It’s taken me this long to recover from Easter weekend. I ate too much. I exercised too little. The kids were delirious at the dinner table last Saturday night when we celebrated my uncle’s birthday at an Italian restaurant known for their incredibly generous portions. Then we had brunch Sunday morning after Easter mass. Glorious, isn’t it, especially when it’s good food? I felt okay up until Sunday night… when I put on my pj’s to sleep and felt like a blown-up beach ball about to burst at the seams. Sunday morning should’ve clued me in when I woke up and wasn’t hungry until 11:00 AM.
But, besides birthdays and Easter, it’s baby shower season! We have 11 pregnant friends, and they’re all delivering between May and August of this year. Quite the “Year of the Tiger“! And this card, no stamping needed!
- 8-1/2″ x 11″ cardstock (Bazzill Basics: Hazel)
- Four cardstock squares in a contrasting color 3/4″ x 3/4″ (I used black. Brown would have been nice.)
- 3″ x 11″ piece of coordinating patterned paper (blue skies/so happy together by American Crafts)
- Rub-on letters (close to 3/4″ tall)
- Equipment: paper cutter, adhesive
1. Take your solid color cardstock, lay landscape and cut off about 1 centimeter. Save the strip. (Yes, I switched to metric.) Making the paper 27 cm wide makes it easier to measure evenly. Now cut 9 centimeters off. Save that scrap. With the remaining 18 cm, fold in half. The card should be 9 cm x 11″. This fits into a regular business size envelope.
2. From the large scrap, cut four 1″ x 1″ squares (a.k.a. inchies).
3. Use rub-on letters to spell “baby” on contrasting 3/4″ squares. Adhere to the 1″ squares.
4. Cut a 3″ x 11″ piece from the patterned paper. Center and adhere onto card front.
5. Place and adhere “baby” onto the cardfront.
6. Take the tiny strip of cardstock saved from Step 1 and glue that to the cardfront, also. In your own penmanship write the word “Welcome”. I repeated the word, separating it with a dot. (kind of like: welcome • welcome • welcome)
I’m thinking of featuring some bread recipes next week, but I might be a bit busy with Communion activities… only 10 more days!
