Welcome Baby

I combined this week's SCS sketch challenge with this week's The Cat's Pajamas Mad about Plaid challenge for this super sweet baby card. With all the panels and paper piecing, I was able to use up some older patterned paper scraps--love when I can do that!

I started by paper piecing the hippo images from the And Baby Makes set in a combination of plaid and dotted papers from DCWV's Nana's Nursery collection. The heads are popped up with foam tape to add interest.

I used other patterns from the paper collection for the different panels on the cardfront. I mixed and matched a while before coming up with a combination that I liked. The panels are matted on coordinating solids to break them up a bit. I made a small cardstock flag panel for the sentiment. I stamped the set's "welcome baby" sentiment on it and added a pink button, tied with some pink Divine Twine, to finish the card.

Materials Used:

And Baby Makes stamp set, pink Divine Twine (The Cat's Pajamas); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Nana's Nursery designer paper (DCWV); oval dies (Spellbinders); Sweet Blush button (Papertrey Ink); foam tape