Priscilla's Papercrafts: Baby's First framelits

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Saturday, November 5, 2016

A Sweet (Sugarplum) Baby Girl

I'm a great aunt! Yes, my nephew just had his first baby, my first grand-niece! We are all celebrating.

I pulled out an oldie but goodie set (and still available!) and played with Something for Baby and the matching Baby's First Framelits dies. I chose a pallet of Sweet Sugarplum and a number of pinks...because, of course, this is a girl!

A fairly simple card, but in order to make all the images fit, I had to make it oversized--5-1/2" x 5-1/2". The base is Sweet Sugarplum, with a layer of Whisper White. Next comes some Sweet Sugarplum DSP from the In Colors Designer Series Paper Stack. Then came the fun:

Each stamp was stamped and cut out: the onesie with Sweet Sugarplum; the stacking toy was inked with Stampin' Write markers in Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party, Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron; the booties stamped with Pink Pirouette, and the bib with Peekaboo Peach. The sentiment is from the "vintage" A Dozen Thoughts, stamped in Sweet Sugarplum.

The layers under the stamped images were cut with Whisper White card stock, using a bunch of dies I purchased at a scrapbook expo last week. They are actually nesting rectangles, but I shortened the length, width or both depending on what I needed. Then I layered them on Pink Pirouette, except for the sentiment box--that's on Rich Razzleberry for a little contrast.

And of course this card must have a matching envelope, right? The Envelope Punch Board became my best friend, along with some more of the designer series paper.

Congrats to Dan and Talia, and welcome little Peri!

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Saturday, August 1, 2015

Baby Shower Meets Paper Pumpkin

I must confess...I love my Paper Pumpkin. But sometimes life gets in the way of "me time" and I don't get to open my pretty little orange box. That's what happened two months ago when the Birthday Bash Paper Pumpkin arrived. I was busy visiting my folks, working and getting ready for Convention, so I put my pretty orange box on a shelf, and there it sat.

Until yesterday...

I have a baby shower to go to today. For some reason I pulled out my "Birthday" Bash and took a look at what was in there. It's SO cute! But it's really geared to birthdays--stamps that say Happy Birthday, cards with bright stripes and gift bags with balloon cut outs on the front. What to do...

How's this?

This is the gift bag that came with the Paper Pumpkin:

It's an adorable Bermuda Bay and white polka dotted bag, with a fold-over flap. The panel on the front is covering the balloon cut outs. I had such fun creating it: Whisper White with rounded corners, a piece of retired Daffodil Delight Designer Series Paper, a strip of Bermuda Bay DSP, and then some fun with the Something for Baby and Baby's First Framelits.

The onesie is stamped in Bermuda Bay and cut
with the Framelits; the little tie is part of the set.

For the sentiment, I stamped "it's a boy" over and
over, using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, and stamping off to get an ombre look.

Finally a tag:

And here is what's inside:

I used the fabulous Envelope Paper (Neutrals) to create the custom envelope, and added a matching piece of DSP for the flap. The stacking toy is also from Something for Baby, and is so easy to cut with the framelit.

Carrying the same theme to the card, I used a Paper Pumpkin card base, but jazzed it up with DSP and another onesie.

Now for the funny story that made the last piece of this gift package happen. I went to find a small gift to include in the bag with the gift card. I went to the local Target, with the mom-to-be is registered and got a copy of her wish list. I searched for a few small items, and settled on two, figuring one would fit in the bag.

WRONG!

So now I had to figure out how to wrap them in coordinating colors and theme. Well, how's this?

I happened to have some white gift bags that I had gotten a long time ago for a gift-bag swap. And I had gotten the wrong size. So they've been sitting in my craft castle for ages. I had one piece left of Bermuda Bay DSP in a 12"x12" size (retired pack) so carefully measured and cut, and Tear & Taped it to the front. Then I got busy creating the stacking toy out of cardstock, with each layer embossed with a different folder. So fun!

So what do you think of my re-purposed birthday bash Paper Pumpkin?

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Monday, July 27, 2015

More of my Swaps

As noted last week, I have problems making multiples of cards. So when attending an event, like Stampin' UP!s annual convention, I always bring a few of many cards, instead of many of one. Today I'll share two of the swaps I brought; they're gone now, but not forgotten:

Had to make some baby cards! Something For Baby, along with the matching Baby First Framelits made these pretty easy, but they were a winner at Convention.

I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to 4" x 4". This made a perfect square on which to stamp the squiggles from Tin of Cards. I first stamped "BABY" in the center; then, with a small piece of retired Washi Tape covering the word, I stamped the squiggles on all four sides. So cute!

For him: The onesie was stamped in Lost Lagoon and cut out with the framelits. I stamped the tie and the hangar in Tip Top Taupe and cut them out too. The hangar is adhered to the back of the onsie, and then it's popped up on Dimensionals, as is the tie.

For her: Same process as above, but instead of the tie I snipped a piece of Watermelon Wonder Dotted Lace Trim and adhered a skirt with Tear and Tape Adhesive. This one also got a little strip of the lace trim at the bottom of the white piece.

The boy card has a strip of Whisper White along the bottom, from which I cut the "hello" using the Greeting Thinlets. This cardstock was glued to the card front, so the Lost Lagoon card base gives some color to the sentiment. For the girl card I cheated--just used the white "hello" that I cut from the boy card and adhered it to the front.

Now for another card:

Easy peasy--This has a Basic Gray card base with a Whisper White layer (4" x 5-1/4"). Then I cut three rectangles, one each from Soft Sky, Pool Party and Mint Macaron, on which I stamped the same flower from Wild About Flowers (using Memento Tuxedo Black ink). "Just for you" (from Watercolor Wings) was stamped and then punched out using the Bow Builder Punch, then some Whisper White Bakers Twine holds it in place. Subtle, pretty and shows off the different blue-green cardstocks.

And finally:

A World of Thanks is a great background stamp, but why not let it shine on it's own? This was inked in Pear Pizazz and then I went over the big "thank you" in the upper left corner with Mossy Meadow markers. Then it was stamped on Whisper White. I then ran it through my Big Shot with the Greetings Thinlets (yep, same set as the baby card above). I also cut two more layers of "thanks" from Coaster Board.

The "thanks" were all glued together and then fit back into the cut out part of the card front, creating a subtle raised "thanks":

A few stars were punched with the Confetti Stars Border Punch along with some hearts from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack and glued on, and a little tag was added with Linen Thread.

These cards are now in homes all over the US and Canada; I hope the recipients enjoy them!

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