Sweet Baby Blessings

Hello! Back again, but not with anything Christmas! One of my coworkers is pregnant and her baby is due on Tuesday. Turning away from all the snowflakes and Stardust HowdidIeverlivewithoutyou Stickles was difficult, but the papers in the Nitwit Collections digital paper collection, Waddles & Whimsy, were just waaaaaay too cute to pass up. I adore the blue duck paper especially.

Looking through the set's images, I thought it would be cute to use the ducks on either side of a main panel, so I came up with some cuts and folds to make a step card. I inked the edges with Dried Marigold Distress Ink and used my Greeting Farm clear set Build-a-Onesie Boy Set again for this baby card (see my first card here).  ProMarkers in various grays and oranges and just a bit of light blue were used for the onesie and a nice combination of bright yellows for the rubber duck. The W&W ducks were sized and printed on my PC and popped up on thin foam; they have a quilted appearance and those little stitches all the way around. I didn't like their eye color though, so I dotted on some black enamel. The flower is a Nestie with two WOC Summer Blooms and a Martha Stewart champagne pearl. I used a sheer white ribbon under a strip of baby blue grosgrain and added a computer-generated sentiment to the bottom border. And I didn't photograph the inside, but you can just see in the angle shots that I used my scraps to decorate the inside as well.

The pictures are a little off - I know winter is just beginning, but having more darkness than light every day is getting old fast, sigh - but it's bright and cheery and colorful IRL. And I've fallen in love with that blue duck paper - too cute!

Challenges for my Baby Blessings card...

   I {heart} ProMarkers - #95 Shaped Card

   Passion for ProMarkers - #129 Celebrations

   Crafter's Companion - #19 New Beginnings

   Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

   Cute Card Thursday - #194 Anything Goes

   Crafty Catz - #112 Anything Goes

   Totally Paper Crafts - #96 Anything BUT Christmas

   Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Celebrate

One last photo of the card flat...

Well, that card was so much fun, I think I'll go see if I can get any of my other projects finished. Working on Christmas presents as our work party is coming up on Friday!

See you soon and Happy Crafting!
Christy