Monday, February 13, 2012

Bundle of Baby

It's time for the monthly designers' Creative Challenge from My Favorite Things and this month's challenge was to create a baby themed project. Be sure to head over to Kim's blog for a list of all participating designers.

Soft colours are the first thing that come to mind when I think of anything baby related, so first I found the patterned papers I wanted to use, My Mind's Eye Howdy Doody. Oooh, I just realized it has "doody" in the name...so perfect for babies...eeks! LOL!

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Once I found the patterned papers, then I looked for the stamp set I wanted to use and landed on à la mode - Bundle of Baby. The layout is MTMEPPS47, slightly modified to fit my vision.

The image is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and I paper pieced her pretty tunic top, along with the stripe on the rattle. The rest is coloured with copic markers. I used one of the tabs from the mini tabs Die-namics for the sentiment and cut out a white strip using the little open scallop strip Die-namics for along the bottom of the striped piece.

I think my favourite part is the little baby shaped accents. The patterned paper circles were punched out with a 1 1/8" circle punch. The baby shapes were cut out using the notched tag Die-namics, cut from puff cloud white felt. But I wanted to pop them on foam dots for dimension in addition to the texture, so I cut the same three shapes from white card stock then just glued the felt to the card stock for a more rigid shape.

On the inside I stamped another sentiment from the set and lined up the same three shapes along the bottom, cut from fossil card stock.


Here are the Die-namics I used:


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Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

18 comments:

Angel said...

you said doody. hehehe! HA! couldn't resist! this is DARLING! love the little die-namics and her shirt!!!

Queen Mary said...

Very sweet! I love the little felt die-namics! And to think I thought I could live without those!

StampOwl said...

this is adorable Karen, love the felt die-namics you used to embellish your card

Diane said...

Such a cute an sweet card....and those little felt Dynamics are adorable...so soft looking....and your post made me smile... :>)

Inge Groot said...

Totally love the soft colors you've used and those cute felt embellishments!

wendy said...

what an adorable card, love the little baby dienamics...it is a must get !

Kary said...

What a wonderful baby card, Karen!! Beautiful colours and love the felt die-cuts. Your sewing is perfect!! {hugs}

Miche said...

This is soooo cute! I love you finished the inside too.

Debbie Carriere said...

Adorable!! love your felt accents!! I used the same paper and thought the same thing :)

Kim said...

You are too funny. And apparently your brain works in a similar fashion to mine...

Sarah Gough said...

So cute! love the colours!

Michele Boyer said...

Totally adorable! I just love those tiny felt die-cuts!

Leslie said...

Lovely and wonderful job on her hair!!

Anonymous said...

Hey Karen, This card is too, too cute!! I love everything about it! Thanks so much for playing along with the MTME Pretty Patterns Sketch team, hope you play with us again soon :)

Jodi Collins said...

How SWEET! LOVE the little baby shape accents! They are pERFECT!

Ann Kranitz said...

Ok now if I was a "new" mom holding that big ol' rattle and my baby I would no doubt drop the baby!!! LOL!!! AWESOME card!!!

Crafty Cath said...

What a wonderful Baby card! Love how you showed off the stamp and your little circle adornments and the sentiment tab look so darn great!

Cat said...

What an adorable card! Love your embellishments! Thanks for joining us at MTMEPPS!