Baby We've Grown - a Z fold card

I made the basis for a Z-fold card on May 20, when I made my first  one.  Today I decided to finish it, and instead of using all flowers, I made it into a baby card.

I used 2 stamp sets:  Baby We've Grown (a retired set)  and Something for Baby.

The basic cardstock for this card is Blushing Bride and Whisper White.  The images were stamped with Stazon ink and coloured with markers and an Aqua painter.  The images from Something for Baby were stamped and then die cut.

Supplies Used:

 

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Bohek Background

I don't know why I resisted using this beautiful artsy form of crafting for so long, but I broke down today and did it!

There are many videos and tutorial out there so I don't feel the need to make one.  The one video I learned the most from is this one done by Sharon Armstrong for her On-line class.

It's a very cool background that photographers use to make parts of the background look blurry and in the distance, and other parts more sharply in focus.

Here is the first card I made:

On my watercolour paper, I applied 3 shades of blue reinkers:  Marina Mist, Pacific Point, and Not Quite Navy.  Then I applied the different size circles using Whisper White ink.

The stamp set is "Banner Blessings", and I applied a few In Color sequin assorted embellishments.
I matted the watercolour background with Whisper White cardstock, and attached it to a Pacific Point cardstock base.

Second Card:

This time I used the following reinkers:  Garden Green, Marina Mist, and Daffodil Delight.
The stamp set again is "Banner Blessings".
This time I attached a 1/4" Daffodil Delight cotton ribbon below the sentiment before matting it with Daffodil Delight cardstock and attaching it to a Garden Green base.

Third Card:

This one became a baby card.  The background was made with Crisp Cantalope and Wisteria wonder reinkers, and then the sentiment was stamped with Black Stazon.  The stamp set "Big News" was used for this card.  The words "Big News" was stamped separately onto Wisteria Wonder cardstock and coloured with the light shade of a Wisteria Wonder blendability.  It was trimmed and made into a banner and added below the other sentiment with dimensionals.

The baby booties were stamped using Crisp Cantalope and die cut using the Coorinating framelits with the stamp set "Something for Baby".  I tied a piece of Crisp Cantalope cotton twine to the booties and flipped the loose ends over the banner.

Above the sentiment I place 2 flowers, again stamped with Crisp Cantalope, using the stamp set "Something for Baby" and die cutting them with the coordinating framelits.

Along the left side, a 4" length of Wisteria wonder chevron ribbon was tied in the middle with White Baker's twine and adhered to the card with dimensionals. 

The watercolour background was matted with Crisp Cantalope cardstock and added to a Whisper White card base.  Then I added Dazzling Details to the sentiment.

Baby Carriage card

The weather is cooler today but sunny.  The thunderstorm we had last night brought cooler air into the region.
The men from the paving company are working on my driveway today spewing dust into the air.  Last year I had the foundation of my house dug up and waterproofed, so this year decided to get the dug up area paved.

I was going to pave the whole driveway but when I was informed of the cost, I gulped and said I would go for the repair only.  Even that if going to cost me an arm and a leg.

While they were working on the driveway I thought I would do a post of a card I had made earlier this morning.  This baby carriage card was inspired by a similar one seen on Pinterest, but I ended up changing the card quite a bit (Isn't that usually the case?).  I'm having a catalogue open house on June 14, so this will be one of my sample cards depicting the new incolor cardstock.

The carriage was stamped in Lost Lagoon and die cut using the coordinating framelits of the stamp set "Something for Baby".  I added a flower stamped in Hello Honey also die cut to the carriage, and hung a pair of booties stamped in Crisp Cantalope. The carriage was attached to the image panel using dimensionals.
The Whisper White image panel was scored 1/8" and 1/4" along all 4 sides using the Simply Scoring Tool.  I just love the look of that.

Stamp Something for Baby
Inks: Lost Lagoon, Hello Honey, Crisp Cantalope
Papers: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Accessories: Something for Baby framelits, Thick Crisp Cantalope Baker's Twine, Rhinestone,  3/8" Lost Lagoon stitched satin ribbon, dimensionals

Block Card baby card

What a hot muggy day it was today.  I spent most of the day hiding down the basement where it is substantially cooler.  Once it was a little cooler outside I went out and watered the flower planters, only to be dive bombed by a horde of mosquitoes.
While I was down the basement in my work area, I cased a block card by Deb Valder here.  I found the card fascinating when I first saw it on Pinterest, but it wasn't that hard to make.  I made the card almost exactly as Deb did but now that I know how to make the block card I will be making more of them.
Here's the card:

Stamp: Something for Baby
Inks: Pool Party, Daffodil Delight,  Crisp Cantalope
Papers: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party,  Crisp Cantalope
Accessories: File tab edgelet dies, Something for Baby Framelits, rhinestones, pearls, White Baker's twine, Crisp Cantalope thick twine, dimensionals, Polka dot folder

Flower was made using 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch.