DIY Nursery Art: Birth Announcement
I'm so proud of this nursery room art that I made!
Every time I see it on the wall, I'm reminded just how much of a blessing my precious daughter is. The birth announcement brings me back to the day she was born when I heard "It's a girl" and was completely surprised! I'm so pleased that this turned out beautiful enough for her to display on her wall for years!
Materials:
(all Close to My Heart unless stated)
Paper: Ivy Lane Paper Pack (discontinued)
Ink: Hollyhock, Smokey Plum, Slate
Stamps: Wild About Love (now discontinued), Marquee Uppercase
Accessories: Ivy Lane Workshop Embellishments, pink and purple ribbon (unknown)
Other: white frame
To design the birth announcement, I first stamped everything in multiple fonts (sizes), but all in the same colour. Then I cut out the individual pieces (e.g. cut out "21.5" together, and "Eleanor" together), and I place them around my 7.5" x 7.5" square of white cardstock until I was satisfied with the placement.
Then I chose which colours with go with which words and pictures, and I began stamping. I purposely stamped everything twice (on two separate papers) and I'm SO glad I did, because I ended up ruining one, by getting ink in the wrong spot (Oops!!), but I didn't have to start from scratch because the second one was half done already!
The final step was to frame the stamped message, and add the embellishments. I chose to use a few flowers from the Ivy Lane paper pack because they were beautifully feminine for our daughter's room :)
Here is how it looked, after putting it up on Ellie's gallery wall:
I LOVE the final product!!
If you are wondering about other gallery projects, you can check out the Embroidery Hoop project, and the Baby Footprints :)
See the full Navy, Yellow, and Gray nursery!
{xoxo}
Such a nice nursery, really nice decorations! Saying hello from create & share DIY link party!
Cathy
Thank you :)
This is such a nice nursery! The gallery wall adds that personal touch and I love the owls!
Thanks for linking up at the Talented Tuesday Link Party :-)
Thanks Natalie!! I'm so happy with how the nursery turned out :)
This so adorable!! I need to make one like this for my daughter's room, even though she's already a year. It looks so cute on your nursery wall! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Motivational Monday! Hope to see you again next week!
It's so hard to go back and do projects later eh?! I'm so glad you liked the project though!
This is so beautiful! My cousin is expecting another baby and I'm itching to make her a cross stitch like I did for her son. Thanks so much for linking up at Talented Tuesday!
~Meaghan
Love your DIY nursery art. The kite piece is my favorite! Thanx for partying at THT.
Thanks Pamela!! I'm so happy with how the whole wall came together :)
I love how this turned out....beautiful color scheme too!
Thanks for sharing at the Monday Funday party this week :)
Thanks Meredith! I didn't know if I was having a boy or a girl, so I had to wait to add the pinks and purples in after she was born :)
This is an amazing piece of art! I am sure it will be treasured for many years. Thank you for sharing with us at H2H Challenges!
Thanks Lauren!! I'm sure it will stay on the walls for many, many years :)
This is too precious! I love the woodland theme with the fox and the stump. Thanks for linking up last week at Creative Spark link Party hope you will stop by again today and link up! http://bit.ly/1yf1bP4
Thank you Michelle! I love the woodland theme too :) cutest stamp set I've seen recently!
This is just precious! Thanks so much for sharing them at Found & Foraged! Hope to see you again this week...oh, but before I forget. Party will start on Friday (this week only) at 8PM CT...InLinkz is doing some server maintenance right when our party is normally scheduled. Blerg! Anyhoo, hope to see you at http://houseofhipsters.com/
Thanks Kyla :)
So cute! I LOVE your Mary Kate theme!!!! Also, wanted to let you know I have a link party on Wednesday, hope to see you there! Can’t wait to party with you at https://homeschoolapalooza.wordpress.com :-)
Thank you :)
What a sweet nursery! The colors you chose are so full of life yet calming at the same time. Your birth announcement is the perfect addition! Thanks for sharing this at the Frugal Crafty Home Blog hop--I just pinned this to the FCHBH link ups board.
Thank you SO much Carrie!! I love stopping by your blog :)
OMG this is so adorable I LOVE it! Thanks for playing along with H2H challenges.
Brandi R.
crzy4scrapbooking.blogspot.ca
H2H challenges DT member
Thank you! I'm so happy with how it turned out :)