Ships Ahoy, It's A Boy

 Hello, Hope your having a fabulous day so far.  Here are two other cards I made for the Nautical Themed baby shower. Now these look like baby cards compared with the "Ahoy It's A Boy" card I posted on Monday.  Don't you think?

I found these boat embellishments in my stash and
thought they would be perfect. 

The elephant and star embellishments went perfect
with the boats. 

Inside of the card.

On the second card I used a punch to make the water.

Inside the card.

Thank you for stopping by today.  Happy Stamping!

Ahoy, It's A Boy!

Happy Monday everyone! Did you enjoy your weekend?  Hope you were able to do some crafting.  The baby shower I made this card for was a Nautical theme.  I took part of the baby shower invite and used it to make the baby card. 

I cut "Ahoy Its' A Boy" from the invite and attached
it to a piece of burlap. I used a die cut for the rest
of the embellishments. 

The baby shower was Chevron blues and red so I
made that the base of my card.  

Inside of the card. 

I am not a big fan of  Nautical Theme.  What can I say I live in the desert, water is not my thing but I have to say they did a wonderful job of decorating for the baby shower.  It was beautiful.  Wish I would have taken pictures to share.  Enjoy your week!!

Baby Shower Card

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a wonderful week. Last month I had a baby shower to attend so one evening I headed into my craft room to make a baby card.. I knew I wanted to make a baby boy overalls card so I found some inspiration on Pinterest.  My first mistake was being in my craft room in the evening.... I am a morning person....What was I thinking to be crafting at night...?????  Now looking at the picture below the card looks perfectly fine, but its not....keep reading.

Since I didn't have any jean looking pattern paper I
started with a plain light blue piece of CS. Using a
background stamp I added the jean texture look to the CS.
I cut out the overalls, added the stitching with black pen,
and used blue inks to distress the edges.  

I added some embellishments in the pocket.

These buttons from my button stash fit perfect.

This is the first card I stamped and cut. 

OOPS! I cut the wrong side of the fold!!
So I re-stamped it and cut it again.  You guessed it,
I cut the wrong side again...UGH!!!!!!
Finally after the third attempt I got it right.  I should
have stopped and called it a night at this point but
I kept going determined to finish this card. 

After all the decorating on the front of the card was
done I attached the inside panel and stamp it.  Yippie
I was finished!!  That's when I realized I had attached
the inside panel to the wrong side of the card.
UGH!!!!!......UGH!!!!......UGH!!!!......UGH!!!

My lesson here is to never craft late at night...(past 7pm) Hee hee.  Check back next week and I will share with you the cards I finally made for the baby shower....Enjoy your weekend.

Another Birthday Folio

Today I am sharing the other envelope folio I made.  This one was for my sister Jovonna's birthday.  I filled it with lots of pictures of her as a baby and growing into adulthood. 

The ribbon used here is very old.  I found it at an Estate Sale.

The paper packet is from
Teresa Collins-Stationery Noted. 

This paper packet had sheets of printed and
blank labels I used through out the folio. 

I used envelopes I had from my stash so I didn't
have to make the envelopes this time.  

Since I used regular envelopes they had the glue on
the inside flap. I covered them with pattern paper to
prevent them from getting moist and sticking together. 

This is the insert I made to hold pictures.  It was
inserted into one of the envelopes.
See the pictures below.

We had a family dinner for Jovonna's birthday and it was so much fun to look at all the pictures and remember and celebrate Jovonna's life.  This is truly a wonderful gift to give to one of your family members.

Thank you card

Happy Monday to you!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend with family and friends. Today I am sharing a card I made using pattern paper and an embossing folder.  

Taking a piece of scrap paper and running through
an embossing folder I then attached it to CS. 

I used a die cut for the butterfly and a CTMH
stamp set for the thank you. 

Inside the card

Have a super great week!