Welcome Baby!

My brother-in-law and his wife had their baby on Tuesday, so we're actually back home for the weekend to meet him. My hubby and I are already aunt and uncle to two adorable little girls, but now that their brother is here, boy are we psyched! I come from a family of boys - four little brothers - so I think boys are just extra fun. Now, I am a total girly girl, and often have nothing to do with them and refer to the bros as "stinky boys" - which they are - but I thoroughly enjoy them. And now that our nephew is here, our nieces can enjoy all the fun of having their own "stinky boy" in their lives - I mean besides their dad! Hehe! :) Here's the card I made to welcome the little man:

And here are the DEEtails:

I started off stamping the cute elephant from my Baby Steps stamp. I used my Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker to ink just the large elephant and stamped him on Whisper White card stock. Then I took some pieces of Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, and Pear Pizazz card stock and cut little triangles out. I used my Stampin' Write to scribble a letter on each flag, and hung them on a piece of linen thread by using a bit of adhesive. I adhered one end of my banner under a piece of Nursery Suite Specialty DSP and the other end under my elephant's trunk. Then I took an extra piece of linen thread and tied a little bow around his trunk. I used some Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere my elephant to my DSP and added a Chocolate Chip layer before adhering it to my Baja Breeze card. The great thing about this card, is you can adhere it to a pink card for a girl, or a green card if you're not quite sure what the parents are expecting! Surprises always are fun! :)

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