Cookie Cutter Baby

I have another Cookie Cutter Christmas card for you today……………. but it’s not a card for Christmas. A friend asked if I would make a new baby card for her niece who is due to have a baby boy any day now and this is what I came up with.

I started with a Whisper White panel which I stamped using the textured background stamp from the You’ve Got This stamp set in Crumb Cake ink. This is such a useful stamp for adding the illusion of dimension without any of the bulk. I stamped the little Inuit baby from the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp set using Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto a scrap piece of Whisper White and coloured it with Pool Party, Soft Sky and Crumb Cake markers before punching it out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. The Sentiment from the Baby Bear stamp set was stamped in Pool Party ink as were the scattering of stars from the Forever Evergreen stamp set. I rounded the top right hand corner with the Project Life Corner Rounder before adding the panel to a layer of Pool Party cardstock with the same rounded corner. The whole piece was then added to a Crumb Cake card base. Gorgeous and luckily my friend loved it……..

While I had the set out I also made a baby girl version to add to my stash.

I stamped the little Inuit again using Momento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her with Pink Pirouette, Flirty Flamingo and Smoky Slate markers before punching her out with the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. I painted a light wash on the Whisper White background panel using a Smoky Slate inkpad and an aquapainter. This adds additional texture to the background. I placed the punched piece on top using dimensionals and stamped some stars from the Forever Evergreen stamp set in Pink Pirouette Ink. I wrapped some pink and white Baker’s Twine from my stash near the bottom of the panel before stamping the sentiment from the Baby Bear stamp set in Pink Pirouette ink. I layered this piece onto a panel of Smoky Slate cardstock rounding all 4 corners of both layers with the Project Life Corner Rounder. I added the panel to a Pink Pirouette card base. Such a sweet card.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you like the projects. See you again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set
Baby Bear stamp set
Forever Evergreen Stamp set
You’ve Got This stamp set
Cookie Cutter Builder Punch
Whisper White cardstock
Pool Party cardstock
Crumb Cake cardstock
Pink Pirouette cardstock
Smoky Slate cardstock
Crumb Cake inkpad
Pink Pirouette inkpad
Pool Party inkpad
Smoky Slate inkpad
Momento Tuxedo Black ink
Crumb Cake marker
Pool Party Marker
Soft Sky marker
Pink Pirouette marker
Flirty Flamingo marker
Smoky Slate marker
Project Life Corner Rounder
Aquapainter
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks C, G and E
Baker’s Twine
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes

You’ve Got this Lyndsay and Richard

Today I am sharing a card I made for my lovely friend Lyndsay and her husband Richard’s wedding anniversary. I have known Lyndsay for nearly 40 years ……..OMG REALLY……..that is a long time, but it was only a year ago that I discovered that she likes; what she describes as same – same things. Basically she loves cards made using one colour. So, that was my challenge for this card.

crafty-rootes.co.uk - Stampin Up - You've got This

crafty-rootes.co.uk – Stampin Up – You’ve got This

I love the large flower image in the You’ve Got This stamp set, very bold and dramatic and it’s a dream to water colour. I started with a card base in Soft Sky which is such a gorgeous soft colour.

I stamped the flower in Archival Basic Black ink onto a panel of Shimmery White card. I was planning to water colour the image and the Shimmery White cardstock can take quite a lot of water without ‘pilling up’. Using an Aquapainter, I laid down a thin layer of water over the flower then using the Soft Sky inkpad added a layer of the ink over all the petals. I added shadow and depth with Pool Party ink, a darker shade so I consider it the same colour…… The leaves were painted in the same way using a Wild Wasabi inkpad.

crafty-rootes.co.uk - Stampin Up - You've got This

crafty-rootes.co.uk – Stampin Up – You’ve got This

I cut the painted panel into 4, deliberately choosing to have larger and smaller shapes and mounted the cut pieces onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock. Such a dark background really makes the flower stand out, I was really happy with how it looked. I added a piece of Pool Party Glitter Ribbon, now sadly retired to the bottom of the panel and added the sentiment, from Teeny Tiny Sentiments on top of the ribbon. I then added the whole piece to the Soft Sky card base.

I really liked the card but felt it needed a bit of bling ……. so I added Clear Wink of Stella to the petals and a few sequins from my stash and the card was complete. Love it.

I hope Lyndsay and Richard like it too.

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Mo x