Simple Fuzzy Baby Cards

I don't know about the rest of you but lately it seems like I am surrounded by pregnant women and new babies!! I am constantly in need of baby cards (not just for me as I get requests from people who would rather give a handmade card than buy one at the store) and baby gift ideas - and as time for me is usually limited I want my cards to be cute yet simple at the same time.

I decided to use Papertrey's new Bitty Baby Blessings set (PERFECT for pretty much every baby card/gift one needs to make - the variety of sentiments alone make it a MUST have set!!) along with some Fun Flock to create some simple, fuzzy baby cards:

I started with some Sunshiny Yellow Fun Flock (by Stampendous, there is also a line of DoodleBug flock that's great too) that is a GREAT match to Papertrey's Summer Sunrise color, black ink, the Bitty Baby Blessings Stamp set, and some liquid adhesive.

I generally use one of three different glues when applying Fun Flock - the Quickie Glue pen by Sakura (great for small areas and detail work), Tombow Mono Multi (my go-to adhesive for everything), or the 2-Way Glue Pen from Stampin' Up! (I like it's thinner consistency and that it goes on blue but dries clear - FYI I used this adhesive for applying the flock on this card).

I started by stamping the duck image onto Papertrey white cardstock with black ink. I then filled in the image with the 2-Way glue pen.

I immediately dumped a liberal amount of flock over the image (I use coffee filters to catch the extra flock and funnel it back into the container. I re-use the filters over and over again with the same colors - this works great for glitter and embossing powder too!).

Before tapping off the excess flock I PRESS all over the image to make as much flock adhere as possible (this step is important as I find that if you DON'T press the flock on not much will stick!).

And that's it! Fun Flock is EASY to use and adds such a fun texture to a project and is GREAT for anything baby-related - who can resist that fuzzy texture?

And since I know I will be asked no the flock doesn't come off later on - you can touch it and rub your finger over the image and hardly any comes off (a good thing since the recipient and anyone else who sees the card will instantly want to touch it!).

I finished off the main image by coloring the duck's bill with a copic marker and outlining the image with another marker.

The scalloped mat was made from Summer Sunrise CS and a scalloped square Nestabilities die, then I added some patterned paper from the Father Knows Best 6x6 collection and a piece of Lemon Tart CS.

The sentiment is from the Bitty Baby Blessings set.

For a little bonus here are 2 more cards I made using other images from the Bitty Baby Blessings stamp set.

On this one I used the bunny image, stamped it onto PT's Sweet Blush CS, then filled it in with white Fun Flock.

White flock tends to be more "transparent" so whatever color the image is stamped on shows through easily.

For this one I used 2 different colors - Hazy Grey and Lavish Lilac - I stamped the elephant then applied glue to only the ear - applied the grey flock, pressed and tapped it off, then applied glue to the rest of the body and applied the lilac flock.

And here's the full set! All three cards were pretty quick and easy but the added texture of the flock gives them all that extra "wow" factor. I hope y'all like them!!

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Happy New Baby Card:

STAMPS: Bitty Baby Blessings Stamp Set.

CS: Papertrey Stamper's Select White, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, Father Knows Best 6x6 Patterned Paper.

INK: Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Fun Flock, Summer Sunrise Swiss Dot Ribbon, Nestabilities Die, Dimensionals, Corner Rounder Punch.

For Baby Bunny Card:

STAMPS: Bitty Baby Blessings Stamp Set.

CS: Papertrey Stamper's Select White, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, Pink Patterns 6x6 Patterned Paper.

INK: Black.

ACCESSORIES: Fun Flock, Marvy Punches, Sweet Blush Twill Ribbon, Dimensionals.

Welcome Little One Card:

STAMPS: Bitty Baby Blessings Stamp Set.

CS: Papertrey Stamper's Select White, Going Grey (SU!), Bitty Baby Blessings 6x6 Patterned Paper.

INK: Black.

ACCESSORIES: Fun Flock, May Arts Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Brads, Sewing Machine, Dimensionals.