A Trio of Baby Cards

 Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend. Our local garden centre is having an offer on breakfasts this month. So on Saturday we met our friends there and enjoyed breakfast together. On Sunday our daughter and son-in-law came for lunch and to visit their bunnies who they are missing a lot. Hopefully they will be in their new house soon and then they can have the bunnies back.  

Last week I decided to make some new baby cards. These are the cards that are quite often in demand. 

The backing paper was in my stash. The bunnies were cut with an All Occasions die set. The Congratulations die is from the John Next Door range. 

This sentiment is a Creative Expressions die. I made it a drop shadow. 

I made a boy version. The embossing folder and the It's a Boy sentiment are from Creative Expressions. 

Here is the girl version. 

There they are all together ready and waiting for when I am asked for a card at short notice. 

Happy Crafting

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Not Just Cards Challenge blog - July Challenge

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How is your week going? I was very lucky and yesterday I had lunch out with a good  friend and today I am seeing another good  friend today. We are all into crafting so it is lovely to see them both. 

I was recently given the opportunity to rejoin the Not Just Cards Challenge blog Design Team. The challenges are always Anything Goes and they start on 11th of the month. This is nice because I can make just what I want. 

A little while back I made a Tri-Shutter card for a baby shower. I though it would be nice to make one of these cards as a proper baby congratulations card. 

I used the dimensions for this card that I had worked out to make my baby shower card. Since making that card I have invested in some more dies for baby cards. The really nice thing is that these cards  fold up small and fit into a reasonably sized envelope. 

The challenges are always Anything Goes. 

This shows what the card looks like from above. This type of card looks very cool on display. Although it takes a while to make all the mats and layers they are all squares and rectangles and therefore easy to cut. The really fun bit is working out the decorations. 

On of our nieces is expecting her first baby in October. Obviously I don't know if she is having a girl or a boy. So there might just be a girl version of this card that I will be sharing later on.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
The challenge starting 10th July at the TTCRD Challenge 
Challenge 149 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog
Challenge 100 at the Dies R Us Challenge blog
Challenge 214 at the Crafting from the Heart Challenge blog

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

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Tri- Shutter Baby Shower Card

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How is your week going? Today is our daughter's birthday and she will be working today. Later we are going to meet her and our son-in-law for a meal to celebrate.

Last week I was asked to make a card for a Baby Shower. This was a first for me and I had to ask for a little guidance. I was sent a picture for inspiration though the card in question had been made with a die set. I decided to hunt around the internet to see what I could find. What I found was how to make a Tri-Shutter card.

Before you get worried the mother to be in question knows that she is having a boy. I found a YouTube film that had a template that I could download. Now being me I change the measurements a bit. I did all the scoring with my Hougie Board. Then I had to be brave and use a Stanley Knife to cut the slits. I wanted a smooth cut so scissors would't do. 

I printed the paper it has tiny blue hearts on it. The dies came from my stash. 

I photographed the card from different angles so it is possible to see all the dies I used. 

This photo shows how the card sticks out. I made a place on the back to sign. It folds up really small so it doesn't need a very big envelope. 

Here is the card with other at the Baby Shower. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Challenge 327 at Pixie's Snippets Playground 
The TTCRD challenge starting 29th May
Challenge 144 at the Creative Moments Challenge blog
The Die-Cuts challenge at the Moo Mania and More Challenge 
For the Boys Challenge at the Crafting by Designs Challenge blog
Challenge 58 at the Simply Papercraft Challenge blog
Challenge 90 at the Scrapy Land Challenge blog
Challenge 382 at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge blog

Happy Crafting

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Crafty Catz Challenge blog - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Baby Cards

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Welcome to my second post of the day. You all know that on a Friday a new challenge starts on the Crafty Catz Challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of making a Baby Card. The Design team have done a great job using their own images. The sponsor is Di's Digi Stamps.

I decided to make a baby card for my stash so I didn't want it to be gender specific. 

There are many wonderful images in the store if you click on the logo you will be taken there. 

I stamped this image with Watering Can archival and then coloured it with my Spectrum Noir sparkle pens. The stamp is by Penny Black and is called Baby Hammock. I have had this stamp for a while. 

I cut the sentiment with a small die. 

I hope that you have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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