Stef's Birth Announcement (2)

Stef used a pretty-patterned felt on this card. She used the Cricut to cut the letters (looks like the Storybook cartridge) and then attached paper flowers to the ribbon with a brad. The other flowers are, I believe, adhesive.

Stef's Birth Announcement (1)

This birth announcement that Stefanie made won my heart forever! She embossed the card with the Spots and Dots folder for Cuttlebug. The stamps were embossed and cut with Cuttlebug embossing folders and die. I love how the ribbon matches the background!

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This is my last completed card to date and Stef's favorite. I punched the bottom of the card using EK Success's bubble punch. Then I stamped the background with pink ink and used a white gel pen to make the circles stand out and match the ribbon. The ribbon's centre is embellished using Cricut's Mini Monograms cartridge.

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I love this card! I just happened to have some ribbon that matched some 3D stickers I got at a dollar store. I added the "It's a Girl" to the middle sticker using a clear Martha Stewart stamp. The carriage is a metal dollar store embellishment. I made the heart in the middle of it pink using a metallic gel pen. The "e" was cut out using Cricut's Tear Drop cartridge and embellished with a pink rhinestone. I'm so proud!

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This card's background was embossed with the Cuttlebug's Baby embossing folder. The phrase comes from Cricut's New Arrival cartridge and is embellished with a pink pearl. The sequined ribbon along the bottom is something I got for free from Scrapbooker's paradise (I think) or from Michael's discount ribbon bin. The card's original brad was upgraded to a pink pearlized brad.

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I created this card after it had been discovered that while the Cricut couldn't cut the glittery adhesive-backed foam Stef and I had purchased, the Cuttlebug dies could! So that's where the "Ella" came from. The background was embossed using the Cuttlebug folder Stylized Flowers, embellished with rhineshtones and a 3-D butterfly sticker from a dollar store. The border was cut using the Cricut and embellished with dollar store pearls. The brad that came with the card was upgraded to this green one.

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I was actually quite pleased with this one. The style seems a little country-ish but whatever. This is the first card I used my Cuttlebug on. The flower and butterfly are embellishments from a dollar store. The purple tag is affixed with glittery purple brads.

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Not one of my more brilliant cards. This one lacks 3-dimensionality which could be fixed but I don't want to bother. The New Arrival cartridge for Cricut was used, as well as some dollar store foil stickers.

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Again, the "Ella" is Cricut-cut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge with ribbon inserted through the punches made by Martha Stewart's small ribbon threader edge punch. The dragonfly is a 3-D sticker from a dollar store.

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Until later on, this was my fav birth announcement that I created. Very simple but with unique usage of space, etc. I discovered a love for rub-ons here! The "Ella" was cut out by Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. I threaded the ribbon after using Martha Stewart's small ribbon threader edge punch.


I had this card in mind for my dad and stepmom but when they visited, I gave them the whole batch I had finished to date to choose from. They picked this one regardless!

Birth Announcements! (2)

I had one card between my first and this one that I've already sent off and so cannot capture. It wasn't worth, in my opinion, a photograph anyway. Again, it was very Cricut heavy.

This card boasts embossed paper from a dollar store, a strip of ribbon and a phrase from Cricut cartridge New Arrival embellished with only a rhinestone.

Birth Announcements! (1)

I've made a ton of unique birth announcements to send out to friends and family. The interiors are all variations of Ella's birth stats and so I won't bother with inside pics.

This was my first and I now find it very plain. I relied almost exclusively on the Cricut for this, using Stretch the Imagination and New Arrival cartridges.