TGIF – Sweet Postal Baby Cards with Kelly

Hello and welcome! It’s Kelly here today with a pair of baby cards for two sweet little bundles of joy! I feel like everyone is having babies lately and they’ve all been girls! I wanted to make two cards tailored specifically for the two most recent babies who I am delivering gifts to, and the Baby Face suite of products is the PERFECT choice! I’ve paired it with a few of the postal themed products that were released earlier this year; every time I stamp the “handle with care” sentiment or look at the “special delivery” sentiment, I think how fun it would be to make a baby card with them, so here we are!

I actually “copied” myself and used the same layout as a pair of lilac cards I made for release day a few months back. Sometimes is nice to not have to reinvent the wheel and just get straight to creating! I was absolutely giddy when I was making those little sweet peas! To begin, I die cut the pieces for the peas using the Baby Face: Sweet Pea Die. I used finger daubers and Distress Oxide inks to color them and added the faces using the Baby Face Sentiments Stamp Set. I chose to use one of the green inks that I used to color the peas to stamp the faces. I wanted them to be more subtle, but you could definitely stamp them in black for more contrast, depending on the style of your card. I also added some colored pencil details to the stems, blossoms, and to give definition to each of the individual peas.

Since I was copying myself, I knew I would want more coverage on the card front, so I also die cut the smaller blooms and leaves from the BotaniCuts: Hibiscus Die to mimic some larger pea blossoms to fill in the arrangement. I really like how they look with the smaller peas for a more dramatic presence! Sometimes it’s fun to mix and match things that you wouldn’t otherwise think of!

Once that was done, I got to work on the postcard base. I used the Airmail Border Stencil in the same pink and green from the peas on a white A2 panel and then added the pierced details using the Postcard Details Pierce Plate. I had so much fun gussying up the rest with the Baby Face Sentiments Stamp Set on the pierced lines….so many fun sentiment options!

I used the Postal Modern stamp/die set for all of the fun “postal” details, including the perfect “handle with care” and “special delivery”! I placed the peas and the additional blossoms and leaves using foam squares for dimension. I added the entire panel to A2 card bases using a tape runner. I usually like to use liquid glue, but it can be tricky with the pierced details…you don’t want it seeping through the tiny holes! Ha ha! I was especially excited to use the postage theme, because I am packaging up the baby gifts in some darling decorative pink/gold polka dot suitcases, rather than a gift bag! I’m so excited to put everything together! My daughter had a decorative suitcase when she was a little girl and it held her barbie clothes and accessories, so I know these new mamas will be able to put the suitcases to good use
in the future!

Thanks for joining me today!
~Kelly