Baby Notecards

Stampin' Up! Notecards and Envelopes make it super easy to put together a whole bunch of cards quickly.

I made a set of eight thank you cards for a friend who is having a baby boy.

The notecards and envelopes come in a  pack of 20 for only $9.95.  Bargain!!

These cards use a variety of images from retired sets but the DSP is the Beautiful Soft Sky colour.  I teamed it with the silver ribbon from our current Seasonal catalogue - not just for Christmas!!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Baby Swipe Technique

This has nothing to do with grabbing babies from prams.

 

 

I first tried this technique using darker colours and it was disastrous!  But then I tried it in soft colours:  Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery.

 



• Fold a baby wipe into thirds and then thirds the other way.  Then fold the square in half.  This final fold is your swiping edge and should be about the width of your fingertips.
• Squeeze a drop of ink onto the fold, alternating with another colour:  I did three drops of Certainly Celery and three of Bashful Blue.  You'll end up with a line of ink drops.
• Swipe this across your glossy card, keeping your fingertips close to the edge, to give it firmness.  It helps to put a post it note under the card to create a 'handle'.
• Move your swiper along to create the next lot of stripes.  Once your whole card is full, turn the piece at right angles to swipe in the other direction, creating a soft blanket effect.

 

My technique improved with a few tries and I am sure I could now return to the darker colours and get a great result.  (I am now an experienced swiper.)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna

 



O is for Bus????

Just a little diversion from SAB and Seasonal catalogue to show you two cards I made for my nieces who started back at school.  I used the Every Little Bit stamp set..

One started prep so this was her card.

I coloured the cat's nose with Melon Mambo marker.

The other niece is starting Year 4 and is pretty cluey so this was her card.

 

 

Have you worked it out? It was O is for Omnibus; just to make it a little more challenging.

 

These cards were super quick to make with one stamped image and a letter done on the Big Shot.

 

I have never actually sat down to mount the 28 stamps in Every Little Bit but most are now assembled as I pull the set out when I am looking for a stamp for 'something different.' It really does contain a fantastic variety of stamps for every occasion.

 

Don't forget to check out the Sale-a-Bration specials that run till the end of March.  And our new Seasonal Mini catalogue is scrummy. 

 

To view ther Sale-a-Bration Catalogue click HERE.

To view the Seasonal Mini click HERE.

 

Stamps:  Every Little Bit

Card:  Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Raspberry Ripple

Ink:  Black Stazon, Melon Mambo and Raspberry Ripple Stampin' Write Markers

Tools:  Big Shot, Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Sizzlits (retired)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna