Clean and Simple Baby Cards

When a baby is on the way, the star of the show is the baby so the invitation can be clean and simple. I enjoy this style of card and for a baby, I think it is perfect. This card would work for either a shower invitation or to accompany a lovely gift for the mom-to-be.

Ahoy Matey

Pirates make me think of gold and treasure! These Pirate birthday invitations are covered in gold treasure paper. The 'bullion' I created is stamped in versamark and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The sentiment is gold embossed as well. When you emboss something, it gives it a raised and shiny texture.

I printed the party info on the inside in 'pirate language'.

Baby Shower Invitations

My sister is having a baby shower for my cousin in a few weeks so I helped by making the invitations. She is having a little girl, Molly Kate and I felt like a monogram would make a sweet shower invitation. I pre-print the details for the shower on the inside of the blank white cards before I decorate them. I like to match baby cards to the nursery and this little baby is going to have a coral and green room. I got a little bonus when I got out my coral paper and it had a white core to it. When embossing white core paper, you can sand the embossed image and it will reveal the white core on the inside.


I stamped the monogram in cameo coral and inked around the edge in certain celery from stampin up. I used my JustRite monogram and the tiny letters to create the monogram.

Train Birthday Invitation

Choo, Choo, we want to party with you! It's Reed and Millie’s Birthday Party, so don't be late. All aboard, let's celebrate!

I got the wording off the internet for a combined birthday party for my son turning 1 and my daughter turning 4. My daughter is the one who loves trains, she plays with them all day long. So I figured a train theme would work well for both of them.

I used the cuttlebug to cut out both the train and the word party. I also used it to emboss the background. I used Stampin Up Sincere Salutations for the "Your Invited", it is a little fancy for the theme of the card but that is the only stamp I have that says that so I used it anyway.

I raised the train and 'party' up on 3D foam tape. I inked all the panels with brown ink to calm the colors down a little. The yellow, blue and red were kind of harsh and the ink helped that a lot.

Wedding Shower Invitation

First I have to say the idea for this card was not mine. I follow the work a fantastic artist named Michelle Zindorf. She made a great card using the bride and groom and I thought it would be great for the wedding shower invitations I had to make for my future sister-in-law. To see Michelle's card click here. Her card is much more beautiful than mine but I had to cut out a few steps since I was making 30+ of these and because...she is much better at this that I am.

I stamped the couple first with Stampin Up! To Have and to Hold. Then placed a circle punched out of a post-it-note so it would stick to the paper. I sponged the colors in the sky and the ground. I removed the post-it-note to leave the white circle behind the couple. I then stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up Wonderful Words. I dotted the sky with a while gel pen to look like stars and matted in all on a black piece of card stock.

40th Wedding Anniversary Invitation

WARNING - BAD PHOTO ALERT! I am very sorry for not only my bad photo of this card, but the poor stamping. I had just finished making 50 of these and was running to the post office with them before it was time for the kiddo's naps. I quickly grabbed a card and snapped a few photos. I did not look at the photos until now. Well, for some reason they were all blurry and the card I grabbed was not stamped very clear.

So, now that I am finished making excuses, I will get to the card. I used Night of Navy for the ink and a non-Stampin Up paper and ribbon that matched. The stamps are from Justrite and I used a monogram set and the wedding set. The sentiment says..."A celebration of love and friendship". I thought that fit very well for a 40th wedding anniversary. The embossing was done with my Cuttlebug and the Birds and Swirls folder.


Frugal Stamper Tip: Do you want to know a secret? I am a VERY frugal person and this is no exception in my paper crafting. I am thinking about devoting this blog to ways to save money. So, I am going to start letting you in on my ways to be a frugal stamper. Look at the navy scalloped circle the monogram is layered on, it is the same color as the mat, right? Well, I punched the scallop out of the actual mat piece before I assembled the card. I figure this saved about 4 pieces of card stock which saved me about $2. Before you do this, make sure you are not going to be able to see through and notice the punch out. I recommend the husband test. Give it to him and have him look it over and see if he notices anything. If he doesn't, you are probably ok. Another tip for doing this 'secret punch out' is to try to punch it out in the same area it will be re-covered later. I punched all mine out of the bottom right corner of the navy mat so that it would be covered again when I placed the monogram.

I hope you enjoy this little tip and it can help you to be a Frugal Stamper.