I am Christina Crawford and I have been a Stampin' Up demonstrator for 12 years. This video is titled How to Make Adorable Baby Announcement. But I will also show you how to some cute invitation to showers, some great ideas when you don't know if you are having a boy or girl, and I will also show you some great little thanking notes and baby gifts. So stay tuned and watch those clips.
Take a look at these items here and you will get a good idea of what you are in for. Some great color schemes, some duplicatable ideas. You can have fun creating thank you notes and birth announcements using photographs. Some really fun ideas using different colors whether it's pink or blue or green or yellow. You’ll also see how you can use an alphabet set to create beautiful framed ideas.
My friend Jennifer made this one. I couldn't wait to show it off. You will also see that instead of making just an announcement, make it a scrapbook page. This way everybody that gets one can save it in their scrap books for years to come. Let me tell you some of the tools that you will need to get some basic stamping done, some basic paper crafts done.
First, you will need card stock. You will need to have a paper cutter. It's going to be a very valuable tool. You can get a paper cutter that has a scoring blade on it too. Also, some punches. There are a lot of punches out there, it kind of gives you a quick shortcut. Have some adhesives on hand, some permanent adhesives, some adhesives that are also temporary that can be re-positionable, and get some that are also photo friendly. Acid-free tape so that it will not harm your photograph, should you choose to put a photograph on to your projects. A bone folder comes in handy especially when you do rub-ons, and you will see some ideas with the rub-ons. You can even use a stapler. It's very trendy and fun and you can even find colored staples at office supply stores.
Let me tell you a little bit more about me before we began. I have been Stampin' for while. I think it's a fabulous hobby. I think everybody should have a hobby and this one is a lot fun to do with friends. And just I love to go to the gym and I like to do classes with people. I like to do things with people. This is a very social hobby. So not only can you do this at home by yourself but you can invite your friends to come over and just really laugh about the things that went on during the day, and create beautiful projects especially if you have an event to plan for like baby showers or even weddings. It's so much fun to have your friends over for that. I have been married for several years and more that several, but we won't get into that.
My husband is in the army so I am an army wife. So I have moved all over the place and I have met a lot of friends and the best way to keep in touch with them is to make some fun cards and fun notes that are different and it brings their date, they tell me when they get it in there mail box. When I get their cards back and I go to the mail box, let me tell you how much nice to see when you don't see just bills and advertisements. But you see cards from friends, birth announcements, and thank you notes. It's just a wonderful thing to experience really. So enjoy and have fun and enjoy the projects that I have planned for you.
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