I know I used Papertrey's Bitty Baby Blessings set for my last newsletter tutorial (and Debbie also used it for her tutorial last week and made THE most adorable bib card), but I HAD to make up more baby cards (is it just me or does anyone else notice that there seems to be a major demand for all things baby-related this summer??? I am constantly in need of baby cards and gifts!) - and this set is beyond perfect for creating quick, simple CUTE baby cards in a snap! And when you combine the Bitty Baby Blessings set with Papertrey's 6x6 collection of patterned papers, Perfect Match cardstocks and ribbon you have a plethora of options to make even the simplest of cards look like it came straight from a boutique!
I started with a few sheets from PT's 6x6 patterned paper collection.
Pictured from left to right are papers from: Bitty Baby Blessings, Father Knows Best, Pink Patterns and Everyday Blessings.
I prefer to use the 6x6 papers for paper piecing as the scaled-down patterns (50% of the 12x12 paper patterns) are PERFECT for smaller images such as the ones in the Bitty Baby Blessings stamp set.
I decided to make 6 cards - each one using a different image from the set.
As you can see I stamped some of the images more than once onto different patterns - you will see why when you scroll down.
A good black ink like Palette Noir works great when paper piecing.
For the onesie and duck image all that needed to be done was to cut them out (I use small detail scissors when cutting out stamped images - they are great for getting into corners and whatnot - Stampin' Up! has a great pair and the Cutterbee brand ones are similar if not the same thing).
For images like this I cut out certain pieces from the second stamped image and adhered it over the first - it gives them that extra pattern to define them.
Notice with the elephant I cut the tail right off - that was on purpose. It would be too difficult (and time consuming) to cut around the tail - scroll down to see how I fixed that tho.
I stamped the elephant image onto a square of white cardstock (that was cut and embossed with a square Nestabilities die) then adhered the paper-pieced elephant over top - so he got his tail back!
I did the same thing with the boat and carriage - I stamped the images onto the white CS then adhered the paper pieced images over top.
I use Tombow Mono Multi glue when paper piecing - a tiny dot here and there adheres them down perfectly and I am able to glue down even the tiniest of pieces with this glue.
And here are the finished cards!
I used the same layout for all of them, using my Scalloped Square Nestabilities die to cut a mat out of coordinating Papertrey cardstock.
I used the same patterned paper on each card to match the main image, and tied coordinating PT twill ribbon around it before adhering it to the card base and attaching the scalloped mat with dimensionals. On the inside of each card I stamped a sentiment from the Bitty Baby Blessings set.
I used Copic markers to color in the duck's beak, the wheels and parts of the carriage and the openings of the baby onesie to give them all a more "finished" look, and that was it!
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STAMPS: Papertrey Bitty Baby Blessings Stamp Set.
CS: Papertrey White, Lavender Moon, Sweet Blush, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, 6x6 Patterned Papers: Bitty Baby Blessings, Father Knows Best, Pink Patterns and Everyday Blessings.
INK: Palette Noir.
ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Square and Scalloped Square Dies, Papertrey Twill Ribbons (Lavender Moon, Sweet Blush, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss), Dimensionals.
