Today's card is inspired by the following challenges: Color Throwdown #296 and Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #97. Isn't the inspiration picture just fabulous? The color scheme really spoke to me and I kept thinking about a baby-theme project, although I'm sure this color combo could work for other themes as well. In a sense, I'm not surprised I was drawn to this color combo, as Kiwi Kiss and Cool Caribbean are at the top of my list of favorite In Colors. I can't believe that SU! didn't bring back either one of them when they changed their color families. I suspect it is because we had similar shades coming in the new families, but still, if we could vote for colours we wish would make a comeback, I'd certainly vote for those two. I'm torn between using the colors on projects since I like them so much and hoarding the small quantity of cardstock I have left for both shades. I know it's silly, but I'm sure some of you can relate!
That being said, I used the Something for Baby stamps set and matching Framelits (which are offered at a reduced price when bought as a bundle) for the accessories. This set doesn't include sentiments, so I pulled out the Baby, We've Grown stamp set for the sentiment. I stamped the "little angel" in grey ink and colored it with markers. Then, I used the Petite Pairs stamp set to add "welcome" before it. I used markers to omit the words I didn't want and only ink "welcome." The sentiment was framed with a die-cut made with the On Film Framelits dies.
A paper doily was folded in half and decorated with rhinestones of various sizes. A small Designer button was added to the baby bib, and a bow was made out of Kiwi Kiss organza ribbon (from a past Sale-A-Bration promo).
The card background was embossed with the Scallops embossing folder and since I was making a 5-1/4 x 5-1/4 square card, the embossing folder wasn't large enough to cover the whole width, so I stamped the safety pin image in the unembossed space at left.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Something for Baby, Beau petit chou (Baby, We've Grown), Quelques lignes (Petite Pairs)
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Cool Caribbean, Whisper White
Ink: Smoky Slate, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Subtles Designer Buttons, Kiwi Kiss Organza Ribbon,
On Film Framelits dies, Baby's First Framelits dies, Rhinestone Basic Jewels,
Paper Doily, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallops Embossing Folder, White Square Envelope
What a fabulous card! I love how you used the on Film Framelits :-) Thanks so much for joining us at the Paper Craft Crew this week
Posted by: Jan M | June 18, 2014 at 04:42