Baby Congrats!

When I heard about two friends of mine that were expecting, I instantly came up with some cards that I could send them to celebrate the occasion. I thought that if such big news was being shared, a card was definitely needed. It was also a great excuse to get out my Who's That Girl? - She's Having A Baby set from My Favorite Things. (I got the set cause I found it cheap and I knew I would be needing it someday...this is that first someday!)

I followed the sketch over at Cute Card Thursdays:




Here's my take:

I went to one of my favorite techniques, paper piecing, for this card. I then used the same paper for the two horizontal panels. Using my resist watermark ink, I stamped the "congratulations," one of the sentiments in the set.

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DETAILS:
Paper - Solids (Wausau Papers, DCWV), Patterned (K&Co)
Stamps - My Favorite Things - She's Having A Baby, Ink (Colorbox, Watermark Resist), Embossing Powder (A La Mode - Black), Colored Pencils
Embellishments - Bling (Studio G)
Technique - Paper piecing, Sketch

Wedding Wishes

Getting in under the wire for this challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges. The challenge was to make a wedding project. I decided that since I will be needing another wedding card soon (July 24) that I would be ahead of the game and get one made. Now to make sure that I send it on time! HAHA!

For this card I thought I would try out my new ribbon threader punch. I improvised a bit by stacking the holes so my thicker ribbon could go through. I think it worked pretty nicely. I also tried out just using the water resist stamp pad by itself on the kraft card stock to add just a bit of interest in the background with my heart stamp.

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DETAILS:
Paper - Kraft (Wausau Papers), Green (Stash)
Stamps - Wedding Cake and "Wedding Wishes" (My Favorite Things - Going to the Chapel), Ink (Brillance White), Hearts (Great Impressions), Water Resist (Ranger)
Embellishments - Scalloped Oval (Nestabilities), Ribbon Threader Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Ribbon (Target)

Working Girl Card

I decided to get one of my stamp sets from Christmas inky today. This stamp set is Who's That Girl - Digital Girl from My Favorite Things. I think this set is a fun take on the working girl. Maybe this girl on my card is Barbie as a Computer Engineer....at least maybe I'd like to think so. And as I'm a computer engineer that likes to stamp, I figured the sentiment was perfect. I put the working girl in a cube, but made sure that she's had a little fun and decorated it with a little framed picture.

This card follows the Tuesday Morning Sketches color challenge, The Pink Elephant's sketch challenge, and has paper piecing (love to paper piece!) for Joanne's Blogaversary challenge. I love having a sketch to follow for layouts or cards and the colors just came as a continuation of Who's That Girl's dress and fancy shoes. :)

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DETAILS:
Paper - Solids (Martha Stewart, DCWV), Patterns (K&Company)
Image - Who's That Girl - Digital Girl (My Favorite Things), Ink (Colorbox - dragonfly), Technique (paper piecing)
Embellishments - Border punch (Fiskers)
Sketch - The Pink Elephant #55