Yesterday I posted the baby girl card we made at my April Stamp-a-Stacks.  Today I'm sharing the baby BOY card from my May Stamp-a-Stacks.  But first, some background about how this card came to be….

I recently received a swap card that particularly caught my eye.  It featured the sweet little "Bambi" from the Forest Friends stamp set that we had used on last month's baby card, and Becca's layout really charmed me as well.  I knew I wanted to copy it, but it seemed a little redundant to double right back with the very same stamp we used just last month. 

So here's what I ended up doing:  I kept the overall layout (template), repeated the baby theme (from last month - except for a boy, this time), and switched out the colors and the stamps used.

I took my own color challenge – from my latest newsletter:  Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, and Tempting Turquoise.  The stamp set is Nursery Necessities.  (BTW, if you don't already get my newsletter, you can subscribe in the left-hand column of my blog – www.StamptheRock.com .)

And now you know the story of how this card came to be! 

Here's how I created the oval frame:  I cut an oval mask with my Coluzzle,  laid it onto the Whisper White layer and sponged So Saffron Classic ink all around.  Each stroke began on top of the mask and swept out towards the edges of the paper. This left the most intense color right at the edge of the mask.  Once the mask was removed, I used a Stampin' Write marker to draw "stitches" around the edge of the oval.