Another of my colleagues at the office had a baby recently – this time a baby girl. I decided to continue not using the typical pastel pink/blue and chose crisp cantaloupe for my card.
I borrowed the Alphabet Press embossing folder from my sister in my continued attempt last weekend to use all of the supplies that she’d brought from the UK. I liked the idea of having the alphabet on a baby card although I doubt that the baby will learn much from it. I ran the piece of crisp cantaloupe through the big shot and mounted it on a piece of very vanilla which in turn was mounted on the crisp cantaloupe card base. Next I took the single tee that I have from the retired Stampin’ Up! Baby Tees wheel (when I de-wheeled it, I ended up with 4 tees which fit on a block and a spare one) and stamped it in crisp cantaloupe on very vanilla. It looked a little stark so I put the edges of the card onto the crisp cantaloupe ink pad to soften the look.
A friend who used to work on the same team as me just had her second son. I wanted to send a card and only had one stamp – Baby Tees – so that narrowed down the choices which is sometimes a good thing! It was a wheel stamp which I converted – all wheel stamps are now retired. Stampin’ Up sells clear mount cling foam so all I had to do was carefully peel the stamp off the wheel and decide where to cut the rubber since it won’t fit on even the largest stamp. I ended up with four baby tees that fit beautifully on clear block I.
Details:
Base: Soft sky 8.5 by 5.5 scored and folded in half
Mat: Whisper white 4.5 by 2 3/8
Mat: Soft sky 4.25 by 2 1/8
For this card, I decided to use just three of the tees and heat embossed them in silver (you may have realised already that I adore heat embossing). I took my blender pen and coloured in a few details with the soft sky ink and then folded the new 1/8 inch soft sky taffeta ribbon around the corners (I’ve yet to manage incorporating a bow!). Ever since I’ve been reading Susan Itell’s blog I’ve become addicted to lining my envelopes using the envelope liner framelits and my Big Shot. Here I used the subtles backgrounds DSP stack in soft sky It really finishes the card off beautifully.
On the subject of the Big Shot. I love mine. Now. I didn’t to start with because it was a workout to use it (not a bad thing, I suppose). I’d run an embossing folder or framelit though and although I’d keep turning the handle, it would stop moving anything through. I’d have to use serious muscle to get the cutting pad and card out. I talked to my sister and demonstrated my problems on skype. She showed me how hers worked – everything just glided through. I called demo support on the Monday and explained and they were fabulous. They told me that all I had to do was pack my big shot up and UPS would come and collect it. Although I envisioned a long wait whilst my Big Shot was collected and examined, by Tuesday a new Big Shot was dispatched and UPS hadn’t even picked up my old one. The new machine arrived within two days and I was delighted. Of course, now I’ll have to do yoga or weights for my muscle building, but life is easier when card making now.
