Boy Baby Shower

Here are some things that I made for my BFF's baby shower a couple of years ago.

This was the invitation. It was a sliding card. The tag slides out and has all the information and a map on the back. The mom-to-be stamp was from the $1 bin at Michaels. I colored her in with some chalk. All of the other products are from Stampin' Up, including the cardstock "It's a Shower" stamp, and background stamps. I used a circle cutter to make the oval cutout on the top. Then, used the paper-piercing pad, tool and template from Stampin' Up to accent the top.

Materials: Stampin' Up Bashful Blue 12x12 Cardstock, Stampin' Up Apricot Appeal 12x12 Cardstock, Stampin' Up Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Up Mat Pack, Stampin' Up Canvas stamp, Stampin' Up Something to Celebrate Stamp Set

Next is the party favor. I used Stage 2 baby food jars. My sister-in-law gave me a bunch of them that she had been saving. Her husband thought she was crazy for keeping them but they sure came in handy didn't they? The information was printed on my inkjet. The little duck is a Cuttlebug die cut. If I made these favors again, I would paint the lids. I filled the jars with chocolate teddy grahams. You can also use the smaller (Stage 1) jars and fill them with M&M's or other candy.

This is a Baby Bottle Six-Pack and was used as a table decoration. It's super easy to make. Paper was cut and then glued to a beer six-pack carrier (you can also sometimes find white carriers at your local scrapbooking store). The only tricky part was cutting the paper around the handle, which I had to cut with an exacto knife. Use the Terrifically Tacky Tape if the paper needs extra hold. You'll need 6 baby bottles. I used Gerber classic bottles. They were plastic but glass ones would look nice also.

Materials: Beverage Six-pack carrier, K and Company - Grand Adhesions - Brenda Walton Collection - Boy Clothesline

And of course no baby shower would be complete if I didn't scrap it. Here is both the shower and my layout for the days before the arrival and then birth day.






Materials: American Crafts 12x12 Paper Baby Collection "Georgie Porgie", American Crafts 12x12 Paper Baby Collection "Little Boy Blue", American Crafts 12x12 Paper Baby Collection "Three Bears", Stampin' Up Barely Banana 12x12 Cardstock, Stampin' Up Bashful Blue 12x12 Cardstock, Stampin' Up Apricot Appeal 12x12 Cardstock, American Crafts Occasions Boxed Ribbon Baby Collection "Mockingbird", Cricut New Arrival Cartridge, Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge, Prima flowers

Baby Shower Card

This is a card that I lifted from somewhere (wish I could remember so I could give them some kudos). Mine's a little different though because the background came out so dark I decided to leave the cutouts white (the one I was copying all the cutouts were inked). Three different Cricut cartridges were used for this one. The embossed paper was cut from a card that came from a box of blank embossed cards that I've had forever and hardly used.

Materials: Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink cardstock, Die Cuts with a View - The Pocket full of Posies Stack with Sparkles - 12x12 Paper Stack, Cricut "A Child's Year" cartridge, Cricut "Heritage" cartridge, Stampin' Up "New Arrival" cartridge, Stampin' Up scallop punch

Welcome Baby Cards

I've been wanting to use this stamp for quite some time. I've played with it a couple of times and never got it to look good, until now. I stamped it in blue and then in brown, cut out the middle part of the brown, punched the blue one out and used a Stampin' Dimensional to pop it out. I used the side of an exacto knife to "rough" up the sides of the paper stamped with the Canvas stamp.

Materials: Stampin' Up Bashful Blue Cardstock, Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa Cardstock, Stampin' Up Canvas stamp, Stampin' Up Sparkling Summer stamp set, Stampin' Up Punches Three stamp set, Stampin' Up Bashful Blue Craft Ink Spot, Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa Craft Ink Pad, Stampin' Up Wide Oval Punch, Stampin' Up Dimensionals, American Crafts Mockingbird 'Baby Boy' Gift Ribbon Selection Set

Same idea for this one but I wanted to use up some cute little clothespin stickers I had.

Materials: Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink Cardstock, Stampin' Up Apricot Appeal Cardstock, Stampin' Up Canvas stamp, Stampin' Up Sparkling Summer stamp set, Kurio Patty Cake Images Dimensional Stickers

Frog Diaper Cake

This is the first diaper cake that I made. If you've ever wanted to make one, you should. They are easy to make and an interesting centerpiece for a baby shower. Everything (including the diapers) can be used for baby later so there is no waste. You can incorporate the theme of the shower, as I did for this Frog Baby Shower.

To make the "cake" you roll Size 1 or 2 diapers up starting at the fold. I used Huggies because I love their diapers and they just happen to have a little blue and green stripe on them. If you don't want a pattern to show, use Pampers Swaddlers. Secure with a rubber band (I use the clear mini hair rubber bands). To start the layers, I use a baby bottle (with the lid and nipple off) and put a rubber band around it. I build the cake on a round cardboard cake board. Start adding your rolled diapers until they form a ring around the bottle. For the next ring of diapers you will need larger rubber bands. I have only been able to find the larger ones at business supply stores. For this cake, the bottom row contains three rings of diapers. Build the second layer the same way but this time add one less ring of diapers. Add another baby bottle. The top ring of this cake only had one ring of diapers. You can make your cake bigger or smaller by adjusting the amounts of rings on each level. I used hot glue to attach the ribbon so it stays secure. Ribbon was used to tie on the onesie and socks. You can also attach pacifiers, rattles, hats or just about anything! So he would sit up nice, I tied the frog to a small dowel using ribbon. I pushed the dowel down the length of the cake. The "baby" word was cut with my Cricut using the New Arrival cartridge. You can use the babies name for a more personal touch. During the shower, I placed the cake on a glass cake stand to give it some height.

Materials: 50-55 Size 1 or 2 diapers, 2 baby bottles (or tubes, thick dowels or other glass or plastic bottles), round cake board, 3 large rubber bands, 3 regular rubber bands, 50-55 very small rubber bands, wide ribbon, glue gun, Cricut New Arrival cartridge

Beaded Baby Braclets

The baby bracelet that I made my daughter broke (actually many months ago but sometimes it takes that long to get things fixed around here) so today I got out the beading materials. Not only did I fix it but I made another one for an upcoming baby shower. This one I'm going to try to incorporate into a card. I bought beading materials years ago and have done very little with them. I found that I didn't really like to wear the stuff that I made! I did, however, like to make and give this little bracelets away as new baby gifts. They are more of a keepsake, not really meant to be worn. They make a nice personalized gift to send someone who lives far away. They are inexpensive to make and light weight to ship. If I'm wanting to do a little more, I include a gift certificate.

If you want to make them, you will need a pair of crimper pliers as well as the beads, crimp beads, jump rings and clasps. I suggest using TigerTail, which is a flexible nylon-covered wire. It's stiff so it does not require a needle and it holds its shape which makes stringing the beads easier. To attach the clasp or jump ring, you slide a crimp bead and one part of the clasp or ring onto the tigertail. Slide the tigertail back through the crimp bead, pull it tight, and then flatten the crimp bead so it stays. Trim the excess wire.

When I got started I bought a kit that included some beads, cord & wire, clasps, a flocked bead board, and an instruction book. The bead board makes it easy to lay out your designs before you string them. I borrowed a small pair of pliers and wire cutters from my husbands tool box until I bought my own.

Jump Rings






Lobster Clasp










Crimp Beads











Crimping Pliers








Materials: Tigertail wire, 2 crimp beads, 1 clasp (lobster claw or spring), various beads, wire cutters, crimper pliers