Serendipity Stamps - Center Step Card

I have some pretty big news today, so big that I have had a really hard time keeping this news to myself.   A few weeks ago I was asked to join the Serendipity Stamps Design Team.  I know!  Me.  On a Design Team.  Shocking, right?  Even more so when you see the names of the other fabulous designers who are on the Serendipity Team.  Among them are current team members Jeanne Jachna, Amy Cokley, Jenny Gropp, Sue Eldred and Miriam Napier. Today there are two other new faces joining the Serendipity Design Team along with me, Pauline Pollington and Helen Berry.  I  can't believe my cards will be right up there with all these great card designers and the best part...I get to use Serendipity Stamps and Dies!   You won't believe how many great images they have and quite a few beautiful and intricate dies as well.  I hope you will make sure to check out the Serendipity store and you will quickly see what I am talking about.  Serendipity’s Special this week is a 40% Off coupon which gives 40% off the most expensive item in the shopping cart. The coupon code is 40FROMHIGH The coupon expires August 29th.

Today for our first challenge, we were to make a Center Step Card.  First assignment, and I have already had to do a Google Image Search to see what a center step card looked like.  Turns out there a ton of examples and even several tutorials with step by step instructions.  Here is the link to the tutorial I used to make my cards.  I love baby cards.  Granted, I don't know a single person who is having a baby and my son and daughter-in-law have not been too cooperative in that area just yet, but I am hoping to be a grandmother one day soon.  I made a couple of center step baby cards using the most adorable Serendipity baby-themed stamps.  What do you think?  They are cute stamps, aren't they?

Just to be sure I have all my bases covered, I made both a boy and a girl version.

I rarely make a baby card without using gingham and these cards are no exception.  The bib is paper pieced and the little duck is popped up with dimensionals.  It's hard to see in the photo, but the flower on the baby cup has some sparkly stickles on it.  Way back in the olden days...even before I had my children, hospitals used to put a cute little beaded id bracelet on every baby.  I added some similar beads tied with twine to look like an old fashioned id bracelet spelling out the word "Sweet".
Here's a pic of what a center step card looks like from the side:

Now that you have seen my first Serendipity cards, make sure you check out what the other designers have created...and for even more fun, don't forget to take a good long look at all of the other great stamps and dies available from Serendipity Stamps.

Serendipity’s Special this week is a 40% Off coupon which gives 40% off the most expensive item in the shopping cart. The coupon code is 40FROMHIGH The coupon expires August 29th.

Jeanne Jachna

Amy Cokley

Jenny Gropp

Miriam Napier

Pauline Pollington

Helen Berry

Details:  Serendipity Stamps, Patterned Paper from Papertrey Ink, yellow twine from the Twinery.

Baby Bib, Etc.  630E

Baby Girl Small 738A

Baby Boy Small 740A