Welcome Baby

Ahh, a weekend to relax!  Hardly!

I was away last weekend on my friends hen party in Cardiff.  We had an absolute blast, but I must admit that it took a wee while to recover!

So the last hen party means that I’m getting ever closer to the 2 weddings that I’ve been working on – both at the very start of September.  I’m working on orders of service and placenames, and I’m getting there, slowly but surely.

I was delighted to learn that my neighbours just had their wee baby last week too, and even more delighted to be able to make a card that has nothing to do with weddings!!

So here it is

I used a Motivet stamp that I’ve had for ages but had never used, it’s called Doraline with Baby Carriage.  I coloured her up with my copics and prisma-pencils.

The papers are Echo Park, Blossoms and Gingham Gaby.

I used an edge punch along the bottom of the card before I cut the base card for a bit of interest.  I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for one of the panels which I then roughly painted the edges with some Tim Holtz distress crackle paint.

The lettering is a sizzix die set called Tina Thinks You’re Cute.  I dug out my sewing machine and went around the edges in a very arty way (only because I can’t sew in a straight line! Lol) and added a few Swarovski crystals to finish.

I used the same layout on the inside and used the sewing machine again.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Craft Us Crazy – Anything Goes in August

Delightful Challenges – Stitching

Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday – Sketch

The ABC Challenge – A is for Auburn

The Shabby Tea Room – Mix & Match (I’m hoping my embossed layer counts as a third paper, if not I’ll delete my entry)

Thanks for looking!