Paper and Tape

October 28, 2012

Paper and Tape

I was out catching up with a friend yesterday.  We were wandering the local farmers market and she mentioned that she couldn’t find a “New Baby” card for a girl that wasn’t pink, and she knew the mother of the baby she was buying for wasn’t a fan of pink.  As I have made a few cards in my time I offered to have a go at seeing what I could come up with.  This is what I came up with:

It was a bit of a challenge given that anything in the craft shops for new babies are predominantly blue or pink, and I couldn’t avoid the pink all together.  I’m not a huge fan of the orange that seems to be creeping into fashion and decor at the moment but somehow it seemed to work here.

I find that getting my card making toys out and put away again is pretty exhausting so I usually try to make a few extras when I’m set up:

 

 

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