Friday, July 9, 2010
Banners for Baby
There's no real story behind this card other than I smiled a lot making it, thinking of the times when we brought our boys home from the hospital. And if you haven't had any babies, why, what's there not to smile about when polka dots, happy, bright colors and clouds are involved?
For Practicing Creativity Design's latest release, the team issued a couple of sketch challenges for a chance to win a really big prize from PCD. Not only is the prize very nice, but the sketches are really easy to use and very versatile. My own challenge was to create a baby card (per the request of a co-worker, love it when they ask me to make them one!) and I figured that a banner floating in the sky to welcome a little one would be fun to make. The pennants are covered with glossy accents and allowed to dry before cutting. I also overstamped the clouds and highlighted a few for dimension in the background-can you see it?) One of the challenges over at 365 Cards is to use banners-I love banners!
Supplies Used: Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific) Purple (Recollections) Stamps: Pennants from Look Up! and Clouds from You're Dandy (Practicing Creativity Designs) Sticker Sentiment: (SRM) Ink: Onyx Black (Versamagic) Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress (Ranger) Fresh Snow (PTI) White Craft (Stampin Up) Chalk Ink (Colorbox) Other: Black Pen (Pilot) White Gel Pen (Signo) Glossy Accents (Ranger)
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Love this! You are right about not needing babies to smile when there are happy colors and clouds involved! And you remind me, I need a baby card too!
ReplyDeleteI am digging the banner!
ReplyDeleteLove it, you are so good with banners!
ReplyDeleteCool! I love this look. Great color combo.
ReplyDeleteI was just messing around with banners on my card but it wasn't working out... I scrapped it and am surfing the blogs instead.
Very sweet! I love the clouds in the background and the color combo is great!
ReplyDeleteYet another beautiful use of the pennant banner---love it!!!
ReplyDeletethis is so cute! love the banners!
ReplyDeleteIt's making me smile a lot too ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful Karen!
What a beautiful card with the colorful flags and bright! I like small clouds too!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Love the banners welcoming the baby! They're perfect for a baby card!
ReplyDeleteLove this so cute I love the banners!!!
ReplyDeletesuch a darling baby card, karen! love the banners with the glossy accents:)
ReplyDeleteI kept looking at the cloud design paper thinking "wow" I've no idea where she found one that looks THAT good! LOL Turns out - you MADE it look that good. Very clever! I rarely embellish a pattern. I need to break out of my box here! Thanks again for the inspiration -
ReplyDeleteLOVE the happy card!
Super fun card. I love your take on the sketch.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fabulous new baby card ... love it, Karen!
ReplyDeleteThis is just darling and does put a Happy smile on your face! ☺ Great take on the sketch!
ReplyDeletehip hip hooray for banners!!!!!!! I absolutely adore your card karen...perfectly sweet for a baby card...OMGoodness....tomorrow is my baby boy's 13th birthday and I remember bringing him home from the hospital...sigh...time certainly does fly, doesn't it?!
ReplyDeleteThis is the kind of card that just makes ya smile - nicely done!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea for a baby card! Love it Karen, might scraplift you once! ;-)
ReplyDeleteSuper cute card! I love the banners you added to it! Great job with the sketch challenge!!
ReplyDelete♥♥♥Lea
oh my bunting.... how I love thee!
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