Card Making for Baby Shower

From LoveToKnow Crafts

Card making for baby showers can be a fun and enjoyable project. Babies are so cute and cuddly that you’re guaranteed to feel inspired!

Celebrate a new arrival by designing a special handmade baby shower card.

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Embellishments for Baby Cards

When choosing embellishments for baby shower cards, you have a number of options. For example:

Tiny footprints
Handprints
Diapers
Baby bottles
Baby blankets
Teddy bears
Blocks
Rattles

You can find free baby-themed clip art on these Web sites:

If you’re looking for baby-themed fonts, try one of the following options:

Pastel blues and pinks are the most popular color schemes for baby shower cards, but feel free to experiment with other choices. For example, a black and white baby shower card is sophisticated, elegant, and contemporary.

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Baby Quotes and Poems

For many people, deciding what to say is the most difficult part of creating a handmade greeting card. It’s best to simply write from the heart, but there are also many quotes and poems that you can use when completing a card making for baby shower project.

The following sweet and sentimental baby shower quotes are the perfect addition to any card:

“Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God.” -- Barretto
“Babies are such a nice way to start people.” -- Don Herrold
"A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it." -- Frank A. Clark
“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.” -- Carl Sandburg
“Babies are a link between angels and man.” -- Author Unknown

If you’re looking for slightly humorous baby shower quotes, consider the following:

“No one likes change but babies in diapers.” -- Barbara Johnson
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.” -- Leo J. Burke
“It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money.” -- Elinor Goulding Smith
“Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.” -- Ed Howe
“Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.” -- Bill Cosby
“Babies are always more trouble than you thought - and more wonderful.” -- Charles Osgood

To find baby shower poems, visit one of the following links:

Pre-printed stickers, chipboard embellishments, and tags with baby shower sayings can be purchased wherever scrapbooking supplies are sold.

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Card Making for Baby Shower Sample Projects

If you’re in need of some card making ideas, there are many Web sites that feature sample baby shower projects. For example:

Although it’s fine to follow a project’s instructions exactly, feel free to experiment. By choosing another color scheme or slightly different embellishments, you can create your own unique design.

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