Mini Baby Box by Lorena

Hello, SRM friends! It's Lorena today. While I type this post, I wait for the arrival of my second child, a baby girl that will be here this week. Eeeek! So you won't be surprised about this project's theme :)
These days I'm very attracted to all things tiny, and that includes the adorable square clear gift boxes in their smaller size, which is two inches. Do you know what fits perfectly in there? Yeah!!! A newborn sized pacifier!

I started covering the box with patterned paper, and used a stitched die cut square as the base for the focal point. SRM has lots of super cute baby themed stickers, so it was hard to decide on which one to use for this project! I ended up using Fancy Sentiment/Baby.

Of course, I can't imagine a baby project without a cute little animal in it, so I turned to my trusty stamps to find the perfect one to use on this box. I chose the little peep from Baby Jungle stamp set and paper pieced it in different shades of pink. Paper piecing is always so relaxing!!! I finished the gift box with a few scattered rhinestones and that was it.

Here's a closeup of the little bird.  It was the perfect image for my baby box.

And that's what I have for you today! Happy crafting and will see you in  a couple of months, once the baby is here and the routine has been settled. Wish me luck ;)

Elephants Love to Celebrate card by Lorena

Hello there, SRM friends! Lorena here. Have you noticed that elephant stamps are trending lately? They're so cute and perfect for different occasions! For baby, of course, but also for wishing a happy birthday, or for a congratulations card. 

Today, I am sharing a celebratory card with the lovely elephant from the Baby Jungle stamp set.  Love all the darling images from which to choose and also the dot border!

I made a shaped card by die cutting twice a huge tag die from my stash and adhering it together to form the card base. Second, I stamped a green ground for the elephant to stand on, using the polka dot strip from the Doodle Flowers stamp set. I love how cute those polka dots are, and how easy is to stamp a whole background with them in just seconds!  Once I had the ground, I added the sky using watercolors. Nothing fancy here, just brushed some blue watercolor on the card :)

The elephant was paper pieced and then accented a bit with a marker. I cut my own speech bubble using a sticker from Sentiment/Thinking of You and layering it on cardstock. Every elephant needs a speech bubble, right? As one last touch, I wanted to make the sentiment pop. It is originally an outlined font, so I filled in the letters with a black alcohol marker.

Of course, the card wouldn't be finished without a touch of baker's twine. I used the Marigold twine here. I also threw in a few die cut stars to increase the celebratory feeling. Thanks for stopping by!