Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

 

A friend of mine asked if I'd make a card for a work colleague of hers who had just had a new baby.  When she told me the baby's name was Ruby, well how could I not want to make the card in red?!   Not an easy colour for a baby card to be sure - and so I was forced to really put on my thinking cap!  

In the end, I kept the red to a minimum - basically a white on white and just a few accents of red.  My lovely Gummiapan dies (rocking horse, teddy bear and crib and curtain) came out once again along with this pretty circle aperture die from Waltzing Mouse.  

The trick with these Gummiapan dies is to "snip and layer" them (the dies have been cleverly designed to allow for easy snipping)!   For example I cut the cradle body twice and snipped off the legs and back walls of the 2nd cut and it was laid over the first.  Now the back walls of the crib and the legs sits behind - as they would IRL!   Because the effect was too subtle in white on white, I actually did the same to a third die cut.  Christine Stokes has a Youtube channel that will explain it much better than I ever could!  Then it was just a matter of placing a snippet of red card stock behind the heart cavity and filling it with glossy accents for a heart shaped ruby fit for a princess - especially one named Ruby!  

I cut the curtain from vellum and then the top and bottom frill of the curtain from red, snipped and layered it over the vellum, added my curtain to the crib and placed it over the crib then added it to my aperture with thin foam tape.   The advantage of the red bits on the curtain is that there are places to hide any adhesive - although this vellum is so thick it's barely visible anyway.  The top of the curtain is directly glued to the base and I managed to hide a tiny snippet of foam tape behind the red part of the base of the curtain to give the curtain support where it extends beyond the crib.

The teddy bear was cut from white card stock and then again from white felt - I cut a few dots from a snippet of black for the eyes.   I cut the rocking horse twice, snipped the mane, tail and around the front legs from the 2nd die cut and laid it over the first.  I then did the same again to one cut from white felt.  I used another of the black dots for the eye.

The Welcome sentiment (Lil Inker) was cut 3 times, stacked and added to the top and the name (this tiny alphabet is also from Gummiapan) was cut and stack twice.  Afterwards I decided to add glossy accents to the curtain trim, sentiment and name so they matched the ruby on the crib.

Since the Colourful Option for the month of November is red, I'd like to add my card there!

As soon as I heard the baby's name I thought of the song from the Kaiser Chiefs Ruby, hence the title of this blog post - if you're not familiar with the song check it out here (it's a favourite of my son's and mine)!  And as Fab'n'Funky Challenge #604 has the theme "music to my ears" (basically make something that's inspired by a song or song title or has a musical theme), I'd like to enter my card there! 

The theme for Inspirational Challenge #328 is layer it up and that's exactly what I had to do with this card to achieve the desired 3-D effect!

Thanks for visiting, I hope you go away a little inspired!  And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and hopefully be able to find you!

Kate