Baby Shower Invitations

Something very exciting is coming up soon. My youngest daughter is going to be having a baby boy! At least that is what we have been told. We do pray they are correct. Anyhow, I have attached 2 pictures of the cards. The first one you see is an example. My daughter wanted me to make up a couple of different cards to choose from. Well, I did not attach the other one I had made, but this is the one she chose.


Once she chose her card, I told her she could go with a different color band and scallop if she wanted. Well, guess what? She wanted to go with different colors. The card below is what they all look like. I have already made up 45 of them. I may have to make a few more still, but maybe not.
I used bashful blue, so saffron, whisper white, and certainly celery cardstock, along with retired delicate dots designer series paper. I knew I had enough of the designer paper to use to make these invitations. The stamp set is called "Bear Hugs." I created the writing using the MDS program, which stands for "My Digital Studio." I still need to play with it some more to get used to how it works.
Believe it or not, it did not take that much time to create a bunch of these invites. They were fun to make and now it is almost time to be sending them out.
Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment if you have a minute to do so. Keep watching! I already have something else very special to post. It is for my grandson, Blake!

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Always Thankful Card 4

You may be saying to yourself, "Does this lady know that it is almost Christmas?" The answer to your question is, "Yes!" I forgot to put this card on my blog. I am glad that I did because I have been working on baby shower invitations. I have not worked on any other cards lately because of it. I will be posting a picture of what they look like when I have them done. Well, maybe not all of them done because I may be making close to 50 of them. After I get those done I will be working on the favors for the shower. I will post other projects I make during this process because I would like to do a few things for Christmas too!

Back to the card above. I used the stamp set Always Thankful with spice cake designer series paper, soft suede, river rock, and pear pizzazz cardstock. For tools I used the Big Shot, the vintage wallpaper textured impressions embossing folder, and the scallop trim corner punch. For accessories I used 1/4 inch early espresso grosgrain ribbon and a pumpkin pie glimmer brad out of the brights brads.

Keep watching. I will be posting new things very soon. Please leave a comment if you would like. You know I would like it.

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Even though Christmas is coming up very soon, I wanted to share a card I had made for my daughter's fiance. This card was made in the middle of October, but I saved it in case I needed something to post because I have not worked on anything new. I have worked on something new, although, I am not ready to post it quite yet.

This card was made using well worn designer series paper, cajun craze, very vanilla, so saffron, not quite navy, and soft suede cardstock. For tools I used the Big Shot, spider web and square lattice textured impressions embossing folder, scallop edge border and the cupcake builder punches. For the stamp sentiment I used the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set. The accessories I used was 5/8" very vanilla grosgrain ribbon (retired) and a mini library clip.

I need to get going. I will be leaving for work very soon. Tell me what you think and leave a comment.

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The Sounding Joy Christmas Card 4

Woohoo! I finally got the 4th card finished. I told you I had it almost done. It was too plain for my liking. Adding the doily punch, ribbon, and bell is just what it needed. I also made little marks around the bottom right hand saying. I am much happier with the results now. Whew!

I did not use any designer series paper on this card. The other 3 I made have it. It is nice just using plain cardstock at times. Of course, I used The Sounding Joy stamp set. I really hope you enjoy these cards. Stamping is a lot of fun!


Have any of you started your Christmas shopping this year? I haven't. I would like to make things more than buy. My problem is I have all of these ideas, I just need to put my hands to work and make them. I tend to come home from work and not want to do anything because of being tired and just wanting to sit down and relax. That is not a good thing to do if I am going to get anything accomplished.

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The Sounding Joy Christmas Card 3

Just as I had said in the last post to be watching for the other cards to be made here is one of them. This is the third one for The Sounding Joy Christmas Card Class. I have started working on the 4th card, but I am still not completely finished with it. Sometimes I walk away from it for a while and then go back. Don't ask me why, but it helps me be able to figure out something else to do with it. I try to work with a card until I can say I am happy with it.

I have to say that so far this is my favorite of the cards. If you have a favorite, you can tell me by posting a comment.


As before, this card was made using The Sounding Joy stamp set. I chose this stamp set because it definitely has the true meaning of Christmas.

I really am finding I like to show a couple views of a card instead of just one. I am sure it helps give you a better idea of what it truly looks like. The lighting is never really quite right. I guess I could try to make a light box. It isn't something I really wanted to do though. I can see why people use them though. It does help make the cards look better.

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The Sounding Joy Christmas Card 2

I was finally able to work on another card for my up and coming class. This card has quite a bit of detail, but well worth it. I love being able to make the rosettes using a new tool from Stampin' Up! that is in the Holiday Mini. My customers are going to get a chance to try it out. It should be lots of fun.

I used the same designer paper and stamp set in this card as what I had used to make the first card. I still need to get 2 more cards made for this class. Please keep watching throughout this week. I will be posting them when I get them done.

Can you believe Thanksgiving is going to be next week? It is coming up so quickly. I pray you all enjoy being able to get together with your families and being thankful for all of the things the Lord has given to you.

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The Sounding Joy Christmas Card 1

Here is the first of 4 cards that will be made in my upcoming Christmas card class. I will post the other 3 when I get them finished. This is made very similar to the one that is in the Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog. I had a customer ask if the cards would be like the one in the mini. I told her one of them could be made similar, but not exactly the same because I did not have all of the same products they used. It still has the same design though.

I once again wanted to give you 2 different views of the card. The one above lets you see more of the dimension, as well as, the sparkle!

I am disappointed in the lighting of these cards. I am sorry they did not turn out as good as they could have. If I change the lighting very much they either get too bright or distort the color of the cardstock. In case you are wondering, I used cherry cobbler, chocolate chip, and very vanilla.

Hopefully you get a taste of what it looks like. You can leave a comment if you like.

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