Saturday 21 April 2012

Baby card

Hello!  Here's a card I made recently, but didn't want to post it until I was sure the recipient had seen it first.  I wanted a non-traditional baby card and I had this beautiful quote (Quietfire Designs) in mind.  I used a number of soft shades of Colorbox fluid chalk to brayer on to 130 lb cardstock and heat set with an iron.  I think I used Ice Blue, Creamy Brown, and Dark Moss.  I stamped the image and used Moss embossing powder for emphasis.  Then I die cut with spellbinders to get the image and coordinating mat in ice blue linen.  With that same linen, I made a background panel with a baby theme embossing folder.  The cardstock is a lovely soft moss green, and the accent paper is an espresso brown.  A few soft blue brads thrown in for good measure and I was done! 

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy stamping!

Edited to add:  the embossing folder is from Cuttlebug, and is one of a set of four called Word Collage.

5 comments:

  1. Oh, so lovely!!! Thanks very much for using the stamp!

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  2. Absolutely beautiful - so simple yet so powerful. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. This is beautiful, Karen. Suzanne does beautiful calligraphy. I like the idea of applying the chalk inks with a brayer. Who makes that embossing folder? It is a perfect background for your big circle.

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  4. This is wonderful, Karen! I don't even use my iron for clothes, tho, so this technique would not be good for me. A wonderful gift of love - so rich and unique!

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  5. Very elegant card and love the quote

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