A baby is born - August challenge

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in our challenge last month. We have all loved seeing the wonderful creations that you have made.

This month the have an exciting new challenge and theme for you to work with....
This month your theme is

A baby is born...

Well, when I set the themes for the year at the very beginning of the year, I could never have imagined how well timed this months would be!
We have a new Royal baby to welcome and at my work there have been 3 babies this month connected to my team! Not to mention all the other lovely babies that I keep hearing about.

This month we are lucky enough to be sponsored by the wonderful

The amazing prize for this months challenge will be 7 digis from Bugaboo! Wow - what a prize!

My card to help get the inspiration going this month is.....

Keep popping on over to the blog to see all the wonderful creations that the DT have been making.

Please make sure you pop on over to the right hand side bar to read our rules before you enter - we love to see your creations but we have to stick to the rules to make it fair for everyone. xxx

Happy crafting
Nikki x

Birth announcement

'Birth Announcements' by Neil Burley

I don't really do babies, or baby related cards for that matter! So when I was given the theme for this month, I searched the fabulous sponsor site, Bugaboo Stamps for something a bit less 'baby' - and found Jack and Diane holding their signboard. The image was perfect for a birth announcement. A bit of fussy cutting to make a layer, careful ProMarker colouring and stamped text completed the look.

Oh, yes, I developed a new technique (for me anyhow) for getting a distressed/marble like texture on the sign background using ProMarkers. Place an acrylic block over the area on the image you'd like to distress, and colour the block with the ProMarker colour of your choice - bear in mind the colour will be darker than you expect with this technique - I used Blush - and that it will the mirror image when printed. Lightly spritz the colour with isopropanol alcohol (rubbing alcohol) from a mini-mister bottle - you will find the droplets push the colour away forming the pattern. Immediately print it wet side down onto the card to transfer the effect.

Colours:
Skin: Blush/Oatmeal/Apricot
Blond hair: Pastel Yellow/Sunflower/Gold/Caramel
Brown hair/his shoes: Tan/Cinnamon/Cocoa
Jeans: Pastel Blue/Denim Blue
Her jeans/shoes: Lavender/Lilac/Amethyst
Shadows: Ice Grey 1-4
Pinks: Pastel Pink/Cerise/Magenta
Blues: Pastel Blue/Cornflower/Blue Pearl
Greens: Bright Green/Forest Green

Stamped text:
Worn Text - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous

Stamp ink:
Versacolor Pink/Sky Blue

Digi-stamp:
Jack and Diane - Sign It from Bugaboo Stamps

Welcome Baby

Hello there! It's Ria here today.

I'm sharing my take in this month's A Baby is Born challenge. I used a digi image, AKV Baby Horse from Bugaboo stamps. Babies are such a joy and this month's challenge is just one of my favorites.

I colored my image with Promarkers and placed it in a soft pink and blue scalloped and circle die cut base. To add some texture, I added a lace, felt button and flower. I also did a partial embossing in half part of the card base.

There's still time to play along the challenge so grab your soft pastels or anything fit for a baby theme challenge.

Happy crafting! 

A Baby Is Born - Sylvia

Hi everyone, Sylvia here!

Well it's that time again, this is my card for this months challenge.

I have used the sponsor image

Bugaboo AKV baby stork 2

 I hope you like it & I hope you will join in our lovely challenge x

Happy crafting x

A Baby Is Born - Dawn

Here's my card for this months challenge,

"A Baby Is Born"

Click here for the challenge & here for more about my card!

Hope to see you soon!

A Baby is Born - by Mags

Hi Folks

Mags here to share a bit of inspiration for our current monthly challenge.  I have used the cute image AKV Baby Teddy from our sponsor Bugaboo Digi Stamps.  

Such a cute little image and really enjoyed making this girly card.  For details of how I created my card just pop over to my blog here.  

You still have until the end of the month to enter the challenge so get those entries in.

Happy Crafting

Mags

x

A baby is born - by Amanda

Hi everyone, it's my turn to share some baby inspiration today, and I've made a card using the AKV Baby Horse image from this month's lovely sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps.  In fact I've made two cards, a pink one and a blue one, as there are a couple of nice details in the image that you can colour code.

I hope you like them.  For more info about the card, please take a look here.