I hope you are having a good weekend wherever you are and are having better weather than we are here in Manchester. It started raining on Friday and doesn't seem to have stopped since then. I mustn't grumble though because the gardens really need the water and some drought ridden areas of the country would be delighted to have a wet period.
I'm still busy working on the wedding scrapbook and will share some pages when it is finished but today I want to share a card I made for the 'A Cut Above' course. We were asked to make a shaped card and were shown how to weld shapes together on the Silhouette Cameo. I followed the instructions to come up with this new baby card for some friends who have just had a baby called Alfie.
I decided that the card would make a cute new baby card but didn't have a suitable sentiment so I typed one on the computer and printed it so it would appear in the round aperture. It is difficult to see in the picture but I inked up a circle around the sentiment on the liner using a mask. I stuck the cut out heart onto the inside of the card and stamped Alfie's name on it, before using Papertrey Ink BB Twinkle to stamp a background on the card with versamark ink to give it a little more depth and interest.
I coloured a gem with black copic marker for the eye and tied a little bow with some twine attached to a tiny tag to finish it off.
I'm really enjoying this course and will definitely come up with something for each of the lessons when I have more time.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs
Carol x
16 comments:
This is really sweet. I have a thing for bird houses (in paper, anyway), and it is fabulous as a shaped card. Great idea to make it a baby card. It seems like Manchester is always on the tv here in my house, and I am not surprised to hear about your rain, as whenever Premiere league is on, it always seems to be raining!
beautiful card! the overall shape and every little detail is perfect. the sentiment is wonderful :)
I LOVE THIS! What an awesome color combination and shape!
Cute, cute, cute! Love that little chick. Sounds like a great course. One day I will take one. I love the rain because we don't get too much of it.
So sweet. Well done!
I am so pleased to have found your blog Carol, you make some fabulous cards! I love your style and this new baby card is just too cute for words! Thanks for leaving me a comment on mine, which is how I found you :) ! Cx
Your baby card is so sweet - I love the shape and the little bird is adorable, hugs x x
Carol what a beautiful birth card and so different..Thank you for visiting my blog and for your lovely comments....I am now a follower of your blog...your cards are amazing...
Anne
Such a cute card, and so different! I love the shape, and the saying.
Oh what a fun novelty shape for a baby card Carol.
I love the sentiment peeking through the little window :0)
Jenny x
I love shaped cards, and yours is so pretty. Love the babes name in the sweet heart, and such a lovely sentiment, too:)
Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a lovely comment x
This baby card is so cute! I love the way you did the sentiment. The little bird is darling:-)I'm so happy your visited my blog from across the pond:-)Thank you!
Gorgeous card - I love the bird house idea and beautiful sentiment :)
Aww adorable! xxx
Carol, OMGness, so so clever. Thank you for sharing this with us!
This is just adorable, and so creative!
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