Baby Swan Gift Set

Good morning friends~  I've got a cutie pie gift set that I made and put together for my daughter's sister-in-law who's expecting a tiny baby girl in October.  As many of you know, I like to make my gifts based off the shower invitations I receive.  People choose their shower invitations as a means of reflecting their style so by coordinating the gift to go along with the invitation, I feel like it's more personal than just buying a gift.  This sounds strange, but personal invitations get my creative juices flowing. 

For this gift, the baby shower had a sweet pink floral background with a swan wearing a gold crown.  How appropriate, since their last name is Swan.  Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month for February 2019 titled "Golden Swan" was the perfect die set to start my layered scene.

I made the swan, using three layers of the wing to add dimension.  I pulled out lots of dies to create the surrounding scene. 

 Look at the detail on the pretty Elizabeth Craft Design Wisteria.  Can you guess how many hours it took me to cut, shape, glue and assemble that wisteria bush with glittered centers?  A long time!  

Here's the invitation and the outfit I found on Amazon to go along with it.  The colors couldn't have matched more perfectly.  Cute as can be!  Right??

As it happened, I didn't have a girlie gift bag so I made my own, using scrapbook paper, some die cut trim, doily, and a pre-printed swan die from the Spellbinders card kit.  

Here is the card I made to go along with it.

The baby shower is this weekend.  I hope she and baby likes this gift.  

I'll be adding one of my hand made projects to the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Summer Memories

AAA Challenge ~ Along the Edge (Card with sentiment along the edge)

The Flower Challenge ~ Add Sparkle (Wisteria Flowers)

I also wanted to let you know that Spellbinders is giving away a FREE set of Wonderland StoryTime Paint Pens with any order over $75.00

 

You can also find more information about all their monthly kits HERE.

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12 Kits of Occasion ~ June

Good morning friends~  It's the end of the month so that means it's time for a group post for the 12 Kits of Occasion gals to post our projects using kits put together by one of our amazingly talented team mates.  This month's kit was hosted by the incredibly talented Michelle Leone of Pretty Periwinkle and it's titled "Love Is In The Air".

 Michelle's style is so sweet and I love the way she uses color.  I always enjoy visiting her blog and seeing her creations.  Thanks so much Michelle for a delightful kit!

Michelle had this sweet panel all stamped in these lovely colors.  All I had to do was frame it using some dies from my stash.  This card literally came together in minutes.

The lacy heart die cut is so pretty.  I tucked the pretty flowers behind and added the sentiment banner that was also included in Michelle's kit.  Again, so quick and easy.

Isn't the color palette Michelle used lovely?  I have lots of leftovers because I know I'll be wanting to CASE my ever talented friends once I start visiting their blogs.  Thank you again Michelle for a delightful kit!  I wish I had your eye for color!!

If you'd like to win one of these kits, be sure to visit the 12 Kits of Occasion blog to see how the rest of my talented team mates used Michelle's adorable kit and leave a comment.   She'll be picking a winner for the kit from all the comments and maybe it will be you!

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A Celebration ~ Double D Challenge ~ Wedding

Hello stamplings!  I'm always happy when I find ways to use up some of the printed design papers in my stash.  This challenge from Double D Challenges, "Wedding"  gave me the perfect opportunity to do that!  

I started with these beautiful papers from Mintay by Karola called 7th Heaven.  

I cut a frame using Spellbinder Hemstitch Rectangles and fussy cut a floral spray from the printed papers and added it to the lower right corner.  

This lovely cake is cut using Sue Wilson Designs Make A Cake Necessities Collection.  I adore this die set!!  I lightly blended some spun sugar Distress Oxide Ink to each of the cake layers and then assembled the cake, adding tiny flowers from Cheery Lynn Designs Baby's Breath Flower Kit.  The ivy is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Hopefully you can see the glittered Stickles I used in the centers of each of the flowers.

For the sentiment, I used Papertrey Inks Banner Style

Please stop by the Double D Challenge Blog for more inspiration from my talented team mates and join in on the fun!

Here's what you could win:

Sue Wilson Designs - Mini Expressions - On Your Wedding Day

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