CQC #46 Hello Baby Card with Fox and Friends

Happy Tuesday to you! Thanks for joining me today! I just love the color combination this week at the Colour Q! It features several of my favorite Stampin' Up! colors: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla! Isn't that little dress in the photo just adorable!?! With these colors, I inspired to make a little baby card! Here's what I came up with!



Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• My card layout is based upon this weeks Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! This was such a great layout since it features three panels and circles - which worked perfectly for my baby card and the different animals!
• The stamped images are from the Fox & Friends Stamp Set on page 96 of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog. This set features 7 adorable animals, and I chose to use the monkey (Cherry Cobbler), lion (Daffodil Delight), and turtle (Wild Wasabi).
• The scallop circles layered behind the stamped images isn't one of our Scallop Circle punches, it's actually from the Scallop Circles #2 die (113469) - the smaller of the two Scallop Circles. I chose to use the die-cut Scallop Circle since it was just the perfect size to layer with the 1-3/4" Circle Punch (119850), since I just wanted the scallops to show behind the circle. Plus it fit perfectly with this card size - 3-1/4" x 6-1/2", scored at the top! Here's some additional pictures:

Hello Baby

Little Monkey and Lion


Little Turtle and Monkey

'Tent' card, scored at the top

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Stamps: Fox & Friends (118565), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)
Ink: Wild Wasabi (109014), Daffodil Delight (119667), Cherry Cobbler (119669)
Card Stock: Wild Wasabi (108641), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Very Vanilla (101650), Baja Breeze (111352), Daffodil Delight (119683)

Paper: Elegant Soiree DSP (117163)

Embellishments: Subtles Buttons (119745), Regals Buttons (119744), Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon (119254), Linen Thread (104199)

Punches: 1-3/4" Circle (119850)
Tools: Block 'B' (117147), Big Shot (113439), Lots of Tags (114508), Scallop Circles #2 (113469)

Stampin' Essentials: Small Open-End White Envelopes (107286)

Finished Size: 3-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Thanks for stopping by!

I'll be back tomorrow as a Guest Designer for the Stampin' Royalty!

~Kari Linder

Congrats featuring Mr. Owl for the SSSC

Before I get going on today's card and info I wanted to share a Stampin' Up! product update with you all - it's kinda a big one! The Sweet Pea DSP Stack (117161) and Sweet Pea Stitched Felt (117266) are no longer available! Stampin' Up! has depleted their inventory so these products are unavailable for purchase from the Occasions Mini Catalog! Sorry if you're bummed - my card does feature some of that amazing and VERY popular Sweet Pea DSP Stack!

Okay, here's my card for this Wonderful Wednesday in April! I think Karen's sketches each week are just dreamy! They are so fun and versatile it just makes me happy. Plus they usually incorporate circles, so I have to bust out my Circle Scissor, which is always good times!!! Today I used the Scallop Circle dies #2 and cut that out of Chocolate Chip card stock. Then a circle was cut out of Baja Breeze (so happy it's coming back) to 2-7/8"! Then my Whisper White Circle is 2-5/8"!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• I stamped my owl from the Fox and Friends stamp set in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink. I rarely used Craft ink since it takes forever to dry - but my Classic Chocolate Chip doesn't quite cover the image like I wanted it to! Also, ALL THE CRAFT INK PADS will be retiring this June! In the next catalog there will only be the Craft re-inkers for scrapbooking and coloring Chipboard!
• The branch my owl is 'perched' on is from the Two-Step Bird punch and is punched from Certainly Celery card stock!
• I used a couple of strips of the Sweet Pea DSP and So Saffron card stock from my three strips along the left side of my card to follow the layout!!! They are different lengths and widths by the way!
• A little texture adds a lot to projects and is one of my favorite, 'subtle' ways to dress up my cards! Polka Dots are just too COOL!

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Stamps: Fox & Friends (118565 - Clear Mount), Fundamental Phrases (114968)

Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft ink (101816), Taken with Teal (103257)

Card Stock: Baja Breeze (available July 1st in the 2010-2011 IBC), Whisper White (100730), Old Olive (100702), So Saffron (105118)

Paper: Sweet Pea DSP Stack (no longer available from the Occasions Mini Catalog)

Embellishments: Playground Buttons (116313), Linen Thread (104199)

Punches: Two-Step Bird Punch (117191)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots (117335), Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (A2)

I definitely don't make enough masculine cards - so I hope this card had a manly feel to it!!! It'd work great for a graduation card too!

Hope you enjoy your day and stamp something fun!

~Kari

http://karilinder.stampinup.net

Sweet Pea baby card

Howdy stampers! Here's my take on Karen's Sweet Sunday sketch! Look at all those rows!! Hehe! I was a little scared to try my hand at this one, but I warmed up to it and I hope you like how my card turned out!!! ;)

My colors were inspired by The Color Throwdown and another beautiful color combination of: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, and old Olive!!! I thought these would be perfect for a baby card and to use my new Fox & Friends Clear Mount stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Occasions Mini Catalog!!! The Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog posted a challenge of New Beginnings so I entered my new baby card in that challenge as well!!!
Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• The Fox & Friends Stamp set comes in a set of 7, featuring some super cute little critters! I chose the giraffe and stamped him in Chocolate Chip Ink, then colored in the polka dots with Pretty Ink Pink ink using my blender pen! This set is on page 31 of the Occasions Mini catalog!
• My Sweet Pea sentiment also comes from a stamp set in the Occasions Mini Catalog! The set is called Little Angel and features 4 super sweet sentiments perfect for baby cards, announcements, and scrapbook pages! My set is in the Clear Mount format and was only $9.95!!! What an awesome deal!
• The rows of DSP were cut to 3-3/4" x 1" and matted on Chocolate Chip card stock. I inked the edges of all the papers in Chocolate Chip ink for a distressed look! These papers were also from the Occasions Mini Catalog! It's the Sweet Pea DSP STACK!! Comes with {48} sheets total: 2 each of 24 double-sided designs. 12" x 12"
• My Old Olive strip of card stock down the center of my card was cut to 1-1/4" x 5-1/4" and ran through my Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder on page 35 of the Occasions Mini Catalog! Probably my favorite textured folder SU offers - love the dots plus the impression is deep and the folder can cover an entire card front!!!

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Stamps: Little Angel (117684 - Wood Mount or 118574 Clear Mount), Fox & Friends (117020 Wood Mount or 118565 Clear Mount)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908), Old Olive (102277), Pretty in Pink (101301)
Card Stock: Pretty in Pink (100459), Chocolate Chip (102128), Old Olive (100702), Whisper White (100730)
Paper: Sweet Pea Stack (117161), Old Olive DSP (112160), Welcome Neighbor (118401 - SAB)
Embellishments: Playground Designer Buttons (116313), Sherbet Designer Buttons (116312), Button Latte (114333), Linen Thread (104199)
Tools: Circle Scissor Plus (112530), Glass Mat (112531), Big Shot (113439), Perfect Polka Dots (117335)
Stampin' Essentials: Clear Block Bundle (118491 - 10% savings!!), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" (A2)

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