B is for Baby

Here is the last of my baby cards for a while. I think I have enough on hand. I love the Mother Goose poem paper. And the striped paper. And the chevron paper. Okay, I love it all. The tiny safety pin works well with the baby theme too. I used the fancy capital letter off the Nursery Rhyme cartridge for the "B". I simply bumped it to the edge of the mat and then used scissors to trim the curly cue portion that I couldn't completely eliminate.

More Elephants

So my cute baby paper got me on a roll. Well, mass production always helps get a bunch done too =) Here are more elephant cards. Everyone seems to be having girls right now but I'm sure that will change soon and I'll be happy to have the boy cards in my stash.

Two Birds with One Elephant

I had a baby shower to attend last night so of course, I needed a card.  I have had two pads of cute baby paper waiting for me to use. But when looked at my Pinterest board not many of the cards I'd pinned used patterned paper. So when I finally found a couple designs I liked, I made a few.

I forgot to buy a gift bag (and later, I went to Meijer and refused to pay their ridiculously high prices for one). I only had a striped Kraft one on hand and no colored tissue paper to dress it up. I was running late so didn't have time to stop and grab one either. While I was getting ready, it hit me that I had cellophane card bags. So why not let more than just the mom-to-be enjoy the card?! I thought it turned out super cute and definitely need to remember this for future gifts.

**another great technique for ribbon scraps

Controlling the Scrap - Version 2.1

I saw this card and fell in love with the simplicity. I couldn't decide whether I wanted to do duckies or elephants, so I did one of each.

Card dimensions: 6.25" x 4.5"

Embossed Mat: 6" x 3.25" (I had to run this through my Texture Boutique two times to get the length =)

Elephants (from Holiday Cakes): 1.26" x 1" (Cut 10 of these to get the contrasting ears. Hide the ears on the second set so it won't cut them out.)

Duckies (from Everyday Paper Dolls): I placed ten in a row with kerning at -0.20, then welded them together. I ended up trimming a bit off each end.

Again, scrap cardstock, scrap designer paper, scrap ribbon...

Pink Elephant

Card size:
5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridges:
elephant, Cricut Sampler page 49

Supplies:
dotted embossing folder, from Sizzix Dots and Flowers set
sheer ribbon, patterned paper, white cardstock, colored cardstock, and rhinestones, misc

Green Elephant

Card size:
5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridges:
elephant, Cricut Sampler page 49

Supplies:
dotted embossing folder, from Sizzix Dots and Flowers set
ribbon, 3/8" grosgrain at Shop Thinking of U
patterned paper, white cardstock, colored cardstock, and rhinestones, misc

Yellow Elephant

Card size:
5.5" x 4.25"

Cartridges:
elephant, Cricut Sampler page 49

Supplies:
dotted embossing folder, from Sizzix Dots and Flowers set
ribbon, Organza Satin Center at Shop Thinking of U
patterned paper, white cardstock, colored cardstock, and rhinestones, misc

Baby Girl Onesie

Card size:
4.25" x 5.5"
white mat, 4" x 5 1/4"
embossed kraft mat, 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Cartridges:
onesie, Cricut Sampler page 32 cut at 3"

Supplies:
patterned paper, A Walk in the Park by Echo Park
kraft and white cardstock, string and button, misc

Challenges:
Scrapfriendly Yahoo Group - combining two challenges; baby theme and embossing