Welcome Baby

I made this card for one of my friends who just had a beautiful baby boy. It uses a few new products from the upcoming 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog: Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight card stock and Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel.

The Baby Tees wheel features 5 different onsies hanging from a clothes line and as soon as I saw it I knew that I wanted to hang them from a “real” clothes line.

Around the same time, Shelli Gardner announced that sparkle and bling was the theme of her June challenge. The wheels started turning and this card starting to fall into place in my head. There is a lot of shimmer on this card which is hard to see. In person it positively sparkles. Here are the details:

• The color scheme is Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Shimmery White, and Certainly Celery. The Crumb Cake and Certainly Celery layers were run through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder. The Shimmery White layer is punched using the Scallop Trim Border and Corner punches.
• The onesie is paper pieced – I stamped it on Shimmery White, Marina Mist, Soft Suede, and Daffodil Delight card stock, cut out the parts I needed from each and pieced them together. The onesie is actually two layers. The front layer has the leg holes cut out, the back does not. Both have Marina Mist trim on them. The layers are separated with Dimensionals but I used Tombow Multi to attach the hanger and to join the two layers on the sides. The Daffodil star is also covered with Champagne Mist shimmer paint.
• I made a mini clothes hanger by attaching the the Soft Suede hanger piece to some jewelry wire bent into a hook.
• The clothesline is linen thread that I covered in Champagne Mist shimmer paint. I applied the paint to a sponge dauber, held the thread down with it, and pulled the thread through several times until it had a nice shimmer to it.
• The “Welcome Baby” tag is Crumb Cake card stock with Champagne Mist shimmer paint on it. It looks a lot like Brushed Gold card stock, but with a bit more sparkle. It was cut using the Matchbox Die.
• The yellow rhinestones are from the Fire Circle brads. I pulled the tines apart so I could remove the rhinestones. I then applied them to the card with Tombow Multi.

Recipe

• Stamps: Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel, Short and Sweet
• Ink: Basic Black
• Paper: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Shimmery White, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede
• Accessories: Fire Circle Brads, Linen Thread, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, jewelry wire
• Tools: Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Matchbox Die