Happy Pregnancy!

A 'happy pregnancy' card for a friend that just announced she is pregnant. Great excuse to make a card! :) I actually didn't use the Cricut on this project at all, just some Martha Stewart paper, ribbon, rhinestones, and a great $1 stamp from Michaels. :)

Ice cream & babies...

I had an unexpected free night last night. So of course I did any time I have unexpected free time...CRAFT! The baby shower card is for a friend, but the "just because" card was just a whim. It came together really nicely.

'Just Because' Card
I used Martha Stewart paper, as well as a Martha Stewart trim punch. I used my Stretch Your Imagination cartridge for the ice cream cone. I was feeling a little springy last night. Must be all the sunshine!



Baby Shower Card
I used the Doodlecharm cartridge for the bottle, as well as the tags, bags and more cartridge for the circles.

Baby Card

One of my friends asked me to make a baby card for one of her friends. The pictures are a little misleading, because the yellow isn't that bright. It's actually a pastel yellow.

Baby Shower Thank Yous

Showers. I enjoy them. I like baby showers and bridal showers. I like parties that have themes. Maybe that's why I like showers so much. :)

A friend asked me to design some thank you cards for a baby shower. Perfect! She sent me a picture of a quilt that the parents-to-be have registered for, which is what the designed is based off of. 30 cards of each design.

Thanks for thinking of me Katie! :)

2010 Winter Olympics: Go Team USA!

Well the 2010 Winter Olympics officially kick off this evening with the opening ceremonies. We'll be hosting an olympic party at our house this evening to watch the opening ceremony with friends. One of the couples coming has a 2 month old baby. Naturally he needed a special outfit to wear for his first olympics, so I made him this onesie. Go team USA!

I used my Cricut to cut out the circles, and learned some very valuable lessons about using the it to cut fabric. Luckily I found a great video on YouTube that gave me some awesome pointers. I ironed all of the shapes and then hand stitched them on.




Update 2/13/2010: Kudos to Alie and her super creative dessert that she brought over for everyone. I had a table of foods from all different countries. Mini tacos for Mexico, perogies for Poland, a pizza dip for Italy, baguettes for France, and a Canada Day flag cake for Canada. Alie's Olympic-ring-inspired fruit pizza was the perfect addition! And her son looked way too cute in his olympic onesie!

Baby Card

I was packaging up the crib note magnets for Natalie and Derek, when I realized that I hadn't made a card to go with it. What was I thinking?! So I quickly whipped up this little baby onesie card.

Crib Notes - Babysitter Magnet

Congratulations to Natalie and Derek on the birth of their beautiful baby boy. What a blessing! As a little "congratulations" gift, I'm sending them this set of magnets for their refrigerator. They both have been laminated, and will act as dry erase boards.

The perfect little helper for a babysitter! :)

Baby Announcement

Our friends had a baby last month. A healthy beautiful baby boy. It's been an exciting experience to journey with them through the pregnancy. They asked me to design the birth announcement, which they sent out with their Christmas card. It was an honor.




I also designed the following card, which I sent them when they first announced they were pregnant. I used the vectored baby image on different materials throughout the pregnancy. The baby was kind of their "pregnancy logo". You know you're pretty cool if you have a logo for your unborn baby. :)