Baby Boy Card

 

I LOVED this card by Amy Sheffer and have just been waiting and waiting for a friend to have a baby so that I could make my own version of it. I love the little ribbon tabs - they remind me of the little tag blankets that you can buy for babies to stimulate them and give them something with texture and color that's soft to play with.  Anyway -  I tried to change the shapes on the card, and of course I changed the colors and images too.  I'm sure you can still see the inspiration and the overall LO from her card, but I tried to make it my own. 

To get the waves, I punched a Bashful Blue circle using my new 1-3/4" circle punch and then pulled it through the Scallop Edge punch so that I didn't end up with a tiny piece of "left-over" paper.  Normally, you end up with a strip of paper when you use the Scallop Edge punch but by pulling it through the punch so that it didn't punch the bottom edge but rather only the top edge with the scallops, I was able to get a the reverse image on the bottom of my circle so that I could add some Dazzling Diamonds and adhere it right onto the bottom of the circle with the boat image on it and presto!  Waves!!!.  Clear as mud?  It's the same principle as making long tags with the tag punch by pulling a strip of paper through the punch so that the bottom isn't punched and you can make the tag longer than the actual shape on the punch.  I'm sure some of you are familiar with that?

Anyway, I hope you like it - I know I LOVE this card.  Amy is so talented and I think this is actually the first card of hers that I've CASE'd and I don't know what took me so long!??!!

Also, don't forget to enter in my Boot Loot contest here for some great prizes and CHECK OUT my Stamps and other items FOR SALE here.  I CHANGED the end-date of my Boot Loot contest because there will be a BIG surprise on October 15th!!!!

  

Stamps:  Nursery Necessities, Polka Dot BG
Paper:  Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Whisper White CS
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Real Red markers, Chocolate Chip and Certainly Celery classic ink
Accessories:  Scallop Edge punch, 1-3/4" Circle punch, Celery 5/8" grosgrain, Bashful Blue Striped grosgrain, Red Gingham, White, Celery and Bashful Blue grosgrain, Chocolate Chip twill, Chocolate Chip Taffeta, Paper Piercing tool and template, Creative Memories circle cutting system, Dazzling Diamonds and 2-way Glue Pen, dimensionals