Congratulations Bear Card

Have I mentioned how much I love Lili of the Valley?! They just create such adorable characters. One of my recent competition winnings with them including James the Bear "peeping" as a simply print, and I thought it would make a lovely card to welcome a new baby to the world (yes, I have another nephew!)

I printed the image out on watercolour paper so that it looked more like a drawing, and lightly coloured it in with pencils. I mounted it on some crinkly gold paper and an offset cream card. Before mounting, I put the cream card in my Cricut to have the perfectly written "Congratulations" - I love that I can add words so easily!

Forever Friends Baby Card II

A family friend welcomed another gorgeous little girl to the world recently, so I put together this little card for them. I coloured in the stamped Forever Friends teddy bear using Whisper Strokes pens, before cutting it out with a circular punch and mounting it on one of these gorgeous marble papers and some brown parcel paper. I added a pink paper flower and small silver gem from my stash too :)

You can see the previous card I made with this stamp here.

Forever Friends Baby Card

One of my relatives recently gave birth to a baby boy, giving me the perfect excuse to use this (new to me) Forever Friends stamp! It is quite dinky but so cute. I added colour using Whisper Strokes pens, with a touch of blue to emphasise the white of the nappy. I love how these pens allow you to shade. I layered the stamped image up with some patterned paper, brown parcel paper, and a sticker from my stash. I like the rustic texture the brown parcel paper lends to such a clean cut design.