Card of the Week—Pregnancy Announcement Card and Lawnscaping Entry

I’m super excited to share this card I made for the Lawnscaping Challenge # 43, which is a texture challenge. I must use texture in my card—and I used a lot of it, LOL! At first I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do, but I knew I wanted to use my Cuttlebug and some tissue paper. 

When I had the idea of how I wanted to make this card I thought it would work well as a pregnancy announcement card, or a party menu card—where it can sit on the dinner table just waiting to be opened. I love it so much and I hope you do too! If you’d like to see how this card was made check out the images I’ve provided for you below:

The tools

Step 1: Cut ivory card stock at a standard A2 size and use it as a pattern to cut out 10 sheets of two toned tissue paper. 

Step 2: Fold and prepare into a mini pom-pom, and set aside. 

Step 3: Cut two pieces of baby blue card stock (with room for a boarder) then run through the Cuttlebug using embossing/texture folder. 

Step 4: Apply ribbon down the middle.

Step 5: Using white embossing powder create your message like so:

Step 6: Spray the pom-pom with perfume for a little extra sweetness (optional).

Step 7: Apply a large zot to the back of the mini pom-pom and adhere to the card. Next add the inner insert and you’re finished. 

I hope you enjoyed this card. I know I had a lot of fun making it :-D 

Tissue Paper Pom-Pom Tip for Hosts’ and Party Planners’

Hello! Today I wanted to share this cool tip for party planners and decorators. Last year I was the host of a baby shower, and one of the many tasks’ of a being a host is to ensure that there’s a lot of eye candy for the mother to be and guests; and one of the cute decorations I made was the popular tissue paper pom-poms. Now, this was the first big party I was in charge of arranging so I knew little to nothing about what it would take to pull it off. However, I managed to do a great job planning this bumble bee themed party regardless of my poor party planning qualifications’. After the party I did notice a few things that prevented me from a smooth decor set up, and I said to myself, “What could I have done differently?” Then a few months later, while preparing for another party, I came up with a little invention that turned out to be such a time saver!

One thing I never came across while viewing many tissue paper pom-pom tutorials was how much of a hassle it would be to hang the pom-poms after you’ve made one. I’m sure some may think common sense should have played a role in my pom-pom making and I should have thought ahead about it--but I didn’t. It didn’t even cross my mind until I was ready to hang them and it took me so long to string each pom-pom up. However, now I have an easy way to prepare my pom-poms way in advance and have them ready to for a quick hang-up.

What you’ll need: A thick marker, floral wire, and wire cutters.

Next, go ahead and cut a piece of wire at the desired length (I usually do about 15 inches).

Then wrap the wire around the marker like so:

Then give it a few twists’.

Remove the marker: and what you’re left with is a perfect circle big enough to fit any size string or ribbon.

Next, wrap the two open wire pieces around the pom-pom like so:

Remove the access.

And there you have it! A pom-pom that’s finished and ready to be stored away for the big event. What I usually do is make about 20-30 of these extremely in advance, and decide later whether I’m using fishing string or thick ribbon to hang them. It may not seem like the perfect invention but I’m telling you—it saves me so much time.