This weekend, my daughters and I are hosting a baby shower for my other daughter. Here’s a pic of the invitations that I created using the Sizzix eclips. I drew an elephant in Illustrator and saved it as an .svg file, then cut it out on the eclips. The detailed cuts on this machine are unbelievable. Those little gray elephants are only about 1″ big!
I curled the elephants’ ears out from their body to give a little dimension. This green shimmer paper is beautiful but almost too heavy. The ears did not roll back as smoothly as I would have liked and I think thinner cardstock would have worked better. But the color was not as good… so I chose color over weight…
I printed the card bases on the computer and then used the die cut elephants as accents. I also used the rickrack border from my Bigz Hydrangea & Border die coming in June from the Sweet Treats collection. Stay tuned for the rest of the decor- we were hard at work today… I am hoping it doesn’t rain Saturday (even though it’s a shower :-)).
Very cute invitations Eileen. I hope all goes well for the shower and look forward to seeing some of the other decorations you come up with.
These are so adorable Eileen! Love how you lifted that little ear up. 🙂
Love these elephants they remind me of the disney film Dumbo especially where they are all on top of each other
Super Cool, Eileen!
When does one generally have a shower for someone? My daughter is 6mos and due in August…I was thinking of giving her an online shower but seeing these super cute invite…IDK…maybe a do up a digital invite…
Bea, the elephants do look the ones in Dumbo! Loved that movie… KimberlyRae- an online shower is a great idea! Then you can include people from all over… Sounds like your daughter is due a month after mine. We did it now because she could get home this weekend. Have fun! Congrats on your new little expected grandchild 🙂
Dear Bean,
These are BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love that shimmery green paper 🙂 and those baby elephants are adorable!