Submitted by: Shawn Doyle
Theme: Baby Announcement
Description:
Layers of vellum add a soft depth to this baby announcement. Vellum Glue Dots make it easy to layer vellum without the adhesive showing through. The vellum bellyband allows a photo of our daughter to remain tucked in the card.
Required supplies:
- Vellum Glue Dots
- Memory Book Glue Dots
- White cardstock or pre-cut
white note card (Artist's Own)
- Pink cardstock (Artist's Own)
- Pink vellum (Artist's Own)
- White vellum (Artist's Own)
- Baby Foot Stamp (Inkadinkado)
- White ink stamp pad (Inkadinkado)
- The Sharon Ann Collection Baby Girl
Fresh Verse Vellum Strips (Deja Views)
- Rob and Bob Studio frame, (Provo Craft)
- Baby Photo (Artist's Own)
Step-by-step instructions:
- Cut and score white cardstock to desired card size.
- Tear pink cardstock along two edges so that it is a smaller size vertically than the card.
- Attach pink cardstock to the card using Memory Book Glue Dots.
- Tear vellum along two edges so that it is a smaller size vertically than the pink cardstock.
- Attach the vellum to face of the pink cardstock using Vellum Glue Dots.
- On the left side of the card, stamp baby feet onto the vellum.
- Cut white vellum in a circle so it is slightly larger than the frame and attach to the right side of the card using Memory Book Glue Dots.
- Cut baby's image to fit in the frame and attach to the frame using Memory Book Glue Dots.
- Center and attach the frame to the die cut white vellum using Memory Book Glue Dots.
- Tear along two edges of the first "Baby Girl Fresh Verse" vellum strip and attach horizontally onto the card using Vellum Glue Dots.
Cut a second "Baby Girl Fresh Verse" vellum strip so that its length is twice the size than the height of the card.
Wrap the vellum strip around the card vertically and attach using Memory Book Glue Dots. The vellum strip serves as a bellyband.
