I jumped right up and let them know I wanted to make their shower invitations. After talking to my sister (who's throwing the shower) her only requirement was to keep them flat for mailing. "I can do that."
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Showing posts with label Baby Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby Cards. Show all posts
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Nephew and Niece's Baby Shower
My sister's oldest son and his wife are expecting their first.
I jumped right up and let them know I wanted to make their shower invitations. After talking to my sister (who's throwing the shower) her only requirement was to keep them flat for mailing. "I can do that."
Here's how the front cover turned out. LOVE that Wink of Stella - and Stickles! Their nursery theme is "Under the Sea" - so we're using that for the shower as well.
I used 2 cartridges on this invitation - the 2nd one is a bit of a surprise.... Life's a Beach! It had all the sea pieces I needed! I got these out in the mail over a month ago to let Gail get them all written out.
Here's Poopie Investigator! He was curious - of course - and had to see what was going on. Thank goodness he's used to my craft work
I jumped right up and let them know I wanted to make their shower invitations. After talking to my sister (who's throwing the shower) her only requirement was to keep them flat for mailing. "I can do that."
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Baptism Card
I knew we had a family baptism coming for awhile, but nothing in the way of stamp sets caught my attention. That is, except this one!
It's a stamp set called All God's Grace and it has lots of options for religious applications - baptism, christening, confirmation, and blessings of any and all kids.
I wanted to keep the front very plain and simple because it's such an important occasion. I did play with the cross a bit. It's stamped in the background in Pacific Point, then I stamped the cross again and fussy cut it so the 2 blues would show. I then stamped baptism in the center of the cross. It uses dimensionals to give the cross some lift.
The inside of the card however, I used two of the sentiments.
The main colors on the card are Bashful Blue (ret.) and Pacific Point with the dove stamped in Crumb Cake.
I hope you enjoy my very simple, hopefully elegant card.
It's a stamp set called All God's Grace and it has lots of options for religious applications - baptism, christening, confirmation, and blessings of any and all kids.
The main colors on the card are Bashful Blue (ret.) and Pacific Point with the dove stamped in Crumb Cake.
I hope you enjoy my very simple, hopefully elegant card.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Baby Card in a Box
My aunt and uncle were coming to visit one night on their way to visit my cousin (review the baby shower invitations)...
I'd seen lots of examples of the "new" stamp set Something for Baby, and wanted to make a card I could send along with them instead of sending it in the mail. I also sent along some things my husband and I got from our local Babies R Us store. We don't have children, but I LOVE going there! So much fun just filling the cart with baby stuff you know the new baby and mommy and daddy will need!
When I got this stamp set, I took a picture of the stack-able toy when we saw it at WM so I'd have a color reference, and I'm glad I did! Instead of stamping the onsie and duckie, I just used some patterned paper and the die to cut out the shapes.
I love the look of layered punches! For the front piece, I layered 4! From back to front, you have the Decorative Label, the Artisan Label, the Modern Label, and 'bundle of boy' is stamped and cut with the Word Window punch. Whew!
Two of the other stamps come from the stamp set "Bundled Baby". I water-colored and hand-cut those to add as accents.
I love the bear image at the right panel - it's one of the retired Build-a-Bear stamps I use on baby cards. He's also water-colored.
The main cardstock color I used is Pacific Point from Stampin' Up. The patterned paper is from a DCWV stack called All Boy.
I'd seen lots of examples of the "new" stamp set Something for Baby, and wanted to make a card I could send along with them instead of sending it in the mail. I also sent along some things my husband and I got from our local Babies R Us store. We don't have children, but I LOVE going there! So much fun just filling the cart with baby stuff you know the new baby and mommy and daddy will need!
Two of the other stamps come from the stamp set "Bundled Baby". I water-colored and hand-cut those to add as accents.
The main cardstock color I used is Pacific Point from Stampin' Up. The patterned paper is from a DCWV stack called All Boy.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
New Baby!
So I've decided that working full time teaching severely cuts into my crafting time, and I don't like it one bit!
That said, I was asked to make 70 invitations to a baby shower for my cousin.
I was so thrilled to hear that they are expecting! The new baby will be a wonderful addition to the family. :)
My cousin and his wife wanted green and yellow as the main colors, with a brown accent. After some thought on this, I went back to a design I've used before for 1 page shower invitations.
I cut the background invitation piece on my Cricut from the New Arrival cartridge, and inked it in a light brown ink to give it some definition. The top piece is vellum, embossed with the Cuttlebug "baby" folder.
I ran out of time, so just a few of the vellum overlays had some inking to bring up the details on the embossing.
I used the retired Stampin' Up slot punch on the edges to thread the ribbon. A little adhesive under the ribbon to keep everything together, and a trick I learned; tie bows upside down.
I turned the cards away from me so I was looking at them upside down, and the bows all turned out right-side up! Go figure.
After assembling them, it took me just a few days to write out all the information needed for the shower.
That said, I was asked to make 70 invitations to a baby shower for my cousin.
I was so thrilled to hear that they are expecting! The new baby will be a wonderful addition to the family. :)
My cousin and his wife wanted green and yellow as the main colors, with a brown accent. After some thought on this, I went back to a design I've used before for 1 page shower invitations.
I ran out of time, so just a few of the vellum overlays had some inking to bring up the details on the embossing.
I used the retired Stampin' Up slot punch on the edges to thread the ribbon. A little adhesive under the ribbon to keep everything together, and a trick I learned; tie bows upside down.
I turned the cards away from me so I was looking at them upside down, and the bows all turned out right-side up! Go figure.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Baby Card - New Baby SU Stamp Set!
My husband needed a baby card for one of his colleagues, so this is what I came up with.
It uses an "old" technique I've used often with the baby quilt in pink for a girl, but I'm using the new baby themed stamp set I thought was TOO cute in the new catalog! It's called "Baby Boutique" #126350w/#126352c It really caught my attention - and with the amount of baby cards I make over the year, I thought it was worth it. I actually waited to make this card until my order arrived! :)
I'm also using the new stamp pads - LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!! What amazing coverage and great inking on large stamps!
Your comments are always appreciated!
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It uses an "old" technique I've used often with the baby quilt in pink for a girl, but I'm using the new baby themed stamp set I thought was TOO cute in the new catalog! It's called "Baby Boutique" #126350w/#126352c It really caught my attention - and with the amount of baby cards I make over the year, I thought it was worth it. I actually waited to make this card until my order arrived! :)
I'm also using the new stamp pads - LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!! What amazing coverage and great inking on large stamps!
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| This card uses some of the new Stampin' Up products, as well as some retired products. For the background, I used the Stampin' Up Wheel Bella Boutique. |
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| Inside view of the card, additional cardstock popped off the base, and ticket punched on the corners. |
Your comments are always appreciated!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Baby Shower Invitations - Special Order
This was a special order I received from a work colleague.
After lots of questions, we decided on the following:
One page, and themed for a boy.
I showed her a sample, and after the OK, I worked them up... adding little touches here and there in addition to the agreed upon specs.
This is what I came up with:
The invitation is a one-page piece, with an embossed vellum overlay, attached with a blue ribbon.
The inside yellow piece is punched and inked, and the blue base is inked at the bottom to give it some depth. I used the Cricut Cartridge Sweethearts to cut the RSVP piece, and hand-wrote the information after they were all assembled.
I am so thrilled to receive these special orders!
Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!! :)
Your comments are always appreciated!
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After lots of questions, we decided on the following:
One page, and themed for a boy.
I showed her a sample, and after the OK, I worked them up... adding little touches here and there in addition to the agreed upon specs.
This is what I came up with:
The invitation is a one-page piece, with an embossed vellum overlay, attached with a blue ribbon.
I am so thrilled to receive these special orders!
Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!! :)
Your comments are always appreciated!
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Two Requested Baby Cards
Hey there!! Here I am, still snowbound in Okielandia!! SO many days with schools closed, and I'm just happily playing around my craft room.
When Mom was here in December with our yearly calendar project, she had a chance to look through some of the cards we made during club this year, and LOVED the quilted card. Click HERE for the link to the original card. Not so strange that she'd love it since her thing is making actual quilts (and winning awards for them).
Since she had a shower to attend in April, she requested one card of each.. a girl and a boy card. With Sale-A-Bration going on, I was able to get the baby bear stamp set free, and found some very pretty pink shaded and blue shaded papers in the catalog. I also got the Welcome Baby tag as part of another Sale-A-Bration set!
I love it when a plan comes together!!! LOL
SO, here are my 2 cards, with views of the insides as well.
I used Pretty in Pink cardstock, Lap of Luxury DSP, White Organza ribbon for the bow, the Top Note Die, and the stamp from the Punch Bunch set in the Sale-A-Bration catalog. I also embossed the edges of the card with Framed Tulips. Both cards carry this detail; The Top Note quilt piece was embossed with the Swiss Dots folder, Going Grey marker to make stitches, and Champagne Mist to make the quilted piece sparkle.
The inside of the card is a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock clipped on the corners with the Scallop trip border and inked with Pretty in Pink. The bear is colored in pinks and burnished in Creamy Caramel(ret.) and Close to Cocoa(ret.).
Here's the boy card - very similar to the girl card, except with Pacific Point cardstock, Blueberry Crisp DSP, white satin ribbon colored with Pacific Point ink.
Since it was a card for a little boy, I made it a little less fussy - the bear is colored with shades of blues, and burnished with the same colors as above.
I'm not really into the Build-a-Bear anything... but I saw this stamp set, and knew with all the babies coming up, this would be just perfect in cards!!!
Your comments are always appreciated!
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A Proud member of The Lime Light. Click on over to see what we are doing.
When Mom was here in December with our yearly calendar project, she had a chance to look through some of the cards we made during club this year, and LOVED the quilted card. Click HERE for the link to the original card. Not so strange that she'd love it since her thing is making actual quilts (and winning awards for them).
Since she had a shower to attend in April, she requested one card of each.. a girl and a boy card. With Sale-A-Bration going on, I was able to get the baby bear stamp set free, and found some very pretty pink shaded and blue shaded papers in the catalog. I also got the Welcome Baby tag as part of another Sale-A-Bration set!
I love it when a plan comes together!!! LOL
SO, here are my 2 cards, with views of the insides as well.
I used Pretty in Pink cardstock, Lap of Luxury DSP, White Organza ribbon for the bow, the Top Note Die, and the stamp from the Punch Bunch set in the Sale-A-Bration catalog. I also embossed the edges of the card with Framed Tulips. Both cards carry this detail; The Top Note quilt piece was embossed with the Swiss Dots folder, Going Grey marker to make stitches, and Champagne Mist to make the quilted piece sparkle.
The inside of the card is a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock clipped on the corners with the Scallop trip border and inked with Pretty in Pink. The bear is colored in pinks and burnished in Creamy Caramel(ret.) and Close to Cocoa(ret.).
Here's the boy card - very similar to the girl card, except with Pacific Point cardstock, Blueberry Crisp DSP, white satin ribbon colored with Pacific Point ink.
Since it was a card for a little boy, I made it a little less fussy - the bear is colored with shades of blues, and burnished with the same colors as above.
I'm not really into the Build-a-Bear anything... but I saw this stamp set, and knew with all the babies coming up, this would be just perfect in cards!!!
Your comments are always appreciated!
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A Proud member of The Lime Light. Click on over to see what we are doing.
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