A Gem of a Challenge - Something New

Happy New Year!  Wow, what a busy time I had over the festive season, what with Christmas and family birthdays too  It was lovely, but I'm glad it's all over for another year, the decorations are down, and I can get back to a bit of crafting!
We have a new challenge starting today over at A Gem of a Challenge, where our theme is, appropriately enough, "Something New".  I've gone for a new baby card, to celebrate the arrival of our great niece, Catherine, who was born yesterday.  I've used Baby Boy Bear from the Pink Gem shop, which, as you can see, can be coloured up for either sex, or done in neutrals, as I have.  The pre-coloured digi is, however in blue.

 I coloured the image with Promarkers, die cut with a Grand Spellbinder die, inked the edge with Old Paper Distress Ink, then added tiny dots of white Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue round the edge.  I then layered this onto a another die cut, this time cut with a Floral Oval Spellbinder.
The card is a 5x7, onto which I layered some Papermania, Lincoln Linen, spotty paper.  On top of that I added an embossed panel, done with a Darice folder that I got for Christmas.  It's a fab folder, A6 in size, that adds distressed edges, leaving the middle blank, it'll be perfect for stamped images too.  I inked this with more Old Paper ink, and embellished with white, wooden buttons.
The sentiment was stamped with a Personal Impressions stamp, then die cut with another die from the Floral Ovals set, and I finished off with some white organza ribbon and my ubiquitous bow.

I'm entering this in the following challenges -

Crafty Catz - #260 - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles - #1 - Tic Tac Toe -  The only thing I'm missing from the whole board is stitching!
4 Crafty Chicks - #227 - Celebration
The Crafter's Cafe - #97 - New
Eureka - #121 - Something Old, Something New - Old paper and dies, new embossing folder and buttons
ABC Challenge - A is for Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - #127 - Bears