Baby Cards

Baby cards are one of my favourite greetings to make!

"A baby has a special way of adding joy in every single day.
~Author UnknownE"

There's something so amazing about a new little one and handmade baby cards can help to make the occasion of a child's birth an even more special event. Often the new mother will keep such cards as mementos to show their child later in life, or just to re-live the joy of welcoming a new member of the family.

Traditionally, the colours are pink for girls and blue for boys and yellow if you don't know the gender of the baby yet, but these days you can find cards with almost any pastel colour on them.

Today crafters are often more adventurous with colour, using bold brights and even black and white colour themes. So don't be limited by tradition unless you want to be!

I still like soft pastel colours myself and often use mauves and pale yellows.

What if you have twins or triplets born in the family? It's a lot of fun to make babies in bundles! Here I have made a boy twin card using the baby bundle embellishment idea, and you can see that it would be possible to use this idea for a multiple birth:

How to Make a Baby Bundle Embellishment:

• First, punch out a small circle of flesh coloured cardstock and a larger circle to make the blanket. I used decorative scissors to cut mine out
  
• Next, draw some cute little eyes (simpler seems better) and the suggestion of a nose on the smaller circle, adding a curl if you wish. I added pale pink chalk on their cheeks as well
  
• Now take the larger circle and place the little head in one section (adhere it down now), then fold over the larger circle to make a blanket. Adhere it in place
  

Now you can use your baby embellishment on your baby card or in your scrapbook album!

Want another idea? Perhaps you'd like to know how I made the first card on this page.

I love to use cute stamps on my handmade greetings for new mothers as well. Here I have used a small cute stamp (stamped in black Stazon ink so colouring the image wouldn't cause it to run) of a rocking tot on glossy white cardstock, coloured in with pastel chalks and a blender pen, then matted on a coordinating colour of cardstock. I chose a pretty ribbon to highlight the main image. Finally, I placed the image on a card base and added a brad and another little ribbon. Voila! All done!

Here's a card I made for my newest grandson using a sketch that had three square embellishments down one side.

Do You Have A Favourite Handmade Card to Share?

Have you made a card lately and have fallen in love with it? Do you have a picture of it too? We'd love you to share it!

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