Big Love for All About Baby

As soon as I saw this week’s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches (a large curve along one side of the sketch), I knew I’d be using the Basic Borders Dies to build a sweet card. As I reached for the All About Baby Bundle to add some sweet baby clothes to my card, I realized, I had the curved shape right in front of me. That’s when the Basic Borders Dies moved to the back of my craft desk (I’ll be using them soon) to make way for the clothesline from the stamp set. Here’s my card:

I flipped Jacquie Southa’s sketch on it’s side and inverted the arc, but the inspiration is still there. Here’s the banner for Jacquie’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge that inspired my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• All About Baby Bundle. The word bundle brings two things to mind – babies and discounted stamp/punch or stamp/dies collections. Fortunately, I get both with the All for Baby Bundle I used on today’s project. Here’s a look at this bundle, which includes the All for Baby stamp set and coordinating Baby Clothes Dies: There are so many adorable elements in this set – the teddy bear (not used here) is super-cute, but look at these onesies and jumpers and all the elements you can use to embellish them. And…look at the tiny clothes hangers and clothespins. How cute are they?! And all four of the sentiments in the stamp set are pretty great!
• Decorating the Onesies. Not only can you stamp cute onesies with this Distinktive stamp set, but there are so many great ways to embellish those onesies. Here’s a closer look at the onesies and jumper I showcase on the front of my card: I added a little stamped/cropped bow to my Pale Papaya onesie, a Highland Heather flower (cropped with the star die in the set) and a blue pocket that I stamped and cropped with the elements of this bundle. The pockets can be added to the hips of the jumpers, too! There’s also a little rainbow and a heart in the set. So cute!
• Color Combination. The focal panel on my card is mounted on a Fresh Freesia gingham piece of Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper – while Fresh Freesia isn’t represented anywhere else on the card, the pale purple looks great with the shades of Highland Heather on the jumper at the center of the top panel. Here’s a look at the colors and patterns in the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper: The gingham patterns in this pack of papers are Soft Succulent, Pale Papaya and Fresh Freesia (three of Stampin’ Up!’s 2021-2023 In Colors). If you like the mix of Pale Papaya, Highland Heather and Balmy Blue used on this card, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:

Bundles: All for Baby  Stamp Sets: All for Baby  Papers: Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper, Highland Heather, Crumb Cake, Thick Basic White  Inks: Highland Heather, Pale Papaya, Balmy Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black  Accessories: Baby Clothes Dies, Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals

All For Baby Bundle – 158360

Price: $38.50

Pansy Petals 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper – 155807

Price: $11.50

Pale Papaya Classic Stampin’ Pad – 155670

Price: $7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147105

Price: $7.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147103

Price: $7.50

Highland Heather 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146986

Price: $8.75

Crumb Cake 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 120953

Price: $8.75

Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock – 159229

Price: $8.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708

Price: $6.00

Pearl Basic Jewels – 144219

Price: $5.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

I hope you’ll pop over to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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