It's a Boy Baby Shower: Blue, White and GOLD!

A sweet lady I know from work is going to be a grandma soon and with the baby shower coming up, I wanted to do something for her.  She asked if I could make a diaper cake and banner based on the balloons they picked for the baby shower:

With a resounding "YES!!"  I got busy.  They are super cute, right!?  I figured I would do an all blue- and white-baby-item  diaper cake and then incorporate the balloon design into a pennant or flag for the cake topper.  Here's the diaper cake:

It was a challenge to find just plain blue or white baby things!  I didn't count on finding anything with gold on it but then I found the sweet snuggle bunny that I used to top the cake.  It has tiny gold stars on its paws and ears:

I found the tiny gold bucket at Target!  It's filled with sample baby products, a pair of socks, and mittens. I got lucky and found a swaddle blanket at Buy Buy Baby printed with stars and, as luck would have it, it also had gold stars (it's on the first layer of the cake).



Drawing from the balloon design, I found gold tassel garland (Target) which I took apart.  Using a dowel rod and wooden bead I painted baby blue, and a flag cut from Bazzill starmist card stock (using my Cricut), I made the flag.  The gold lettering was also cut using my Cricut.  The font is called "retro" and the gold metallic card stock is by Recollections:

And here is the banner:

The banner shape mimics the flag but is a slightly different shape and cut.  Dan got me a Cricut Explore Air for Christmas this past year and it is AMAZING!  I love everything about it.  I have used a Cricut for over 10 years and the Air takes it all to the next level :) 

I love this color combo!  It wasn't until I hung the banner up, that I realized it's the color scheme of my craft room.  White, gold, and light blue!







I have thoroughly enjoyed playing in my craft room this past week.  Baby showers are always my favorite but I'm equally excited about Fall so I have to get back in there! 

Halloween Treat Boxes!

Hello All!

**updated to add a THANK YOU! to MADE IN A DAY Halloween Spooktacular Linky Party for featuring my witch boot floral arrangement this week!  There are so many awesome ideas in this party you have to check it out! **

With Halloween just a couple days away, here are some treat boxes I made.

There are 16 of them

I used several different stamps but the sentiment was the inspiration :)

"When all the world is sleeping and the moon is riding high, if you peep between the curtains you'll see witches flying by."  It's from Waltzing Mouse Stamps.  The witch is from one of the dollar stamps sets from JoAnns a few years ago.  The black cat is from Hampton Art Graphic 45 Clear Stamp Set Happy Haunting Halloween (I just masked off the moon).  The gate is from a Penny Black clear stamp set called "Haunted Halloween" .  The tree was cut on my Cricut (October 31 cartridge).  The moon is a Spellbinders circle die and embellished with Stickles yellow glitter.

The box is from Mygrafico from Lindsay's Stamps Stuff - Halloween Favors Set.  I modified mine to hold two Ghirardelli mini chocolate squares.  I sponged white cardstock with gray, blue and purple ink, on both sides and then printed the template on it.  I hand cut them and the assembled them (so the template lines didn't show).  They are very simple to make and I'm impressed with how sturdy they are.

Happy Halloween!

I'm linking up!

MadeInADay, Halloween Spooktacular Linky Party

All Star Baby Shower

Hello All!

My niece, Lauren, commissioned me to make a few things for a baby shower she is hosting for a friend.  The couple is expecting a boy--his name will be Jackson!--and the theme for the shower is sports.  Here's what I came up with for the invitations:

The image is a Whippersnapper rubber stamp called "Bella."  I masked off the bow and gave this little guy a ball cap.  He is colored with copics and then fussy-cut.  I created the tiny pacifier by using a circle brad and clear "C" clip (they are used to create rubber band bracelets).  I bought the printed paper, "Little All Star," digital paper pack is Paper Tree House Studio (Etsy).  The card is Bazzill cardstock (starmist).  The pacifier is my favorite thing!

I made 35 of them.  Here are the other decorations I made:

Concession Banner, "Jax" Banner, scoreboard, buffet cards, bookmarks (favors), pennants (to use in centerpieces), and the diaper cake.  The diaper cake holds over 100 diapers, a hooded terry towel, three receiving blankets, two onesies, a travel size baby lotion, wash, powder, and shampoo, two washcloths and two pacifiers.  I am so excited about the topper on this diaper cake!  It's lighted!!

I picked up a lighted floral branch from Michaels (about $6 with a 40% coupon) and hot glued laminated stars on each bulb.  The stars were cut, using Spellbinders stars, from the same cardstock as the invitations.   The star bookmarks were made the same way:

The personalized scoreboard was cut using the Sports Mania Cricut cartridge.

See the cute star-shaped glass dish?  I found 8 of them at the thrift store for $1.25 each!  They will be used on each guest table.

The buffet cards are football jerseys (Sports Mania Cricut cartridge).  Each jersey is mounted on a wooden clothespin and have a chalkboard label.  I didn't put the labels on them because it's easier to write on the label first and then just stick it in place!

The concession banner will hang above the food table.  

This banner is a surprise for the Mommy-to-be as it is in the nickname she's come to lovingly call the precious bundle!

I hope the shower is a huge success!

Have a great week :)

Getting Old. It Ain't for Sissies!

Hi All,

I think this image is hilarious.  What a funny birthday card...for the right person and sense of humor!

It's a digital stamp from Squigglefly.com but now, sadly, all their great images are gone.  The website was there one day and then, *poof* gone the next.   "Grandma Gertie in her underpants" is printed on Paper Temptress, Cryogen white cardstock (with a subtle iridescence!) and colored with copics.  I was playing around with the Spellbinders dies and used the deckled edged rectangle to cut around the image but left her hands free so I could pop them up and give it a little 3D action :)

The plaid paper is DCWV and the card and green cardstock is Bazzill.  I had the embellies in my stash --isn't it cute how the match her fluffy pink slippers?

So, can you guess who the recipient was of this funny card?  Would you believe my mom!?   I, of course, sent it along with her "real" Birthday card but because I know she likes to laugh and is the first one to lament the changes that come with being over 29 ;) it was hers the moment I saw the image!  I may or may not have sent it with a matching pair of slippers - ha ha!

I have some really wonderful thrift finds to share so hopefully I'll get those posted soon!

Have a great weekend!
 

Oh My! Minnie Mouse Birthday Party

Happy Wednesday Everyone!  I am so behind in my posting and I thought I'd squeeze this in before the weekend.  I mentioned a few posts back that I was working on invitations and favors (didn't get to the banner!) for a Minnie Mouse-themed little girl's 2nd birthday party and here they are!  I didn't have a lot of time so, using my Cricut and a couple of cartridges - Tags, Bags & More, and Disney's Mickey and Friends - I whipped up these little boxes with Minnie faces.  I made them to match the invitation by using the same paper and my favorite little touches - flocked noses and the pretty pink polka-dotted ribbon!  Hope the rest of your week is great!  <3 Lisa

Dr. Seuss Themed Baby Shower!

**Edited to add update - February 8, 2012 ** It has been brought to my attention that the website referenced below where I found the clip art used for these invitations no longer has it posted.   


I'm so excited to be able to share these with you!  It has taken me a couple of weekends to get these right but I am finally happy with them.  This is a first for me - a Dr. Seuss themed baby shower!

Thanks to the Sacred Heart School website, I was able to get the perfect clipart image.  After a little photo-shopping, the Cat in the Hat was the perfect size for the 5 x 7 cards (cut from Bazzill card stock - Blue Calypso).  Using Cricut Design Studio, I welded "a baby shower" using the Mickey Font cartridge.  The red circles are also Bazzill cardstock (Painted Desert)  cut with SB circle nestie and I popped up the centers (which are computer-generated). The shower details are also computer-generated and I used home publishing software to match the colors, font, polka dot background, to the rest of the invitation. 

The Mommy-to-be wanted each shower guest to bring a book for the baby so I wrote the following poem to convey her request:

"There is lots of excitement as time grows near;
  for soon baby Liam will be here!
There has been a lot of preparation and things to ready,
  from painting the nursery to fluffing the teddy.
But there is something specific Mommy wants for her son;
  a library, you see, made up of books from everyone!
Yes, books are what is requested.
 There is no particular one.
Books for baby Liam!  Oh! What Fun!
Books about animals and creatures from other lands;
  books about adventures and kingdoms so grand.
Books about sailing or about the sun, moon, and stars! 
Books about pirates or wizards or czars!
The choices are endless and possibilities abound! 
There are books about all kinds of things and wonders to be found.
So please choose a book with baby Liam in mind, 
and join in the celebration on this day and at this time:
February 19, 2011 at 2 o'clock pm!
And to Mommy-to-be we will give books with pleasure. 
She will place them in a library for baby to treasure!"

I made address labels and seals for each envelope also.  All-in-all I made 50 invitations.  Each Cat in the Hat had to be hand-cut and this was the most time-consuming thing about these.  But once I saw how cute it loooked, I knew I wouldn't be happy with anything less.  I also made a little card for the Mommy-to-be to include in the box of invites:

This is a Whippersnappers rubber stamp, JY806 Bella (with the bow masked off) colored with copics and topped with the hat cut from one the of seals.  He's mounted on a circle of the same cardstock used in the invites.  The "congratulations" is a Clearly Wordsworth acrylic stamp.

Finally, I wanted to crank in a pic of my work table during the making of these.  I actually pulled an all-nighter to get them finished.  A fully-stocked Keurig combined with the Saturday night line up of programming on the Bio channel, Celebrity Ghost Stories and My Ghost Story -- lots and lots of ghost stories-- I hardly missed sleep - ha! ha! :)

 

Hope you all have a wonderful week! <3 Lisa