Baptism Blessings Card!

Good evening bloggers! I created this project for my dear friends Mechelle & AJ who celebrated their newest daughter's Baptism this weekend. She is soo cute!! I was going for something a little more simple and I was SO excited I was able to use my new Easter 2010 Cricut Cartridge too!! :) I received the Easter 2010 cart, Create a Critter cart and Tags, Bags & Boxes cart from Hallmark Scrapbook in the mail on Friday and was itching to use them! Just so happens I wanted a scalloped oval (egg cut from Easter 2010) for this card! Have you checked out Hallmark Scrapbook?? They have AWESOME prices on all things Cricut, Sizzix and more plus they have fast shipping too! I received my order within 5 days and that included the Easter holiday! :) Ok, on to the project, which in case you've been following.. COMPLETES my Spring Creation Self Challenge Goal of 30 projects by July 7th...Hmmm...Pretty sure I made my goal! I think I'll be upping my goal to 75 projects! Please keep me motivated by leaving your sweet comments! Ok, on with it...

This project is being entered into the following Challenges:

Rosie D's Challenge Blog -- "Blessings" Theme

Crafty Creations Challenge Blog -- "Paper Piecing"

AllSorts Challenge Blog -- "Petals and Pearls"

Inky Impressions Challenge Blog -- "Charm It!"

I cut this cute little baby and bonnet are from the Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge at 2inches (I think!). The dress is actually a Jolee's Sticker that came in a Christening pack. It was just too pretty not to use. The oval is actually the scalloped egg cut from the Easter 2010 cart. The pink lacey ribbon and white flowers are from my stash (courtesy of my Mom!). After I cut the Scalloped Egg, I ran it through my Sizzix Texture Boutique in the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. Then I inked the front of the egg with "Moonlight White" ink so the dots would show up more against the pink cardstock. The base is white cardstock with a vellum flowery swirl pattern (from my stash!) layered on top. Pieced my baby girl together. I decided not to put a face on my baby as sometimes my Cricut markers are too harsh and I liked the simplicity of the blank face. I tied the ribbon, white button, pink twine and metal cross charm (from Joann Fabrics bead collection) together and then added my "oval" and baby using pop dots for dimension. I added my flowers using Glue Dots and finally added Luster Baubles in "Ice" to the bottom corner of the card and to the left top of the oval. The pictures below show the shiny-ness of the dress, the metal charm, the dimension and the inside greeting (that reads, "...every good and perfect gift comes from above. Baptism Blessings Cassandra Lynn.)

Can you see the faux stitching around the inside of the card? I've been doing this for years as I think it adds a little finishing touch...who knew "stitching" would become a cardmaking/scrapbooking fad??!! lol

Well, needless to say, my friends were so pleased with this little creation! I hope they save it for her baby book. Wouldn't that be neat?

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~