Welcome to the world Hunter!

A very good friend of mine's daughter had her first child and since her daughter has a special place in my heart I wanted to make her something special.  I had seen some really cool ideas on Pinterest and decided to combine the two and make this: 

I purchased a set of four 6 x 6 canvas frames and chose four pictures from the newborn session photos taken by the baby's other grandmother (who is an amazingly talented photographer!). I printed the photos onto tissue paper, applied a layer of Mod Podge to the blank canvas, applied the tissue paper and aonther layer of Mod Podge. I didn't worry about the bumps, ripples and small tears in the tissue paper because I wanted it to have a hint of a vintage/distressed look. I painted the sides with black acrylic paint hitting the edges ever so lightly to maintain the integrity of the look I was going for. I allowed that to dry for 48 hours and cut some vinyl lettering using my Silhouette Cameo (font used is Typewriter), applied it using clear contact paper to ensure it was centered and applied another layer of Mod Podge. It was so easy and I totally love how they turned out. I can't wait to give them to her; I just hope she likes them as much as I do, hahaha!!


I gave her this card a couple of weeks ago since I wasn't sure how long it was going to take me to get the present done. I made the card with my Cricut and used Nate's ABC's (dog, ball, wagon), 3 Birds - Life's a Party (giraffe), Simply Sweet ("baby boy"), 3 Birds - Straight from the Nest ("welcome" - I cut off to the nest). The inside sentiment was stamped using Stampin' Up's stamp set titled God's Blessings and it read "A baby is a gift from heaven above - bringing joy down to earth, filling hearts full of love." I used Silver Liquid Pearls for the wagon wheels, striping and handle. I used Cinnamon Stickles for the giraffe eyes and nostrils as well as the dog's nose.

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Congratulations!

I made this for a friend who is having a new baby boy.  He is absolutely excited and I am excited for him.  I did not take a picture of the inside sentiment, but it reads “Of all the blessings God sends from above, the one most precious is a boy to love.”

Materials Used:

SU! Cardstock (Bashful Blue, Blush Blossom, Marina Mist)

Bazzill Textured Cardstock

Paper Loft Patterned Paper

SU! Ink Early Espresso

Studio G Stamp – Congratulations Sentiment

Cloud 9 Stamp – Simple Thoughts – Boy (inside sentiment)

Peachy Keen Stamps – Funshine Face Parts & Basic Paper Doll Faces

Martha Stewart Flocking Powder – Swan

Cuttlebug Folder – Spots and Dots

Stickles - Stardust

Cricut Cartridges:

Elegant Edges

George and Basic Shapes

Simply Charmed

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MPS Challenge # 5 - Make a 3D Item

This is to go along with my gift bag with the socks and cow…AN EXPLOSION box for her to put pics of new baby Luke on her desk (and only show them to who she wants).

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MPS Challenge # 6 - Include a Tag in Your Project

I have enjoyed participating in MPS’s National Scrapbooking Day Challenges!  It really has pushed me to get a lot done this weekend.  I didn’t participate in all 12 challenges, but in most cases I was able to complete my projects in the 1 hour mark.  But this one and the next one I am posting took quite a bit longer because I just wasn’t sure what I wanted to do.  I had bought just a little something for a friend (and co-worker) who is having a little baby boy in early June.  She is so excited, as it is her first child.  I found these really cute socks that are white with green and blue blue stripes (they match the packaging I made) and they have little shoestrings on them to make them look like little tennis shoes.  On the bottom of them one has “little” written on it and the other has “buddy”…how cute!!!!  Then I also found a mini Gund (LOVE Gund) cow that moos when you press his belly.  I hope she likes everything!

Oh, I almost forgot…I custom made the tag with my Gypsy by welding the airplane from New Arrival to match the decoration on the front of the bag.  

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Welcome Baby!

A colleague of mine invited me to her baby shower next month so I thought I would make her a card.  I have been dying to use the elephant from Zooballoo and now I got my chance!

I used Zooballoo for the elephant.  Simply Sweet for welcome baby.  Sentiment inside was printed on my printer using Candy RoundBTN font.  Elephant eyes are Jolee's Swarovski Crystals.  Orange Stickles.  White Souffle pen used to create dots on baby.

     

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Baby Shower Card

Here is a card I made to double as a gift card holder for my husband's cousin's second child.  The sad thing is that I missed the shower because I thought they told me it was on a Sunday, but it was actually a Saturday.  I came in to church that morning and asked her "now what time is the shower today?" and her response was "ummmm....it was yesterday."......totally embarrassed!  I sure hope she liked the card :).

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