LOC Beautiful Baby

I took great pleasure in making this card as it is Baby Loss Awareness Week and there are so many people who have had their lives changed by such a terrible loss - our family included, and it is in celebtration of those little lives that I made this card....I cannot take credit for the layout, I was inspired by this weeks Featured Stamper on SCS the lovely Chris Olsen (aka Glowbug) and what a pleasure it is to look through her gallery!  I cased this card.

What better set to use than the Layers of Color Flower Child set, I stamped the image into a Labels 1 Nestibilitie and coloured it with chalks, adding Kindy Glitz for that shimmer.  The edges have been sponged around with Distressing Ink. The frame was stamped in black and them sponged with Walnut Stain Distressing Ink (my favourite colour for sponging) and the sentiment, from PTI, is stamped in the Distressing Ink.  I cut a slot in each end of the frame and threaded the ribbon through.

The hearts are also from the Layers of Color Flower Child set, they have been stamped, cut out, coloured with chalks and layered into the Labels 1 Nestie which has been popped up on Dimensionals, as a result I have popped up the right hand side of the hearts with HALF a dimensional, a fiddly job BUT well worth the effort - I really like the result!

All DP's have been sponged (yes - with distressing ink!)  the lower panel has a row of lace added underneath where Chris has the border punch (thanks to Maxine aka Kiwime for the lace) with the final touch of Nail Bling.

This card is also for the Die cut Dreams Challenge which is focusing on Baby Loss Awareness Week - thank you Susie for the reminder!!  It is also for the Stampin' Sister s in Christ Challenge where we to be inspired by the scripture Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." (NIV) and make a card with a Baby theme. 

What a perfect scripture for this week...God knows about every little life, whether we get to hold them or not - I so look forward to the day I see our little 'Tyler Aaron' who never heard with his ears that we loved him but certainly knew in his heart!  I thank God for the knowledge that he has gone from being my child to HIS child!!  I am so grateful for the three beautiful children we have been blessed with and celebrate them...every life is precious!

Thank you for coming by today and for your beautiful comments....today my heart is with those who are going through so much sadness and loss, whether it be recent or  in past years and I do pray that your hearts will find peace!  God bless you!