Hello. If you found my blog, kudos to you. For whatever reason, blogger is being a bit difficult. These last few days, blogger couldn't find my blog, so I could fix a few type-o's, so it's been frustrating. And then this morning I couldn't log-in to get this post up early. So, I had another latte, and organzied some of my dies, and embossing plates. This week, I am determined to tackle my whole craft room. It has become a bit disarrayed. So, I'm planning on going through boxes, bags, piles, and stashes, and purging. So, look for a few 'bag bags' in my Etsy shop. I will be providing free shipping for those.
Yesterday, a very wonderful lady that I use to work with, threw her sister a baby shower. Her sister is expecting her first baby. A boy! And how exciting is that. Well, my friend asked me to make her cake. I love to bake, and cakes/cupcakes are a joy. And since she is a wonderful person and a dear friend, I wanted to make her sister a lovely gift. You know me. Everything comes out match-y match-y. A baby boy. Then the cake board must be blue. And I have an infinity for polka dots, so yes, the cake board was baby blue with silver polka dots.
I love how yellow and blue compliment and contrast each other, especially when you select the perfect shades. Authentique and My Mind's Eye helped me with that.
Here is the card and matching bag:
The card is a standard A2 size (5 1/2" x 4 1/4") and the paper bag is 8" tall.
I started with creating the card. I wanted something pretty, but not too feminine. So I selected this beautiful pattern paper by Authentique: Renew. The colors are simply pretty. The colors match very nicely with Stampin' Up!'s Baja Breeze, Pool Party, and So Saffron. I like how the pattern papers have a bit of distressing.
The card base is Baja Breeze cardstock. I cut a piece of Pool Party cardstock a bit smaller to create a matt. I used my Tasteful Trim die to create the collection scallop trims. I just love the larger scallops. It really shows off the pattern papers.
I machine stitched each layer of scallops. I then tied a strip of So Saffron Taffeta ribbon around the top of the card. I created a multi-loop box and tied a white clear paper trey button to the center of the bow, with some yellow bakers twine.
I used my Modern Label punch to create the sentiment tag. I stamped the sentiment with a stamp from the Something to Celebrate stamp set, by Stampin' Up!. (sorry, that stamp set is retired.)
I saw this adorable rubber stamp at a local stamp shop. The baby lamb is actually from an Easter collection of stamps by Prickley Pear. But, isn't it just too cute? So, I stamped the lamb onto white cardstock with Jet Black Staz-On pigment ink. I used my 2-way glue pen to adhere some white flock to the body. I left the lamb's face and inner ears flock-free. I used my Pear Pizzazz and Pool Party markers to color the flowers and foliage around the lamb's neck. Then I dotted some more 2-way glue to the flower centers and dusted them with some dazzling diamond glitter.
I matted the lamb the same way that I matted the card's main panel: pool party and baja breeze cardstock.
I added the trio of pearls, because the card seemed to be missing something to me.
I used a template that I purchased from Paper Trey Ink, called Around Town Tote. I love the size. It's 8" tall, and the bottom narrows down to just under 5". The bag can be made to 1 1/2" deep, or expand up to 2 1/2" deep. Depending on what you want to add. So, I really love that!
For the decorating, I just copied what I did on the card. The body ofthe card is made from Baja Breeze cardstock. I layered and cut the pattern papers in the same manner as the card.
I set out to make a matching set. I purposefully made them 'the same'.
For the sentiment, I wanted a more decorative tag, so I used my Lots of Tags die set to create the shape. I used the same sentiment stamp: Welcome Baby stamped in Jet Black Staz-On pigment ink.
Instead of adding the trio of pearls under the tag, I added them to the decorative label.
The other thing that I changed on the bag, from the card, is that I didn't machine stitch each row of scallop trimmed pattern paper. Instead, I machine stitched the taffeta ribbon. Because I had a mis-stitch with my sewing machine, I added the multi-loop bow to the opposite side of the bag, compared to the card.
I stuffed the paper bag with yellow tissue paper, and added a hand-crafted altered baby onesie. Yes, the fabric I selected was yellow and blue. {smile}
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope I have inspired you to craft something today. And yes, I consider baking/cooking as crafting. I'm off to machine sew some tiny scallop squares together to alter a few more onesies. It's good to have a few on-hand, and in my Etsy shop.
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