Chirping Birdies, Baby Cards.

I don’t have the chance to make baby cards too often, so I get really excited when I hear there is a baby on the way, for the obvious reasons, but also to be able to create those sweet baby theme cards.

I got this set from Hello Bluebird a while back and I hadn't had the opportunity to use it. Honestly, these little birdies are so cute and they were a joy to colour. Now, I am going to start with a disclaimer, I am not a pro at alcohol markers (I guess you can tell) but I keep on practicing to get the hang of it.

I started by stamping my images on a piece of Neenah solar white 80lbs cardstock using Gina K amalgam black ink. I chose a fairly simple colour palette, pinks for one set of birdies, acqua blues and light yellows for the other. For the pink theme card, I used a slimline frame die with 3 square frames on a piece of pink textured cardstock from Bazzil and for the base of the card, I used a slightly larger slimline die on white textured cardstock. I placed my birdies on each frame along with another element of the set (those cute mushrooms) and glued them with liquid adhesive. For the sentiment, I used the Baby die set from Simon Says Stamps, in a patterned pink cardstock for the shadow and the same white cardstock as the main panel for the actual Oh, Baby!. I must admit, I tend to favour messages or word dies with a shadow or border, because it really helps to stand the sentiment out. I glued a few rhinestones embellishments to add more shine and sparkle.

The second card started just as the first one, but I wanted a different design. On a piece of smooth off-white cardstock, I did some very light distress inking, using squeeze lemonade from Rangers, this was just to create a bit of colour base to place my birdies on. Then, I trimmed the piece off to 2 X 4 inches and set aside. For the bottom part, I simply cut another piece of textured white cardstock and trimmed to 3.25 X 4 inches. Then adhered the two pieces to a 4 ¼ X 5 ½ cardbase and “tied” the union with a piece of velvet ribbon. I glued the Oh, Baby sentiment in the centre of the top part and arranged the birdies and other images around. To keep it sweet and simple, I added just a few embellishments at the bottom of the card, which also helped to balance it out.

Very simple but very sweet. I hope I don’t have to wait too long to make the next set of baby cards! 

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