It has been an eventful week or so for me, I packed up my office and will officially be included in the next unemployment stats. I was pleasantly surprised with the ease of Oklahoma’s enrollment process! So now that I’ve taken care of that and enrolling us in my husband’s insurance I can play a little.

I started this card last weekend but it took three tries till I was happy with execution of the concept. First I created a stencil with “New Arrival” in Cricut’s Design Studio software and then I adhered the negative cut to a heavy weight stamp-friendly paper. I gathered every small flower I could find in my acrylic stamp collection, which are a must for this technique so that you can be sure you are not stamping on top of another flower. Originally the entire image was to be this stenciled toile effect but the poor baby just didn’t look right with a flowered face. I ended up cutting the baby’s head and feet from the positive cut and using it as a mask while stamping and coloring the flowers. Leaving the stencil in place until the entire image is stamped and colored will help you get a nice clean line. I had just the perfect Peachy Keen stamp for baby’s mad face.

Every family member that has seen the card design has asked, “why is the baby crying?” So I decided a title on the card might be in order. It is entitled “The Sweetest Sound” because I wanted to represent the moment every parent anxiously awaits, baby’s first cry. This card is for a dear friend who has a baby who met Jesus the same day as our little Gabe was stillborn.

Gabe’s little sister Raeleigh (see below) is the inspiration for this card. She cried the moment her head was out of the womb. I had just finished praying that I wouldn’t have to wait very long to hear her cry. My doctor was amazed she was crying before she even got her out. I told her about my prayer. God is good.

I’m hoping this card will be a cherished keepsake for my friend’s newest little girl, who arrived safe and sound a couple of weeks ago.

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