Welcome Baby with NEW Adorable Baby Stamp Sets! PLUS Anything Goes Card Challenge 271!

Send welcoming greetings to new baby with our two latest photopolymer stamp sets! Our Baby Boy set features a handsome tot and plush puppy, and our Baby Girl set showcases a sweet little lady and her stuffed elephant. Both sets include a clothesline, little toys, and sentiments to mix and match! Both sets are great to have on hand for a warm hello for a newborn, congratulating new parents, and creating baby shower invitations! We have you covered with inspiration when you check out our release video! Shop these sets at artimpressions.com!

Jessica is here to share a fantastically adorable baby boy card, let's take a look!

Hello Ai Fans!

Welcome to the new challenge Anything Goes! Today I'm sharing my project using the Baby Boy stamp set. For this one I decided to make a cute little eclipse style card, a great way to welcome a little boy to the family.

I started by stamping my little scene using the boy image, the cute stuffed dog and the toy airplane. For this I used Copic safe ink and stamped everything on Neenah Solar White 80lb card stock. I'll have the list of markers I used below if you want to know the color I used for my stamp images. 

Once my coloring was done I planned out my layout. I used the Art Impressions Rectangle Double Stitch die to trim down my colored panel and I also used the letters from the Block Letter die set to spell out cute. I did die cut these separately. Once with the rectangle die and then with the letter dies, I took it slow and when die cutting the letters so that I was sure to get them straight. I didn't use in tape to hold the letters down but that is something that you can use to keep the dies from shifting. I also used the letter dies again to die cut some light green craft foam.

The craft is adhered to the back of the cut out letter from my colored panel. You can see some of the stamp images on the letters. It looks kind of odd when they are detached from the rest of the panel! I used some Therm-o-web Ultra bond glue to adhere the foam to the card stock. Then left them under neath a large acrylic block to dry. While those dried I decorated the hat on the boy and the ribbon on the dog, just to add some texture and detail. For that I used a Gelly Roll white gel pen. 

You can see that I adhered the colored panel to a piece of light gray card stock and also adhered the letters back in to place. I used the same glue for that too, and also let those dry underneath the acrylic block. I like using colorful craft foam and coordinating my the colors with the rest of the card. Having that peak of color is why these are considered an eclipse style card. You can do the same with white or black craft foam too. 

 I thought I would add some baker's twine to the side. Anyone else still have a HUGE stash of twine!? lol. I have this old 1/8th hole punch that I use to make small holes. You could also use a poker tool. I punched the holes just slightly down from the edge on the left side where the fold is for my card. This is a A2 Side fold card. Then I can thread the twine though the holes and make a bow. 

I wanted to add the sentiment "Welcome little man" to the front of this card as well. To make it stand out a bit I die just the lower portion of one of the small rectangle dies and stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. Then attached that to the top of the white stamped and colored panel between the boy and stuffed dog. 

Copic Markers Used:

Shirt, wheels, inside of car

W6, W4, W3, W1, W0

Boys skin and hair

BV00, E11, E51, R81, E59, E34

Greens

YG67, YG03, G43, G40

Reds

R05, R02

Stuffed dog

E35, E43, Y26, Y23, Y21

Thank you so much for joining me today! Happy Stamping!

Thanks, Jessica, this card is simply sweet!

It's time for a new challenge! This challenge will be shorter than our usual challenges - just ONE week to enter, so hop on it! It's "Anything Goes", so you can create cards of any kind to enter! Just be sure to enter by Wednesday, November 27 by noon Pacific Time to be considered!

Here are the Challenge Rules

✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards!

✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!

✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome!

✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar!

✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Before we go, let's recognize the winners of last week's Couples Cards Challenge!

Top Spot goes to...

Lorraine A!

Congrats, Lorraine! We love your pair of puppies from our Santa Paws set, they are so sweet agains a dramatic night sky and shaker window! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack!

Honorable Mentions go to...

Irene Rhodes!

Lynda/PaperArts Cafe!

Congrats, you two! Irene, your lovely nighttime scene with the glowing tree and a sweet couple from our Love Birds set looks divine! And Lynda, your lovely watercolored bunnies look so sweet among the flowers. Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address and select a stamp set of your choice for a prize!

We hope you'll join us for our quick Anything Goes challenge for a chance to win!

Happy Stamping!