It's a Girl!
Design by:
Bethany Fields
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The big announcement...
Bethany’s big announcement calls for making baby announcements. Bethany starts with a
clever train made out of envelopes for a baby boy. Then she sprouts a pink button flower
out of another tiny envelope for a baby girl announcement. To finish off her baby bonanza,
Bethany makes a cute baby shower party favor.
supplies
• Glue
tools
• 7" 5" White Card
• 6 Small Buttons for Train
Wheels
• Scissors
• 3 3/4" 5" White Card
• 3" 3" Red Paper
FEATURED PRODUCTS
Marvy/Uchida:
• Clever Lever Envelope
Punch
• Feet Punch
• Baby Bottle Punch
• DecoColor Duo Markers
• DecoColor Glitter Markers
• Wafu Gami Paper in
Bubblegum
• 3" 3" Blue Paper
• 3" 3" Yellow Check
Paper
• 3" 3" White Paper,
5 pieces
• 3" 3" Pink Patterned
Paper
• 3" 3" Green Paper
• Tab Adhesive
• 1 Small Flower Button
• Blue Ink Pad
• Plastic Candy Bag
• Ribbon
• 4" Clay Flower Pot
• 1/4” Hole Punch
• Stipple Brush
• Black Pen
PHOTOS
• Three index size baby
photos
• Large Lollipop
• Floral Foam to fit inside
clay pot
• Green jelly beans to cover
foam
Start ing your Page
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IT'S A BOY!
Make train car envelopes. Punch a 3" square piece of red paper using
the Clever Lever Envelope Punch from Marvy/Uchida. Punch out a blue
envelope and a yellow checked envelope. Fold the envelopes
along the scored lines created by the punch and glue the
side flaps to the bottom flap of the envelope. Close and
glue the top flap of the red envelope. Leave the top flap
open for the blue and yellow envelopes.
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Make the engine. Cut a 1" 1/4" notch out of the top of the red envelope
to form the cab and the hood of the train engine.
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Cut a notch in the shape of the jagged edge of the letter “R” from
the front of the train engine’s hood.
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Punch out the window of the train engine. Slide train engine piece into
the Baby Bottle Punch from Marvy/Uchida, so that the cab of the engine
is centered under the bottle part of the punch and press the lever to
punch out the window.
Use a hole punch and punch two half circles at the bottom of train engine
piece and at the bottom of the blue and yellow envelopes. These are
the wheel wells. Adhere the train engine and the two envelopes onto a
7" 5" white card with tab adhesive to form a train.
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Cut a small smoke stack shape out of red paper and
adhere it to the top of the train engine. Cut a small
rectangle and adhere it above the window of the
engine’s cab.
Glue a small button in each wheel well for the train’s
wheels.
If you can’t find buttons in colors to match your train, paint the buttons
to match using DecoColor Duo Markers from Marvy/Uchida. These
markers work great on a variety of surfaces including plastic!
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Make some steam for the train. Use a stipple brush and stipple blue ink
onto a scrap of white paper. Use the Clever Lever Feet Punch and punch
several pairs of feet out of the stippled paper.
Adhere the feet above the train’s smoke stack.
Add the finishing touches. Use the Silver DecoColor Duo Marker
from Marvy/Uchida to draw lines connecting each train car to the one
behind it.
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Insert index sized photos into one car of the train, and a small
1 7/8" 1" birth announcement into the other car. With a
black pen, write “Announcing a New Arrival” under the
train to complete the announcement.
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IT'S A Girl!
Use the Clever Lever Envelope Punch from Marvy/Uchida and punch out
four envelopes from white paper. Glue the flaps of the envelopes
closed. Punch one more envelope from pink patterned paper.
Glue the side flaps to the bottom flap, but leave the top flap
open for this envelope.
Make grass. Fringe the top of a 1 7/8" 1 1/4" piece of
green paper, cutting different widths along the top long
edge. Once the entire edge has been fringed, go back and
cut off every other “blade”. Trim the remaining blades to
different lengths.
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Tuck the grass into the pink patterned envelope so it is sticking out of the
open flap. Mat the four white envelopes on a piece of pink Wafu Gami
Paper from Marvy/Uchida, arranging them so that they overlap from top
to bottom and are offset. Adhere the pink envelope on top of the white
envelopes, overlapping the bottom two envelopes. Use Bethany’s Matting
Technique and trim the Wafu Gami paper leaving about 1/8" border.
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Adhere the envelope block to a pre-made 3 3/4" 5" white card. With a
black pen, write “the family has grown” across the bottom of the card.
Glue a small pink flower-shaped button in the grass.
Print the birth announcement or shower invitation details on white
paper. Trim to 3 1/2" 4 1/2" and adhere to the inside of the
card on the right side. Punch out another envelope from
pink patterned paper using the Clever Lever Envelope
Punch. Glue the side flaps to the bottom flap, but leave the
top flap open for this envelope.. Adhere the open envelope
inside the card on the left side. Insert a 1 1/4" 1 3/4" baby
photo in the envelope to finish the card.
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Party Favors!
Decorate a plastic candy bag from the craft store with flowers using
DecoColor Glitter Markers from Marvy/Uchida. Slip a lollipop into the
bag and tie the bag around the lollipop stick with a ribbon.
Paint grass and the party guest’s name on 4" clay flower
pot using DecoColor Duo markers. Add a foam base to
the pot for stability. Cover with green jelly beans and
insert the lollipop.
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Centerpiece
A watering can decorated with the Marvy/Uchida DecoColor Markers and
ribbons makes a great centerpiece for a baby shower or a gift for the new
mom. Wafu Gami paper flowers with the baby’s name and birthdate add
a personal touch. Fill with fresh flowers on the day of the shower.
Candy Tub
DecoColor flowers decorate this little galvanized tub. Filled
with candy or nuts, it makes a cute table decoration for
baby’s shower.
Congratulations
You’ve just completed your It’s a Girl! cards, but the fun doesn’t stop there!
Be sure to stop back by The Scrapbook Lounge every week for more exciting new twists on scrapbooking!
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