Welcome Baby!

Hi Everyone and

Happy New Year 2015!

I know I've been out of the loop lately, but I have made a card here and there.

This is one I wanted to share for a new baby, personalized

with the baby's birth stats.  I hid the last name to protect the innocent!  lol

Sorry, I know it's not the best photo, I took it with my i-phone.  Almost forgot to snap a photo before I gave the card to the new mom.

The baby buggy is from the Cricut New Arrival cartridge, background from DCWV Nursery Girl.  Other papers from my scraps.

Added some stick-on hearts for cuteness.

Thanks for stopping by; I do appreciate it.

DCD Sketch Challenge

This week it's a sketch challenge at

Die Cuttin' Divas.

I made a baby card following the sketch.  The stork and baby are from the New Arrival cartridge.  The scalloped ovals are Spellbinder dies, except for the small one which is a Fiskars punch.  All the patterned cardstock is from DCWV Nana's Nursery, Baby Boy.

Here's the sketch, which I turned horizontally to make my card, created by our Diva Host, Georgiana.

I popped up all the large cuts on the front of the card for depth.

 This photo taken inside...

Why don't you join in the challenge this week, and make a card, layout, or project following the sketch provided above.  Be sure to use a die cut somewhere in your creation and link your post back to Die Cuttin' Divas.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

It's a Baby Shower!

Haven't made a baby-related card for a while, so this was fun!  Love how it turned out.

Ingredients:

5x7 white scored card

Blue and white cardstock

K&Co Brenda Walton Small Wonders Boy Mat Pad

New Arrival Mommy cut at 5-1/2"

Diaper pin cut at 1"

Baby feet cut at 3/4"

EK scalloped circle punch

Marvy smaller scalloped circle punch

Martha Stewart lacy border punch

Cuttlebug Hugs & Kisses embossing folder

Tim Holtz weathered wood distress ink

Computer generated sentiments

Foam squares

Green gem

Thanks for stopping by!

It's a beautiful day here, so I'm going to get out and enjoy this weather.  Hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter my card into:
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Linky Party
Five Simple Things - Friday Linky Party
Card a Day Blog - embossing wet or dry

Customized Baby Card

Hi Everyone!

Here's a baby card I made that's customized with the birth statistics and other family information.  I've got these down pretty good now, especially since I've documented them in the past.  It was so much easier to go back to a previous post and see the exact size of the cuts I used in the past.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by--I appreciate it!

It's a Boy!

For the Die Cuttin' Divas Sketch Challenge, click here.

Just had to share another baby card I made for a friend at work.  He just became a new Daddy 15 days ago to a new baby boy named Evan. This is the card I made for him.

Recipe:
A2 size card in blue cardstock
New Arrival Cartridge
Stork cut at 3-1/2" w/shadow
Baby cut at 2-1/4" w/shadow
Blue moon and stars paper bought singly at Joann's
Used alphabet wooden stamps to stamp Welcome Evan
Button brads in yellow
Popped up the stork and baby

Thanks for visiting! Please come again soon.

Customized Baby Card

I made another boy baby card for the girl at work who likes to give them to her friends.  I get the name and statistics typed on patterned paper and then cut the image around that.

All images are cut from the cartridge New Arrival.  I like the way it turned out.  Sorry the colors don't match in the pictures, but they do for real--the real color is closer to the inside paper than the cuts on the front of the card (more gold-ish than orange-ish).  I think one picture was taken with a flash and the other without.  I really need to learn how to use the settings on my camera better!!

Welcome New Baby Boy

Here's a card I made for a woman at work.  She gives cards to family and friends with new babies.  This one is for a new baby boy, and I've covered his name in my photo.

I even finished off the inside with coordinating papers and a few Cricut cuts. Couldn't resist!

All the cuts are from New Arrival Cartridge.  The onesie is cut at 4" with shadow; the booties are cut at 1-1/4" w/shadow, and the circle emblem is cut at 2-1/4".  Papers are from DCWV Nana's Nursery-Baby Boy.  Solids come from my stash.  The duck on the onesie is an EK Success punch--isnt't that so cute?!

Thanks for stopping by!  Your comments are welcomed and appreciated.--Pat N.

It's A Girl! Baby Card

I made this card for a woman at work.  She likes to give personalized cards to new moms.  I hadn't made one of these since I've had my Cricut.  (I used to use punched out balloons to put the personalized information on--see my "Earlier Cards" page for a laugh!).  Here's a "new" style card for a baby girl.

 

Here's how I made it. 

Card is 5 x 6.5"

Cardstock:  Baby animal cardstock is from DCWV Nana's Nursery, Baby Girl matstack. Blue cardstock is Heidi Grace, both inside and outside of the card.  MS Doily Lace punch used inside and out too.

Cartridge:  New Arrival, p. 98 Outfit cut at 4" blackout in pink patterned paper by Heidi Grace with green patterned shadow from same Heidi Grace cardstock pad; p. 107 2 booties cut at 1-1/4" blackout with same pink and green paper.  "It's a Girl" wording, p.90 cut at 1" shadow.

Wording:  Getting the wording to print in the center of each image was a little tricky, but I finally did it after several attempts practicing with white cardstock. This is the first time I used the Centerpoint key function on my Expression.  Great feature for centering your cut around a picture or wording, in my case.  Probably would have been a little easier to start with a photo!

Added some gems, white stitching with a gel pen, pink ribbon around the booties, and pink glitter ribbon for some pizazz.

I'm really pleased with the finished product.  Hope you like it too!  Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your visits!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Whimsical Wednesdays:  anything goes

You Had Me at Craft - link up party

Paper Playtime - anything goes past or present

Scrapaholic by Abby - use GLITTER OR BLING

The Cuttlebug Spot- anything goes
 

It's a Boy!

I don't make many baby cards because I don't know many pregnant ladies!  But a young woman at work just had a baby boy last week and I wanted to send her a card.  I used the New Arrival cartridge for this card.  Using blue cardstock from my stash, I cut this A2 card using the Card 2 feature and <delvry>.  It cuts a window in the card with the baby in it.  The problem with a cut-out like this is that it makes it harder to put a sentiment on the inside of the card without it being seen through the window.  So I covered the opening with some polka-dotted paper.  Cut the square from Lacy Labels so it looks nice on the inside too (it's scalloped).  Also cut the blue label for the inside sentiment from Lacy Labels (this cartridge is great).

As you can see, the inside of the card has a scalloped edge and extends beyond the front of the card when closed.  I cut a separate baby with shadow to put over the cut in the window.  I pop dotted it just a bit.  See this side view below.

The "It's a Boy" lettering was also cut from New Arrival with a shadow.  Then I added the squiggly line down the side (that's actually a stamp; isn't it cool?).  And the blue gem bling in the upper left of the card.  I once read on someone's blog that if you feel your creation is missing something, try adding black to it.  Well that's what I did.  Had originally planned to use the white lettering w/o a shadow and I was trying to put a white border on the card, but it just wasn't working.  Adding black worked instead!  I wish I had shadowed the baby in black too, but he was already done.  So that's my baby card for now; probably won't make any others for quite a while.  TFL!

I'm entering this card into Getting Cricky's FACE Challenge--include a face on your project.  Mine is from the PK Everyday Character Assortment.

New Arrival Card

This is the first time I used this cartridge, and I love it!  I think this card turned out so cute.  Just love this cut of the pregnant mom.  My daughter needed a card for a baby shower for her step sister, so I was happy to oblige. 

Sorry the pictures aren't better.  I really have issues taking pictures at night.  This card is white, 5x6.5.  The pink mat on the front is cut at 4.75x6.25 and embossed with Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder.  The mommy was cut at 5.75 plus shadow (almost too big), but she fit.  Adorned the corners with the darker pink cardstock.  The patterned paper is from DCWV Nana's Nursery for Baby Girl.  I have the 4x6 matstack.  The wording comes from the New Arrival cartridge too.  Cut Baby Shower at 2" with shadow and the For You with shadow at 1-3/4".  Actually cut this twice so I could use the "r" from the word For and add it to the word "You."

I'm entering this card into the Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge .  Thanks for visiting and looking!