Cards by Gina

PPA #39--A KISS for a Baby Boy

Oooh! A KISS Challenge at PPA! Won’t you play along with us? Although I have not figured out exactly what my forte is at making cards yet, the one thing I do know is that I love creating them! Hopefully, one day, I will discover my cardmaking style and fly with it, but in the meantime, I love every minute of experimenting. I only wish I had more time to practice.

I created my KISS card with a newborn baby boy in mind. I love anything in the color blue (my house is filled with cobalt blue Depression glass and lighting fixtures)! I started with Bashful Blue cardstock. Then I ran a piece of Not Quite Navy cardstock through my Big Shot Die-Cut Machine using my Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Die to add dimension to my card and used my Corner Rounder Punch to round those corners!

You probably all know by now how much I love white against any color. So, I ran my Embosslits Scalloped Heart of Hearts Die through my Big Shot Die-Cut Machine using Whisper White cardstock. Before I adhered the heart to my card, I placed a Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon on my card and adhered the Scalloped Heart to it with a Pop-up Glue Dot.

And what is any baby if not a “Small Wonder”? The perfect sentiment from my Little Angel Clear Block Stamp Set, stamped in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White, punched out with my Scallop Oval Punch, and adhered with a Pop-up Glue Dot. Simple, simple, simple!

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Recipe:

Stamp Set: Little Angel

Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Embellishments: Bashful Blue Satin Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Corner Rounder Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Die, Embosslits Scalloped Heart of Hearts, Pop-up Glue Dot, Scallop Oval Punch

PPA #29--Oh, Sweet Pea! New Baby Card

  
 

Come play at PPA! How can you resist this wonderful sketch by Pal Margaret Moody? I had a great time playing with it. Won’t you join me and my Pals at PPA? We’d love to see you there.

Here's the sketch:

 

 

Here’s what I did:

●I created a So Saffron base of 5” x 7”. Following the sketch, I added the “Animals” paper from the Tall Tales Designer Series Paper at the top and bottom.

●For the middle section, I chose the “So Saffron and Whisper White Striped” paper from the Tall Tales DSP.

●I stamped “Sweet Pea” from the Little Angel Stamp Set in Chocolate Chip onto Whisper White using my new clear block stamps. Gina’s Tip: I thought I would never give up my wooden stamps, but I have definitely fallen in love with the clear block stamps. They are so easy to use and create such a crisp and clear image when you stamp with them.

●I backed the Whisper White with another piece of So Saffron and punched out a Brilliant Blue border using my Scallop Edge Punch.

●My finishing touch was to cut out the giraffe in the hot air balloon from the Tall Tales DSP using my Paper Snips and prop it up on the side of the sentiment using Pop-Up Glue Dots. Gina’s Tip: The great thing about following a sketch is that you can make it your own and not follow it exactly. I placed the scallop above my sentiment and used the balloon on the side.

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Recipe:

Stamp Set: Little Angel

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Designer Series Paper: Tall Tales

Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White, Brilliant Blue

Tools: Paper Snips, SNAIL Adhesive, Pop-up Glue Dots, Scallop Edge Punch

 
Tall Tales DSP 

Little Angel Stamp Set