Baby Boy
When I first got my hands on this new Penny Black slapstick stamp set, I knew I could do fun things with it and it would become a Design Team favorite. “Cute as a Button” is perfect for tags — I decided to create a tag that I could mount to a card.
I found a jar of ‘sand’ embossing powder at the bottom of my stash. I stamped the button background image onto Penny Black Mix & Match Cardstock and heat embossed. I trimmed the image, mounted it and placed a bow at the top. I stamped the greeting onto the botton of a card panel and matted that piece as well.
The little pup actually belongs to Miss Mimi – it’s from our new “Mimi in Paris” transparent set of stamps. I colored him with markers and trimmed the image carefully. TIP: When wet embossing, once your powder has melted, also run your heat gun under your cardstock for a few seconds…this will help the paper flatten out.
Are you ready for today’s cardstock giveaway?! Here’s the trio I used for my card, “Fern Green”. The olive tones are perfect for masculine, or in this case, baby boy cards.
Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win this pack of Mix & Match Cardstock along with a few more. Be sure to check out the details of this week’s Penny Black Card Challenge – it’s all about embossing. Our challenges are posted every Monday. Enter your card into our Gallery for a chance to win 3 Penny Black stamps or stamp sets! Happy Stamping!
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This card is as cute as a button. More mix and match paper packs….oh boy…I think I need some of these.
that stamp is really cute as a button!! love the button-licious background!!
This one has got CUTE written all over it. Love the colors and the design. TFS
Its cute alright, never heard of sand embossing powder but the effect with that gorgeous stamp is brilliant. Loving the cute little puppy too.
What a neat set… Love those buttons…. a very sweet card.
I adore this card!! This looks like my mini schnauzer/Westie mix Jake that we rescued from the local Animal Friends which is a no kill shelter. Your card is as lovable as my Jake!
I am putting Mimi in Paris on my wish list 🙂
*Hugs*
~Andrea
It sure is cute that little puppy is adorable and this cardstock looks so cool
Love the green tones in this pack. The card is so simple and cute. Thank you for the opportunity to enter.
Absolutely cute.
Adorable card! Love the cardstock!
That cards so cute an a different alternative to the usual baby card and thanx for all the inspiration wen I get crafter’s block.xx
Love the fact that you’ve used red for a boy – but it’s utterly masculine for it’s a deep red & so toned with the olive that you don’t really think about it; unless you’re looking (like me). This is a lovely & unusual baby boy card.
Paula (PEP)
Love the new stamps – and more paper! Can one ever have enough? lol 🙂
Lovely card design, great colours.
** Kate **
What a wonderful card! Love the stamps so cute!
cute card! love the button background!
Very nice card. I like the new button stamp set.
gorgeous card – and i love background stamps. Hence i love the new stamp releases from Penny Black. I do love this button background, because the design is continuous. You can cover big cardstocks as well and are not restricted to the size of the stamp.
Cute card.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
Cute!!! Love that background button stamp! Great colors.
Very cute card!! Love the button background stamp and the olive tone cardstock!
What a lovely card and a cute stampset.
Marie-Anne
Love the button background! I also like the coordinating papers. Really nice! Cute card, keep them coming!!!! 🙂
Love the little puppy on the front of the card – so sweet. Love the use of the colored paper for the baby boy card – not the traditional blue which is great. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.
O what a cutie, love that stamp and cute as a button sentiment. Thank you for the chance to win that fabulous cardstock xxx
That button background stamp is fabulous! I’ve got a dozen ideas for it already! Love the green mix and match papers too.
what a cute card!
Sandra ltb
A cute card and a very useful stamp set. Penny Black always delivers on their designs.
What a cute card! The colors are so appealing. Never would have thought of using those colors for baby boy. I just love it. Keep up the great work!
so cute! Luv the background button stamp and heat embossing! Coodinating papers are really nice too! 🙂
What a fun set of stamps! Your card is as cute as a button!! Love it!
cute dog….awesome background!
LOVE the card … you always provide such great inspiration. Thank you!
Cute card but I love the use of sand embossing powder and the button stamp.
This is adorable! Love the button background.
I love this button background stamp. Card is a cutie, too!
what a sweet card!! the button background is too cute!
Soooo adorable! I love the button background paired up with that puppy. 🙂
Your card is really as cute as a button,love the colours and the dogie.
Soooo adorable. Beautiful card.
Just in time for all the babys, that seem to be popping up around me. Thank you!
I love the button background stamp. Stinkin cute!
This is soo cute! Love those button stamp!
What a great idea for a baby card! LOVE Mimi’s pup – that set is TOO CUTE! Thanks for the embossing tip! Can’t wait to try out this PB cardstock – it comes in such great colors!
Love the buttons! Very cute card idea.
What a cute card! Thats so lovely stamp.
Like this stamp set and the card is adorable. Beautiful papers, I like these colors and I can think of many themes. Thanks, Hugs to all, Sharon :o)
Very cute card! Love the colors chosen. This little dog makes the card for me, he is so cute. But the button background is pretty darn cool also! Thanks for sharing!
Katie
The mix and match papers keep calling out to me! Those buttons can be used for so many things. Thank you for sharing.
Very cute card!! Boys and puppies, a definite winning combo. Love the papers.
Yes that dog is definately as cute as a button! such a sweet card
I love buttons and that button stamp is so cute. And so is your card!!! The puppy is perfect!
one of my best friends is haveing her 1st baby in just a few days.. thanks for the different idea for a boy’s card!
What an adorable card!
Now that is really cute!! I have a jar of sand ep I’ve never opened & you’ve inspired me to use it!
awwww… this is so adorable!! super card!
Love those shades of green, green is one of my favorite colors! :>
The button background is so fun!
I just love this adorable little stamp set, and what you created with it. I’m also loving these beautiful colors we’re seeing. Thanks for a chance to win, I love it all.
Karen
Wow love all this stuff. I am officially addicted!!!
I love that puppy,he’s so cute! Great card, tfs
Never thought that this stamp set can make such a beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!
I love how you mixed red and green and it doesn’t look like Christmas. I guess I tend to get stuck like that with color combos, so I need to rethink the use of some colors together. That little dog is as cute as a button.
I love that button stamp as well as the gorgeous mix & match cards.
Cute card! Love the new button background 🙂 Sweet puppy too!!
Jenny x
My fav colors to work with are olives; thanks for the chance to win some of this fabulous papers!
Love this card – I agree the greens are wonderful for a masculine card and having the different shades/hues packaged together is a huge bonus! Thanks for the give-a-way!
Great button stamp! Darling card!
DeniseB