Sunday, March 17, 2013

Wild Baby Shower

Today, I was able to spend a wonderful afternoon with 2 very special friends of mine. My friends Kendra and Shelby are throwing me a baby shower. Since we don't know if we are having a boy or girl, we are going to have a jungle themed shower. Of course, I couldn't just have them purchase invites, so I designed them instead. Today we spent the afternoon putting them together. Hope you enjoy them. We definately enjoyed creating them together!


 
Cricut Cartridges: George and Basic Shapes, Create-a-Critter
Cardstock: Dark Brown, Green, Tan, Orange, Yellow, Black, Dark Grey, Light Grey, Light Pink, Medium Brown
Patterned Paper: Zebra, Giraffe, and Cheetah prints
 
All 3 designs have the following instructions:
Cut the dark brown at 5 inches by 7 inches with my Fiskars paper trimmer. Cut the green at 4.75 inches by 6.75 inches. Print on the information on the tan and cut at 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches. Cut a strip of patterned paper at 1 inch by 5 inches. Using my Cricut and George & Basic Shapes cartridge, I cut a circle in dark brown at 2 inches, and a circle in green at 1.75 inches. Using my ATG, I assembled the invitations. Lastly, I attached the elephant, monkey, and giraffes. See below for the directions for each of the animals.

 
  
For the giraffe, I used my Cricut Expression and Create-a-Critter cartridge. Cut the giraffe at 1.5 inches using dark brown, orange, and yellow cardstock. I used a black marker to emphasize the eyes and mouth.
 
 

 
For the monkey, I used my Cricut Expression and Create-a-Critter cartridge. Cut the monkey at 1.5 inches using dark brown, medium brown, and tan. I used a black marker to emphasize the eyes.
 


For the elephant, I used my Cricut Expression and Create-a-Critter cartridge. Cut the elephant at 1 inch using black, dark grey, light grey, and light pink cardstock. I used a black marker to emphasize the eyes.




Dorothy

10 comments:

  1. Your invitations are adorable!!! I love that Create a Critter cartridge and am so tempted to get myself Create a Critter 2, but so far have been able to resist. Don't know how much longer I will be able to do that LOL

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  2. how stinkin' CUTE Dorothy. I think they ended up perfect.
    TFS!

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  3. Hi Dorthy these invites are so cute. I bet your friends love them. Im stopping in from Deezy Dose It!

    New Follower & TFS AJ-

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  4. I love them! Came by from the Deezy Does It! Pimp-Out/Showcase, I am a follower.
    <3 Pam

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  5. Oh wow these are so cute.
    I hope u don't mind if I scrap lift your idea for my daughters baby shower. I will be making them a little different because we know the baby is a girl. Thanks u so much. Love them!
    Kathy

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    1. Kathy,

      I'm so glad I could inspire you, and I can't wait to see the ones you make! :)

      Dorothy

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  6. Everything came out cute. The elephant is my fave. :)

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