"It's a girl" gift card

After making two cards for baby boys, here is a card for a baby girl. It is smaller in size and is very pink with some Christina Re pink diamond patterned paper with some hot pink paper backing it.

Using some Fiskar's stamps, I stamped the pram and sentiment in black straight onto the patterned paper. Then, I also stamped the pram onto some white card stock, coloured this with some copics, and then cut it out and placed it on the stamp using some pop dots to give it dimension.

"It's a boy" card

Here is another card I made using some fantastic animal patterned paper designed by Christina Re (called Animal Kingdom). I matted the animal paper on some co-ordinated baby blue paper to match the blue seal. I positioned some shiny gold card stock with some blue and white striped ribbon around in on the white card, then positioned the animal print and a stamped "It's a boy" sentiment on top.

Baby boy animal card

I was so excited to find this lovely animal print paper at Eckersley's art store the other week, and so made this card to celebrate the birth of a little friend's baby boy. I was so excited with the way it came up, and it was so easy (or at least simple!). I began by cutting out a piece of the patterned paper and positioning it on some blue and gold card stock on top of the white card. I then cut out an additional hippo, elephant, giraff and lion from some of the remaining paper and stuck it onto the card with some foam. I was very happy with the result and the recipient was very impressed - she couldn't believe that I'd made it!

Baby shower card for a baby girl

I recently bought this pretty diamond print paper from Eckersley's art supplier and so was eager to use it. Fortunately a baby shower presented itself! For this card, I stamped an umbrella and a baby from the Fiskars stamp set "The stork has landed", then coloured them using Copic markers. I then cut some pale pink and hot pink card stock and my diamond patterned paper to make the background of my card. I then carefully positioned my stamped images onto the diamond card-stock so that it looks like the baby is hanging off the umbrella. I really liked this card (as did my husband), and fortunately the mum-to-be loved it too!

Engagement Card

Here is a simple engagement card. To make this card, I cut out a large heart from some pink patterned paper using a Fiskars Heart shape. I then cut two triangles in some matching patterned card stock and some handmade paper so that the triangles would cover the entire card. I attached these to the white card and positioned some ribbon across the join to hide it. Finally, I attached the heart and some pearls from Kaisercraft.

Thank you!

I made this card as a thank you card for some friends who we recently caught up with, but really it could be used for almost any purpose.

The card uses two different patterned papers from Kaisercraft, some pale yellow flowers also from Kaisercraft. I covered the join with some brown ribbon and set it all on some pale blue, slightly textured card. To finish, I used some pearl drops on the top half of the patterned paper to add some dimension.

Another baby girl card

Here is another card to welcome a baby girl. For this card, I stamped some bottles, booties, pins, and hearts using some Fiskas stamps onto some white card. I used a hot pink coloured ink from the versa range, and then used some clear embossing powder to make the images stand out more. I positioned the white card on some pale pink cardstock but placed a strip of hot pink card in between to create a bit of interest. Finally, I placed a message in the middle on the same hot pink card along with some punched out prams in the same pale pink cardstock.

Card to welcome a baby girl

It seems as though all my friends are having baby girls at the moment, so here is a card that I made to celebrate the arrival of one little princess!

The card used a Fiskas stamp to create the pram and also the message. The pram was stamped onto the wide card and then also onto a separate piece of white card. I then coloured the second stamp and cut out the image and 'pop-dotted' it onto the white card.

The little pink and white teddys were punched out using a small bear punch.

Simple generic cards

These two cards are so easy to make, but in my opinion look great and can be used in so many scenarios! Think Birthdays, Get well cards, Congratulations, Thank you etc. I used both of these for birthday cards for two female friends.

To make the 'petal' shapes, I cut a square out of some Kaisercraft patterned paper and then rounded the opposite two corners using a Fiskars corner rounder. The only thing to be careful of here is to make sure that you round the right two corners so that you can position the petal with the right rotation.

For the first card, I used four different types of patterned paper from the 'Blushed' range to create four different petals. I then attached them to some shiny blue cardstock that I had run through my Sizzex Bigshot in the Quickutz Vines embossing folder.  Along the bottom, I attached some sheer white ribbon and then three small pre-cut pale pink flowers from Kaisercraft.

For the second card, I used four different types of patterned paper from the 'Empire' range of Kaisercraft paper to create six different petals. I positioned these on the card and attached a brad between four of these to help give the impression that the top four petals were part of a flower. These were positioned on some textured straw yellow cardstock that I had run through on the Quickutz Vines embossing folder in the Bigshot. For something different, I put the paper upside down so that the pattern was depressed rather than raised.

Wedding card

Here is a wedding card I made for a friend's wedding. I've made this design many times before as it always comes up nicely. This time, I used a pale pink and a maroon piece of paper to border the wedding dress, and then embellished with a piece of brown floral ribbon and a white wire and tuile flower. I placed foam pop-dots under the wedding dress to give a more three-dimensional design.