I don’t know about you, but it appears to be a baby season again with several friends due or just had their little one. Therefore, I need to make a duo of baby cards, and one I didn’t know the sex of the baby. But the Special delivery stamp set from Avery Elle was perfect for making unisex cards. Though don’t worry, they are easy to customise if you do know the sex of the baby!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR Bumblberry Papercrafts - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
A duo of baby cards - ink blended cloud background
Start off by stamping the images from the ‘Special delivery’ stamp set onto Bristol Smooth cardstock. If like me, you are making more than one card, the MISTI makes stamping several in one go very easy. AS I was using my Zig Clean Color real brush markers to colour the images in I used Versafine Onyx Black pigment inks and this does not bleed once heat set.
If you decide to use a different colouring medium for the cards, make sure you use the most appropriate ink for that medium. To add definition to the Storks whilst still keeping their feathers white, I added soft grey colours in the shadow areas. This makes the white feather coat more realistic.
A duo of baby cards - stamped cloud background
For the second I kept the background much more simple. This is great if you don’t have a cloud die or stencil to create the ink blended background as before.
Using your blending brushes, apply blue ink to the top of a card panel out Neenah Classic Crest Solar white 80lb cardstock, fading it out as you move down the card. The blending brushes are great at creating soft fades like this.
Add a selection of the stamped images to the card pane directly with glue or Scrapbook adhesive foam pads for dimension. The stamp set comes with a few clouds to stamp and colour to add more interest to the sky. The ‘Bundle of Joy’ sentiment comes in one long line – to stamp this onto the ballon, just mask the words in order to stamp separately in different lines.
This was again added to a Soft Stone card base and finished with a few sequins to embellish.
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A duo of baby cards
Supplies
Affiliate links are used at Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB) and Craft Stash (CS). All other links are NOT affiliate – Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP), WOW! UK and WOW! US
 Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: PB |  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: PB |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam sqaures 1/4″ white Shop at: PB | SB |
 “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 2 pack Shop at: PB |  “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 10 Pack Shop at: PB |  Soft Stone Heavy Weight Cardstock – Gina K Designs Shop at: PB |
 Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | PB | SB |  Special Delivery Die – Avery Elle Shop at: PB |  Special Delivery stamp- Avery Elle Shop at: PB |
 Cloud border dies – Honey Cuts Shop at: PB |  Cloud Stencil – MFT Shop at: PB |
Additional suplies:
- It’s a boy Catherine pooler ink
- Fiesta Blue Catherine Pooler Ink
- Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
- Bristol Smooth cardstock
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
