Baby Edwin's Pram and a Tutorial

Good evening. I would like to thank you for visiting my blog, your wonderful comments on my previous posts are much appreciated. You have put a big smile on my face.

As promised, I finally have some time to put together a tutorial on the BooBoo Bear baby pram I made a couple of weeks ago. I apologize for the delay and thank you for your patience.  If you find the instruction not clear enough, just let me know.

I will start with the finished card.  I used a baby Edwin image on this card for Totally Tilda's current challenge- Oh Baby and Blog Hop. The card measures about 4"(W) x 4 1/2"(H).

Baby Pram Tutorial

Step 1: For this card, I used the largest of Spellbinder Large Circle and Large Scallop Circle dies.

Step 2: Cut the following

• 2 pieces cardstock using the Large Scallop Circle die
• 2 pieces of DP#1 using the Large Circle die
• 1 piece of DP#2 using the Large Circle die

Step 3: Cut away 1/4 of the scallop cardstock from each card base.

Step 4: Cut the DP#1 circles in half.

Step 5: For the pram tops, you need 2 half circles (1 DP#1 and 1 DP#2). 

• Use a protractor, measure and devide each of the half circle into six 30 degree pieces.

• Cut out 4 pieces of triangle from each DP and use them to build the pram tops.

Step 6: Die cut or punch out few strips of 1/2" paper lace. Alternately, you can use fabric lace.

Step 7: For each side of the card, cut the lace strips as follows

• 1 for each of the 4 pram top triangles
• 1 for the pram bottom

Step 8: Cut four 1 1/4" circles for the wheels, and two 3/8" x 2" strips for the pram handles. Cut DP to decorate the wheels and handles if desired.

Step 9: Attach the lace strips to the triangles and pram bottom DP using tape or glue. Decorate the handles and wheels.

Step 10: I distressed the edges of scalop card bases with chalk ink. Decorate the pram top by overlapping 4 DP triangles, alternate DP#1 and DP#2 for contrast. Add the pram handles. The front and back panels are mirror image of each other.

 Step 11: Cover the pram bottom with DP and add wheels.

Step 12: Cut 2 pieces of 2"(W) x 1 1/4"(H) cardstock. These are the connectors for joining the front and back panels of the pram. For each piece, score every 1/2" as below and attach score tape on both ends. Accordion fold the pieces.

Step 13: Join the front and back of the pram using these 2 accordion fold pieces.

Step 14: Complete the card by adding embellishments and stamp image.

Have I exhausted you :^).  Hope you enjoy this tutorial and make a baby pram with your favourite stamp image and DP.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,
Katie

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

• Totally Tilda- Oh Baby and Blog Hop
• 7 Kids- Nellie Snellen and/or layers
• One Stop Craft- For the Boys
• Diva by Design- Anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp- Anything goes, use twine