An April Baby

I have been SO excited to use these adorable stamps, hand-drawn and made for me by StampOutOnline. Could this girl BE any more adorable? I am going to abuse the privilege of this stamp already, I know it.

I set out to work using the New Arrival cartridge, and used the "Card 1" feature to print out this cute preggo girl (page 25). I then stamped the card and the envelope carefully, with my paper on a magazine for extra cush and maximum stampage. Don't these girls look like they were meant to be together?

I then added a liner from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More to the inside of the card, so preggo mama could have a polka-dot dress on. I used my Gypsy so that the "circle punch" wouldn't cut out, making for a nice rounded-corners. Of course, mama also needed a hat and purse, and her accessories are easily cut out from the New Arrival cartridge as well. I glue dotted those for some 3D action.

Babies need lots of new goodies, so I go the mama-to-be a Babies-R-Us gift card. I then cut out this gift card holder from the Wild Cards cartridge.  I used my Fiskars cutter with a scoring blade to make a perfect score.

The gift card fits perfectly, and I just added some bling to make it look like a little clutch. The paper also matches preggo mama's dress.

I then decided to add April's name to the envelope, since baby's name hadn't been announced yet. I used the Sans Serif font cartridge. My super-pointy Fiskars scissors came in handy here in smashing the edges down nicely.

One day after I gave April her card, she gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. So already this card is a smash hit I think!

Congrats, April, and blessings on your new baby girl!
Cheers,

-marcia

The Baby Cake Shower

We are so excited to meet Beckham Patrick Davis, the soon-to-arrive baby cake of Megan and Jason Davis (Megan is Mr. Awesome's cousin).

The Davis duo are awesome. Not only did they help with our wedding, which took place just months before their amazingly awesome wedding, they also let us come stay with them last year while they lived in NYC. Imagine being able to walk to the Met, central park, the subway ... to eating authentic slices of pizza, Argentinian steak, and the best cannolis in the world. So lovely and sweet of them to show us around their cool city.

Now they are back in LA (yay!), and we get to celebrate Megan and baby Beckham today! Megan appreciates the details, so I endeavored to make her a card that lets her know how excited we are for her and Jason and their very first baby! 

I got the idea to make the word "Shower" pop off the card from Sweet Sassy Diva. I found the word "Shower" on Gypsy Wanderings under the phrases key, and then welded it to the rattle from New Arrival. I welded that to a tag that included welded corners from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. The trick is cutting out your word a second time, by itself, on a different colored paper--that way it really pops out and is readable.

I wrapped a bow around it, and I applied the whole thing to an A2 Base. I topped it off with a "bathtub and shower" from New Arrival. It has a layer if you'd like to add it, but I chose to use the shadow and apply Therm O Web Foam Squares to the whole thing to make it jump.

Inside I used the same bright yellow from the word "Shower" to decorate the inside. I found the umbrella in Paisley and welded it inside this nifty little shape from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. Super cute!

I decided to tie the envelope together with the same ribbon from the card, so I used my Crop-o-Dile and went to town. There are two holes and eyelets on the flap and one hole below.

Adds an especially elegant baby shower vibe, don't you think?















I think it's super-fun to for the parents-to-be to see their baby's name on things ... so I welded together "Beckham Patrick" in the Gypsy Font. The trick to getting the perfect shadow is using your layers on the Gypsy.

Line it up on another layer to make sure it cuts out perfectly. Even if it's not totally perfect, who's to know? I added a little bling for the "i" in Patrick and we are all set.

Cartridges Used
Gypsy Font
Gypsy Wanderings
New Arrival
Paisley
Tags, Bags, Boxes and More

Cheers to the soon-to-arrive happy, healthy baby boy!
-marcia

Baby Bump Stamp

Check out the stamp deliciousness I just got from Lisa and the gang at Stampoutonline. Can you believe how cute? They hand drew the baby bump girl just for me! Can't wait to use it on congrats-you-are-knocked-up and baby shower cards. Yay!

(I suppose the You Grow Girl stamp could also be used alone for friends that need to eat more fruit and less pastries but ... I don't think I'll go there.)

It's raining here in So. Cal., so you know what that means .... the perfect stay-inside-and-craft weather!

Have a great weekend!
-marcia

Baby, Baby

I have at least three friends who are pregnant right now, so I thought I'd better get a jump start on some baby card making!

Inspired by the popular teething toy, Sophie the Giraffe, which my sweet nephew loves, I made this cute giraffe card using New Arrival. I created an appropriately sized Giraffe, flipped it and welded it together.

This great cartridge also has a "layers" button, so cut that out to get the layered effect. This was a bit of a work in progress--a simple card that took longer than it should. I originally wanted a cute patterned paper for the top later, but it just looked weird / like a mistake, so I had to recut in standard giraffe colors--brown is the card and yellow is the top layer. Now I have a cute giraffe in cute paper with no home ... Hmm, wonder where he will end up.

I ran the giraffe through the Cuttlebug using Swiss Dots. I had to stick it through twice since the giraffe is taller than an A2 card ... convenienetly I left a little spot to tie a ribbon ... almost like I'd planned it ... yeah that's it.

The cute B is for Boy is from my stash / stolen from my sweet mom. Once I know who this card will be going to, I will cut out the baby's name for the envelope.

Cheers to my parents-to-be friends!
-marcia