooth Embossing Folders, Labels Collection Framelits, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Thinking Outside the Card

I thought it would be nice to have gift bag to go with my Mother's Day card so I found this cute "Box in a Bag" tutorial here and recreated it in my own colors. I am pleased with how it came out but think it would be even better if I had run the scallop punch along the top edge before I assembled the bag. Oh well, next time! Thanks for stopping by! 

  Here are the gift bag and card together:

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: None

DSP: Twitterpated

Colors: Blushing Bride

Accessories: 3/8" striped grosgrain ribbon in Pink Pirouette (retired), 1/2" Scalloped Dots Ribbon in Marina Mist, Basic Pearls

Tools: Perfect Polka Dots Textured Embossing Folder, Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, Big Shot, Round Tab Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 1/4" Handheld Circle Punch

April Stamp Class

Today's cards are a sample of what my ladies at work made today in our class. These cards are both CASEd from my upline, Mary Fish-thank you Mary for your wonderful inspiration! I wanted to give the ladies a color choice so I created them in two different color combinations...I can't decide which ones I like best! Thanks for stopping by!

Tomorrow will be my first post on my regular Wednesday feature, His and Hers! I will show you two examples with the same layout and stamp set, one masculine and one feminine. Be sure to check back!