Precious!

In January my daughters good friend had a sweet baby girl. I wanted to make something special for her. I knew the mother liked making cards so decided to make a layout for her. My intentions were to frame it but right before I was to give it to her I got sick with a cold and cough. Needless to say it never got framed and I never got my baby cuddles in. But my daughter gave it to her and I kept my germs to myself. Everyone was happy and now that I feel better I thought I would share the layout with you.

I knew the mother did not like pink and I had already  made her a card with purple and green. Also the photo was so precious and soft looking so I wanted to keep the layout soft. I went thru my stash and found some Basic Grey 'Little Black Dress' paper that was perfect. It pays to go thru your old papers rather than grabbing the newest ones on top. Who knew!! I wanted to keep the layout simple so that the focus would be on the beautiful baby. I never distressed the edges except for some soft inking. I matted papers onto cardstock then again made 3 smaller mats for the photo itself. Of course it deserved to be front and centre.

On the bottom right corner I added a cluster of soft flowers - some Prima, some handmade and some misc.

Leaves, a butterfly and flower and pearl sprays were tucked in.

Before adding the flower cluster though I inked some paper doilies and adhered one above the cluster and another on the bottom left corner. I then punched a lacy scallop design on soft peach cardstock and ran some lace along the top of it. Some pretty swirly pearls and flowers finished it off.

There was no better title than 'precious'. Again my stash came in handy.

I dabbed white paint on a Blue Fern Studios chipboard word but couldn't decide where to put it. I had a Prima lace and pearl strip that I had been hoarding for 3 years. After-all, it was too pretty to use let alone cut! But I took a deep breath and cut it to fit underneath the Title then put them in the top corner.

It was now beautiful and perfect - just  like the beautiful and perfect baby girl!