Baby Shoe Box

I just love baby shoes, they are just so darn cute.  A friend of mine at work is expecting a baby girl so I decided to make her a small gift.

I bought these great shoes at Amazon and made them the focal point of my box.

Each side is decorated with homemade embellishments.  Tiny teddy bears holding crochet hearts.

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Paper punch flower vine and lots of layers.

 Supplies:

Paper:  Bazzill, American Crafts

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink Baby Button Bits

Ink:  Momento and Versafine

Misc:  Baby Shoes, Heart Border Die, Crochet Hearts, Pop Up Dots, Flower and Leaves Paper Punches, Scor-Pal, Doily Die, White Tulle

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Another Explosion Box & Tutorial

I recently joined the JOANN Loves Papercrafters on Facebook.  I've been in awe of the creations that all of those talented people have, so I decided to be brave and post something I made.  I posted the Baby Exploding Box and I received so many wonderful compliments, it just made my heart full.  I also received requests for the directions, and since I had another one to make for another lady at work, I decided to get to work on it.

First, take a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock and score at 3 1/2 inches on each side.

Then, cut out the corner pieces.

Here comes the fun part, time to decorate and embellish!  One thing that I do that I think gives the box a bit more stability is to make double panels (or layers) of paper on the sides of the box.  Here you can see how I decorated the outside of the box.

Next, flip it over and decorate the inside.  I did the two layers of cardstock and then added some die cut doilies.  Since this is for a baby girl, I wanted to give it a lacey girly look.

Next, I made the lid.  Math is not my strong point, so I tend to do things the hard way.  My Dad is a retired Chemical Engineer, my Brother is CFO/CPA, my Sister is a Teacher, and my Mom can figure anything out!  So the technical gene, skipped me!  So, to make the lid I used a piece of white card stock and scored at 1 1/2 inches on two sides.  Now, if you measure the bottom of the box, you will find that it is 5 inches x 5 inches.  At the 1 1/2 score line, I measured 5 inches plus two little lines on the ruler, and then scored on that line.  Then I measured 1 1/2 inches and cut the paper.  Rotate the paper and do the same thing.  Clear as mud?!  You can also try cutting a piece of cardstock 8 1/8 inches and score it on each side at 1 1/2 inches.  You will want to notch the corners on lid so that it will fit inside with showing.

I decorated the top of the box, but forgot to take a picture of it before I put it all together!

I embellished the inside with some paper flowers, butterflies, and two cute babies I cut using my Cricut.  I put a tiny bit of adhesive on the bottom of the shoes to hold them in place.

I put the lid on the box, tied it with a tulle bow and put it next to my purse to bring to work tomorrow.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Baby Button Bits

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Bazzill, The Paper Studio, Recollections, Pebbles

Misc:  Tulle, Scor-pal, paper punches, half pearls, pop up dots, My Favorite Things Oval Doily Die, Mama Elephant Mini Bow Die, baby shoes, Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily Die

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Exploding Baby Box

One of the lovely ladies I work with is having a baby, any day now.  I haven't made an explosion box in awhile, so I thought this would be the perfect time.  The pictures are kind of hard to see because the base of the paper is white and my background is white.  But, its this super cute grey and blue fox paper by Echo Park.

The box is made with two layers of panels on  both the outside and the inside of the box.  The lid held it together, but I have some white tulle and I love the way it looks when use it for a bow.

Are you ready for the big reveal to see what's inside of the box?

Tiny sneakers!!!!!  I just love baby shoes.  I know they don't get to wear them for very long, but I think that they are super cute.

I embellished the inside of the box with some Quickutz Fox die cuts, My Favorite Things Die-namics stars and sentiments from Papertrey Ink Baby Button Bits.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Baby Button Bits

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Echo Park, The Paper Studio

Misc:  Scor-pal, buttons, My Favorite Things Stars Die-namics, Quickutz Fox Die, white tulle, pop up dots, tiny sneakers

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Baby Gifts

I've been a serious slump lately.  It feels like that everything I make comes out horrible and it seems like I'm throwing more cards in the trash then adding to my stash!

I decided to crochet a baby afghan for a girl at work that is having her first baby, it's going to be a boy.  I wanted to add a little something extra to the gift.  So, I designed a set of four cards to add to the package.  I thought that these would be nice for her to send to the grandparents with a picture of the baby enclosed.

For the afghan, I crocheted a large rectangle granny square using 100% cotton yarn.  The cards, I cut out using a craft knife.  The cuffs of the pants and shirt are adhered using pop up dots.  The pocket is actually the center  piece of the overalls that I just trimmed down a bit.  Then, I used a gel pen to add a little faux stitching to the pocket.  The pocket is also adhered with pop up dots.

Using my Cricut, I cut out the little frog body, but used paper punches and Stickles for his eyes.  His eyes are also adhered with pop up dots.

Inside, I stamped a sentiment.  Then added a few buttons to the overalls.

Close up view of the frog.

Supplies:

Paper:  Bazzill, Papertrey Ink

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink Baby Button bits

Ink:  Versafine

Misc:  White gel pen, pop up dots, Cricut, Paisley Cricut Cartridge, Stickles

, paper punches, buttons

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Catered Crop Recipe Swap "The Letter B"

Here is my entries for the Catered Crop Recipe Swap.  The ingredients for this swap include anything with the letter B.  You can check out all of the details and the great entries here.

Two more of my fellow co-workers are expecting babies, so this was the perfect challenge for my gifts.  I purchased two pairs of baby shoes, one for a girl and one for a boy.  Then, I decided to make some fun little shoes boxes to present the little bitty shoes in, or as my Mom would say, "I tricked them up!".  The boxes were made with Scor-Pal.  I used Nestabilities (heart and circle) to cut a hole in the top of each box to reveal the contents of the box.

First, the box for the little baby girl. 

Here is the inside of the box, with the tiny little pair of Mary Janes.  They are so cute!



Supplies:

Stamp:  Studio G-Onesie

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Martha Stewart, The Paper Company

Misc:  Nestabilities, clear acetate, baker's twine, pop up dots, ric rak, half pearl, button, DMC pearl cotton, Martha Stewart tag, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, wired ribbon, paper doily, baby shoes, Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape

Next, up for the future basketball player.

In this all star box, a tiny pair of sneakers.  Now, the daddy of this future player is a Laker's fan, and I bleed Celtic green, so I thought blue sneakers was a happy compromise!  For a fun "boyish" bow, I used a wide shoelace.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Just The Ticket

Ink:  Memento, VersaColor

Paper:  The Paper Company, Recollections

Misc:  Shoe lace, baker's twine, Papertrey Ink Just The Ticket Die, basketball brad, Nestabilities, clear acetate, baby sneakers, Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape

Now, the ingredients that include the letter B:

Baby

Box

Bow

Brad

Basketball

Baker's Twine

Button

Butterfly

Boy

I can't wait to give the expecting parents these gifts.  I had a blast making them!

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New Baby Gift Bag

One of my co-workers and his wife just welcomed a new baby girl into their family.  I am bringing a gift in to him at work today, so I got up early to make this gift tag/bag.

It was pretty simple to make.  I used some Martha Stewart paper and cut out a onesie.  A little faux stitching was added using a Sharpie pen.  It was attached to a doily and tag that I cut out from the same paper pad.  A button flower was attached to the onesie.  Then, I punched some butterflies out.  I punched two of pink vellum and one of designer paper, layered them, fluffed them, added pearls, and then one was attached to the bow and one to the tag.  I wrapped some tulle around the bag and tied a big bow.  The tulle was so easy to work with, it really makes a pretty bow.



Supplies:

Paper:  Martha Stewart

Misc:  Butterfly punch, tulle pearls, Sharpie pen, heart button, leaf punch, kraft bag, pop up dots

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Baby Booties

The Coluzzle was probably one of the first paper crafting tools I bought. One of my favorite templates is the baby booties. They are really fun and easy to make. I usually put candy in them, but this time, this time I decided to try paper flowers.



Supplies:
Paper: Recollections
Misc: Cropadile, eyelets, ribbon, silk leaves, styrofoam, coluzzle, pop up dots, embossing folder, paper doilies, floral tape,paper punch

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Beth

Baby Sock Cupcakes

I saw these great baby sock cupcakes at Lori's blog, Afternoon Delight. You can see her post here. You can find the directions/tutorial links on her post. The cupcakes were designed by Lauren Meader and of course, I used one of her templates to make the box. Two sets of my friends are expecting babies, one boy and one girl, so I got to do them in both colors. The cupcakes take three socks each, so I made one for both the moms and the dads. That way there are an even amount of socks for the little baby feet.


Supplies:
Paper: Recollections, DCWV
Template: My Time Made Easy-Shutterfly
Misc: Socks, glitter, ribbon, sticky strip, pop up dots, prima flowers, nestabilities, half pearls, paper punch, clear acetate


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Beth

Baby Carriage

My friends, Heather and Tony, are expecting their first baby next month. I've been wanting to making one of these carriages since I stumbled onto Mary Jo Albright's blog, Beauty Lies Within. You can see her post here. After several attempts and a lot of paper wasted, I came up with a pattern for the carriage top. The flowers in the carriage are made from onesies and a paper punch. The base of a carriage is a flower box that I bought in the dollar section of Target a few years ago. Once I had the first one done, I went a little crazy and emptied all of my flower boxes and made a few more.




Supplies:
Paper: DCWV, Coredinations
Misc: Paper punch, tissue paper, buttons, dmc floss, sticky strip, flower boxes, ribbon, pearl stamens, white floral tape, pop up dots

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Beth

Welcome Baby Card Set

It seems everyone I know is having babies. I love making baby gifts so it all works out! The diaper bag is from Leigh O'Brien's Totally Tote-Bag, I just made it a little bigger to fit the cards. The onesie cards are from a tutorial by Lauren Meader and the dress cards are from a download at Paper Crafts Magazine by Debbie Olson. I added a pocket to the front of bag to accommodate a Ghirardelli Square. Each diaper bag hold six cards and envelopes. The cards are made with DCWV Nana's Nursery stacks. I used different paper for each one, so they are unique in their own way.





Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin'Up-Cuddles & Tickles
Paper: Core-dations, DCWV, Bazzill, Recollections, Vellum
Ink: Martha Stewart
Misc: Ribbon, white gel pen, paper punches, brads, embossing folder, Scor-Pal, Cropadile, sticky strip

I had to take the girl's diaper bag picture in my window, so excuse my screen! Every time I took the picture, it came out yellow. I need to figure out a better way to take pictures, some come out yellow and some do not. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

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Beth