Sunday 9 August 2015

Oh Baby!


New babies smell amazing .  
This week my special friends welcomed a baby girl into their family so I needed a card.

I began by stamping the booties from Serendipity Stamps onto white cardstock using black Memento ink.  I then coloured them using Copic markers, fussy cut them out and glued a tiny pearl onto the bow.
To create the circle, I cut a circle mask using a Spellbinders die and sponged on pink Distress ink.  To help define the circle, I used my Copic markers and a technique called Pointillism to add interest.  
Pointillism is basically little dots of colours blended using a clear blending pen.
The finishing touches were to add the piercing and stamp the sentiment.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Serendipity Stamps- MONOCHROMATIC

CASology- PRECIOUS

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

Use Your Stuff- ANYTHING GOES


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Serendipity, Mark's Finest/ Copic markers/ Distress and Memento ink/ piercing tool/ die for mask/ sponging applicator/ pearls

23 comments:

nwilliams6 said...

Love those little baby boots - how stinkin' cute! Love this card Karen. Fun! Hugz

Marie-Louise said...

Another super card Karen. Great fussy cutting.

Becca Cruger said...

Awww this is one adorable little card! Such sweet booties.

OH Babs said...

Karen, how adorable. Those booties almost pop off the page.

Aileen said...

Beautiful card, the booties so work. Love it and have to agree nothing beats the smell of a newborn. I love to feel them just snuggling into your shoulder too.

Gillian R said...

Aw so so cute! thank you so much for joining us this week at CASology

CherylQuilts said...

Oh, Karen, how sweet are these booties? I love them and the adorable card you've made! What a precious card for your friends to welcome their new little girl! Hugs, my friend!

Gabi MeWi said...

Your card is wonderful and the babies-smell is awesome - I love it...and as a midwife I can smell it often :-) .

Princess Judy Palmer said...

So sweet! I love how you did that circle, so nifty!

Verna Angerhofer said...

What a darling card. I love how you colored the booties too!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Oh! sooooo cute.

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Oh! sooooo cute.

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

What a lovely baby card, Karen! Thank you for joining us this week at ATSM!

Ardyth said...

Love the booties, but the background is so genius! So glad you joined us at CASology this week!

Bonnie said...

An adorable way to welcome a baby! Love the detail of the pearl added to the bow!

Davi said...

Im sure your friend was delighted with the beautiful card!! Those booties are the sweetest and you made them look so real!!

Jeanne J. said...

Oh Karen! This is the sweetest ever! You coloring is AMAZING! That background is so fun too! I love the little dots - they look like candy! I need to try this!

Julie- justwritedesigns said...

This is beautiful, Karen! I always love seeing your cards! Love the pointillism bg behind the booties. Thanks for joining us at Serendipity Stamps, mf!

Vickie Z said...

so sweet and adorable!! fabulous coloring and perfect design!! so glad you joined us at SSCB!!

Anonymous said...

Lovely little booties, Karen! Superb coloring and fussy cutting. I especially like them this week because I have a new baby niece. She was born on Sunday. :) Unfortunately we are an ocean apart so I'm missing that amazing new baby smell. Thanks for playing along at ATSM this week. Melissa - DT

Jenny Gropp said...

Karen, this card totally pops! Loving all your little details... They all add up to a really great card!

Deepti said...

This indeed is very very precious :) so adorable !

Bobby said...

I had to double check to make sure this was your blog, Karen. ;) Those booties are just darling and well colored. I'm sure the new parents will love it.