Giraffes for a Baby Boy

 

Hi everyone, it's starting to rain again (we need it!) so I'm staying in the craft room for a bit longer!

Some colleagues are expecting soon, so I thought I'd get some baby cards done.

I love giraffes and thought this mother and baby would be perfect, they are from a layering set by Altenew.

I used kraft card for the top layers and added shading with distress inks in antique linen, tea dye and brushed corduroy. The base layer is a chocolate brown.

I used a 3D leafy embossing folder as a background. The sentiment is layered up for dimension.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

The Male Room

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday, add some texture

Tic Tac Toe, I've gone with the diagonal- leaves-free-diecuts

Mix it Up, playing along with the anything goes option

Krafty Chicks

Supplies:

Dies: Waffle Flower piercing layers; Altenew gentle giraffe; Paper Smooches welcome; Paper Rose new baby.

Other: Distress inks; 3D leafy embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting,

Cathy x

Musical Birthday

 

Hi everyone, I was asked to make a large masculine style card for a music lover's birthday.

I came up with this 5x7 design and they seemed to like it.

The top layer was diecut with a piercing layers die, inked up with some oxide inks in blue, then embossed with a really old Spellbinders music folder. I swiped some white pigment ink over the raised areas for some definition.

I used some black gloss card for the musical notes and silver metallic card for the sentiment and name.

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday, add some texture.

Krafty Chicks

Can You Handle the Pressure, playing along with the anything goes option.

Addicted to Stamps & More

AAA Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday, anything goes

Supplies:

Dies: Poppystamps happy birthday poe script; Memory Box parker upper alphabet set and fancy music border; Waffle Flower A7 piercing layers.
Other: Spellbinders EL011 Music embossing folder; oxide inks; white pigment ink; black gloss and silver metallic card.

Thanks for visiting and have a great week,

Cathy x