Peas in a Pod

Hi there!

I hope you are all having a good weekend. We had a much needed quiet day at home today. We did some chores that needed doing and I had a little inky time. Last night I went to see Motherhood the musical! It was hilarious! I laughed a lot and really enjoyed myself. It finishes tomorrow, so if you haven't seen it, unfortunately you may have missed out, unless they bring it back.

This afternoon my friend asked me to make a card for her SIL who is having twin baby boys. I was a little worried at first that I would lack inspiration. I pulled out my baby stamps and was looking at the So Cute set when I had a brainwave. There is a cute little pea pod stamp in this set...two peas in a pod....light bulb moment.

I decided to make a punch art pea pod, with two peas inside, signifying the twin boys.

I used the Nursery Suite DSP with some Pear Pizzazz and Baja Breeze CS.

 

I remembered that I had these little plastic dummies in my stash, and thought it would be cute to add two of these. I made a tag and hand wrote 'Two peas in a pod' onto it and tied it to the dummies and a blue bow. Here is a close up of the detail.

I decorated the inside of the card using matching DSP and used the little pea pod stamp from the So Cute set. I used markers to ink up the stamp, as I wanted to do the pea pod in green and the writing in blue.

I also used the same stamp to very simply decorate the envelope. I stamped the image twice to symbolise the 2 sweet peas that will be arriving!

I am really happy with this card, hopefully my friend will be as well!

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Baby Boy

 

Hi there, today's card uses Clean and Simple Sketch 148

This card came about when my sister asked if I had any cards for a baby boy, which I didn't. I also don't have any baby stamps at the moment, although some are on their way as I type!

I thought I could use this sketch paired with some lovely subtle boyish colours to make a baby boy card. I paired Cumbcake with Baja Breeze and a touch of Marina Mist.

I changed the sketch to portrait as I needed a larger centre circle to fit my baby bling! (It is hard to see in the picture but the rhinestones in the middle of the rattle top and handle are blue.)

I had a plain centre circle to begin, as does the sketch. But to me it needed something more, so I added one of my fav embellies at the moment, a doily!

I used some matching SU! Satin Ribbon and a Rhinestone Brad to make the bow and finished it off with a little tag with a teeny tiny jumpsuit! I have decorated the inside with a strip of DSP and some more teeny tiny jumpsuits!

 Isn't that so cute?! The sentiment was a made by mixing 'hello baby' from Teeny Tiny Sentiments, (of which I only inked up hello) and another stamp that says 'baby boy'.

Materials:
(All SU unless otherwise stated)
Stamp sets: Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Baby Boy stamp (own stash)
Cardstock/ DSP: Marina Mist, Whisper White, Crumbcake, Baja Breeze, Brights DSP stack
Inks: Marina Mist
Markers: Marina Mist
Accessories: Satin Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Rattle Bling (own stash), Circle Punch

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