Baby Shower decorations...my first "job"

Hello my crafty friends!!

So I get a call from a friend, who works for a tea house/cafe.  They are hosting a baby shower for a group and asked if I could make some decorations.  I get this call Thursday, and the baby shower was Saturday.  YIKES!!  DO I think my creations are sell worthy...not quite.  I think I have a lot to learn and I see some pretty awesome creations blog hopping.  However, I figure it would be  a way to get my "work" out there and possibly some more business.  It would be great to do what I love for income!!  So here is a day and a half's worth of work at the last minute!  I must say, I LOVE how it came out...especially the baby memory paint cans.  

It was a bee theme.  However, I did not want to decorate the cans with the bee theme.  I used them as center pieces to hold a hive and a couple of bees.  It was to be simple.  So here is simple! :)

Baby girl memory can.  They didn't know their names so there was no personalization.

Baby boy memory can

The paper was SO cute, and the camera does it NO justice!

The color came out a bit better for the girl can!! :)

This is the lid for the girl can.  The note paper is used to drop the memory in the can.  The place cards with bees are ribbon tied to the left.  I made 8 pink ones and 8 blue ones with mini bees.

Same thing for the boy can!

banner I made in the shape of beehives.  Under congratulations, I centered the her name and it hangs from the middle of congratulations with a bee at the end.  It was too big to separate and take a picture of the whole thing.  it came out super cute!

Up close of the beehive.  Simple, but cute.

To make this I used:

Carts: Stretch Your Imagination, Storybook, A Child's Year, and Walk in My Garden.

Paper: Specialty paper from AC Moore, and pastel card stock

Stamps: SU 

Misc: Disney paper punch, citrus skittles, stickles, specialty ribbon from AC Moore and from my stash, and shimmery "easter grass" ( I don't know what it's called LOL)

I had a lot of fun creating this.  

With the girl paint can being yellow, I am going to enter this in the Challenge Me Monday #75 over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!

Hugs,

Michelle

For You....

Happy Saturday to all of you!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I wanted to share a Christmas card I made for a couple of challenges.  I am entering this card over at Kassidy's Old School Cartridge, and at My Creative Time's Throwback Thursday Challenge episode 223, and Die Cuttin Divas Sketch Week Challenge 26.  Go check out all of the neat creations there!  So inspiring and such fun!!

Front of card

inside of card (bottom fold card)

Heres what i did to make this card:

Gypsy ~ To weld the "present" as my base card using blackout (welded at the bottom)

Carts ~ Stretch your Imagination for present; Winter Frolic for Sentiment and shadow

Paper ~ My Mind's Eye: O Christmas Tree for all patterns; Colorbok for all solid paper

Stamps ~ SU Short and Sweet for sentiment inside and snowflake

Misc ~ SU Brilliant blue for inking, ribbon from my stash, Recollections pop dots

Measurements: 

Base ~ 4.89 x 4.88 (including layers for present)

I cut an extra present and just cut off the bow at the top for the inside of the card

Sentiment ~ 8.72 x 2.18 (I didn't use the layer feature just the phrase and phrase shadow)

Thanks for all your comments, they are encouraging.  Have a great Saturday and have fun crafting!

Hugs,

Michelle