Designer's Challenge: Paddington Bear Baby Shower Invite

This was one of my fav projects this year! A client ordered 38 paddington bear baby shower invites and I created this lookalike just for the special occasion using several Cricut carts, my E2 and Imagine. This invite has 20 layers. SERIOUSLY! When I am designing I cannot help going over the top. Making multiples of this kind of invite is labor intensive. Little disclaimer.... LOL.

Ok, here's the skinny...

1. white A2 cards - JoAnn's essentials
2. frame print/cut at 6" from Cricut Imagine Best Friends cart (Bazzill basics white)
3. blue sky - cut a rectangle (2:3) from the stock images in the Cricut Imagine at 3"(Bazzill)
4. teddy bear and all layers cut at 3.75" from Cricut lite cart Teddy Bear Parade - black DCWV cardstock, Bazzill brown and Recollections Kraft cardstock
5. from Cricut lite cart Teddy Bear Parade - red hat, yellow boots and blue coat Recollections cardstock
6. Suitcase - Cricut Cart Pack Your Bags cut at 1"- brown bazzill cardstock, layer cut from light brown DCWV adhesive cardstock. The P.B. is my handwriting with a black Zig writer.
7. Inked the edges of the raincoat with black sweetheart inker by We R Memory Keepers
8. I printed the inside of the invite (not shown) on a text liner from The Paper Cut and to accent the page I added a second pair of the red boots at the bottom.
9. You're Invited! stamp - stampabilities
10. Adhesives - zots, Xyron, ATG

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did! Before I got to complete the job, the theme changed to Aviator Bear. Please check out the diaper cake and embellished wooden letters that I created. They are too cute as well!

La-Vie

Designer's Challenge: Aviator Bear Wooden Letters Nursery Decor

 

I had lots of fun creating these letters that will be used for nursery decor for a client. Simple, sweet and impactful design. These embellished letters stand the test of time!

It all started with this bear...

This was a definite design challenge for me. I needed to create an aviator bear to match a Babies R Us nursery theme. Cricut to the rescue!! I had to use my new favorite Cricut cartridge Teddy Bear Parade. The Teddy bear parade cartridge did not include an "ameilia airheart" type of outfit. Alas, I figured out the best way to create the perfect aviator look! On the cartridge, there is a swimming bear. That's where I got the swim cap, goggles and towel. From the cowboy bear, I cut the kerchief. Glued to gether the kerchief and the towel resemble a scraf in flight. The plane from Just a Note needed to be altered a bit ( I cut off the top arch) and added some Twinling Goosebumps (a fav!).

 

Supplies:
Letters from Hobby Lobby
Paper printed on my Cricut Imagine - Hopscotch
Bear - Teddy Bear Parade
Plane - Cricut Cartridge - Just a Note by Cosmo Cricket
Embellishments - Queen & Company Twinkling goosebumps, adventure: Making Memories, Felt stars and clouds -Jolee's, Sequin stars Heidi Swapp, ribbon - burlap jute, The Paper Studio
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics, DCWV, Core'dinations
Adhsives - Mod Podge, Zots, Scotch ATG for scrapbooking, Terifically Tacky Tape

 

 

Here's the nursery decor I was aiming to match. What do you think? Did I do a good job?

La-Vie