Darling Duck Friends

Don’t you just love these darling duck friends.  They are dressed alike and happy as can be.  You can create this adorable card for all your friends who are expecting and watch them melt.  It’s really too cute for words. 


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Supplies:
Stamps: Fable Friends Cling (148670)
Paper: Highland Heather (146986); Whisper White (100730); Gorgeous Grape (146987), Subtles 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (149615)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (132708); Granny Apple Green (146990); Versamark (102283); Daffodil Delight Dark Stampin’ Blend (144585); Mango Melody Light Stampin’ Blend (147943); Highland Heather Stampin’ Blend (146881);
Other: Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine (124262); White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132(; Heat Tool (129053); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); SNAIL Adhesive (104332); Paper Snips (103579); Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements:
Highland Heather – 8 ½” x 5 ½”; scored at 4 ¼” to form card base
Whisper White – 5 ¼” x 3”; 3 ½” x 3 ¼”
Gorgeous Grape – 2 ¼” x 7/8”
Subtle 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (DSP) Highland Heather – 5 ¼: x 4”

Directions:

1. Fold Highland Heather Cardstock in half to form card front.
2. Glue the DSP to the card front.
3. Glue the Whisper White (5 ¼” x 3”) to the middle of the DSP.
4. Stamp the grass in Granny Apple Green ink on the bottom of the Whisper White.
5. Stamp the geese on the Whisper White (3 ½ x 3 ¼”) in Tuxedo Black Memento ink.
6. Color the geese with the Stampin’ Blends and cut out with Paper Snips.
7. Pop up the geese with Stampin’ Dimensionals on the grass.
8. Stamp the sentiment in Versamark ink on Gorgeous Grape, apply White Emboss Powder and heat set.
9. Cut the right end of the Gorgeous Grape to create a banner. Glue to the Whisper White lining up the left edge with the Whisper White edge.
10. Tie a bow in the Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine and glue dot to the left side of the banner.
11. Now you have your very own darling duck friends to enjoy.

Welcome Baby With Ducks

If a friend or family has a baby, you can welcome baby with ducks.  Maybe it will be a new approach for you.  The Fable Friends stamp set is perfect for special occasions just like this and maybe a few others.  You can really be creative with this stamp set and just use your imagination.  Just look at the stamp set image below and you decide.


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Supplies:
Stamps: Fable Friends (148670), Well Said Bundle (148796)
Cardstock: Whisper White (100730), Balmy Blue (146982), Highland Heather (146986)
Ink: Memento stamp pad (132708)
Miscellaneous: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Flirty Flamingo Combo Pack (147278), Balmy Blue Combo Pack (148544), Crumb Cake Combo Pack (144601), Pumpkin Pie Combo Pack (144599), Highland Heather Combo Pack (147276), Mint Macaron Combo Pack (147283), Mango Melody Combo Pack (147945)

Measurements:
• Balmy Blue card base: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″ plus scrap
• Highland Heather: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ plus scrap
• Whisper White: 4″ x 5 1/4″

Instructions:

1. First you place and stamp Mama Duck and the babies on Whisper White using Memento stamp pad.
2. Color Mama and the babies using Stampin’ Up! Blends.
3. The ‘welcome’ is cut from Highland Heather scrap using the Well Written Framelits Dies (bundled with the Well Said stamp set).
4. Cut out ‘baby’ from Balmy Blue scrap using the same framelits.
5. Glue words above Mama Duck and the babies using a small amount of the Multipurpose Liquid Glue. I used a toothpick to add the glue to the words.
6. Lastly, layer the Highland Heather onto the base card and then the Whisper White onto the Highland Heather.  Then you too can welcome baby with ducks.