Baby Boy Card In The Box!

My best friend sent me a pin early today that she wanted me to make since one of her cousins have a baby boys last week.  I decided that today would be a prefect night to make it. With all of the card in the boxes that I have created lately, one would think I could make them in my sleep by one, but I still have to watch the video for measurements.  This card in the box turned out super cute.  I might have to make another when my nephew when he is born which might be sooner then we think.  Until next time, happy carding everyone.

Baby Onesies

Today was a great day filled with lots of information, but it was a bit overwhelming at the same time.  I had a 1:1 Chromebook training and they give us a lot of great information.  Now I just need to figure out where to start.  I love going to conferences and different trainings, but they give you so much great information you don't have any idea where to begin.  I do have one thing I will be doing tomorrow with the students and I hope they like it.  Since today was filled with lots of information and my brain feels like it is in overdrive, I made an easy card using my Silhouette.  Even though this was an easy card to create, I love how it turned it.  It is a pretty card for a baby shower.  I might have to make one in blue for my sister in law's baby shower in February.  Until next time, happy carding everyday.

Baby Train

Tonight's creation is a baby themed card.  I got my inspiration from Pinterest for this card.  Using my Big Shot, I made the train carts with the smallest Deco Label framelit.  I then used my Silhouette to cut out a scalloped border for the top of the train cart.  To finish off the train carts, I used circle punches to make the wheels.  Once they were adhered together, I stamped the zoo animals from the Zoo Babies stamp set.  I made sure that they would be a little bit covered up by the train cart so that it appeared like they were sitting in the train.  To finish the card, I stamped Congratulation at the top of the white overlay.    I love how this card turned out.  The train cards turned out super cute as well.  Until next time, happy carding everyone.

Faux Tile

Today was a day where Murphy's Law definitely played a part:  "what can go wrong, will go wrong."  After dinner the exhaustion took over, my mind was basically fried but I still had an idea in my head for my card.  So quickly to my craft room I went so not to forget my idea and onward with the rest of my blog for tonight.
A constant headache all day let to yet another easy card for this evening's remarkable creation, it seems like a running them as of late I'm sure.  but I am so mentally and physically drained after long days at school, that is all I can muster before I crash and call it a night.  First, I custom cut base (a) of my card using a piece of dark green card stock.  I then punched out 9 squares (c).  After they were punched out, I put a little adhesive on the back of the squares so I could connect them together without moving.  Once they were altogether and made a 3 by 3 square, I start stamping different animals from the Fox and Friends stamp set onto the squares.  I randomly stamped them on and got a little crazy with some of them but the craziness makes it fun.  Finishing my card, I pulled the squares apart and placed them on a light green overlay (b).  I left about an 1/8 of an inch gap in between each square.  Leaving the gaps creates the effect of tiles on bathroom floor.  Once that was completed, I cut the overlay so it had an 1/8 of an inch all around as well.  Even though this card was easy to create, a lot can still go wrong.  I hope tomorrow is a better day.  Until next time everyone, happy carding.

Measurement Guide
(a) Card Base:  5.5" by 11"
(b) Overlay:  5.25" by 5.25"
(c)  9 Squares:  1.5" by 1.5" each

Stacking Rings

Today's card was quite easy again.  Some weeks everyone needs to take the easy way out so life is not so stressful.  After 3 days of training and 2 more to go this week, my brain is fried and not very creative right now.  So I decided to create a card that was inspired from Pinterest.  I created the whole card using my Silhouette Studio Design software.  First, I drew 5 rectangles and decreased there size by an 1/4" as I went up the ladder.  Then I drew a oval that was a little bigger than the bottom rectangle.  After I had those shapes drawn out, I drew one last rectangle that was the length of the stacking rings and then added on a few more inches so it would stick out above the rings.  After all of the shapes were cut out, I cut the oval in half for the bottom and rounded all of the corners of the rectangles using my Creative Memories corner punch.  Then I assembled my card and decided there was something missing so I stamped yellow stars onto the light purple overlay.  After I stamped the stars, I stamped "congratulations on your new baby" in the white part of the half oval.  Even though the card  was easy to create, it will still brighten the person's day when they receive this card.

Baby!

Following an idea I had drawn out of my head, I created anther baby card today.  As  my brother and his girlfriend are expecting, I will be waiting for a few more months before I actually get to find out if it's a boy or girl so until that happens I can practice my baby celebration cards.  When a new baby is welcomed to the family it can feel stardom so to speak, so with this design cut with my Silhouette I made that the focal point.  Baby is thankfully a short word, so I didn't need to make this card excessively long but it was still a unique size care being that it was three times as long as it was tall.  Although my Silhouette made cutting the letters within the starts easier then it looks, it was still a challenge to punch them out without ruining any of the curves of the font.  The dark base card followed by a simple white overlay seemed a bit empty so to add a bit of flare I cut a piece of light blue ribbon the length of the white overlay and put it as a one sided border on the bottom of the card.  This gives great definition and weight and importance of the stars and letters.

Congratulations!

In celebrations of the recent announcement that my brother and his girlfriend are expecting their first child, I created a "congratulations" card for them.  Using a technique that I've done a few times now in my month and a half of remarkable creations, I did a tri-layer card.  Using a white base, I followed up with pink underlays to give it a border.  It's too early to know if it's going to be a boy for girl, but I am hoping for a girl thus the pink border followed up with one of my new stamps.  The monkeys came from the same set I picked up that had the giraffe and other assorted animals.  Using stamp markers from my collection I also proceeded to included butterflies flying around all over the card.  Because I am away from home at a workshop and packed light for my trip, I completely forgot some of the universal items I use on a regular basis.  The large open area in the card will be stamped with "CONGRATULATIONS" upon my return.  I wish my brother and his girlfriend the best over the next 9 months and look forward to becoming an Aunt!

Baby!

As today was my first full day with my fellow card creator (even if I was teaching for the first half of the day) it made for a great day.  While searching through Jessica's library of different Silhouette designs, I came across this rather neat box baby girl design.  Using a 5 x 5 card to take full advantage of the amount of squares incorporated into this design.  Pink and white are definitely colors one thinks of when they think of a newborn baby girl or celebrating with a baby shower, which made these the definite color choices.  Alternating colors and throwing some flowers into the arrangement separated this card from just your ordinary girl card, I had to make sure to use a different color for the border lines just to help keep the solid pink fro the other hues in the card.

Congratulations on your new baby!

Today I used a technique that was previously introduced last month, in the fact that I triple layered boxes on a base card.  Keeping the colors simple, I went with a blue border and white insides to boost what I was to place inside.  The theme is driven towards the birth of a baby boy, with giraffes and turtles stamped on.  I picked up these wonderful stamps after browsing craigslist looking for rummage sales, I found a lady in Madison selling a bunch of Stampin Up supplies.  After exchanging emails, my boyfriend and I ventured into the city to take a look at them.  Upon arrival she showed me what was for sale and I purchased 15 stamp sets, paper, ribbon,beads and a punch for a great price.  Including these four new stamps, all used on this card.  I think it's great that I could put my new supplies to use so effectively and all on one card!