Quack, Quack

Okay, I know this is not a true Scrapbook Layout but this is the layout for this week!  :0)  There is a girl at church who is pregnant with her first child and her shower is next Sunday night.  I volunteered to make the sign-in sheet for the shower and voila, here it is!  The theme is obviously rubber ducks!  So cute.  So, I have been thinking about this page all week and finally put it together last night.  It turned out so well, I think!  The vellum bubbles added so much to the layout!  They look great with the royal blue bubbles as well as the yellow "rubber" ducks!  The ducks were cut from the New Arrival Cricut Cartridge at 1 3/4 inches and the bubbles at the top of the page were cut from the Everyday Paper Doll Cartridge at 9 inches.  The bubbles in the bath tub are just circles in two different sizes.  You could punch them out with punches or use a dicut machine.  This is obviously made for a sign-in sheet for a shower instead of a scrapbook page, but you could just add pictures and it becomes a very cute page in a baby book! 

I was also asked to make a couple invitations for her Mom and her Mother-in-law and a couple other family members that she wanted to invite to the shower that do not attend our congregation. So, I used the New Arrival Cricut Cartridge to make these adorable little ducks and then added the ribbon, stamps, and lining around the side.  I stamped "She's Expecting" on the outside of the envelope. I don't have many baby-ish stamps (maybe that should be my next purchase) so I went with the "She's Expecting" stamp instead of a figure stamp.  These ducks are cut at 5 inches and fit perfectly into an A2 size envelope! 

So, today you got 3 in 1!  A sign-in sheet, a possible scrapbook layout, and an invitation idea (which could also be a cute card for a baby shower).  You lucked up!  :-)  I hope everyone has a fun day of crafting and a great weekend spent with those you love!  Remember, it is always homemade!

....NO, It's SUPERMAN!!!!



My best friend is having her third baby boy in March (she had twins her first pregnancy) and I and several ladies from church are throwing her a Baby Shower at the end of the month.  I made all the invitations for the event (with a little help from a friend at craft night, Friday night at the church building).  Her husband is a huge Superman fan and her two 6 year old twins love any kind of Superhero there is...esp. Superman, Spiderman and Batman!  So, that is how I came up with the theme for the shower.  The boys' room (all three) is done in Superman/Superhero decor.  They did a really cool job with the painting and decorations!  So, I went to work with the invitation idea.  My husband did help as well with the invitation "mock up" a couple of months ago.  He changed a couple of things on my original idea but I admit, his idea wound up looking better in the end!  (I had to mention his help, so that he doesn't get left out!  :-) ) 

Anyway...I cut the "S" out on my Cricut using my SCAL software and the yellow diamond as well.  I attached them together with spray adhesive.  It worked great on the "S" since it is not one whole piece!  I then printed out the Shower info on white cardstock, cut it out in a diamond shape using a template cut out on the Cricut as well.  I inked the edges of the white cardstock with blue ink and then attached it to the yellow diamond.  It looks so cute.  I know it is different for a Shower Announcement but whatever it takes to suit the theme, right?   

I know that Cricut sells a Superman Cartridge and I am sure that this emblem is on the cartridge;  just FYI if you don't have the SCAL software.  I know our Hobby Lobby has this cartridge right now for $28 in the clearance area.  ALWAYS check the clearance, you never know what you might find!  Remember, it might be "out of the box" but it is always homemade!