Baby Thank You cards

Well, today will officially be my first day back to work after maternity leave.  I will miss my little man greatly today.  I wanted to share a thank you card that I put together for my baby shower gifts.  I made two versions of this card, a green and a blue, but I used up all the cards before I realized that I hadn't taken a picture for my blog!!  This is all I had left.

I started by using Stampin Up Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue card stock which are both now retired.  :(  I then embossed each with the Stampin Up Cloud embossing folder which you can currently get on the clearance rack on Stampin Up!'s website.

I then cut the baby on page 43 from the Cricut Baby Steps cartridge.  I did not cut out the face.  I used Peachy Keen Stamps baby faces for the face of the baby.  I also colored in the eyes with a white gel pen.  I added a little pink chalk to the cheeks too that you can't see in the photo because I took a picture with my iphone and I'm not realizing they aren't that great!  I embossed the baby's outfit with the swiss dots folder. The sentiment is a retired SU! set punched with the word window and modern label punches.

I made almost 50 of these and I used all but this one!  Hopefully my day will go well and I'll be home before I know it!  Thanks for looking!

Sock Monkey Card

Some friends of our are expecting their first baby.  I wanted to send a little card in with the package I'll be mailing to them.  The invitations for the shower were in the these colors and had a sock monkey on them.  I thought it was the cutest and that is where I got the inspiration for the card.  I used the cricut B is for Boy cartridge for the monkey and the Base Camp cartridge for the name letters.  I embossed the monkey with the SU sizzix lattice embossing folder and a cuttlebug polka dot folder for the white layer.  Thanks for looking!

My latest project

I thought I would share with you my latest project. I am hosting a baby shower for a dear friend of mine and I'm really excited to do so! Here are the invitation that I made for the shower!

I loved this card because the entire baby carriage is covered with glitter! It's not often you can get by with glitter for a baby boy!!!

There will be more projects for this baby shower to come! Thanks for looking! If you have any questions, just let me know!

Supplies:
Stamps: PK baby faces
Paper: Stampin' Up bashful blue, certainly celery, chocolate chip, and whisper white
Accessories: SU Satin ribbon (old olive), scallop and oval punches, dots embossing folder, glitter, Baby Steps cricut cartridge, copic markers, computer font for sentiment

Sun Fun

For the end of the year, I wanted to give each student a personalized note. I tucked this inside their report card for them to find at home. I wanted to wish them luck next year and to have a safe summer. I thought this set was perfect for that!


I realized how much I liked coloring as I put these together! It's been so long since I have sat down and colored anything like this. I used Stampin' Up!'s markers to color the kids and then I used an aqua painter and Tempting Turquoise ink for the water. Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
*Stamps: SU! Life's a Breeze, Sunny Fun
*Ink: Bermuda Bay, Summer Sun, Tuxedo Black-memento ink
*Paper: Bermuda Bay, Summer Sun, Whisper White
*Accessories: Dimensionals, SU! markers, curly label punch, embossing folder

Bridal Shower Invitations

My sister is getting married in two weeks and she has graciously asked me to help out with the wedding! Along with my mom and sister-in-law, we are throwing her a bridal shower next weekend. I will be posting some of the hand crafted projects within the next two weeks. If you are planning a wedding or a shower, check back for some of my ideas. Thanks for looking!

Here is the bridal shower invitations that I sent out. Word to the wise, these cost $0.88 each to mail because of the ribbon knot. If you don't want to pay the extra postage, try a flatter bow or just simply wrap the ribbon around the whole card. The yellow insert is designed to pull out to the right, so I did not put any adhesive on the inside of the card. I used a word processing software to type 4 inserts onto a page and cut them apart! If you have any questions, let me know!! Thanks for looking!!


Supplies:

• Stampin' Up! paper in Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, and Daffodil Delight
• Shimmer White Cardstock
• Scallop border punch-SU!
• Elegant Lines Embossing folder-SU!
• Pumpkin Pie Satin ribbon-SU!
• stampin dimensionals
• Cricut cartridge-Sweethearts for bride umbrella

Baby Showers, Baby Showers, and More Baby Showers

I guess 8 months ago was the time to get pregnant here in Texas because I have been to 4 baby showers in the last month. Of course I did not go out and buy a card or many gifts......I made them. I posted THIS baby shower card that I made for the first one a couple of weeks ago. I have been making altered variations of it since. The Fox and Friends set is perfect for baby showers.

Here is one that I made for a shower in which the baby's room theme was Monkeys:


I used Chocolate Chip craft ink to stamp the monkey and then applied clear embossing powder directly on top of it. I heat set it and applied more layers until I was happy with the coverage and the sheen. The Craft Ink works really well as an embossing base.

I made this diaper cake as a gift. It is a smaller version and it was much easier to make.


This card I did for another shower and stayed with the same design and stamp sets.


Thanks for looking. If you have any questions, please let me know!!!




Monkey Card Supplies:
**All products are Stampin' Up! If you would like to order any, contact me or click on the link to my SU! store at the top right of the page**

• Chocolate Chip cs, Bashful Blue cs, Whisper White cs
• Scallop trim border punch, XL scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch
• Chocolate Chip classic ink, Bashful Blue classic ink, Chocolate Chip craft ink
• clear embossing powder
• Chocolate Chip Satin ribbon
• Curvy Verses stamp set (item # 114948)
• Fox and Friends stamp set (clear item #117020 wood item #118565)
  

Monkey Diaper Cake Supplies:

• 1 pkg of Huggies Diapers size 1
• 1 box of travel baby items
• 1 10" cake round
• rubber bands
• 1 1/2" ribbon
• 5/8" ribbon
• Chocolate Chip* and Bashful Blue* cardstock

* Stampin' Up! products

Owl Card Supplies:
**all supplies are Stampin' Up! If you would like to order any, contact me or click on the link to my SU! store at the top right of the page**

• Chocolate Chip cs, Pumpkin Pie cs, Whisper White cs
• Scallop trim border punch, XL scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch
• Pumpkin Pie 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
• Pumpkin Pie classic ink, Chocolate Chip classic ink
• Curvy Verses stamp set (item # 114948)
• Fox and Friends stamp set (clear item #117020 wood item #118565)
  

Baby Card

Wow, there are so many baby showers lately! I just realized that I don't have a specific baby shower stamp set. I have several that say something along the lines of "congrats on your new baby" but that's more for something after the baby is born. Guess I'll be adding that stamp set to my next order! Here is a card that I made for a shower I went to last week. Thanks for looking!



Card Recipe:
Stamps: Fox and Friends (Clear-118565/Wood-117020); Well Scripted *retired*
Paper: Crumb Cake (120953), Wild Wasabi (108641), Daffodil Delight (119683), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Early Espresso (119670), Daffodil Delight (119667)
Accessories: Clear Blocks, 1/8" taffeta ribbon daffodil delight (119254), Scallop Trim Border Punch (118402), 2 3/8" Scallop Circle XL Punch (118874), 1 3/4" Circle XL Punch (119850), snail adhesive