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You’re WILD, baby! baby card and gift box

openerThank you for joining me today!  I  can’t wait to share my latest baby hybrid project with you. 

For the spunky baby or mommy to be in your life, how about the tres chic zebra stripe from Melissa Wilson’s Tween You and Me Creative Girl kit to spice up the already adorable templates from Kelleigh Ratzlaff?  There are tons of great paper and element choices in this kit that make this project a snap! 

Ready?  Let’s go for it!

Supplies:

Templates: Baby Themed Shaped Cards Template Set and the Take-Out box template sets by Kelleigh Ratzlaff

Digi Kit: Tween You and Me Createive Girl Kit by Melissa Wilson

Other: Acrylic clear spray sealer, 22 gauge floral wire, eyelet, button, adhesive velcro, embroidery floss and safety pin, vintage cream ink by Papertrey Ink

img_3965Using Microsoft Word, I arranged digital papers and elements to fit my templates and printed everything out.  Each sheet received an even coat of acrylic spray sealer to avoid smudging of the ink.

img_3970I then cut out the two diaper templates I printed and glues them together to form a printed inner and outer diaper.  I also wanted this card to be free standing so instead of folding straight in half I folded the card so it would have a base to stand on.  I allowed the adhesive to dry completely while having the card stand in this position to reinforce the shape I wanted the finished product to be.

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While the body of the card was drying, I adhered the two half flowers from the digi kit to form a whole flower and layered on some fun embellishments.  This was adhered to one of the diaper tabs.

img_3984Self adhesive velcro was applied to form the diaper card closure.  I also inked the edges of the diaper with vintage cream ink to help the front stand out from the back.

img_3986Next up is the take out box template.  I prescored lines on the  printed paper and traced the template on with pencil.

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Assemble the box and add embellishments and eyelets to the side in preparation for a wire handle.

img_3989The two half daisy images from the kit are perfect to adorn the tabs on the top of the box.

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The flowers match perfectly once the tabs are aligned.

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img_3993Adhere the two layers of the rattle together and allow to dry folded to reinforce the shape.  A few simple embellishments to the rattle and adhere to the side of the box for the perfect box tag.

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Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you had fun!

EDITED TO ADD: Enter to WIN!  Leave a comment on this post and you have one entry to win one $5 coupon card from the very generous Kelleigh of Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs at The DigiChick which I will randomly draw at the end of our Baby Shower celebration. If you would like to give yourself more chances please leave us a link to your twitter, blog post, or facebook comment linking up to this post telling everyone about the WILD baby card and gift box you saw here.  Thanks!

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  1. Elise on Friday 26, 2009

    What fun projects and great step by step directions! Perfect for a SWEET little baby but easy to see how both these could be altered with other digi designs for LOTS of other events, etc. I can’t wait to try these! Beautiful work and tutorial!

  2. Karen on Friday 26, 2009

    Oh my, wonderfully happy silly goodness! I just love the whole darn thing, but really adore your flower meets heart meets button meets embroidery floss meets safety pin ensemble! Too cute! And the flower that meets perfectly atop the chinese take out box, perfect little gift box?! Love your imagination, love your creativity, and wonderful inspiration!! :>

  3. kelleighr on Friday 26, 2009

    This is just gorgeous! I really love the flower at the top of your take-out box. SO cute!

  4. Carolina on Friday 26, 2009

    Adorable gift set! Love your altered take-out box and the diaper is just precious!!!

  5. Nancy L. on Friday 26, 2009

    So cute!

  6. Donnatopia on Friday 26, 2009

    Too cute…. I love that these are not the typical pastel baby colors… I love the wildness…LOL

  7. Teri on Friday 26, 2009

    How cute! Great colors!

  8. Loralyn on Friday 26, 2009

    Such a cute idea!!! Im so glad I found this blog :)