Baby Elephant Card!

I created this simple baby elephant card for a friend who is expecting. The card is gender neutral as she hasn't found out yet what she's having. I used lavendar paper as a mat for the image and used yellow flowery background paper. They look blue in this picture but both the bottle top and the rattle are purple.

--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Kaboodle Doodle - Anything Goes with a Splash of Purple

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Baby Shower Invitation!

This baby shower invitation was made entirely using my cricut. I used the DoodleCharms cartridge. I cut the bottle once in white then cut using the layers feature twice, once in yellow and once in pink.

The inside is very simple and left blank just so I could use this as an example. Unfortunately, my "You're Invited" rubber stamp was too large for the bottle. :(

--This project is entered in the following challenges--

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Shower the Baby

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Baby 6x6 Scrapbook!

This is the small 15 page paper scrapbook I made for baby Bella (and Mommy Becca!). Originally I thought I would make the album into Bella's first pictures with each of her family members. Then I decided I would make "Bella's First Year" book. Finally, I decided to let Bella's Mommy decide how she wants to use it! The following pictures are the pages and the last page that folds out into a 3 page layout. I really enjoyed making this album for Becca and Bella! I hope Bella looks back at it, as she's growing up, with fond memories!

This is a Creative Memories album and everything in it is CM except the ribbon (I changed it!), the button, the luster baubles and the pink pearl in the flowers. Even the flowers are CM!!! :)

Challenges this is Entered in:

Quixotic Challenges - "Baby"

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*Hugs, JennRo*

Welcome Baby Card!

SOOOOOOOOO.....It's Thursday and I visited with my really good friend Rebecca and her almost 1 month old baby girl, Isabella! As promised, I'm posting the card and gift I made for them. :)

Here's the card welcoming Baby Bella to the world! :) I stitched the patterned paper on the sewing machine and textured both the green and pink papers using the Sissix Texture Boutique. I added some color to the swiss dots texture on the pink paper using white ink and a dauber. I added the sticker and some faux stitching as well as Luster baubles and heart gems to finish it up!

This vellum quote is from the Creative Memories "Expressions of Baby Girl" quote pack. LOVE it! :)

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"G is for Girl" Welcome Baby Card

Project #2 of 30 -- Spring Creations Self-Challenge

I created this adorable "Congratulations on your new arrival" card for my friends Mechelle and AJ who have just welcomed their second daughter, Cassandra Lynn. This card was inspired by a sticker I saw at Michael's with little boy clothes all hung from a clothesline. There wasn't a girl themed one so I decided I'd make it instead! My clothesline isn't very long but I think it's cute just the same! I cut the outfit and booties from the Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cart. The "G is for Girl" hanger is actually a 3-D sticker that I recovered so my papers would match! I outlined everything with black marker so each piece would stand out against the white background and sewed three baby buttons to the right bottom corner just for an added decoration. Aren't they cute??

This side view shows that the pieces are not flush with the card, but are truly hanging from the "clothesline" (made w/ twine btw!). I "tea dyed" the edges of the white cardstock just to give it a border against the pink card base.

OK, I have to admit for the inside of this card I cheated! My pink marker I wanted to use wasn't working correctly and my hands were very shaky SO I popped my cardstock in the printer, found a font I liked, typed what I wanted, hit print and VIOLA! :) The pink flowers were pre-made felt pieces and I attached them with small purple brads.

I can't wait to mail this off to the proud new parents (and big sister too)!

"For Your Little Monkey" Shaped Card

PROJECT #1 of 30

I created this Monkey shaped Baby Shower card for my dear friend Rebecca. She has chosen not to find out what gender her new baby is, so keeping with neutrals and her nursery "jungle" theme, I thought this Monkey cut from Everyday Paper Dolls would make the perfect card!
To begin with, I wanted my monkey to be fuzzy so I decided to use felt. Mind you, I've never used felt with my Cricut before so this was definitely a learning process! To make the felt less flexible and easier to cut, I adhered felt to card stock using a spray adhesive. I cut the monkey from dark brown felt first then light brown felt (for accents). I cut two more monkeys using dark brown card stock to create the card background. I cut one more monkey in white card stock for the inside.
After drawing on my monkey's accents with a black fine-tipped Sharpie, I assembled the rest of his accents using hot glue. I added a heart shaped felt nose and googly eyes. I also outlined the whole felt monkey using a regular tipped black Sharpie and blotted red Sharpie in his mouth for added color. When assembling was finished, I used a wire brush to "rough" up the felt to make the monkey appear more fuzzy. I used small circular movements to get the felt to "fuzz up".
Once the background card was assembled, I adhered the white monkey cut to the inside bottom portion of the card. I added a little ribbon to the top for a seamless fold. The phrase "For your little monkey" was penned using a Creative Memories fine-tip brown pen as well as the border around the monkey shape. After finishing both sections of the card (the felt piece and the card background/inside) I adhered the felt section to the front of the card using hot glue for a permanent bond. One last look to make sure all my pieces matched and the monkey was still fuzzy and (ta-DA!) he was ready to go!
This picture is taken as a side view to try to capture the "fuzz factor"! The pictures do not do this little monkey justice!

The monkey is now in his new home and waiting eagerly for the new arrival!