Baby Boy

Crafter's Companion Bebunni "New Arrival"

A friend of mine is having a baby boy very soon and I wanted to make her a card.  Plus, I bought this stamp and needed a reason to use it - haha.  I need to make a confession here, making cards for little boys and men are much more difficult then they are for girls and women.  I had the image colored and the "Too Cute" stamped but I was so stumped on a layout yet again.  This seems to be a recurring problem so I think maybe it's time to find a book of card sketches to work from.  What was some of my inspiration for this card is the challenges I am entering it into, see them below.

The following is the list of Spectrum Noir markers I used to color this image:

Bebunni - IG1, IG2, IG4, IG6, IG7, PP1, PP3, PP5
Balloons - LG1, LG2, LG3, LG4, LG5
Blanket - LG1, LG2, LG3, LG4
Sky - TB2, TB3

I used the Blender Re-Inker and applied it to a cloth then dabbed the cloth to Bebunni and the blanket to give them both a soft, textured look.  The paper used is from AUTHENTIQUE: Precious Collection titled "Precious Boy" and "Kaleidoscope".  Added a few buttons, some twine, cut a tag shape with my Cricut, tied BoBunny's Double Dot ribbon to it and dabbed it with Versa Color "Fresh Green" ink.  Finished it off with a green flower gem.  What amazed me was I came up with this layout myself knowing I wanted to keep it somewhat simple but add layers and dimension with different cardstock and embellishments.  I also managed to incorporate two techniques that I have mentioned before - "Outside the box die cutting" and "Clean inked edge with a die cut".

CHALLENGES:

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - Anything Goes LRSCB93
Spectrum Noir Monthly Challenge - Green
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 311 "What a Gem"