March 23, 2012

March Green Challenge by Ren-Yi

Good morning, folks! This is going to be a wonderful Saturday, because today is my friend's baby shower. I have been busy as a bee prepping a bunch of things for her and her husband, and am loving this complete Baby Zoo Animals theme that this party has going!

At Scrap Our Stash's March Challenge we are creating things around the theme Green. Let's switch gears for a second and talk baby shower...My friend loves all things cute, but is not a pink fan. So even though she and her husband are expecting a lil baby girl, I decided to go with classic colors, such as green and yellow. Here is a sneak peek of the baby shower cards:
Baby Shower Invitations
I alternated yellow with green and green with yellow on the invitations, varied up the little zoo animals stamped onto them, and kept the text the same. Here is a little collage pic of my supplies (and supply list) Baby Shower Invitations Stamps: (Join Us) Waltzingmouse Stamps; (Sarah Phelps Collection - Noah's Ark) Impression Obession Paper: (Perfect Basics Card Stock - Lemon Zest, Spring Moss; Stamper's Select Vellum) Papertrey Ink Ink: (Memento - Tuxedo Black, London Fog) Tsukineko Embellishments: (Bubbles Edger Punch) EKSucces; (5/8" Saddle Stitch Ribbon - Ripe Avocado) Papertrey Ink

I always prototype a card first, before I go into mass production mode. And since I want to go with a graphic look, I decided to stamp off most the animals in grey and put one of the zoo animals in front center. 
Baby Shower Invitations
The trim were cut out first, then the edge punched, lastly stamped on with the invitation from the Join Us Waltzingmouse Stamp set with again London Fog and Tuxedo Black to mimic the graphic effect of the animals. The ribbon is just a fun little touch to put a little bit of accent into the whole design. Here an up close look...
Baby Shower Invitations
The inside has a little cute invitation poem that I came up with on one of my drives down to Maryland. It is printed with a laser printer on Vellum for a little bit of fanciness and glued carefully into the inside...
Baby Shower Invitations
Details on the invitation poem and party favors will have to be posted up later on my blog... In the meantime, check out the Scrap Our Stash's March Challenge. You have until the end of the month to get your inspirations in. What green things is tickling your creative mojo?

Now it's your turn to take the March GREEN Challenge. The March Challenge is anything to do with GREEN. It could be a project using the color Green, or about being "green" - or you could use the word Green in your title. The possibilities are endless. Anything goes! So think GREEN and take the challenge. To participate in the March GREEN Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to Scrappinpsycho@live.com All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on March 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of May. This challenge ends at midnight central time on March 31st.

12 comments:

  1. These invitations are just sooooo cute!!!! I love the colors you used and the baby animal stamps are just adorable!! (I need those stamps!)
    I also like how you did all the animals but one in gray - great cards!!!!!

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  2. The invitations you made are awesome!!! Love the stamps and how you used them. Fantastic job!

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  3. Lovely invitations and I'm with your friend - pink is not my colour but green very definitely is. Love the cute little animal stamps too.

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  4. This invitation is adorable! Love Penny

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  5. Great shower invites! Love the punch you used.

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  6. What a fun stamp set. They are adorable! Your invitations rock!! I love them!!

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  7. Ren-yi, what a great "Green" project!! I love the look of your baby shower invites. They are adorable!!

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  8. Those invitations are the cutest thing, almost makes me want another baby--almost!

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  9. Super cute - I'm sure everyone loved them - and they will be a great momento for the mom to be! Love how you did the animals - you're soooo cleaver!

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  10. What great cards, I loved looking at them and reading about your inspiration process, just adore how you have put these together! Love the grey and accent stamping! K x

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  11. Very cute invites! I love the stamped animals.

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