Sunday, March 6, 2011

Sweet Baby

Today's post is my card for this week's Less is More week 5 challenge, to use pastel colors.  I finally used my Itty Bitty Bits set that has been sitting in my New Stamp basket for months.  This card also qualifies for the Ways to Use It challenge (WT312), polka dots.

I wasn't planning on making a baby card, but that is what this evolved to be.  Anyone having a girl soon?

The colors are a lot more vivid IRL; it was hard to get a good photo of this card.  The popped up images looked a little nekked, so I added a few half pearls and balanced them with a couple more by the sentiment, and the celery and daffodil images were stamped off once to make them more pastel-y.

Supplies:
Stamps - Itty Bitty Bits, Short & Sweet, Spunky Spots jumbo wheel
Paper - GKD PL white
Ink - Pink pirouette, celery, daffodil, Memento lavendar
Accessories - Scor-pal, mini pop dots, half pearls, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack


Now that I've used my Itty Bitty set, I'm not so afraid of it anymore.  Have you ever been afraid to try or use something?  Please share.

K

18 comments:

Chrissie said...

This is a sweetie of a card KAren... really delicate looking and perfect for a new baby!
Thanks for joining us again and we'll see you next time!
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Jan said...

Lovely card xx Jan

Stamps and Paper said...

A very pretty card Karen.

Anne

Frieda said...

Hallo Karen !
Mein erster Gedanke war "wie süss"... Noch bevor ich ihre Überschrift las.
Das ist DIE perfekte Babykarte!

GROSSARTIG zart,hübsch,schön...

liebe Grüße
aus Österreich
sendet
Frieda

Frieda said...

Hallo Karen !
Nochmals ich..............:-)

Ich habe gerade Ihren Blog durchstöbert, und habe eine wundervolle Anleitung gefunden. In ihrem Posting vom 24.10. haben sie erklärt, wie man am Besten einen Kranz auf eine Karte klebt. Vieln Dank dafür, das mache ich bestimmt nach!
Und ich habe gesehen, was für ein wunderschön geschwungenes Beet sie angelegt haben. Ich bin ja auch begeisterte Gärtnerin (habe auch einen eigenen Gartenblog) darum bin ich sehr neugierig, was sie dort gepflanzt haben...;-))
Sie werden es im Frühling doch bitte, bitte herzeigen ? Ich nehmen Ihren Blog in die Sidebar auf, denn ich möchte das nicht versäumen...*ggggg*

liebe Grüße
Frieda

Mandi said...

What a super card Karen
Fabulous use of pastels, so pretty
Thank you for entering into our challenge
See you again
mandi
"Less is More"

Joan said...

Lovely card ,pretty colours and a fab card for a new baby.

Lynne said...

This is a fabulous baby card. The colours are perfect.
Lynne A xxx

Aileen said...

Those stamps are really small but you've combined them perfectly with your dotty background to make a really sweet baby card. x

Susan said...

What a cute card! Love the polka dots!

Caroline Hallett said...

great combination of papers and stamps - lovely

Joey said...

Hi Karen

this is so sweet I love the dots

Joey xx

Jenny said...

Beautiful card, sweet and simple.x

Bernadet Rodakowski said...

I too had a hard time photographing my card creation because of the pastel colors. But your card is on a pale pink background which totally helps the colors stand out. Your creation is just sweet, sweet, sweet!

Seafield Jo said...

This is a really pretty card. Jo x

Grenouille Greetings said...

Lovin your dotty bouquet of a card! Warmest wishes, Lesley

Vicky Hayes said...

I love your dotty card and what a lovely way to use Itty Bitty Bits!

Pauline said...

A very pretty and sweet card, love the popped up elements.