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Happier than happy baby card

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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?

Happier than Happy

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This is an easy fun fold card to make. Just cut a sheet of Old Olive A4 card in half lengthwise and fold in half. Then cut at 4.5 cm from the fold. Trim the cut off piece to measure 5 cm wide and discard the rest. Cut two pieces of DSP (Designer series paper) one at 10 x 4 cm and the other at 10 x 4.5 cm. Also cut a piece of window sheet to 10 x 11 cm. Lay the cut off Olive piece at the bottom of the folded Olive card so the bottom edges line up. There will be a gap in the middle. Glue or tape the window sheet to the Olive card to bridge the gap. Then glue DSP on top

Decorate with the stamps and dies from the Happier than Happy bundle. Glue bear onto window sheet to the left hand side. Die cut a second bear shape from Soft Suede card and glue it on the underneath side of the window sheet to line up with the bear on the front. When you stamp the greeting inside, take care to position it so that it shows through the window at the side of the bear.

Happy Forest Friends Suite

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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?