Designs by Latisha Yoast

Here is a picture of the baby shower invitations I had been working on. 30 cards later and a few alterations, here is the finished product. I originally had a strap that went around the card with paper, ribbon and then the sentiment, however it made the card too thick and the envelopes would have ripped in the mail. Unfortunately I had to remove the paper strap, but I kept the ribbon. My friends who are giving the shower wanted a Disney theme but not to have the really bright Disney colors. I found this designer paper at a local scrapbook store, and guess what its Disney paper! I used my creative memories Mickey punch to punch out the Mickey symbol on the dp on the left hand side. This criss cross cards base is 5 1/2 by 12, so I didn't need to attach two pieces of paper. The inside is white cardstock with the info, on top of grey cardstock. I then stamped images from Polka Dots & Petals with Real Red, attached some ribbon and this baby is done.

I love babies and everything about them and had a ton of stampin up designer paper I had not touched yet, not to mention they are soft masculine colors. Who doesn't like snail mail? Isn't it the best to get a card in the mail. So I made another criss cross card but I changed the way I did the criss cross, so that its a tall 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 sized card. I made this in mind for someone who is expecting a baby boy. The base is white cardstock, the designer paper is by stampin up, it came in a set I bought earlier in the year (sorry I can't remember the name of the set). Anyhow, since it came together it all coordinated perfectly. The chipboard is by Basic Grey and I stamped it in True Thyme SU, and then stamped the footprint and sentiment with SU white craft ink, and tied it onto the card with greenish/silverish ribbon. For the inside, the base is SU so saffron, then white cardstock. I used a creative memories to circle punch to make the tab with leftover designer & white pap...

Its been a while since my last post, with Labor Day, my husband on leave and now my youngest with strep throat its been hard to do anything. Here is my first try at a criss cross card. The tutorial is on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ My base is white cardstock, the first layer of designer paper is starlight; the Dasher line by Basic Grey. The strap that goes around the card is snowfall ice blue, again the Dasher line by Basic Grey. The thinking of you image is by Paper Trey Ink, stamped in Ruby Red by SU, and then punched with a Creative Memories cir cle punch. For embellishments I used primas and brads. My base for the insert is Ruby Red cardstock by Stampin Up, then white cardstock on top. The flourish images are by Stampin Up, I believe they are the pretty pettites(R) and I used Ruby Red ink for that. My ribbon is by May Arts.