Sunday, December 9, 2012

Baby Shower Invitations

My BFF is having a baby in January and I am throwing her baby shower.  My first and probably last one ever! It's fun but tons of work.

I decided to make her invitations.  After all, this baby is going to be my godson so this has to be special :) 
Here are the invitations: 
I chose the criss cross card because it looks cute but it's easy to reproduce.  I had to make over 30 of these!

 I decorated the outside of the envelopes with the stamps from the stamp set.  I got this set from Joann's, I believe it's made by Fiskars.
Here are most of them. The rest were with the future mommy. 

I think my favorite part of the whole card was painting the stork and baby.  I've never tried my water brush till now and it was so easy to use and it looked beautiful!

I've missed blogging and crafting!  I've got to get into my craft room more often.  Things have been crazy busy but they are slowing down now so I should have more time on my hands soon:)

Thanks for visiting!

9 comments:

  1. You criss cross baby invites are awesome! You little stork is adorable and I love how you stamped on the outside envelopes too! Super cute! I am sure the shower will be a hit. Yeh, they are a lot of work, but the outcome is so darling! Great job!
    Happy Sunday!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  2. These are so gorgeous, Maribel!! I love the sweet baby and stork image!! The criss-cross design is fabulous!! And how sweet are those little footprints??!! Beautiful invitations my friend!! I hope you are doing well!! Happy Sunday evening :)

    Hugs, Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  3. Yes, I agree the criss cross card pattern is the easiest to do.... awesome invites... They will all be happy especially the new mommy to be...

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  4. These baby shower invitations are soooo cute! I love the design of them and the adorable little footprints are the perfect touch! Such cute stamps on the envelopes too! :)

    Karen
    craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com

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  5. Very nice invitations! I have been browsing through your blog and I love so many of your creations...thanks for sharing and giving me so much inspiration :)

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  6. I wanted to stop by and wish you Happy Holidays in case I don't get a chance to stop by:) OMG! these invitations are adorable !!! I hope all is well my friend:)
    Hugs,
    Norma

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  7. These shower invites are too cute! I love a criss cross card and this style is perfect for your invites, love the stamps and your painting looks amazing! What kind of water brush did you use? I can tell that your Godson is already going to be spoiled. lol But that can be a great thing! I love spoiling my grandkids!!

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    1. Hello Brenda,
      I got this water brush from Joanns. I'm not sure what the brand is but it's yellow. I think it's the only one that they had available.
      Maribel

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  8. Hi Maribel, This is beautiful. I haven't seen you in awhile so I thought I would pop in and say HI!

    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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