Baby Shower Decoration and Cards Ensemble

Here is my first project for the March edition of Craft Project Central!

Stumped about what to do for decorations or cards to create a fabulous baby shower?  Look no further!  This great project includes instructions for creating a "glowing present" for a table centerpiece, adorable baby block table decorations, a cute favor gift bag, a shower invitation, and a wonderful card for the mom to be to use to thank her guests!  It’s so easy to switch up the colors to match any theme.  With this tutorial, you’ll be ready for a fabulous baby shower or baby party in no time! 

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Everyday Birthday

Good morning everyone! I hope you have a fabulous Monday! Here is another sketch challenge card. This one was created with SCCSC102 on Stampin' Connection. Take a look: 

• Stamps: Bring on the Cake
• Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
• Ink: Peach Parfait
• Accessories: Lucky Limeade Everyday Enchantment ribbon, Scallop Edge Border Punch

Here is the sketch that was created by yours truly:

This was another quick and easy card to put together. I started off with a 4-1/4" x 11" Crumb Cake card stock that was scored at 5-1/2". I cut two pieces from two different patterns of Everyday Enchantment DSP at 1" x 4". I adhered the DSP strips alternating patterns across the top off the card front.

Next I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock 1-1/2" x 4-1/4". I punched one of the long edges with the Scallop Edge Border punch. The greeting from Bring on the Cake was stamped in the bottom right hand corner of the punched Very Vanilla strip in Peach Parfait ink. This piece was adhered onto the card front right against the edge of the DSP strips.

Then I cut a long piece of Lucky Limeade Organza ribbon that came with the Everyday Enchantment Embellishment pack. I wrapped the ribbon around the card front three times and tied the ends into a bow.The Lucky Limeade ribbon really adds a pop of color on this simple card!

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With Love Bag Tutorial

As promised, here is the tutorial for the With Love Bag. I changed up the colors on this one, but other than that it is the same as the one I posted last week. So here we go! 

For this project you will need: 

• Stamps: Inspired By Nature, Field Flowers
• Card Stock: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
• Ink: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade
• Accessories: 5/8" Basic Grey Satin ribbon, Sticky Strip, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop Oval punch, 1-3/8" x 5/8" Oval punch, 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval punch

1. Cut a piece of Pool Party card stock 3-1/4" x 11". With the 11" side at the top of your scoring tool score at 4", 5-1/4", 9-1/4", and 10-1/2". Rotate the card stock 90 degrees so that the 3-1/4" side is at the top of your scoring tool and score at 1". Trim the card stock so it looks like the picture below. 

2. Cut a piece of Whisper White card stock 3" x 5". Stamp the grass from Inspired By Nature in Lucky Limeade ink. To make the color lighter I inked up the stamped, stamped the image onto a piece of copy paper once before stamping the image onto my card stock.

3. Stamp the flowers from Inspired By Nature in Pool Party ink. 

4. Adhere the stamped Whisper White card stock onto a 3-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pool Party card stock. Then adhere this layer onto a 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Lucky Limeade card stock. Cut a second 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" piece of Lucky Limeade card stock. 

5. Flip over the Lucky Limeade panel with the stamped image. Place a piece of Sticky Strip along the bottom of both pieces of Lucky Limeade card stock. 

6. Fold on all of the score lines on your Pool Party card stock. Place Sticky Strip in the locations shown in the picture below. Then flip it over and place a piece of Sticky Strip on just one of the longer bottom tabs. 

7. Cut a piece of 5/8" Basic Grey Satin ribbon approximately 5" long. Use SNAIL Adhesive to adhere the ribbon onto the front of the stamped panel and adhere the ends of the ribbon onto the back of the panel. 

8. Remove the Sticky Strip liner from the top of the Pool Party card stock and from the bottom of the Lucky Limeade card stock. Adhere the panels onto the box sides as shown below. 

9. To form the box start by removing the Sticky Strip liner from the side tab and adhere the tab onto the inside of the other end of the card stock. Fold in the long bottom flap without the Sticky Strip, then the two side flaps. Remove the Sticky Strip liner from the bottom flap and adhere this down last. 

10. Stamp the greeting from Field Flowers onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock in Pool Party ink. Punch out the greeting with the 1-3/8" x 5/8" Oval punch. Use the 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval punch on a scrap of Pool Party card stock. Use the Scalloped Oval punch on a scrap of Lucky Limeade card stock. 

11. Adhere the label layers on top of one another.

12. Use the 1-3/8" x 5/8" Oval punch to punch the oval in the top of the bag. To do this pinch the front and back panels together, slide the punch over all four layers of card stock to the location where you want your oval, and punch. You will have to squeeze hard, but this allows you to get your oval on the front and back panel closely lined up. 

 13. Adhere the greeting label onto the box with Stampin' Dimensionals.

14. Cut a piece of Basic Grey Satin ribbon approximately 13" long. Wrap the ribbon through the handle ovals and tie it into a bow. Trim the ends of the ribbon with Paper Snips. 

That's it! Now you have a cute little bag to give a gift to someone special! 

I hope you'll give this cute little bag a try!

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Craft Project Central!

Here are the next two tutorials from the March edition of Craft Project Central!

Lucky Banner and Pot O' gold: 

Because we feel so LUCKY to  have you come by to visit, subscribe, leave your nice comments, join our card challenges, and everything else, here’s a free project for you all!  Thank you!  Enjoy the project!

Spread a little St. Patrick’s Day cheer with this fun project!  You can dress up your fireplace mantle or any shelf or wall in your home with this "lucky" St. Patrick’s Day banner.  Then make the cute little "Pot O’ Gold" to add to your Green Day display!  And, of course, some gold-wrapped Rolos make the perfect little treat to put in your pot!

This project was created by Julie! If you have a chance please stop by Julie's blog and leave her a comment on her wonderful project!

Cupcake Ensemble:
Cupcakes anyone?  How cute is this paper cupcake and matching cupcake stand?  And wouldn’t it make an adorable centerpiece for a party?  The coordinating card can be used as a birthday party invitation or to wish someone special a Happy Birthday!  This project is also a great quick-and-easy class or club project!

This project was created by Holley! If you have a chance please stop by Holley's blog and leave her a comment on her adorable project!

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Friendship is Precious

I've got another sketch challenge card to share with you! This one was created using the SCCSC106 sketch challenge on Stampin' Connection. Take a look: 

• Stamps: Fresh Vintage, Precious butterflies
• Card Stock: Calypso Coral, Whisper White
• DSP: Everyday Enchantment (SAB)
• Ink: Lucky Limeade
• Accessories: Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Corner Rounder Punch, Decorative Label Punch, XL Oval Punch, Pearls, Stampin' Dimensionals

Here is the sketch that was created by Liz Goldhawk: 

For this card I started off with a Calypso Coral card base cut at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored it at 4-1/4". Next I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock 3-7/8" x 5-1/8". I stamped the image from Fresh Vintage several times on the left side of the card stock in Lucky Limeade ink. I like how the various lengths of the stamped image add interest to the left side of the card. I sprayed this panel with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz before adhering it onto the card front. 

I cut some scraps of Everyday Enchantment DSP into 1/2" x 4-1/4" strips. On one end I used the Corner Rounder punch on both corners. This created a nice rounded end on each of the DSP strips. I adhered the DSP strips onto the card front making sure that the rounded ends were not all the way at the bottom of the card. Then I trimmed off the excess DSP that was sticking up past the fold of the card. 

Now for the greeting. I stamped the quote from Precious Butterflies in Lucky Limeade ink onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock. The greeting was then punched out with the XL Oval punch. I used the Decorative Label punch on a scrap of Lucky Limeade card stock. The punched oval was adhered onto the Lucky Limeade decorative label. Then I adhered the label onto the card front with Stampin' dimensionals. Then just to add some more sparkle I adhered five pearls onto the oval just above the greeting.

Calypso Coral is one of those colors that I kind of struggle to use. It's just a tad too bright and orange for my comfort zone. But sometimes it's nice to go outside of your comfort zone and try something new. I think this one turned out pretty well. What color do you find is difficult to work with? 

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Here is another card I created for a sketch challenge on Stampin' Connection. I wanted to play with my new Bordering on Romance stamp set so this is what I came up with! Take a look: 

• Stamps: Bordering on Romance, Distressed Dots, Thank You Kindly
• Card Stock: Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Pool Party
• DSP: Everyday Enchantment (SAB)
• Ink: Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, Black Stazon
• Markers: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Blender Pen, Calypso Coral
• Accessories: Labels Framelits, 1-1/4" Basic Black Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Rhinestones

Here is the sketch that was created by yours truly:

For this card I started off with a Lucky Limeade card base cut at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4". I used my all time favorite background stamp Distressed Dots with Lucky Limeade ink to add the polka dot background on the card front. Next I cut a piece of Everyday Enchantment DSP 2" x 4-1/4". I adhered the DSP onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock that was cut at 2-1/8" x 4-1/4". You can't tell that I absolutely LOVE this DSP can you?

Then I cut a piece of 1-1/4" wide Basic Black Striped Grosgrain ribbon about 4" long. I cut a dove-tail on one end and adhered the ribbon onto the card front with SNAIL adhesive. I stamped the greeting from Thank You Kindly in the bottom right hand corner of the card front in Basic Black ink.

Now for the labels! I cut a piece of Pool Party card stock 3-1/4" x 3-3/4" and a piece of Very Vanilla card stock 2-1/2" x 3". The Labels Framelits were used with the Big Shot to cut out the labels. I stamped the flowers from Bordering on Romance onto the Very Vanilla label in Black Stazon in. I colored in the flowers with Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, and Blender Pen markers.

I used the fine point end of the Pool Party marker to add some stitching lines around the Pool Party label. Then I adhered the stamped Very Vanilla label onto the Pool Party label. the labels layer was adhered onto the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. I added a single large rhinestone onto the flower label just to add a little bit of sparkle!

This was a relatively quick and easy card to create and I just love the color combo! What have you been doing with your framelits?

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