baby shower

SUOC146 Happy Notes

April 12, 2016 By Connie | 1 Comment

Happy Anniversary to my mom and dad! They have been married 57 years! If I had remembered it was on the same day as this challenge, I’d have gone with a wedding/anniversary theme! Oh well!

The theme this week on SUO Challenges is “All Kinds of Showers”…could be baby, wedding, or literally showers of rain! I went with a shower of hearts for baby on my card!

Here are the details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 So Saffron cardstock, folded in half.
On the 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Whisper White, the greeting from Happy Notes was stamped with Basic Gray Ink.
Two clouds from the Tree Builder Punch were punched from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Confetti hearts were punched with the Confetti Hearts Border Punch from So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky, Mint Macaron and Pink Pirouette cardstocks and adhered as “heart showers” from the clouds using Liquid Monoadhesive Glue.
In the greeting, the Small Heart punched from So Saffron is layered over the stamped image and a small Mint Macaron Confetti Heart placed in the center. It is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

That’s it for me! Check out the rest of the SUO Design Team over on SUO Challenges and come play along!

Baby Shower Items

September 22, 2014 By Connie | 3 Comments

I told you a few weeks ago that I would share some pictures of the things I made for my daughter-in-law’s baby shower. Well, Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Card “Create”tions started right after that and my blog was filled with Holiday Catalog items! So…just am having the chance now to show them!

You might remember the card that I made for another shower HERE. I used the same ruffled little onesie from Something For Baby on her shower invitations. Along the bottom, I stamped Chalk Lines image with Strawberry Slush Ink and the flower on the onesie. The base is Pink Pirouette and the onesie is cut from the Subtles Designer Paper.

Here is a closeup of the banner I made for the mantle and Quinn’s room. The Smoky Slate cardstock was sponged with Whisper White polka dots (stencil from the Build a Banner Kit). The bottoms were cut with the large scallop circle on the Circle Framelits. I used the Floral Frames Collection Framelits for under the letters and the flowers on the ends, using Melon Mambo and Pink Pirouette cardstock. The letters were cut from Basic Gray with the Serif Essentials Alphabet Dies (retired) and I added Rhinestones on them. The center of the flowers were the large silver brads (retired) covered with Silver Micro Beads. I had some large grommets (retired) and used some Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon (retired).

Here is the mantle done. Allie has been doing weekly updates with the chalkboard!

I knew Allie loves tutu’s…so I covered one of my dining room chairs with the pink and gray fabric and then made a tutu skirt for the chair. She was princess for the day. Hopefully Quinn will use it on her high chair for one of her birthdays!

Next is a tutu diaper cake. I must admit. I bought more tulle, headband materials and silk flowers to make one completely from scratch, but then found this Diaper Cake Kit at Hobby Lobby! It was in the perfect colors so all I had to do was add the diapers and a tutu pompom at the top to finish it off! Quinn can wear the headband and tutu and, of course, use the size 2 diapers when she is ready!

A picture of both my darling daughter-in-laws (Beth and Allie) at the shower…such sweet girls are married to my boys. Of course, you can tell which one is Allie! Oh…look at her corsage. I didn’t get a picture of it. I tied three baby wash cloths together with ribbon, added a bright pink pacifier on front, then added a pin in the back.

Last night, everyone came over for dinner. Allie and I worked on the Alphabet and Number frames for Quinn’s room. The alphabet was cut from different Stampin’ Up! alphabet and number dies…unfortunately all retired…from Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Smoky Slate cardstock and adhered to Whisper White Textured cardstock. Along the bottom is a strip of Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon. The huge flower in the center was a felt flower on a pillow, she just cut it out and adhered it to a canvas with gray/white polka dot fabric stretched over it. SUPER cute! The room is ready! Just waiting on Quinn due on October 11th!

Hope you like the baby shower items I made!

Rubber Ducky Baby Shower Part 3

May 28, 2013 By Connie | 2 Comments

OK…here are the last of the Rubber Ducky Baby Shower photos…are you tired of seeing these yet? I just had to show off the fabulous cake my SIL had made for the shower…she took photos into the bakery and they came up with this. It actually tasted AWESOME, marbled yellow/chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. Very moist and delicious! The ducks are made out of Fondant!

Here is the gift bag I made for one of the little rubber ducky outfits that was too big for the Diaper Cake I made. I also had a note in the card about the Rocking Chair we purchased for the nursery.

I used the Oval Framelits for the body and cut off the wing portion with the Wide Oval punch. The head is the 1 3/4" Circle Punch and the retired 5 Petal Flower punch for the little tuff of feathers at the top. The drops of water are the Bird Punch Wings. The beak is the Pennant Punch. I colored a large Pearl for the eye (and after the photo, I added a White Small Oval under the eye…it looked better!) I stamped the tissue paper with the little duck from Spring Sampler Stamp Set and Daffodil Delight.

I also stamped a bunch of the Rubber Ducks in Spring Sampler Stamp Set and punched them with the 3/4" Circle Punch to adhere to the bottom of Hershey Kisses. I also used the Daffodil Delight Polka Dot Parade DSP on some.

Finally, here is the baby carriage made from fruit…the wheels are slices of orange on the sides and the head is a small grapefruit.

That's all folks! lol!

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Rubber Ducky Baby Shower part 2

May 25, 2013 By Connie | 1 Comment

OK…are you ready for some more details about my DIL's rubber ducky themed baby shower? Here you go! Yes, even some stamping on here!

This is the banner on the front of the food table. Unfortunately, I didn't get a shot of the table completely decorated and full of food…everyone started filling their plates before I could grab my camera!

I carried out the theme of using the Yellow Chevron pattern in Parkers Patterns Designer Paper and added the Punch Art Rubber Ducky on the last pennant. Luckily, I had one Rubby Ducky left from the Shower Invitations (SEE the invitations here for a closeup of the punch art!) The background of each pennant is Daffodil Delight cardstock and I made a template of the flag bottom so that they all were uniform. I threaded the Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon thru each banner…it look's gray so worked out great! The BABY letters are cut from the retired Serif Essentials Bigz Dies…I'm SO glad I purchased them. Oh…came from the retired Alphabet Simple dies. All letters were cut from Basic Gray cardstock with a 2 1/2" Whisper White Circle behind. I added some Pumpkin Pie buttons tied with Baker's Twine and some Rhinestones, too!

These were the centerpieces on each of the tables. After this picture, I added some blue/white marble gems around the outside of the glass bowl on the yellow placemat…it looked like sparkling drops of water and was too cute! I was surprised that the styrofoam balls floated and didn't soak up the blue color of the water! My sister-in-law found these cute boxes and filled them with candy for the favor.

She also made this DARLING punch with ice cream floating at the top…it was YUMMY, too! The blue color came from two packets of regular Kool-aid, along with a bottle of White Grape Juice and bottle of Sprite with French Vanilla ice cream scoops. There was only a little bit left over!

OK…I think I have one more day of photos left…so make sure to check back!

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Rubber Ducky Diaper Cake

May 22, 2013 By Connie | 4 Comments

My daughter-in-law's baby shower was held in our home last Saturday. She is expecting our first grandchild! My sister-in-law, Bev, was hostess, but I had to do some decorating! lol! Here is my son, Adam, and his lovely wife, Beth!

One of things I've been wanting to make is a diaper cake! It was SO much fun and easier than I expected! Since we don't know the sex of the baby yet, we went with a Rubber Ducky theme with yellow, blue and gray!

and here is the back:

I used a silver charger plate for the bottom. I wrapped each diaper with a rubber band, then made the layers by combining them in a circle. I attached rattles, and teething rings, little onesies, a ducky hat, a ducky wash mitt, and a rubber ducky with heat sensor (for testing bath water) at the top!

Around each layer, I added 1 3/4 strips of the Summer Starfruit Chevron Paper in Parker's Patterns Designer Paper, layered on 2" strips of Basic Gray. I had JUST enough of the DSP left over from the Shower Invitations that I made. (See them HERE!) I rolled and tied on all the little toys and items with Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon.

I thought it turned out DARLING!!! She loved it and so did everyone else in attendance. My husband was especially enthralled with it…saying that I could easily sell them! He was going to show pictures off around the office! lol! I'll be showing off some of the other baby shower decorations later in the week, so check back!

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Owl card

January 6, 2013 By Connie | 3 Comments

WOOHOO!!! Today is the day we start our Guest Designer introductions over on Create with Connie and Mary! I'll give you a hint…then you'll need to check out who it is over on Create with Connie and Mary!

The Guest Designer is the person who originally created a similar Owl Shaped Card to the one I made below…I borrowed her idea for my niece's baby shower card…matching the owl on her crib ensemble we gave her.

Here is a closeup of the card that I did. In her thank you note, she mentioned that they framed it and it is hanging in the baby's room! Isn't that sweet?

I used the Window Framelit for the Always Artichoke body.
The Tasteful Trim XL Die with More Mustard scallops for feathers over the body.
The wings were Sahara Sand large heart framelits that I cut in half and rounded down and added the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punches from Bashful Blue.
The feet and nose are the Blossom Petals Punch punched from Raspberry Ripple cardstock.
Eyes are 1 3/8" Very Vanilla circles with 1/2" Basic Black in the center!

I think it looks pretty close to the crib bedding, don't you?

So…did you guess who is our first Guest Designer? Well…go check it out on Create with Connie and Mary...she has a fun card and favor using the same set she will be featuring in her Guest Designer project! You won't want to miss her project during the session…so make sure you sign up today!

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