I had this piece of white card stock, embossed with those awesome tiny dots sitting on my desk – begging to be used. I wanted to do something different, so I decided to go with a scalloped card. I needed several baby cards so thought I should get to work on those. This is for my good friend Carolyn, who had her baby boy last week! I’m so excited for her and she is an amazing crafter so I really wanted this card to be special. I hope she likes it!
I wanted to go for more of a scrappy look, and this proved to be a huge challenge for me, as the card sat around, partially unfinished for quite awhile before it all came together. But I’m crazy for the color combo and think SU! missed the boat on this one – I think Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red & Basic Gray should have been made into a boy’s Simply Scrappin’ Kit! Oh well, they didn’t ask me! And even if they would have, I wouldn’t have discovered this color combo in time anyway, so really it’s not their fault.
A couple of things to note, and the rest is self-explanatory. I made the card base out of a folded piece of Baja Breeze and ran it through my Big Shot using the Scallop Circle die (it’s nearly 4 1/2″ in diameter). You have to lower the fold to just below 4 scallops in order to get it to be a fold at the top. Then I ran my embossed dots paper through and glued it onto the front of the card so that you cannot see the fold. I also did something different on the ribbon treatment, making a “faux bow”.
First, I just made a large loop with tails hanging to the sides.
Then, I pressed down in the middle of the loop to where it looks like a bow.
Lastly, I sewed the button right there. Trim the ends and now you have a much flatter bow! I attached it right to the card front using SU! sticky strip.
And you know what I was thinking after I finished the card? I want to make another one! Then I realized there were only so many “b” letters and then came up with the idea, “Why don’t I use the first initial of the baby’s name?” Then I can make lots! And of course with the awesome alphabet sizzlit, I can even put the baby’s name right on there! I seriously LOVE that die!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
{cutie baby boy card ingredients}
Stamps: Nursery Necessities
Paper: Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, & Whisper White card stock, Walk in the Park & Hand Drawn DSP, vintage book page
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray & Whisper White craft
Accessories: SU! Backgrounds Texturz plate, Scallop Circle Bigz Die by Sizzix, Billboard Sizzlit by Sizzix, Big Shot by Sizzix, curly label punch, star punch, On Board Loads of Letters, Riding Hood Red striped grosgrain ribbon, pom pom trim, button from stash, thread, sticky strip, stampin’ dimentionals
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Item #113506 Nursery Necessities
Item #113468 Scallop Circle Bigz Die
Item #114512 SU! Backgrounds Texturz Plates
Item #114510 SU! Billboard Sizzlit
Item #112084 On Board Loads of Letters
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