Better than store bought - a handmade baby card and birthday card

This is a quick post to show you a couple cards I created this weekend. I needed to put together a couple cards for people that are special to me. A friend of mine is expecting a baby boy very soon, and my oldest son turns 12 in a little over a week. Here is what I came up with:

and the inside:

Tip: emboss the paper prior to die-cutting the shape

Materials

Bashful Blue Cardstock (retired)

Whisper White Cardstock (100730)

Wisteria Wonder Cardstock (122922)

Bashful Blue ink (retired)

Red Glimmer Paper (121790)

Baby, We've Grown Stamp Set (133086) *available Jan 3rd, 2014

Checkerboard Background Stamp (retired)

Everything Nice (inside sentiment - retired)

Hearts Collection Framelits (125599)

Owl Punch (for red heart) (118074)

Dots embossing folder (117335)

Adorning Accents embossing folder (for hearts) (125601)

Wisteria Wonder baker's twine (retired)

Big Shot (113439)

Here is a card I came up with for my son's birthday. I wanted him to know just how spectacular he is, so I used a lot of silver on his card. This card is slightly larger than the standard size (it is 4.5" x 5.75" - having an envelope to fit won't be a problem because I have an envelope punch board!). This is his card:

and the inside:

Materials

Whisper White cardstock -12x12 (124302)
Not Quite Navy cardstock (retired)
Brushed Silver cardstock (100712)
Christmas Star single stamp (134813)
One in a Million Stamp Set (c.126382, w.132052)
Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set (c.130517 ,w.130514)
Itty Bitties stamp set (retired)
Silver Encore Ink (132142)
Not Quite Navy Ink (retired)
Rhinestones (119246)

You can get many of the materials used in these projects in my online store.