Caardvarks/Clear & Simple Stamps Baby Card Blog Hop and Challenge

The Clear & Simple Stamps design team is joining with the Caardvarks crew to bring you a special baby card themed blog hop. We hope you'll play along and create your own baby card for the challenge. The creator of the winning card, plus three random blog hoppers, will win a $25 gift certificate to the CSS store!

Here's my baby card, featuring this month's Stamp of the Month, Rock-a-Bye. I made the set's rocking horse the focal image. The horse image is part paper pieced and part colored with Copic markers. My horse really rocks, too! I used foam tape and pennies to attach the focal image panel so that it moves back and forth, just like a rocking horse.

The rest of the card is pretty simple. I covered most of the cardfront with paper to match the rocking horse. I machine stitched a coordinating pale blue panel to the bottom of the cardfront, then added a matching sentiment in darker blue ink.

You'll want to make sure that you stop by and check out all of the great projects created for this blog hop. Here's a list of the participating designers:

Caardvarks

Clear and Simple Stamps Blog

Jenyfur Pohl

Lori Tecler--you are here!

Heidi VanLaar

Beth Matson

Tanis Giesbrecht

Sarah Martina

Kim Howard

Ashley Newell

Savitri Wilder

Kelly Rasmussen

Sue-Ann Tibly

Amy Crockett

Sue Berker

Michelle Giraud

Robyn Weatherspoon

Lucy Beel

Jen Tapler

Eva Doblias

Simone Pursiful

Peet Roeven

Once you've checked out all the fabulous creations, be sure to return to the Caardvarks blog to leave a comment saying that you've completed the hop.

Materials Used:

Rock-a-Bye stamp set (Clear & Simple Stamps); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic); Blue Bayou Classic ink, Blue Bayou and Soft Sky cardstock, Soft Sky striped grosgrain ribbon (Stampin' Up!); designer paper (DCWV-Nana's Nursery Baby Boy); circle and scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities); sewing machine; foam tape