I made these last month for the baby shower of a close friend. It’s her first boy, so we had to celebrate! She doesn’t have a nursery, but she was making a blanket in brown and blue, so I figured it was a great chance to work with an argyle pattern I’d been hoping to use!
I started by cutting out two different shades of blue card stock. I just have a normal paper cutter, so I just angled the paper to get the shapes I wanted.
I also printed off the invitation on the blue card stock and cut it out too!
Next I glued it onto the brown card stock (cut into 4ths)
Next up stamp embossing! I have embossing powder in the same shade of blue!!!
Now for my favorite part… Sewing the details onto the card. Using a darker shade of blue thread I first created a diamond shape.
Now to X through the design.
Almost finished!
Pull the threads through the holes and knot and trim each end.
And all done! Put them in envelops and mail them and your all ready for the party!
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Randi
February 18, 2011 at 8:46 amThose are so fantastic! I used argyle accents at a recent birthday party and I wish I had thought to do that for the invitations. Thanks for sharing!
Ashlee
February 21, 2011 at 11:05 amThanks! I’ve been in love with argyle for a few months now, just trying to come up with ways to use it!
Mandi
February 18, 2011 at 9:10 amOh ma gosh those are so flippin cute!
Ashlee
February 21, 2011 at 11:08 amThanks Mandi! They were really fun to make and deliver!
Mychel
February 18, 2011 at 9:29 amWow, yeah those are some of the cutest cards I’ve ever seen! You could totally do that for a girl…just brown and pink. Thanks for the amazing idea 😀
Ashlee
February 21, 2011 at 11:08 amyou totally could! I even have the It’s a Girl stamp! Let me know if you use it!
Amy
February 18, 2011 at 2:44 pmThese are darling! What a lot of details- totally worth it!
xoxo,
Amy
Ashlee
February 21, 2011 at 11:09 amThanks! They did take awhile, but the thing that took the most time was the knot tying. Maybe an unnecessary step, but they would have just unraveled quickly without it…
Beverly @ Flamingotoes.com
February 18, 2011 at 8:56 pmThese are the cutest cards ever!!! I love the argyle and stitching!! I’m sharing on my Facebook page!
Ashlee
February 21, 2011 at 11:16 amThank you so much Beverly!!! You would know good stitching projects! And thanks for sharing it! Your so sweet!
Amy @ Positively Splendid
February 21, 2011 at 9:47 amAshlee, these are seriously darling! Love that stitching!!
Ashlee
February 21, 2011 at 11:58 amThank you so much Amy! They were super fun to make! Way to go on SYTYC! Keep up the good work!
Kathy
January 16, 2012 at 2:51 pmDid you use 8 1/2 x 11 sheet or a 12 x 12 sheet? For the main part.
Ashlee
January 17, 2012 at 5:49 pmI used regular card stock 8 1/2 x 11 and cut it into 4 pieces for the base of the invitations. So each one was 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
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