Baby Elephant for Baby

A lot of my friends and coworkers are having babies these days.  Each deserves their own special card.  When I sat down to make a baby card for Lisa and her husband, I knew I would include some adorable baby colors (and I did), but I wanted to make her card special.  Although Lisa is very traditional, I included some very non-traditional colors that will help this card to stand out in the sea of congratulations cards she’ll receive. Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Christmas Paper on a Baby Card.  As always, I set a couple of challenges for myself when I set down to make this card.  I wanted to use a piece of Holiday paper in a baby card (a non-Holiday card) even if the color isn’t traditionally associated with a baby card.  This piece of polka dot paper is from Season of Style DSP – the paper is Crumb Cake with Whisper White polka dots.  I added soft, colorful circles inside the white dots to add flavor to the paper.  More on that later.
• Colorful Polka Dots.  The polka dots on this paper are approximately 3/4″ wide, so I used the circle punch from Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack to punch circles from some great pastels:  Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky, So Saffron, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding.  I simply glued them right in the center of the white polka dots for a colorful, matted look.  I originally created this look on a birthday card I made for my niece earlier this year (you can see it here).
• A Mess Up.  I am always willing to admit when I mess up – and I admit that I do it often.  I messed up big time on this one.  My original design (since when do I ever stick with my original design?) was to apply the crumb cake DSP to a Wisteria Wonder for a lovely Wisteria Wonder frame around the center piece.  This is where I went wrong – when I glued the center piece to Wisteria Wonderful card base, it was as crooked as crooked could be (I want to blame to polka dots for created a visual distraction).  I was left to cut the Wisteria Wonder paper from around the center piece and decided to mount it on a piece of Crumb Cake.  I really liked the idea of it mounted simply on a Wisteria Wonder background, but I certainly couldn’t deliver it completely off-center.  I have standards.  🙂

Stamp Sets:  Zoo Babies  Papers:  Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Season of Style Designer Series Paper, Soft Sky, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, So Saffron  Inks: Wysteria Wonder, Crumb Cake  Accessories:  Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Brian

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