Thursday, July 28, 2011

Baby on board!

One of my besties is having her 4th baby in October (yes, she is a very brave woman...) and I wanted to make her a special set of baby thank you cards.


I was inspired by Betsy's post on re-organizing her paper stash, and using up the scraps.  I covered a sheet of white cardstock with different-sized strips of patterned paper and chopped each 8.5x11inch paper into 4 mats.  So quick and easy!

The main image is from PTI's "enjoy the ride."  I die-cut the car shape, and stamped it with the car-outline.  I then inked up the filler stamp in baja breeze ink and "kissed" it to a grid-lines stamp inked up in walnut stain distress ink before stamping it onto the car outline.  Gives it a fun texture, doesn't it?

The car is popped up on foam squares and nestled onto a mat stack 1 shape (stamped with a coordinating image.)  The "thank you" on the banner is from a floral fusion set.

Each card is just slightly different - because of the patterned backgrounds - but I love them all lined up!


Thanks for looking!





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7 comments:

  1. LeeJuly 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    These cards are lovely. Great colours!

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  2. Mad for PaperJuly 28, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    These are fantastic. Love the kissing of the grid. The brown and blue is perfect, I am sure your friend will love them.
    TFS
    Ang

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  3. Jen AdcockJuly 28, 2011 at 11:40 PM

    Fab! Love the concept of using scraps to make cards. This looks wonderful. The colors are so alluring. Well done!

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  4. TanyaJuly 29, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    Love that they're all slightly different. Makes it even more of a fun gift for this brave mama or any other recipient of a boxed set of multiple note/thank-you cards!

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  5. Bethany C MorrowJuly 30, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    SWEET merciful heavens, I love this.

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  6. Leigh PennerJuly 31, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    These are so great, Elena! I'm going to have to remember this the next time I make a set of cards!

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  7. kasia c.August 2, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    Love this card! Your scraps came together so well.

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