Feather The Nest Baby Shower Invitation

A friend of mine is having a baby and another friend is hosting a baby shower for her...and I got to do the invites!  :)  This idea/theme was not mine, and is based on one found HERE.

I used my Cricut and my Create a Critter and Cindy Loo cartridges.  The bird's tail is pieced together using the wing cut in a smaller size in 3 coordinating colors.  The inside says, "So Let's Feather Her Nest"...  Awwwwwwwwwwww!  :)

Baby Washcloth "Candies"!!!

I'm obviously in a "food mood" lately!!!  First a popsicle album, now some washcloth candies...YUM!

These were soooooo simple to make.  I bought some inexpensive solid-colored baby washcloths from Wal-Mart in the baby section.  I folded them until I had a narrow "roll", then just rolled them up and secured the end with a piece of tape.

The swirl on top was made by cutting a 2" circle out of vellum (from the George & Basic Shapes cartridge) and adhering a 4" swirl cut from light and dark pink cardstock (from the Cricut Paisley cartridge).

Then I just placed the rolled up washcloth and swirl topper into a cello bag and tied pink ribbons on both ends.  I inserted five "candies" into a large cello bag and added a bag topper.  (The silver charm says "It's a Girl"...it doesn't show up in this photo).

How fun would this be for a shower gift???  I LOVE LOVE LOVE this project and definitely plan to make more.  Let me know what you think!

Thanks for looking and have a creative day!  :)

Fatnabulous Cricut Challenge #12: For Baby

This week's challenge at Fantabulous Cricut is to make a project for baby...a shower gift, card, album, etc.  I love to make baby projects...one of my most favorite gifts to make using my Cricut. 

I do have a confession to make:  I'm not home right now and since I forgot to upload a photo of my "baby" project before I left town, I have to show you one of my projects from a while back.  SORRY!!!  :)

This is a photo of half of the shower invitation I made for my sister's baby shower...the side that's cut off just has the shower information printed from my computer.  Hard to believe my niece had her first birthday this weekend...oh, how time flies!

I used New Arrival to make the stork and baby/blanket, and George to cut the small flowers.  The papers are from Michael's.  To add extra detail to the blanket, I covered it in white tulle and cinched it at the top with ribbon.  I also added rhinestones to the flower centers and used pop dots for dimension.  For the baby's face, I layered green cardstock behind the eyes and pink behind the mouth, with some "rosy cheeks" added by applying pink chalk.

I hope you'll head over to FCCB and check out all the design team projects...there is a ton of great inspiration!

Thanks for looking and have a creative day!  :)

3D Cupcake Mini Album

This looks just like the cupcake giftcard holder, doesn't it?  Well, it's NOT!!!  It's made very simliarly to the giftcard holder but this one is actually a mini album!!!  Don't believe me?  Check this out:

Ta-da!!!  Isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen???  Wish I could take credit for the idea, but I can't.  This idea came from the creator of the giftcard holder cupcake: The Stamp Goddess, a CTMH consultant and YouTube sensation!  :)  Go check out her blog and look at her "fabulously artsy" projects!

For this cupcake, I used my Cricut (George) to cut the flowers for the icing and for the circles for the album pages, (and for the bottom of the cupcake to cover the chipboard cupcake holder).  It's a somewhat lengthy project, but not difficult...what a great gift for a birthday girl or just for someone that LOVES cupcakes!  I made this one for a friend of mine that just had a baby boy...just in case you were wondering about the blue.  :)

Thanks for looking and have a creative day!!!

My Creations Acrylic Album (Topstitch Collection)

This is an album I made for an upcoming class I'm teaching...it's the CTMH My Creations Acrylic Mini Album and the new Topstitch paper collection.  I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this color and pattern combo!  And I'm super-happy with the way this album turned out.  Can't wait to add photos/journaling!

I used the coordinating "Love Is In The Air" My Acrylix stamp set that came with the Topstitch Workshop on the Go as well as the new "Charmed" My Acrylix stamp set. 

I used my Cricut to cut circles from coordinating cardstock to adhere to the tabs.  Then I added stamped images, paper blooms, buttons and die cut flowers to accent them.

I added CTMH "Love Letters" and "Love Story" rub-ons in Chocolate throughout the album and on the cover as well.

I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes in the ends of the smaller pages to make "tags" and then tied ribbon through the holes.  These will make great journaling spots.

I added ribbon (craft supply) to the binder rings as well as through the buttons, tags and around the cover.  I also used coordinating Chocolate CTMH brads and buttons in Chocolate and Colonial White.

I think this album is absolutely perfect to hold photos of the Mess Maker and Noise Maker...both pink and blue to represent each of them!  :)

Thanks for looking!

Baptism Card

My sister's first child (who is now my Goddaughter!) was baptized this weekend and I wanted to make a special card for the occasion.  Unfortunately, I didn't plan ahead and since I was out of town visiting family, I didn't have my usual stash of supplies and tools. :(

So I looked around on Google Images for an idea and found a card which was originally posted on SplitCoastStampers (LOVE LOVE LOVE their website!)...I decided to try and re-create it with the few supplies I had on hand.

I placed two pieces of white cardstock together and used a ruler to draw lines on one of them to create the outline of the dress (I couldn't fold it in half or the card would have been too small).  I  cut them out and adhered the very top of the shoulders together.  Then, using my scalloped scissors, I cut the sleeves and hem of the dress into a scallop-edge.  I used an adhesive pearl design on the body of the dress and adhered a string of pearls along the neckline with rolled up glue dots.

To finish, I tied a thin white ribbon around the dress and added a sliver cross charm.  Looks pretty similar to the original, but I like the coordinating pearls on the neckline and the body of the dress on this one, and since I didn't have any stamps or embossing powder with me, this adhesive pearl design saved me!!!

This original card, posted by "stampandshout" on SplitCoastStampers, can be found here.

Thanks for looking!!!  :)

Baby Shower: Diaper Cake and Clotheline

I forgot I had these photos of the diaper cake and clothesline I made for my little sister's baby shower this past Spring! 

I made the diaper cake using the pink & brown color scheme of the shower.  It's made with rolled up diapers, arranged in three varying sized circles, secured with alternating layers of pink and brown ribbon tied in bows.  I used paper shreds to cover the tops of the layers and then stuck Gerber Daisies (her favorite) in the top.  Then I just added some little goodies around the cake for the baby.  :)

For the clothesline clips, I used my New Arrival cartridge and cut the onesie and bootie several times from some pink & brown coordinating papers and tied ribbons for extra detail.  I hot glued them to clothespins and hung up some little outfits for the baby with them.

My cutie-patootie neice is now 6 1/2 months old...oh how time flies!!!  :)

Thanks for looking!

Water(melon) Baby Layout

This page is based on this week's Friday Sketch Challenge from ScrapSketch...I love this sketch!  As soon as I saw it, even though it is obviously based on a Halloween theme, I thought of a watermelon, then thought of this paper I've had for a while, then thought of the cutie-patootie watermelon suit The Mess Maker had that first summer after she was born, at 6 months.  She was soooooooo cute!  (And still is of course!)

I used my Cricut to cut the layered circles for the watermelon slice, and narrow ovals for the seeds (George), then cut each circle in half.  I cut the pink glitter circle into four "slices" (triangles) and trimmed them a little so the yellow would show through.  I also used my Cricut for the title (Opposites Attract)...then layered the words on strips of yellow cs to make them pop a little agasint that patterned background.

Everything's inked on the edges and even though the paper already had a good amount of sparkle to it, I added stickles to the word "melon" and also to the green rind of the watermelon.  A few buttons and a little rickrack later, and I was done!  Thanks for looking!!!  :)

Original Sketch:

Baby Mini Acrylic Brag Book

Here is a mini acrylic "brag book" I made for a friend that just had a baby girl...I covered each page with patterned paper, leaving a small border on the edges. I punched holes in the sides and used rings to bind it. I tied coordinating ribbons on the rings. I used the Zooballoo cartridge for the title and the New Arrival cartridge for the accents (safety pins, hearts). The scallop accent on cover is made with the Accent Essentials cartridge. I inked the edges of each page and embellishment. Small flower and animal embellisments on the inside were punched from the patterned paper. Thanks for looking!!! ;)

First Birthday 2-Page Layout (ScrapSketch)

I did a two-page layout for the Mess Maker's first birthday because I had so many photos I wanted to include.  I looked at several sketch blogs and decided to use two sketches from ScrapSketch.  These were posted at different times, but I thought the two desings complemented each other really well.  Here are the sketches:

And here is my take on both sketches:

I had to take some creative liberties with both, to accomodate my photos...On the top layout, I added a second photo to the blank space in the sketch.  Because I did so, I needed to move the title down.  On the bottom layout, I had to crop my photos larger than the suggested 3x3 because they were printed in 4x6, so I cropped to 4x4.  Due to a lack of room, I moved the top flourish to the bottom with the other one (by the flower).  I added the layered flowers to this layout so it would complement the other, and then used another scallop frame to record the date, instead of including a second title.  TFL!!!

SB Layout: "Coming Home"

Well, I'm back in the scrapbooking game....it's about time!  I honestly haven't completed a layout in MONTHS!!!  I've been into cards a lot lately and kind of put my scrapbooking on the back burner for awhile...and the Mess Maker's scrapbook (or lack thereof) can prove it!  I decided it's time to start the Noise Maker's scrapbook and since I've barely finished any of the Mess Maker's, it was time to start making pages again.

The photos for this layout are from 2 1/2 years ago when we brought the Mess Maker home from the hospital...she was 4 days old.  I figured she'd want to see the house we lived in at the time (we've since moved).  I printed the photos in black and white and matted them on cream cs.  Then I used a stripe pattern for another vertical mat and a house pattern (adhesive backed canvas) for a horizontal mat.  I painted chipboard letters in brown and used the Cricut "Opposites Attract" cartridge to cut out "coming".  Then I just added some embellishments:  three layered flower accents, one house (cut from patterned paper), brads and rub-ons to form a half-circle, ribbon, a name plate, and date (made on the computer)...that's it!

TFL!!!  :)

Craft: Baby Boy Card (Mojo Monday: Mojo Turns 100 Sketch 5)

I've got my "Mojo" back!!! (Thanks to the Mojo Monday Sketch Blog!) They came out with this nifty little sketch last week:
This was perfect for a card for one of the CFO's co-workers whose wife had a baby today...and this is my take on the sketch:

I used patterned (baby print) and flocked (polka dot) sea green papers (from a discounted paper pack at Michael's) for the circles and background. I tied a ribbon around the base and then attached it to a white cardstock card base. I used the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge to cut the scallop frame (sea green) and shadow (white) out of plain cardstock. Then I used a flocked iron-on sentiment ("Oh Baby") on the frame and attached the frame with adhesive foam. I finished the frame off with a little heart clip. I made this with a boy in mind, but honestly the color is really a greenish turquoise so it could probably be used for either... TFL!!! :)

Craft: Sheep Baby/Shower Card

I saw this card by Debbie VanMarter in an issue of Paper Trends Magazine (Apr/May 2007; vol. 3 issue 4)...it's just too cute!

I decided to make this for an upcoming baby shower. Here are my results... It's the first time I've tried sewing on a card and I have to admit I love the way the stitching gives it extra detail. Yes, another scraplifted project,

what can I say!!! :)

Craft: Baby Shower Invitation

My sister had a baby shower in February and I made these invitations...this is the lelf half of the invitation (the right half is just the printing from the computer)...

I used my Cricut for the embellishments: New Arrival cartridge for the stork and baby, George for the flowers. I added rhinestones to the flower centers, wrapped tulle around the baby and tied with a ribbon. Everything is attached with foam adhesive squares for dimension.

P.S. It was a girl!!! :)

Craft: Baby Shower Thank You Card

One of the best purchases I've made (okay maybe it was purchased by the Household CFO, but who's keeping track?) is my Cricut Expression die cut machine. LOVE it!!! I have purchased more cartridges than I should probably admit, but I'm able to cut almost anything you can think of with the push of a button. I used the New Arrival cartridge to make the pea pod die cut for this card. I made a set of 50 of these for my little sister after her baby shower. She had a little girl, but it could easily be adapted for a boy as well. Enjoy!