Animal Stories Baby-fied

Hi there!  Hope your week is going well.  Daughter #1 is coming in from Miami for a whirlwind visit this weekend.  Miss M, our granddaughter, doesn't remember her aunt since she was just a toddler the last time of D #1's visit.  Miss M refers to the photo of her aunt as "Aunt ___, who lives far away".  Youngest Daughter is having a dual purpose Open House for family and friends - to show off her new home and to visit with big sis.  The girls and I, plus a couple of cousins will be having a big ol' pajama party afterwards!  There will be no shortage of conversation and laughs - nor much sleep!  So, this week Youngest Daughter and I will be cooking up some good eats for the weekend and her Open House.  Looking forward to all of it!
OK, on to the card.  I wanted to send my friend, Jayne, a card congratulating her on becoming a grandma the fourth time but nary a baby card in my stash!  (Not a great demand for baby cards amongst my circle of friends.  Guess I should make some "grandparent" cards to be ready for the next one, huh?)  The next stumbling block was that I don't own any current baby-type stamps.  Not to be deterred, I used the retired Animal Stories set and CASE'd this card made by Kris McIntosh, with a couple of minor changes.  What is it about wanting to use your stamps sets after they've retired?  Oh well. 

Stampin' Up! supplies used unless otherwise noted.
Stamps - Animal Stories (retired), Teeny Tiny Wishes, Swirls & Curls Verses (inside)
Paper - White, Bashful Blue, vellum
Ink - Bashful Blue, Night of Navy (inside)
Tools - Beautiful Wings embosslit, embossing folders - Perfect Polka Dots, Finial Press, and Square Lattice, non-SU! circle & scallop circle dies

Thanks for peeking in today!  I'm not sure if I'll have a chance to post the rest of this week.  Just remember - I'll be back!  Have a great week.

Animal Stories Archeological Dig

Hi friends!  Here is another card "dug up" from my card stash.  The background entails a technique very similar to the Baby Wipe technique (to get the stripes).  Dampen a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol, then a dab or two of re-inker, then swipe it down a piece of glossy card stock.  Do one color at a time (lightest to darkest), using a separate cotton ball for each color.   If you find that the cotton ball becomes too dry, you can moisten it with a spritzer filled with some alcohol.  (No, not tequila!)  You don't want to saturate the cotton ball nor contaminate the remaining contents of the rubbing alcohol in the bottle!  The horse image (looks like a funky swayback but I like him!) was stamped onto White and the edges were sponged with Not Quite Navy.  The stamped piece was then matted to Rich Razzelberry and Crushed Curry.  (See, I told ya it was a dig!  Crushed Curry retired last year. lol)  Set two jumbo eyelets in the corner (make sure you leave enough room between your holes so the eyelets will fit - voice of experience here).  Run some ribbon through the back of the eyelets to the front and tie in a knot.  Adhere the focal piece to your hand made background panel, which is matted to a Crushed Curry card base.  Add a layered oval sentiment popped up on dimensionals.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Animal Stories (retired), Teeny Tiny Wishes (sentiment)
Paper - Glossy card stock, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry
Ink - Not Quite Navy, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry, Old Olive
Tools - Crop-a-dile. oval punches (smallest is retired now)
Other - Jumbo eyelets, ribbon (non-SU!), alcohol, cotton balls, sponges, dimensionals

Thank you so much for visiting today!  Hope you're inspired to try a new technique or resurrect an old one!