Baby cards | Little Paper Star

I designed this card as part of a team challenge. We had to design a card using this sketch below, from My Favorite Things.

Here is what I designed using the Happy than Happy bundle from the Annual catalogue.

I particularly wanted my fox with a brown outline and orange body so I experimented and was really impressed with the result. I used Sahara Sand ink to ink up the stamp and then I coloured over the Sahara Sand bits with a light Calypso Coral Blend.

It worked out well. You could still see hints of the Sahara Sand ink through the Blend colouring. It lends a nice soft look to this baby card which is exactly what I wanted. The alternative would have been to stamp the fox in Calypso Coral ink and I feel it would have been too much orange for this card. I used a Gray Granite marker pen to dot in the eye, just so it stood out a little more.

What other colours inks have you tried with your blends?

As soon as I received my new Annual catalogue, I fell in love with the Happy Forest Friends suite. I couldn’t wait to a have play. Here is one of the cards I made using some of the elements from the suite.

The bear is stamped and die cut out. The background is from the DSP (Designer Series Paper) pack, Happy Forest Friends. The ribbon is also from this suite and it is part of a 2 pack of lovely soft twill ribbon in both Old Olive and Sahara Sand.

This is a great set for baby cards if you want to get away from the traditional blue and pink baby cards. It will also make great birthday cards. I can just imagine the bear holding a balloon. What do you think?