Not Just For Babies!

Aloha, all! 

     "Not Just For Babies" refers to one of Stampin' Up!'s newest set of Designer Series Specialty Papers, Nursery Suite.  As I have no new babies in my family or circles of friends at the moment, and none on the way, my eyes just skipped right over this set while I was first looking through Stampin' Up! newest Idea Book and Catalog. 

     Then I remembered an article in an issue of Stampin' Up!'s demonstrator magazine, Stampin' Success, that had used this set to mimic Bargello stitching.  So I went back and looked a little bit more closely at the paper set AND decided to buy it.  So there I was with this big package of papers and I had to figure out what to do with it!  AND – I wanted to prove to myself – and to you! – that this set of papers is Not Just For Babies!  Thus my first card, using one of the die cut sheets from the set, some coordinating Pear Pizzazz Stitched-Poly Ribbon, and one of our brand new stamp sets, For Everything.  The colors featured in this card are Pretty in Pink, Pear Pizzazz, and Baja Breeze.  Accented with a Flower Brad and a greeting motif using the Scallop Oval Punch matted with a scallop oval cut with the Sizzix Movers and Shapers die, this is a nicely pastel card – and Not Just for Babies!

     While I had the Pear Pizzazz Stitched-Poly Ribbon out, I went for a different piece of paper from the set, this time featuring more of the Baja Breeze and Pear Pizzazz, without any of the Pretty in Pink.  For this card, I used another new type of product featured in the newest catalog, the Quick Accents Self-Adhesive Die Cuts (stickers to the rest of the world) that goes with the paper set.  Stampin' Up! has fewer Simply Scrappin' sets this year, but has added some of the self-adhesive die cut sets which you may purchase to accent some of your Designer Series Paper sets.  The strip of scalloped Pear Pizzazz is from the Quick Accents set, and it matches up perfectly with Stampin' Up!'s Scallop Edge Punch.  Nice touch!  The accent color for this card is Chocolate Chip, and the mat behind the "Get Well Wishes" (from the Stamp Set Teeny Tiny Wishes) also comes form the Quick Accents pack.  To finish the card off, I added some of Stampin' Up!'s newest Designer Buttons, tied with a bit of white embroidery floss.  A comforting Get Well card – and Not Just for Babies!

     Remember that I said that Stampin' Up! featured a bargello-themed card in a recent issue of its magazine.  This card is totally copied from that sample.  It also highlights one of the other colors featured in the Nursery Suite papers, So Saffron.  I still had those buttons out, so accented the greeting made from the Brand New Stamp Set, Fabulous Phrases, and tied on a piece of 5/8" Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon.  Stampin' Up! designs nice cards!  And even they know this set is Not Just For Babies!

    

     But YOU might want to see how this set can be used to make a quick and easy Baby Card!  This is about as quick and easy as it gets.  Just cut some paper and ribbon, layer it up, and add a pre-made greeting from the Quick Accents set!!  No stampin' at all!  And those little bunnies are as cute as a, well, bunny.

     For this last card, I used the other die cut paper in the Nursery Suite set of papers, and accented it with TWO of the sticker strips from the Quick Accent set.  It's all on a card made of Pretty in Pink and tied together with some 5/8" Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, with a Thank You from the For Everything Stamp Set!  Definitely Not Just for Babies!

     This Blog Post was originally a part of the SUDSOL (Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing Online) second Blog Tour.  I had so much fun creating the post with all these various designs!  But, to keep things simple, I did not include the card layouts for these cards.  As the month of August goes on, I'll try to revisit some of these designs and provide some layouts.

     For now – just remember that Nursery Suite Designer Series Papers and Quick Accents are NOT JUST FOR BABIES!!