Sweet teddy bear baby cards...

 

I wanted to make a couple of baby cards to donate, so I downloaded a free teddy bear image and cut it out with a stitched circle die.

For this first card, I matted the image with a slightly larger navy blue circle. I also cut off a narrow section of the card front. I think it was 3/4". I added some blue striped paper to my card front and a 1" strip of navy blue polka dot DSP to the inside.

The sentiment was stamped onto a die-cut shape and popped up on dimensionals.

I decided to add some of the striped paper to the inside, too, and then used another shaped die-cut for the sentiment.

The striped paper is light enough to write a note or sign a name.

This card was a little trickier to make. I figured out where my card center would be, and then I used partial die-cutting to cut half the circle from the front flap of the card. 

I added the little strips (at the top on each side of the circle and across the bottom) of a darker cardstock for a little added decoration.

And once again the image was matted with the darker cardstock before it was adhered to the card.

When this top-folding card is opened, this is what you see on the inside.

I thought it was cute, but it really took too much time for me to make more of them. I fussed around with the DSP for the card front for ages! It was hard to get it to fit just right around the half-circle opening.

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We celebrated my DH's birthday tonight by having family over for some Dairy Queen ice cream cake. That stuff is seriously good on a warm summer day!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl