Sunday 31 January 2016

Avery Elle Plus One and PTI new baby card


Hello everyone and welcome to the second Happy Little Stampers Case the Designer Challenge! 


This time we have to thank the lovely Shona Chambers for her fabulous inspiration card :-



 

This challenge is sponsored by


and the winner will receive a $15 certificate for the HLS store.


I loved the way Shona masked off a circle before stamping her background, and that she used her circle to showcase the delightful elephant, so I took both these ideas for my card. Two of our lovely neighbours have just had their first baby after a very long wait and I wanted to send a card to celebrate their new family and came up with with this card




I started off by die cutting a heart mask and placing it on some white card before sponging it with PTI aqua mist ink and a distress ink tool. I then stamped the sentiment from PTI Bundle of Love stamp set, before inking through the Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts stencil, moving the stencil around to avoid going over the sentiment.


On a separate piece of card, I stamped and embossed the stork image from Avery Elle Plus One stamp set and fussy cut it before colouring with copics and a gel pen. To make him look a bit more spiffy, I gave him a little bow tie and used glossy accents to give him a shiny beak. I used a glaze pen on the little bundle, removed the mask, lightly inked over the heart to take away a little of the starkness, and raised the stork on it with some foam dots. A few die cut hearts finished it off.

I do hope you will step over to the Happy Little Stampers blog to see all the wonderful inspiration my Teamies have for you, and that it will inspire you to join in with us this month.
Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x

22 comments:

Sarah said...

Aaaaaaah, this is really lovely Carol, such brilliant detail and a super colour. They will treasure this for sure xx

Joyce said...

This is such a sweet baby card. Love your masking and background stamping and the way you colored your stork.

Marybeth said...

Your neighbors are going to love this. I know I do! That is one of my favorite baby sentiment stamps,I think I love the font! Beautiful card ,Carol!

Kim Heggins said...

Carol....this is as sweet as can be. Just love that adorable little stork.

Birgit said...

This is so darling!!

Gloria said...

Hello Carol!
Such a darling card!
It is ferpect for new baby!

Loll said...

Awwww ... this is so sweet Carol! Love this design and that stork is really spiffy with his bow tie! :) xx

BożenA said...

Very sweet card. Great masking, perfect background knocked out of small hearts. All elements of the cards harmonize wonderfully with each other.
Hugs,
BozenA

Sue said...

Hi Carol, I love this card. The design is really striking and I love the colour you have used - totally sweet all round.
Sue...xxx

*Vicki* said...

Hi Carol!! Your card is delightful and I just adore all of those scattering of hearts everywhere!! :) HUGS

gail said...

Love how you have masked your card, such a cute little stork, great CASE xx

Sybrina K said...

Carol, This is absolutely beautiful! I just love how you masked that heart to create a perfect "frame" for your adorable stork. And, a new baby is a perfect take on our Words 2 Craft By new beginnings challenge. Thanks for joining us at W2CB. :)

Melissa L. said...

Simply lovely and sweet, Carol. Beautifully done. Love that stencil and you used it to perfection. :) Melissa

Louise van Vuren said...

Love this new baby card, full of love! Perfect for our little guys challenge at The Male Room. Thanks for sharing
Louise xx

Tracey McNeely said...

Carol this is so cute, I love the stork image. Great job with your CASE.

Darnell said...

Your design for CASEing Shona is so fabulous, Carol! I love it and love that it could be used for a Valentine or even a February birthday, but mostly, I love how perfect it is for the stork and the new baby sediment!! Enjoy your day! Hugs, Darnell

Shona Chambers said...

Wow, this is one gorgeous baby card!! Love how you used the masking idea for your heart and all those tiny hearts are so sweet. You've coloured your stork so perfectly too and I bet this card was absolutely adored!!

Sybrina K said...

Carol, Congratulations on winning our W2CB New Beginnings Challenge. We swooned -- yes, that is a word used by one of our designers -- over this sweet baby card. Please e-mail me at cards[dot]by[dot]sybrina[at]gmail[dot]com to arrange a Guest I-Teamer spot. :)

Deborah Frings said...

I think your CASE is just super - great colours, lovely image and just lovely. Thanks so much for playing along with our Babies & Little Boys theme at The Male Room! Deborah, DT.

ÅsaJ said...

Such a cute and adorable card! Love that masking!!! Hugs Åsa

Unknown said...

This is lovely, loving the digi.
Card is lovely and CAS
Thanks for joining in the fun over at TTPH.
Hugs
Jo DT x

sue t. said...

This is just adorable, I can see where Shona inspired you. In turn you inspired me. I can see how you could take your card with the falling heart background in many directions!

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