So, this was one such occasion. My sister and brother-in-law asked me to make a card for friends who just had a baby girl. As I was thinking of the card layout, I realized that I really couldn't settle on any one style. Sure, a card for a baby girl should be cutesy but that's not my usual style. So I made three cards utilizing three different styles and left it to my sister and bro-in-law to choose one.
Elegant
This is the first card I made. I saw a card on SplitCoastStampers that used this layout and I loved it. So simple and elegant. So I took the layout and changed up the colours, papers and stamps. Doesn't exactly scream 'baby girl' but hey, at least it's pink and oh so pretty. Damasks are awesome.
Vintage
I love vintage stuff. It's so different from the clean and simple designs that I normally like but I can't help ogling vintage-y stuff. Although these collage cards look like they're just thrown together, it actually took me a while to figure out how to place the various ephemera (man, I love the word, 'ephemera'). I still can't decide on whether I should have added photo corners to the bottom of the card as well. On the one hand, I think I would like the balance. On the other, I didn't want the card to look too put together. Now this card really doesn't scream 'baby girl' but I incorporated a bird and egg. That's kinda symbolic, right?
Cute
Okay, so I finally made a cute card that was baby-appropriate. I've had that cute bird stamp from Imaginisce for over a year and never used it once. I think I did a pretty good job of 'cute', don't you think? The top left corner was looking a little barren so I added three pearls. I was originally going to use black pearls to create a visual triangle out of the black elements on the card but that's probably a little too morbid for a baby card. So now I have a white visual triangle. Kinda works, right?
So, here are three very different cards using three very different styles, none of which I can decidedly say I am committed to (you didn't think the title of this post was referring to my love life, did you?). Can you guess which one sis and co. chose?
Elegant:
Stamps:Unity Stamp Co., Papertrey Ink
Inks: Tsukineko Memento
Paper: Cardstock - Stampin' Up!, Papertrey Ink; DP - SEI
Other supplies: Medium corner rounder
Vintage:
Stamps: Stampin' Up!, Character Constructions, Impression Obsession
Inks: Papertrey Ink, Tsukineko Memento, Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Paper: Cardstock - Stampin' up!, Recollections pre-scored cards
Other supplies: Ephemera - K & Company, Making Memories; pop dots
Cute:
Stamps: Imaginisce, Darcie's, Papertrey Ink
Inks: Tsukineko VersaFine, Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up!
Paper: Cardstock - Papertrey Ink, Recollections pre-scored cards; DP - Jillibean Soup
Other supplies: Pearls - Recollections; Ribbon - Papertrey Ink; Border Punch - EK Success; Markers - Tsukinedo Memento, Marvy Uchida; pop dots
