Baby Boy Welcome

The owner of my local scrap booking store had a little baby boy at the end of October. PTI's Hanging Out was the perfect choice for a baby card.

I stamped the grass and clothesline on white card stock and then added the die cuts for the clothes. The bib and socks were cut from white card stock and then stamped with SU's Bashful Blue ink. The onsie was die cut from a gingham paper and then outlined with faux stitching using a black marker. The tiny clothespins were stamped in Moonstruck (deep blue) and then hand cut and attached to the clothes. The same ink was used to stamp the sentiment. The edge of the white card stock and the 'sky' was sponged with more of the lighter blue ink.

I felt that the card needed some colour, so I used the smallest dot from Polka Dot Basics and added little dots amongst the grass with blue, yellow and rust coloured inks. The bottom left side was still looking empty, so I stamped, coloured and hand cut the dog from Tiny Treats: Valentine. It was just the right finishing detail.  The focal panel was mounted onto a blue mat and a dotted blue patterned paper and then layered onto the blue card base.

Card Interior

I used another sentiment from the Hanging Out set and a small square image from Quilter's Sampler Addition to accent the inside of the card. After sponging the edges with more of the blue ink, I added some polka dots (in two sizes) to all of the corners.

Card Details:

Stamps:  PTI Hanging Out,  Polka Dot Basics,  Tiny Treats: Valentine; Quilter's Sampler Additions
Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black; CTMH: Sweet Leaf, Goldrush, Sunny Yellow, Moonstruck;   SU: Bashful Blue

Papers:  ColorMates: Light Ocean Blue;  Making Memories: Denim Splash, Denim Gingham;  
PTI: Stamper's Select White;

Dies:  PTI: Hanging Up  Die collection

Other Supplies:  Copic markers; black marker. 

Thanks for visiting today. Have a great week-end!

Karen C.