Small Little Thank You Cards

Ultimately, as the baby shower for my co-worker approached, I couldn't help but think that she might need a set of Thank You cards for the plethora of gifts that she gave.  I threw these together one evening.  I used my MISTI tool to stamp each card in exactly the same location, stamping all 20 cards in a matter of minutes after I figured out where to place the stamp.  I cut the stars from patterned paper I had used to spruce up the photo album (check out the project here).  Using a small piece to ribbon to bind them, this was my second part of the gift.

I ended up decorating a plain kraft colored gift bag to hold all the goodies.  That's more of the leftovers from the mini-album kit.  I have plenty left that, should I need another baby shower card soon, I can probably make several more cards.  It was so fun to bless the mom-to-be with all these wonderful touches. I think she enjoyed each and have even seen a thank you card out and about in the workplace.

I've held the new mister already as well.  He came not soon after I made these goodies and I consider any my effort repaid in kind getting to smell the sweet smell of newborn baby and feel his soft skin.  Wishing you the same opportunities soon!

Baby Shower Photo Album Spruce Up

Here's another  crafty gift for the baby shower.  I decided that the mom-to-be needed an album and some photos of the event.  I picked up a smaller album and thought I could spruce it up with some of the leftover papers/embellishments from my gift (more on that in another post).  This is the result

I adhered a version of the invitation onto the inside cover of the album so she would always have a keepsake of the day.

I covered the next two pages with cream cardstock so that attendees could write a quick note or just sign their name to the album, a small record of who was there.

Then, throughout the book I used embellishments and strips of matching patterned paper to create vignettes.  The better to flip through an album and look at.

One individual snapped photos throughout the party.  Those were gifted to the mom to be after the event.

I also couldn't help myself and had to dress up the gift bag.  This plain white gift bag was perfectly embellished with a striped border sticker and some elephants. Too cute!  Fun was had by all.  I'm trying to get the pictures of the gift I made edited.  There are quite a few.  More on that in my next post!

More Distress Ink Watercolors- Beatrix Potter Baby Card

Peter Rabbit is a part of the Crafter's Companion stamp set I've been watercoloring over the past several weeks.  This card my mom used for her attendance with my grandma at the baby shower.  Peter was stamped in black Archival Ink onto watercolor paper. I colored Peter with Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Faded Jeans and Worn Lipstick Distress Markers and then cut him out with my stitched rectangles die.  The patterned paper and cardstock are all from the stash.  That stripe worked perfectly so I joined it on the gift bag.

All those stripes were used on an invitation about 2 years back and so I had plenty to adhere to the bag.  The Cherish sentiment is easily a decade old- a word set of metal letters that I'd long since used the Baby and Love from.  They thread through ribbon, so I used it here.  I think the bag turned out perfect, don't you?