Friday, February 12, 2010

Pretty in Pink


Howdy,

My coworker asked me to make some baby shower invites for one of her girlfriends. I didn't think too much of it...then she told me she needed 60. Long pause. "OK."

The last time I made baby shower invites (only 50) I designed a super cute card...but it was WAY too tedious to have attempted mass production in such quantities - single handed, at least. I managed last time, but I did not want to put myself through that again. This time I turned to the Cricut.

Luckily my coworker had provided a very cute example of a onesie card that she had found on another individual's blog (unfortunately, she did not provide a link or know the person's name). After researching Cricut's available cartridges, I discovered that the onesie had shape had come from the New Arrival cartridge. Because I wanted to make a card base that opened in the onesie shape (which was not readily cutable from the cartridge itself), I turned to the Cricut Design Studio.

Despite owning the software for well over a year, this was the first time I really sat down and used it for the potential it offered. I was able to take the shadow of the onesie, flip it, rotate it, and weld it. Once I had a card base, I cut the regular onesie shape. I also use the additional hangar and duckie design embellishments.

I took the pink-with-white-polka-dots theme over the top with some white-polka-dotted pink ribbon. I simply attached it to the neck of the cardstock hangar shape with a mini glue dot. I mounted the duckie on a white scallop circle created from a SU! scallop punch. Because it seemed a little flat, I took all of the duckie embellishments and spritzed them with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Marshmallow. Although the pictures don't show it, it added a lot of sparkle. I popped the scallop up using SU! Dimensionals. Then, I added a mini pearl eye to the duckie.

To emphasize the design on the onesie, I used a white gel pen to hand-draw faux stitching along the cut lines.
Overall, I think these have a super cute design...and they could easily be used for a regular baby card. (I would recommend maybe making fewer than 60, however...)

Enjoy...Happy Valentine's!