Baby Card and Bag

Kelsey, my beautiful Granddaughter at her Baby Shower.

Today I drove to Michigan to attend my Grand Daughter's baby shower. What a great time I had and such a joy to visit with all of Kelsey's friends and other relatives. Her baby is due the first of November.

Several weeks ago, Carol brought to one of our card making days the cutest "Onesie" baby card. I loved her idea and put it in the back of my mind since I knew I would be making a card for Kelsey soon. Believe it or not, when I received Kelsey's invitation it was made out of a "Onesie". My idea grew from there.

Fortunately, I have the New Arrival cartridge for my Cricut and this "onesie" is included in it. There are templates you can down load, but this was much easier for me than cutting it out by hand.

First, I cut a 5 inch "onesie" out of Neenah white cardstock. Then I cut another one out of checked DP. I clipped the top and bottom so it could be added to the white card stock for color and contrast. I added a piece of silver cording on both pieces to give it a finished look, just like you would do if you were sewing it out of fabric. Buttons were added at the neckline and at the bottom. I cut out the cute giraffe from the same cartridge and another button was added for the eye.

I used the JustRite Fonts from Trompe Upper and Lower Case (30% off through the 24th) to spell out the baby's name and cut it out with my new Label 8 die from Spellbinders. Another one was cut with the next size larger out of the striped paper and then was give some dimension by using the Therm-o-Web dimensionals to attach it.

Martha Stewart's Loop punch for the corners and then attached the stripped paper with my Glue Glider and then to the Neenah white card stock. I glue a small giraffe to the inside of the card to made the outside.

Next I wanted to decorate the outside of the bag. The usual tissue and ribbons were used and then I cut out the baby's name (you read it right..Beckon) with my Cricut and ran it through the Victoria Embossing folder for texture. I cut the same giraffe about 8 inches high, ran it though the Cuttlebug twice to make sure it was embossed on both ends. A button was added for the eye (minus any thread of course). I ran everything through the Xryon tape machine to apply adhesive on the back and then all was attached to the bag.

Kelsey loved it all, so that is all that mattered to me!

See more pictures below.

Gift bag for Kelsey's shower

Giraffe up close

Isn't she cute...and who would guess she is 8+ months pregnant.

She received so many nice things. What a pretty smile Kelsey!

I hope it isn't contagious...Kelsey's friends in this

picture are all pregnant!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Posted by Joan Fricker