Tuesday 15 March 2016

Baby Card

I attend a card club that meets up once a month at the local scrapbook store. Although the group is much larger, there are usually only a half dozen of us each time. Participants vary depending on their commitments...it really is a no pressure craft meetup. We take turns designing a card and creating kits for the others. It really can be a lot of fun.

We made Tattered Lace die cut baby cards and our "teacher" kindly cut a pink and a blue one for each of us.  I decided to use them as toppers once I was home.


I cut the embossed blue card front down, matted it and placed that topper onto a snippet of coordinating DP. I believe the EF used was called Dotted Swiss. The baby buggy was cut from the resulting snippet of the blue cardstock. The sentiment is a rub on  from my stash. I think it was originally part of a kit from the crafts only dollar store near my old house. It is several years old to felt good to use it!

I toyed with the idea of adding two large rhinestones to the center of the wheels.  On second thought, I decided it would make the card to thick to mail at regular postage. Decided to shelve that idea till I knew whether this was to be a hand delivered card or one that required mailing!

A very simple card but one that lets the beauty of those Tattered Lace dies shine through.

I am entering this card in the following challenge.
1. Pixies Crafty Workshop - must use snippets.

33 comments:

Valerija said...

So lovely! Great snippets card. Love the dies you have used!
Valerija xx

Kath said...

A lovely card - the die and colours are beautiful.
Kath x

brenda said...

Pretty card and colours Mo.

Have a good Wednesday.

B x

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Beautiful Mo, that pram is so pretty.

Sue xx

Cara said...

A perfect new baby card, love the paper you've teamed with the die cut. Good thinking about the gems! Cara x

Sarn said...

Lovely baby card Mo. Sounds like you have lots of fun with your craft meet. xxx

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

Very cute, the die cut is so pretty and I like the sentiment a lot!

Sandra H said...

Sooo cute!

dutchess said...

That's a fabulous die MAUREEN....doesn't need anything else....lovely card,we have just found out that there is going to be a new baby in our family so I will be busy making boy and girl cards ready for August....xxxx

Whisper said...

Aaaah absolutely delightful and what a super idea, for you each to take it in turns to run the craft class, Luv Sam x

Barb said...

A very pretty card Maureen. That really is a lovely die. I go to a small monthly club too where we take turns to be "teacher". Barbxx

Sandy said...

Beautiful! Hard to believe that this is snippets .. that is one fancy carriage!
sandy xx

Di said...

Gorgeous card Mo - and isn't the Tattered Lace buggy just beautiful!

Thank you for coming to play in the Snippets Playground :)

Hugs

Di xx

Diane said...

Oh what a lovely lacy die cut buggy and card design Mo.

Hugs diane

Jenny L said...

Hi Maureen,
what a very beautiful card, and yes that Tattered Lace pram die is an excellent one to have.
They also do a wonderful cot also, and I keep forgetting to buy it to go with my pram one.
So thank you for the reminder with this card.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

cotnob said...

A fabulous new baby card Maureen, a beautiful die and lovely pastel blues. Your card club sounds like fun.
Pauline
x

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Mo apologies for not visiting before but I seem to have lost a lot of blogs from my reading list and from my follower button so I am glad you visited me I have now added you again. Mo this this so adorable I love that die cut image this brand always looks so detailed and intricate, fabulous papers and card design I love it,
hugs
lorraine x

Carol L said...

THis is such a sweet card, and I love how perfectly that beautiful dsp coordinates with the baby buggy!

KandA said...

Gorgous baby card Mo and that TL die is fabulous xx

Tracy said...

You used that beautiful delicate die cut perfectly. A nice simple design that lets it shine. Hugs!

Greta said...

That die is just gorgeous, Maureen! It looks wonderful with nothing to detract from it!

Brenda Brown said...

Such a cute card Mo and beautifully put together.
Hugs Brenda xxx

Peanut said...

Oh what a sweet card, Maureen. Love that die-cut topper - perfect for a baby card.
x Asha

Pia S said...

Simple but cute, I think you were right not to add bling, it's pretty as it is and surely more practical for postage.

Brenda said...

What a precious card Maureen! I love that baby buggy, so lacy and beautiful. Love the background paper you used and I love how you let the buggy take center stage. Hugs, Brenda

Tracy said...

Sounds like so much fun to get together :)
Your card is adorable and that die cut is so pretty and intricate.

Liz said...

Lovely card. The die cut is beautiful, so delicate. xx

Berina RGA said...

Such a cute card!! I love the idea of adding a rhinestone on the wheel center!! The die cut is so intricate and very pretty!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie

Jean said...

What a pretty card. I love the baby buggy die.
Jean x

Mrs A. said...

This is so delicate looking. I love the filigree die cut. Hugs Mrs A.

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Hi Mo what a really cute card .. so lovely! thanks for the inspiration nee d to get making some baby cards. .. and shared you card and very kind MB die today too.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Shaz in Oz.x

{Shaz in Oz – Calligraphy Cards}

MaryH said...

I keep seeing this wonderful TL die on some of the sales fliers that come into my email. How pretty it made up on your lovely card. The delicate embossing on the blue background lets this gorgeous baby carriage take center stage, and the background paper is so pretty as well. What fun you had in your group, and still had some goodies to bring home to make this lovely card. TFS & Hugs.

Pat said...

This Tattered Lace die is so cute and pretty Maureen and I love the Swiss Dots in the embossing and the pastel colours in the background paper go beautifully. x