A Roaring Congrats!

Hi everyone and thank you for stopping by today! On the blog today we have a cute new born congratulations card for a colleague that I made using the My Favorite Things Lions and Tigers stamp set.

Here is the card:

My lovely colleague Tim and his wife have just had a baby boy - Benjamin and he's such a cutie pie! So I made the family a little congratulations card to say exactly that!

Here are the supplies used

White card stock (for the card base)

My Favorite Things Watercolour Wash 6 x 6 Pad

My Favorite Things Plaid 6 x 6 Pad

Presscut Scalloped Rectangle Dies

Crea-lies XXL 44 Rectangles Dies

Lawn Fawn Small Puffy Cloud Dies

My Favorite Things Lions and Tigers Stamp Set and Die

WPlus9 Landscape Border Dies

My Favorite Things Welcome Baby Stamp Set

For Colouring

Spectrum Noir Markers in BG7 and BG10

Envelope
We R Memory keepers Envelope Punch Board
Amy Tangerine Stitched 12 x 12 Paper Pad

Tools

Sizzix Big Shot with Cutting Pads

3D Foam Tape

Red Liner Tape

Scissors

Ruler

Pencil

Paper Cutter / Trimmer / Guillotine

As you can see I did a lot of layering in this card - everything looks dimensional and I really do love making cards with dimension - I'll use most opportunities to add 3D foam tape on lots of die cuts!

The mix of the plaid and watercolour wash paper goes well together on this card and I love the family of lions and tigers too.

I hope that you like this card and thank you so much for stopping by on the blog today!

Until next time - Happy Crafting!

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