Oh Baby!!!!!!!

Good Afternoon!!!!

One of my favorite blogs in the WHOLE WORLD is Amazing Paper Grace with Becca,,,,,omg, I drool every single time I look at her blog,,,,,,if I could ever be HALF as good as she is,,,,,,I'd die of sheer happiness!!!!

Well, Becca had up today, this gorgeous flap box that SHE designed,,,,,,,I need part of her brain. Seriously.

It looked so complicated,,,,,,,but Becca has the BEST tuts, and it wasn't hard at all!!!!!

and at a slightly different angle,,,,,,you can see the lace belly band I used to close it,,,,,,,

Seriously, this box is super easy once you've done one or two,,,,,,,be sure to use medium weight card stock you don't care a ton about for the first try,,,,,,,after that it gets easier!

you can find Becca's tutorial HERE!

I used a stack of baby boy paper I've had for YEARS,,,,,,,,not sure which one it is, because I lost the cover of the pack GAAH,,,,,,but I love that pack, because it's OH SO elegant, and not overly baby.

To make my center focal point I used my new spellbinders dies "Parisian Motifs",,,,,,it's yummy! I just stacked the largest on the bottom, two of the smaller ones in the middle and the little flourish off to both sides,,,,,,,all up on pop dots,,,,pretty!

Becca's box closes by slipping one flap into the other,,,,,,,but I wanted to use a belly band for mine,,,,,,,and so I made one out of lace, building my focal point on top of the lace,,,,simply slide off the box and it opens!

Super easy, and SUPER cute! A bit of sheer ribbon, some pearls and a pin,,,,,,,,,,,,FINISHED. It could easily hold a gift of money for a baby shower.

Here's a close up of the focal point,,,,,,,,

I hope you enjoyed the box,,,,,,,and I hope you go over there and try one of your own! Really, it's so easy!

have a lovely weekend,,,,,,,,,,,I am off to Disney World for the rest of the afternoon!

A Baby Boy!

I must admit,,,I admire the view of Europe about baby boys far more than the American view. It's not uncommon in Europe to dress baby boys in clothing that may be considered "too girlish" here in the USA.

Tons of white, pastels, lace, scalloped collars, etc,,,and so I've made this baby boy card in a style that I always think of as more "European",,,

no primary colors nor any trucks LOL. And I even added a touch of lace.

My friend, Teresa, was so sweet to ask if I had a baby boy card I could send her for a gift she was sending to a new mother. I went through my stash, and I didn't like any of them LOL,,,so I put this together in an hour.

I hope she likes it,,,,if not, I'll be happy to make another,,,,,,and this will go into my stash.

I used MAMBI baby boy stack (which I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!) for the image and the papers,,,,,

a quick banner declaring A BOY was made with Banners 3.

and just a touch of brown to make it a bit more masculine,,,,,,,,I just love this style, and I hope she does as well.

Thanks for looking! and thanks for stopping by!