Pink in October

I had some time to play this morning so I made this card to share, Then I remebered I never Posted the other card I was working on.

It's not all it can be yet, but I still think it looks nice.

For the first card I used whisper white, Chocolate chip, and alight pink I can't remember where I got it. I stamped the Polka Dot background in Pretty In Pink. I think I might need to get this background I am enjoying using it. I then stamped "celebrate" from a SAB set(2006 I think) called "Send a Celebration".

Next I used my Cricut and My Cricut Colors marker( picked up at walmart) to draw It's Your day on the same Light pink and White card stock. I used shadow on the pink and drew it at 2-1/2" on both then without unloading the paper, I hit load paper, again to take the mat back to the starting point. I replaced the marker with the cutting blade and then repeated the cuts again. I was pleased with how the brown marker I used outlined the main image to make it really pop. I only bought the markers that had 3 blacks and 2 browns. I thought I would use them the most, and I could draw images to color, which I have felt some of the diecuts could be cut and colored like stamped images. I am planning on trying that later. I then cut the Scalloped Circle and Circle foundation. I increased the scallopped circle a 1/2" when I cut it using my Mini Monograms cartridge.

After cutting I used my cuttlebug to emboss the Chocolate Chip Circle using the D'vine swirl Folder. I wanted some texture because I was putting the "It's Your Day " up on Dimensionals. I used my 1/8th circle punch to put holes in the scallops. I slit the folded side of the card to thread the ribbons through and then tied the Scalloped circle to the card. I adhered it down with glue dots after I was sure I was adding no more bards to the die cut.

Last I used my RAK Pink Primas Large and my Heather petite floral embellishmens from All that Scraps. I joined a large and small Prima to each other using a MM rhinestone brads in pink using 2 sizes, and then mounted it with a Medium Zots glue dot.

The second card I used a teal and light pink textured card stock. I stamped one piece of the textured pink with Pixie Pink using a retired SU Blossom background and then cut it and a piece of SU designer paper into 1/2" strips. I then wove the strips and adhered them to a matting of Whisper White. I wanted it to look like a baby quilt and it does. I used my Queen Co. Mini Brads"miss priss" also bought at All that Scraps to embellish the corners. I love the tiny little brads.

I then tied the pink gingham ribbon around the matted piece and tied in a piece of Yellow dotted teal ribbon. I matted the piece again with the teal and a darker pink cardstock from a Michaels baby girl assorted pink paper pack. I used the SU ticket corner punch on the matting.

I love the animals in "Zoorific" for baby cards because you can color them softly to look like stuffed animals. I also used "riveting" with Pretty in Pink ink to stamp "welcome little one". I used my various sized circle punches to punch out the stamped image and the teal matting. I mounted the zebra on dimensionals after matting it.

I struggled with this card a bit. I mentioned it last week. I still don't feel like it is totally finished, but I have tweaked it a bit so for fun I want to show you how it looked when I first finished it. Just so you know you can alwasy go back ad rework your work. I think you can always figure out when it's done. What do you think of it? I still dont think it's done.

Until Later ... Happy Stamping!