Once Upon A Time Baby Shower Card

Just wanted to share this Baby Shower card that I made recently for a friend.  I used the Cricut Storybook Cartridge and a piece of paper from Die Cuts With A View's Once Upon A Time Stack.

It is a size A2 card,

with a burgundy background cut at 5 1/4 X 4, 

then a white background cut at 5 X 3 3/4 and embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder,

then a pink and brown piece of DCWV paper from the Once Upon A Time Stack cut at 2 1/2 X 5,

and a piece of irridescent ribbon with gold edging taped around the white layer.

The Once Upon A Time was cut using the Storybook Cartridge in burgundy and white card stock and popped up with pop dots.

I printed the saying on the inside of the card on my computer and punched around the edges and then taped it in.

It says, "...There was a little Princess named Dakota.  And, she lived happily ever after!"

Baby Shower Invites Using Digital Scrapbook Paper

I have been working on a Baby Shower designing invitations, favors, menu, and decorations.  I am really enjoying myself.  I knew to do all that I had in mind was going to take quite a bit of paper, so I decided to use digital scrapbook paper and print it myself, so I could control my supply.  There are so many places on the web to get digital designs now.  Just do a search for digital scrapbook paper and you will hit the jackpot!

The first item that needed to be decided on was the invitation.  I made three different ones to choose from.  Two are the same basic design with one being square and one being A2 size.  

 This is the square card, but I decided against it since the post office now charges extra to mail square envelopes.

I thought the "Bundle of Joy" was cute, but the rattle and "Here Comes Baby!"  won.

Here is what I did:

Paper cut at:

White Base - 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 then folded in half to make it 4 1/4  X 5 1/2

Yellow Layer - 4 X 5 1/4

Tangerine Layer - 3 3/4 X 5

Lime Layer - 3 1/2 X 4 3/4

White Layer - 3 1/2 X 2, then punched with scallop lace Martha Stewart Punch

Yellow - Rattle cut out with Sure Cuts A Lot on a Cricut Expression then decorated with a white bow attached with Zot Dots

Be Blessed,

Paper Rosettes

I am so excited, I have finally figured out a sure fire way of making beautiful paper rosettes!  When I made my first three this morning they all popped and tore when I began to flatten them.  I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong.  But, then the light bulb went on and I realized that most of the tutorials on the internet showed using a 12" long piece of scrapbook paper that was no more than 1  1/2" wide.

My problem was that I was trying to make 2" and 3" wide rosettes.  To make them that wide you have to add extra length to the paper.  Problem solved.  Once I got going, I made a pile of beautiful paper rosettes to use in a project for a baby shower (which I will share with you soon.)

Enjoy the video.  Hope it helps you make some pretty paper rosettes of your own.

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Sippy Cup With A Little Something Extra...

Last week our church had a shower for our Youth Pastor who just adopted two precious blessings: Landyn and Londyn.  The twins are 18 months old and ADORABLE!!!!   Anyway, they needed mostly gift cards for things like diapers and wipes, but what fun is just giving a gift card?

So, I made these cute sippy cups with vinyl to "hide" the gift cards inside.

I used the cutest font that I found over at KevinandAmanda.com called Pea Faith Dots.

You can grab her fonts here:

I designed the layout in Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL) and cut it with my Cricut Expression using Oracle 651 Outdoor Vinyl that I purchased at ExpressionVinyl.com
Once I had the vinyl on the cups, I added some basket filler inside the cups with the a gift card to Walmart in each one. 
I placed them inside clear bags that I purchase from Uline.com and tied the tops with curly ribbon.
I also added  little gift tags that I made using Provo Crafts Doodle Charms Cricut Cartridge.

All in all, a simple, cute baby gift!

Be Blessed,