Saturday, July 24, 2010

Happy New Baby

Sigh. I love Unity's July 2010 Kit of the Month! Here's my first card using this month's kit. I used three of the images to make one last baby card for my friend Shannan who ordered two other baby cards posted here and here. First, I created a mini background with the patterned hexagons. When Unity previewed this set, I knew that would be one of the most used stamps in this collection. I stamped the pattern in two colours, cut them out and adhered them to the card flat. I didn't pop them because I knew I wanted to do that with the animals.

Speaking of which, aren't these the cutest baby animals you've ever seen? They even caught my husband's eye as he was walking by and he said they were super cute! I'm always on the lookout for baby sets from other brands but didn't feel any were quite right. Thanks, Unity, for making this set perfect with these little animals!

I stamped the animals three times in neutral colours and added one word from the sentiment on each animal. Then I cut them out, added a little sparkle to the mane, ear and eye, and popped them on the background to finish. Did I mention that I love this kit? I'm already looking forward to making my next card with it. Heehee. I hope you all have a fabulous summer weekend! Stay cool. :)

Sources: SU Kraft & Naturals Ivory cardstock; Unity July 2010 Kit of the Month - Happily Ever After; SU Basic Gray, Summer Sun & Kiwi Kiss inks; Vivid ButterScotch ink; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Ranger Diamond Stickles; Generations dimension squares

10 comments:

Angela said...

The card and stamps are absolutely adorable! I love the way you combined the sentiment and images.
Also, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for your furry friend. Get well soon, kitty!

slinkycat said...

Another gorgeous card :) Sweet little animals and the colours again are fab.

Leanne x

G Peplow said...

Great card Emily, those animals are really cute. I can see that you are going to get a lot of use from the hexagons they are cool :) xxx

Meg said...

Aww, so cute! You're going to make me want that kit! I love the extra touch of adding the stickles. So glad you got to play with your new stamps!

Lynn said...

Emily, This card is so sweet...loved your one yesterday and I love this one even more...thanks for the comments on my blog too...the doilie was from a scrapbooking kit from The Paper Popperie!

Tee said...

Beautiful...so simple and yet so sweet! love the touch of glitter!

Inge Groot said...

Girl, I always love your creations. They look so clean, simple and with such an elegance, stunning!

The background is a brilliant idea, wow!

Inge xx

Lindsey said...

Too cute! The hexagon bg is awesome, and those animals...!

Jessy said...

Oh, now, this is an awesome card. LOVE how you used the Unity stamps on this to make a nice CAS card, yet welcoming for baby! Very unique and inspiring. :-)

Sunghee said...

this is just too beautiful! i really don't know how you do it. i don't know how you make all the stamps look so good.