Clean and simple new baby card

 

I made this sweet new baby card the other day. I used the Project Life framelits to cut the card base and the white front, & repeat stamped "Hello" and the seed head image across the front. I stamped the bottle image in Blushing Bride  ink & raised it on  Dimensionals, Stampin' Up!'s 3d foam pads, with some Daffodil Delight seam binding for a bow.

 

The "Hello" & bottle image are from the Silhouettes and Script stamp set which is a lovely hostess stamp set - you can get your hands on it if you place an order of £150 or more.

 

It made a quick and effective card that's not too bogged down in pink or blue.

 

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Simple star card

It's easy to get carried away with this stamp set and that die set, but of course you can create great cards with very few supplies.

 

I love using the Project Life label framelits, they instantly create a 3x4" card which is really modern looking. But not everyone has a Big Shot die cutting machine. So for this card I cut my base cardstock to 6x4", scored it down the middle to create a card & then rounded the edges using a corner rounder punch - if you don't have one, place a small coin on your corner & draw round it in pencil, then carefully cut with scissors. Easy - and the coin should ensure you get the same curve on each corner.

 

I cut the white cardstock so it was fractionally smaller than the base card & rounded the edges. the same with the striped paper (which is from the Cherry on Top 6x6" stack).

 

I stamped one of the spatter stamps from the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set with Versamark embossing ink & applied iridescent ice embossing powder & heat embossed it - you can just make it out in this picture. It gives a bit of depth to the finished card.

 

If you don't have any of those, get a similar effect by dotting dazzling details glitter glue across the card, or a glue pen & some iridescent glitter.

 

I stamped the Congrats stamp from the Silhouettes and Script set (this is a hostess set, available to buy when you place an order for £150 or more. I bought it for these Dymo label type sentiments, which I love), but you can use any stamp set or sentiment. Or use the label maker that this mimics if you have one.

 

I hand cut the silver starburst from glimmer paper (I promise you this is the sparkliest glitter card you will ever see!! Use it sparingly for little accents like this & save your lower quality glitter card for matting & layering etc) and punched the little heart from the Owl Builder punch (although I could have handcut that too). The star is from the Itty bitty punch pack, but again, they are reasonably easy to hand cut too.

 

Finally, I cut the scalloped edge off the dotted lace ribbon & stuck that with a glue pen to cover the join between the patterned paper and white cardstock.

 

A simple, clean and easy card :)

 

You can buy any of these items from my Stampin' up! store 

 

And if you are having a bit of a shop & your order is approaching the £100 mark, think about joining as a demonstrator - you'll get 2 free stamps sets during June, as well as 20% discount on your order, and you don't  have to buy or sell any more if you don't want to. More details here and you can crack on and sign up (listing me as your demonstrator) at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sambracegirdle/promotions

 

Have fun & I look forward to welcoming you to Stampin' Up! :)

 

 

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New catalogue thanks card

 

Woo hoo! From today you can order from Stampin' Up!'s new annual catalogue.

 

It's packed full of delicious new stuff, and if you spend enough (not difficult) you can qualify for one of the new hostess sets, like this one. It's called Silhouettes & Script and it's got lovely solid images that lend themselves to multicolour stamping and stamp kissing.

 

Anyway, enough hanging around here, go take a look.

 

Well go on!!