This card is for my youngest daugher Raeleigh who is turning three soon. I’ve been working on this card a while and just finished it up last night.

I started by cutting a 5 x 7 card base and folding it so it would fit in my Cuttlebug. Then I used square Nestabilities to cut a scalloped hole in the front of the card. Next I cut a 5 x 7 piece of glitter stock and backed the inside front of the card. I then stamped the Disney stamp with black ink on a nice heavyweight paper from Bristol. After coloring the image with Copic markers I cut it out and embossed it with the next size down.

I’ve noticed that some people are thinking the baby/stork card I did was done with patterned paper. So, I want to be clear, the “3? was cut on the same white Bristol paper with Alphalicious at 3 inches. I stamped the three with a variety of flower stamps, leaving room for the bee. While coloring the “3? I emphasized pinks/purples since the card is for a girl and picked up the same colors from the Disney stamp.

The bee is cut at 1 inch from Walk in My Garden. First I colored the black areas with Copic’s pigment ink multiliner. Because I used pigment ink I could color the yellow stripes without being afraid it would bleed. This pen is also good for touching up a stamp that didn’t quite stamp well. I used Icicle Stickles for the wings and Black Diamond for the antenaes and tail.

I used 3D Zots to adhere everything, giving it a nice dimensional look, especially with the bee.

I had a lot of fun doing this card because most of the time cricut cuts are done in layers of colored paper. I think the idea of cutting things in white and coloring it like this opens all kinds of new creative possibilities!

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