This week I am playing around with baby cards as a very old friend has just had a much wanted baby boy after many years of heart ache. I have made lots of cards and I am still undecided which to send as I want it to be very special for them.
Here is one of my cards, made for CBN, with some simple instructions.
Materials
• A4 cardstock
• Patterned paper (G45:Little Darlings)
• Ink (SU)
• Ribbon (SU)
• Bakers twine (SU)
• Buttons
• Embellishments: G45 stickers
Instructions
Template
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I began by making myself a template. I hand drew a onesie shape out roughly, then refined the lines. Once I was happy with the shape, I scanned it, enlarged it and printed it out twice onto a piece of A4 card. I have attached one of then. Save, enlarge, print.
I cut out the shapes. I covered the back piece in spotty paper. I added a spotty paper to the bottom half of the front piece and a vintage text/ image piece to the top half. I inked all the edges.
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To decorate I added bakers twill, ribbon, buttons and stickers to the front. I added a decorative strip to the back and another sticker.
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Once happy with the front and back onesies, add glue above the line area on the template. Stick them together to finish.
And there you go, a very quick and easy baby card that looks adorable.
TFL
Sarah