One Wild Ride Baby Card

My niece and her husband have just added a baby daughter to their family and I wanted to make a baby card that would resonate with them.

I really love the new Berry Burst colour!

When my niece's husband first joined the family he rode a motorbike that he loved but he gave it up in order to buy a car suitable for their growing family.

So, while a little unorthodox, this card is an acknowledgement of his sacrifice.  I also like the sentiment very much.

The patterned paper is in the new In-Colour, Berry Burst, from the new Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack.  The card is an A5 piece of Berry Burst cardstock folded in half.

I used a Basic Black and Berry Burst Stampin' Write Marker to ink the sentiment stamp and then fussy cut it.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie 

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One Wild Ride Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Moon Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

[100082]

Moon Baby Boy

Still on the quest to make sufficient baby cards to keep up with demand, this is another card made with the very cute Moon Baby stamp set.

Moon Baby card

I kept it very simple and stamped the images with Basic Black ink before colouring them with Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette and Sahara Sand Stampin' Write markers.  To keep the skin sufficiently pale, I put some ink onto an acrylic block and then dipped a Blender Pen into the ink to apply it to the image.

The greeting is white heat embossed onto Night of Navy cardstock before cutting out with a Stitched Shapes Framelit and layered onto a piece of Soft Sky cut with a Layering  Circles framelit.

The inside of the card is simple  but says enough.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Moon Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Versamark Pad

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White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

Heat Tool

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Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Blender Pens

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock

[121680]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

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3/8" Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

[143601]

Moon Baby - Bleaching & Colouring Technique

This card uses the another gorgeous image from the Moon Baby stamp set as well as the bleaching technique which I described in this previous Moon Baby card.

The card uses the bleaching technique after which only the baby was coloured with ink markers

On this card, I only coloured the baby.  The shading on the moon was  accomplished during the bleaching process - I used a dryer brush (ie less bleach!)  in the areas I wanted shaded.

The stars are also uncoloured but have a generous splash of clear Wink of Stella (which doesn't show up in the photos!). 

I created shadows by using less bleach in those areas

The mage above shows the panel after the bleaching but before the colouring.

I kept the inside of the card simple

The inside of the card is very simple.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Moon Baby - Bleaching Technique

I love the bleaching technique - it's one of my go-to techniques when I feel like doing something a little different with a stamp set.

There seems to be a pending population explosion in my circle of family and friends at the moment - so lots of baby cards will be needed in the not so distant future and I've never been good at baby cards.  However, at least this time, I won't have left it until beyond the last minute to make them!

Yellow seems like a safe bet since I don't know the sex of most of the babies. 

I cut my panels to size before I stamped the images with Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I then painted bleach onto the images and let it dry (I did help a little by using a heat tool at the back of the cardstock).  

When the bleach was dry, I coloured the image of the baby with Daffodil Yellow, Pink Pirouette and Tip Top Taupe Stampin' Write Markers.  I didn't colour the stars but I did give them a liberal covering of clear Wink of Stella.

Tips:

• This technique works best with medium to dark shades of cardstock
• Different looks can be achieved by using coloured embossing powder
• Test the cardstock for its reaction to the bleach to avoid disappointment (see image below)
• Generally, the more bleach you apply to an area - the lighter it will become.  Therefore, it is possible to achieve varying shades with the bleach by using a dryer or wetter brush in certain areas

This image illustrates how different batches of cardstock can react differently to bleach

The image above perfectly illustrates why I do a bleach test on the cardstock first.  These were offcuts of cardstock.  One of them had been sitting in my collection for a long time (probably at least a couple of years) and the other was from a freshly opened pack.  Both pieces are Night of Navy and look identical.  However, probably because they would be from different dye lots, you can see that they have reacted very differently to the bleach.

The inside of the card is quite plain.

When I get the bleach out, I tend to do a batch of several images at the same time - so there'll be some more examples of bleaching and colouring on my blog in the near future.

Thank you for your visit
'Til next time
Stephanie 

Product List - To visit my online store, click on a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Moon Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143085]

Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141534]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109130]

Heat Tool

[129056]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

So Saffron A4 Card Stock

[108611]

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

3/8" Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

[143601]