My sister's having a baby boy so I decided to get crafty and make her a few things. My few things turned in to HUGH projects along with volunteering to make some decorations for her baby shower. Mind you, I live in Nevada and she lives in Kentucky, so everything I made had to be shipped across county.
My craftiness started with a word book of the baby's name, Wylder. This book took quite a bit of time to create. Basically, trial and error making the correct sizes. I was discouraged using my deep-cut blade even though I followed the directions for cutting chipboard on my Expression. I really didn't have much luck with the chipboard, the machine was going off course during the second cut and I was worried to death that it would kill my Cricut so I switched to cereal boxes as a thinner chipboard which really worked well.
I'm happy with my first Word Book creation an hopefully will have less difficulty making my next one. I did take other photos of the book from different views but they got deleted off my memory stick by accident. Boo....
My next creation was a large 16x20 Shadow box for the baby's nursery. My sister's is using the a Jungle Theme from Pottery Barn Kids so I was careful to match the colors and animals the best I could.
I found this cute giraffe wall hanging at Jo-Ann's and thought it would make a neat 3D accent inside the box. I used Animal Kingdom, Everyday Paper Dolls, Life's a Beach, Creative Memories and Sweethearts cartridges.
This design was placed in a white shadow box with glass but I had to take the glass out so I would be able to take a photo without glass glare.
These cute A2 thank you cards are what started all my jungle designs. I made 15 cards using either a giraffe, hippo or elephant die cut along with a stamped Thank You sentiment. Of course, I had to make coordinating envelopes too.
So to add to my out-of control creations I made 3 centerpieces for the Baby Shower.
My craftiness started with a word book of the baby's name, Wylder. This book took quite a bit of time to create. Basically, trial and error making the correct sizes. I was discouraged using my deep-cut blade even though I followed the directions for cutting chipboard on my Expression. I really didn't have much luck with the chipboard, the machine was going off course during the second cut and I was worried to death that it would kill my Cricut so I switched to cereal boxes as a thinner chipboard which really worked well.
I'm happy with my first Word Book creation an hopefully will have less difficulty making my next one. I did take other photos of the book from different views but they got deleted off my memory stick by accident. Boo....
I found this cute giraffe wall hanging at Jo-Ann's and thought it would make a neat 3D accent inside the box. I used Animal Kingdom, Everyday Paper Dolls, Life's a Beach, Creative Memories and Sweethearts cartridges.
This design was placed in a white shadow box with glass but I had to take the glass out so I would be able to take a photo without glass glare.
These cute A2 thank you cards are what started all my jungle designs. I made 15 cards using either a giraffe, hippo or elephant die cut along with a stamped Thank You sentiment. Of course, I had to make coordinating envelopes too.
So to add to my out-of control creations I made 3 centerpieces for the Baby Shower.
I cut Jungle Animals and glued them on to dowels and stuck the dowels into foam which was inside a green plastic pot tied with gingham bow. The tissue paper I made look like grass which was actually something I fell upon by mistake by trying to pull the paper apart. I really love how they turned out!
How cute are those googly eyes?
So what's a baby shower without a banner? I made a "Welcome Wylder" shower banner. I was a little hesitant at first to make a banner but it turned out to be really easy and fun. It was hard to take a good photo of the banner since it was so long.....sigh.
To make the banner, I cut circles from George Basic Shapes and used Gypsy Wandering for the layers. I chose the head option from Animal Kingdom cartridge to cut the animal head to separate the banner words.
I then tied the banner together with some whimsical ribbon and added a few embellishments for some more fun.
So that's what I've been doing for the past month! Everything was sent off and arrived safely. This is all a complete surprise for my sister, I can't wait for her to see it all!
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