Baby Card by Lauren Tomecek

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My friend gave birth to a beautiful baby girl in late October so of course I had to make her a celebratory card! There is something precious about receiving a hand made card and often they come together quite quickly if you already have a set design in mind.

Here is how I made my card, if you want to make something similar.

1/ Cut your cardstock to 6" x 8", scoring it halfway and folding to create the base.

2/ Cut a rectangle slightly smaller than 6" x 4" from CO724016. Ink the edges in a dusky pink and stick to the base cardstock.

3/ Cut a strip from CO723997 and stick in the centre of the card.

4/ Die cut the border piece CO724045 four times from white cardstock and adhere down the sides of the green strip.

5/ Die cut the scalloped circle from CO724019.

6/ Die cut the circle from white cardstock and ink the edge with the dusky pink.

7/ Die cut the rocking horse. I used an Ultimate Crafts die but you could use the Couture Creations rocking horse CO723518 from the Secret Treasures collection.

8/ Ink the edges of the rocking horse and cover with crackling medium. Leave this to dry for a few hours. My horse curled up during the drying stage, I put it under my embossing plates and ran it through my Big Shot a few times to flatten it out.

9/ Once dry, adhere the rocking horse to the cardstock circle. Stick the circle to the scalloped circle. Place rhinestones in every second scallop and a pearl for the horses eye.

10/ Loop a ribbon as shown in the photo and stick to the card. Adhere the scalloped circle over the top using mounting foam tape.