Gender-Neutral Baby Card

Card Front 

Outside of Envelope                                         Card's Inside               

Although quite similar to my earlier March posting. this is an example of a gender-neutral baby shower card. I've found that sticking with greens, yellows, and browns are the best colors for something like this. The animal background can really be anything baby-related, and coordinating with ribbon makes this layout a winner every time.

• The mom/baby shadows are from cricut cartridge A Child's Year, and the brown wavy edge is fron Elegant Edges.
• The square-shaped 5x5 white envelope and blank card can be purchased in sets of 6-8 from "g-studio", typically a Micahel's brand but I've found it recently at WalMart. :-)
• I edged the green baby carriage with brown distress ink so it would add more texture against the flat white background.

Baby Shower Gift

Card & Name Frame

This is a name frame I made as a baby shower gift, along with a coordinating card. I really enjoy making these because you can create such a personalized piece for someone. The design was made to match the nursery decor, and by changing the background paper you can truly make it fit in any nursery theme.

• The card itself is a 5x5 square.
• The carriage is the outside of the card, and the name "Jessica" is on the fromt of the envelope.
• I used the Cricut to cut the letters, frame, and carriage (cricut cartridges Paper Lace, Elegant Edges, and A Child's Year).
• The "baby hand" stickers were purchased at Michaels (sorry I don't have the packaging for the brand label).
• I distressed the outside of the carriage with Tim Holtz's distress ink so it would stand out from the cream background.
• The metal heart embellishment is actually a brad (from the Paper Studio).
• I used two colors of ribbon for the bow.
• The shiny accents on the brad and carriage were done using the Glossy Accents product.

*There is an example of a Baby Boy name frame under the Misc Projects tab. :-)