Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Baby Card, Initial!

I wanted to make a special card for some friends who had just celebrated the arrival of their new baby. I wanted it to showcase the first gift that they give their baby, his name. I honored that by using his initial on the face of the card.



I used soft spring colors for this baby themed card. The card base is card stock in sweet leaf green. The yellow patterned B&T Duo paper is from the Pemberley paper pack from close to my heart- it is a beautiful delicate pattern and sweet shade of yellow. The wave accents were created with sky blue ink and the border stamp from the SuperHero workshop on the go kit. The letter "E" was cut on my cricut with Art Philosophy cartridge in daisy white. I love the crispness of the white against the other three colors.


I took inspiration from the sketch challenge at Retro sketches. The sketch was for a horizontal card, but I flipped it into a vertical orientation.


Links:
Retro Sketches Challenge
Heart to Heart Blog Challenge- Spring Color Challenge
Cas-ual Friday Blog Challenges- Hey Baby!

13 comments:

  1. I love how special this is and I know your friends will love it :) Glad you came to play at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  2. This is so pretty - how fun would it be to frame this so that they can have it forever?!! Love it! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays - we're so glad you did!!

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    1. Framing this is a great idea! I may need to hint at that! :) hahah

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  3. Hi Heather! The "E" is SUPER cute and the rick rack strips are perfect for a baby card! So glad you played along with us in our first Retrosketches challenge!

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  4. I like how the white initial really pops against the colors! Thanks for joining us at Heart 2 Heart!

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  5. Beautiful in it's simplicity, you've shown us once again what talent you possess. Great job! :-)

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  6. Heather -

    Awww, so sweet! What a lovely way to phrase a baby's name, as the first gift from a parent. Thanks for sharing your thoughtful gift and joining us at Heart2Heart Challenges this week!

    Paige - DT
    www.PaigesPaperParadise.blogspot.com

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  7. Cute card...now I think I need the SuperHero WOTG, so I can get the border stamp! Thanks for sharing with us at H2H!

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    1. It is a great stamp set! I've been surprised how much I have used it already!

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  8. This is such a sweet card - great use of the colors in the challenge! Thanks for sharing with us at H2H!

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