"Baby Ducks"

Hello all!
How cute and simple is this card. One of my favorite tools is the cuttlebug. Now if you own a microwave in your home then you need a cuttlebug. A cuttlebug is the microwave of paper crafting. Literally you can create a card in 10 minutes. This card took 10 minutes. So think of how many you could make and stock up on with just a few hours of time. The stamps are part of an adorable set called Bitty Baby Blessings from Papertrey.http://www.papertreyink.com. Papertrey has some of the best clear stamp images out there. The owner is the former Chief Editor of Papercrafts Magazine. She is not only a fantastic artist but a talented and savvy business women. She has vision and tenacity. I love their products and service.

The "inches" are made with a 1"inch square punch and the ducks punched out with a 1/2" circle punch. The cuttlebug embossing folders are Baby and Swiss Dot. The very straight scored lines in the photo are created with a "Score Pal". Papertrey sells the "scorepal" now, and here is the website for the scorepal. http://www.scor-pal.com/. It is another fantastic tool. Finally these quick cards are inspired by a lady at SCS named SusieB. I personally think her simple and elegant cards are wonderful. The fact that she shares them is heart warming. She does have a website and gallery on SCS.http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=9069.

Now you know before I could finish the card one of my children had to interrupt so that is why a ten minute card is great because a child wants 5 minutes of that 10 minute card time to participate in the process. (My son was the colorist on the envelope and on the baby ducks you see on the card. He also did the square punching.) So now really think about how many you could create without an assistant that is 3 feet tall. So my coloring assistant used his "Crayola"™ colored pencils on the Mother and Baby Duck on the envelope as well as on the 1/2 circle ducks on the card.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Papertrey "Bitty Baby Blessings"http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_bittybabyblessings.html
Ink: Pallete Ink in Burnt Umber
Paper: Papertrey White, Lemon Tart, DP baby Blessings www.papertreyink.com/pp_bittybabyblessings.html
Accessories: 1" Square Punch, SU 1/2" Circle Punch, Papertrey Lemon Tart Grosgrain Ribbon
Crayola™ colored pencils. Cuttlebug Embossing Folders "Baby" & Swiss Dot.