sweet pea

as I mentioned in my personal blog, these are the baby shower invitations I made for my sister-in-law's baby shower. this first picture makes it seem like there aren't that many, but they seemed to keep coming while we were finishing them. if you decide to make this card, let me know and I will help walk you through it if you need help. it's a very intense card, and I ended up recruiting my mom and brother to help me because it was so much work. thanks again!

final card size is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.

to make the outside/envelope - cut a 8 1/2 x 11 in. piece of brown bazzil cardstock in half, so that the halves are 4 1/4 x 11 in. then fold each piece in half, so that there are 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. sections. note - the bazzil (textured) side goes on the outside of the card. cut from the top of the folded line to the bottom corner of one of the halves on each piece (do this so that the sides form a mirror image). place the two uncut sides on top of each other and glue together. next cut out two triangles out of to different pink patterned paper that will be glued to the top of each of the triangle sections - each pink triangle will have the dimensions of 4 x 5 1/4 in sides, and a 6 1/2 in. hypotenuse. again, the triangles should be mirror images of each other. I was able to find a double sided patterned paper that I just cut a 4 x 5 in square and then cut that into two triangles. glue pink triangles to the brown triangles, making sure they are flush on the bottom outside corners. then fold the two sides together and glue together, making a pocket.

next, cut out a 1 x 5 1/2 in rectangle. sew two parallel lines along the outside edges. glue to the front of the envelope.

for the last section of the envelope, cut out three circles, a 2 1/2 in. cream cardstock, a 2 in pink bazzil , and a 1 1/2 in brown bazzil. make scallops around the cream cardstock, and punch small holes at each scallop. glue all three circles together. next, cut out a pea pod shape out of green paper using a cricut or die cut. use three green brads to make peas. glue the pea pod to the circles, and the circles to the envelope.

to make the inside/card - cut out a 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. square of pink bazzil. print the invitation on cream cardstock so that the final size measures 3 3/4 x 5 in. round the edges of both pieces of paper, then glue together. sew the papers together, using a straight stitch. cut out a 2 in. circle of pink bazzil and a 1 1/2 in. circle of cream cardstock. cut scallops around the pink circle. glue a green button to the middle of the cream circle, and sew on. write "sweet pea" along the outside of the button on the cream circle. glue the two circles together and then glue to the card.

and finally, place the card inside the envelope and take a nap - you deserve it!

note - if you don't have a way to scallop the edges of the two circles, get in contact with me. there is a way to make scallops with a paper edger, and I am more than willing to help explain how.

easy invite

this invitation format is pretty easy to do and does not take a ton of time, but it always turns out super cute.

to make this invitation, cut out patterned paper to be 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. then print the invitation on another piece of solid paper or vellum. make sure that when your invitation prints, the final size will be smaller than the back (I'm really bad at computer stuff. I honestly can't tell you how to do it. I've found that if I am able to make a full page template, I can take a digital copy to a place like kinkos and they will make it the right size, print it on the paper of your choice, and even cut them out for you. and it's pretty cheap too!) after the invitation part has been cut to size, attach it to the patterned paper using brads or eyelets. you can be creative in the number and place you attach them together. have fun!

baby buttons

to make this card, use a 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 card base of cardstock. cut out three rectangles, with the width of each being 5 1/2 in and the height being such that they are one smaller than another. scallop the bottom and top of the largest rectangle, which will go on bottom. then place the other two rectangles on top of each other, so there is a border with each. sew on three buttons on the left side of the rectangles. glue the rectangles to the card base, leaving a border on top and bottom. cut out the word "baby" normally and with a shadow using a cricut or die cut. glue the normal cut "baby" to the shadow, and then onto the right side of the card.

oh baby!

to make the base, cut a 3 1/8 x 6 1/3 in. piece of patterned paper. cut a 2 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. piece of vellum. attach all four corners with brads. the patterned paper should form an equal border on three sides, with one side having a little bit larger border.

to make the bookmark, cut 6 x 2 3/8 in. piece of patterned paper. round the edges with a paper edge rounder. punch in an eyelet on one end of the bookmark and put in a ribbon. cut out four 1 1/2 in. squares. glue them to the bookmark in an up and down pattern. cut out the letters "B", "A", "B" and "Y" from bazzill paper using a cricut (george and basic shapes) or diecut. glue them to the inside of the square blocks. print out the invitation and glue it to the back of the bookmark. insert the bookmark into the base, making sure the top of the bookmark (where the ribbon is) has the extra border of the base.

rubber ducky shower

to make this card, start with a 6x3 in. piece of double sided patterned paper, folded in half to form a 3 in. square card. print out the front of the card onto vellum, and cut the phrase out so that it is smaller than 3x3 in. do the same for the inside, invitation part of the card. glue the invitation to the inside. measure a piece of ribbon to the size of the neck of the rubber ducky plus about 1 in. or so. attach the vellum and the ends of the ribbon to the card with a brad.