Another CAS Baby Card

     Hello!  This should be my final baby card for a while (I hope!).  Looking for a cute but quick card to help inspire me I searched "CAS baby" at over at SplitCoast and bon2stamp's card was one of the many that popped up!
    To make this card more of my own (and to make it fitting for a boy!), I changed the color and added a jumbo circle brad rather than a flower.

Stamps: Occasional Quotes (hostess)
Paper: Marina Mist, Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark

Tools & Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, jumbo circle brad (retired), heat tool, clear embossing powder 

Inspired By Stars

      Hello!  Today's card was inspired by danascott96's card over at SplitCoast.  Since just about everyone I know is having a baby I'm in need of yet another baby card.  I searched "CAS baby" on SplitCoast and this was one of the cards that popped up! (CAS is an acronym for clean and simple)
     I absolutely loved her layout and design so so I kept it the same.  Dana used a non-SU! stamp set for her card but I loved the idea of white stars on a colored background and I decided to try the emboss-resist technique.  If you've never heard of this technique or would like to see a demonstration of it, head over to Dawn Griffith's website to view her video tutorial (click here) or check out the emboss-resist picture tutorial (click here) over at SplitCoastStampers.
     Because I used the emboss-resist technique I wouldn't classify my card as clean and simple, like Dana's.  Although this technique is simple once you get the hang of it, it did take a bit of time to complete this card.


Stamps: Nursery Necessities (retired), Short & Sweet
Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Marina Mist, Barely Banana (retired), Bashful Blue, Pretty In Pink
Tools & Accessories: Corner rounder, clear embossing powder, heat tool, brayer, button, linen thread, Stampin' dimensionals

Oh, Boy (or Girl)!

     Hello!  Here's the second of 5 baby cards I'll be making in the next few months.  This was inspired by twoboysandagirl's card over at SCS.  The measurements are 3 1/4" x 6 1/2", giving me a little less space to work with than I'm used to.

   It is so hard to design a card for a baby without knowing the sex.  I tried to make this as generic as possible and it was tough.  I guess I could wait until the baby is born to make a card but I like to be prepared - if I don't make them now I may never get to them!
    
Stamps: Nursery Necessities
Ink: So Saffron, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue
Paper: Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Very Vanilla
Tools & Accessories: Scallop square & border punches, star punch, dimensionals

SC288 Little Boy in Blue

Hello!  Today's card was based on Sketch Challenge 288 over at SCS and also inspired by Renee's "Little Cutie" card over at Stamping for Sanity.

   Four Five women I know are having a baby within the next 7 months.  I made this card for my sister-in-law who is having her first child, a boy, in January. 
     Since we don't have any children of our own, I don't have very many baby stamp sets in my collection and had to use a retired set.  Funny thing is, I remember ordering this set two years ago when 4 women I knew were having babies then!
     I have 3 more baby cards to make over the next few weeks (1 more boy and 2 unknown) so be on the lookout!

Stamps: Nursery Necessities (retired)
Ink: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist
Paper: Textured Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist
Tools & Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circles #2 die, Coluzzle (retired), circle punches, buttons, dimensionals