Hello Sweet Baby

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Today's card project is a simple soft design to welcome a new baby girl into the world! I love soft muted colors against a white background and by doing a little ink blending with a pale pink color I was able to achieve that look. I kept this card simple with an inlaid background and die greeting, then added a small strip sentiment. I didn't have a pale enough pink cardstock, so I will be using Distress Oxide Ink to create my own pale pink cardstock. Let's get started!!

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I cut a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" panel out of Neenah White Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Using my Blender Brush, I blend Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink onto my panel. *I created a very light blend which is hard to see in the picture. The color will show up better when I do my inlaying. Next, I take my Fancy Diagonal Stripes Die and cut out of my panel, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I then remove the strips and keep them in order making it easier to do my inlaying.

I then take the same die and cut out of Neenah White Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot. I remove all of the strips and save them for a future project. Using Liquid Glue I adhere the white die cut onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Neenah White Cardstock. *At this point, you could adhere directly onto a white card base, but I always like to work on a panel before committing to a card base. 

Now it is time to inlay my pink blended strips into the white die cut. I use Liquid Glue and inlay the first strip in the top left corner. I repeat this process until all strips have been glued into place.

For a greeting, I take my Mega Hello Die Set and cut out of Neenah White Cardstock three times running them through my Big Shot. I then stack and glue the three die cuts together using Liquid Glue.

Taking the shadow die from the Mega Hello Die Set, I cut out of Vellum, running them through my Big Shot. I then add Liquid Glue to the back side of the hello die cut and mount onto the vellum shadow die cut.

Next, I take a scrap piece of Neenah White Cardstock and lightly blend Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink onto it. I then trim off a thin strip using my Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I place the thin strip into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and stamp a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips 2 Stamp Set using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink. Finally, I angle cut each end.

 

Using Double Sided Tape, I adhere my die cut panel onto a white card base.

I mount my greeting onto the card front using Liquid Glue. Using thin cardstock scraps, I glue several strips onto the back of my sentiment for added dimension then mount over my greeting using Liquid Glue. I add pearl gems from my stash using my Jewel Picker, adhering with Liquid Glue and this completes my card.

This pale pink ink gives such a soft feel along with the white cardstock that is perfect for this baby girl card. Whether you use bold, bright colors for a celebration or soft, subtle colors for a baby card, this background die is perfect!

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Happy Stamping and God bless!!

Jeannie