Seemingly MIA- Secretly Creating

Believe it or not, I haven't had a lot of time to blog lately because I have actually been busy creating. There are several events coming up that I am making invites for, and this week I spent a few days worth of "stampin' time" working on baby shower invites for my sister.

I made about 30 of these cute invites for the shower I am hosting next month. I absolutely love the set Cute & Cuddly, so I had to use it for these invites. You will see it again soon because I am also using it for another shower I am hosting for a friend expecting a girl.

Here is how I made these cards:

• Use a standard A2 Chocolate Chip base.
• Run a 4"x 5 1/4" piece of Bashful Blue through a Big Shot using the large dot pattern from SU Backgrounds I Texturz Impressions Plates.
• Cut a piece of Certainly Celery to 3/4"x 5 1/4". Create a scallop border along one side using the Scallop Edge punch. Adhere to the Bashful Blue.
• Wrap 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon around the Bashful Blue and tie off to the right side.
• Adhere the Bashful Blue to the Chocolate Chip.
• Ink the bear image using Basic Black ink, and stamp onto Watercolor paper. Use a brown Watercolor Pencil to color the bear in the "dark areas". Use a blender pen to draw the color out into the "light area". Snip out the bear and attach to a 2" square of Whisper White using dimensionals.
• Adhere the Whisper White square to a 2 1/4" square of Certainly Celery, and then onto a 2 1/2" square of Chocolate Chip. Adhere to the Bashful Blue over the Chocolate Chip ribbon.
  
• Use Chocolate Chip and Certainly Celery SU markers to color just the wording portion of the stamp. Huff to remoisten the ink and stamp onto Whisper White.
• Pop out the image using a 1 1/4" Circle Punch. TIP: turn the punch over to line up the image in the center of the punch.
• Pop out a Bashful Blue circle using a 1 3/8" punch, and adhere it to a Chocolate Chip scallop circle.
• Attach the sentiment circle to the Bashful Blue circle using dimensionals.

Easy as pie, right? It is actually a pretty simple card, but when you are making 30 of them it can take some time!


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Recipe:
Stamps: Cute & Cuddly (113682)
Ink: Basic Black (101179), Certainly Celery (105106), Chocolate Chip (100071)
Paper: Whisper White (100730), Chocolate Chip (102128), Certainly Celery (105125), Bashful Blue (105120), Watercolor Paper (105019)
Accessories: Big Shot (113439), SU Backgrounds I Texturz Impressions Plates (114512), 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (109051), 1 1/4" Circle Punch (104400), 1 3/8" Circle Punch (104401), Scallop Circle Punch (109043), Scallop Edge Punch (112091), Watercolor Pencils (101879), Blender Pens, Dimensionals (104430)