Creative Cucina

I borrowed this set from my upline to make some baby cards for my cousin in-law (who just found out she is pregnant) and my sister (who has known she’s been pregnant for about 7 months now!) I love it and I’m now on a quest to find one–whether it be ebay or if someone wants to sell/trade. Anyone??

I made these cards using scraps I already had lying around. It’s part of my effort to use up some of the old stuff before I bring in the new. Taking inventory of my craft closet was quite an experience! Not only did I get a chance to get organized, but I know how much stuff I never got around to using!

Supplies: Stamps: Swell News; Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Riding Hood Red, Watercolor paper, Chocolate chip, Very Vanilla; Ink: Stazon Black, RHR; Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, Aquapainter, Hemp Twine, Soft subtles Buttons, 1 3/8″ circle punch, 1″ circle punch, dimensionals, paper piercer

Supplies: Stamps: Swell News; Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Autumn Vines DSP, Watercolor Paper, Very Vanilla; Ink: Stazon Black, Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Watercolor Crayons, Aquapainter, Slit punch, Word window punch, crop-a-dile, Fire Circle Rhinestone Brad, dimensionals

I am making invitations for my sister’s baby shower (it’s a boy) and the theme came from her bedding choice–Jungle Animals!! Of course, I have the perfect set–Wild About You. I saw many great examples on splitcoast using this set, and I’m pleased with the way they turned out. Granted it’s a lot of work cutting out the elephant ear and gluing all those dots on the giraffe, but it’s for my sister!

I used a regular hole punch and a smaller one to get the colored spots for the giraffe. The smallest spots I just colored in with So Saffron marker. The elephant’s ear is stamped in Tempting Turquoise and popped up with a dimensional.

Supplies: CardstocK: Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Kiwi Kiss, Tempting Turquoise, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla; Ink: Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron; Stamps: Wild About You, Hugs & Wishes (sentiment); Accessories: Mat Pack & Paper Piercer, dimensionals, hole punches

This is my tree!

Ornaments are all green & gold. From ACMoore when they had that ornament sale a couple months ago. I’ve never done a color scheme before but I LOVE how it turned out. Of course I now have boxes of ornaments and decorations I couldn’t use this year because “they don’t match the color scheme!” I’ve been yelling that for weeks now when someone wants to add an ornament to the tree!

Maybe next year I will pick a different theme and I can lend these out to my sister or my mom. Also, I bought berry picks from AC Moore and put them on the tree too. It really makes this scrawny little tree look pretty good. It was free with a mail in rebate from Home Depot a couple years back. Can’t beat it for that price!