Baby Phoebe Lou Parker was born on Aug, 12, 3013 to parents, Jennifer Kittle and Andrew Parker. We were all there for the birth and I can tell you the room was absolutely full of excitement and anticipation. We were there at the hospital all day as we waited for them to induce her labor and finally sometime around midnight we all got to come in and see the baby. She's so beautiful and absolutely perfect. I would show you a picture but I haven't gotten permission from the parents and that's something I firmly believe in doing. I do not show a child online at all without first getting the parents permission. So I made this card to congratulate the parents, by the way, Jennifer is my sis in law, on their new bundle of joy.
For the front of the card I used designer paper from My Minds Eye called "In Bloom" and I got the sentiment from the Graphically Speaking cartridge for the cricut. I also used a scalloped circle punch from Recollections and the smaller scalloped circle was part of the sentiment from the cartridge. The pink flower is from Prima and I colored it with my homemade color sprays, and I used two velvet finished flowers from imaginese and a brad from Memory Makers, The little elephant stamp is from Hero Arts and I also used Hero arts shadow ink to stamp it and the sentiment that went along with it. I used my Viva Decor pen to make the pearl drops across the bottom and I used my copic markers to do a little coloring on the elephant stamp. The grey chevron paper is also from the collection. I believe this was a 5x7 card and I used a 6x6 paper pad so the paper was a tad too short so I had to add that piece to make it long enough. It turned out to be one of those happy accidents that I think made the card cuter.
This is a shot of the inside of the card. As you can see I used a couple different washi tapes to the bottom left, and another stamp from that same Hero Arts stamp set. I also used my copic markers to color the image. The color has been enhanced to be brighter so I didn't want you to think it really looked this bright. lol. I used a yellow chevron paper from the collection to back the sentiment on the inside and I have several books which contain sentiments, poems and quotes for the inside of cards and I can use them as long as the card is not for sale. no worries, I don''t sell any of my cards anymore they are all made for family and friends. So, I distressed around the edge of the sentiment with a couple of colors of distress ink from Ranger. I used the Ali Edwards font for the main part of the sentiment after I had cut it down to size and then added it to the inside of the card. I also distressed the edges of the yellow chevron paper with Gathered twigs distress ink. Well, that's all for this card, hope you enjoyed it. I'll be back soon with yet anothr card. lol. Till then, great big Hugs, amy k
