Friday, April 3, 2026

1st Birthday

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: For a Baby/Child

Here is my card for your inspiration:
We have a young family in our church who's little guy just turned one.  So, I decided to take this opportunity to make a first birthday card for him.  I had several of these stamped onesies left over (probably from the baby's baby shower) and thought it would be fun to create a little background using them.  Luckily, I managed to find the same patterned paper and stamped one more of the blue onesies and the reverse of the paper was the green, so I stamped four on that paper as well.  Because the originals had been mounted on white card stock, I had to mount the new pieces on white and cut them out as well.  It adds a texture to the background for a bit more fun.  I die cut a vellum circle to help the die cut "1" to stand out from the background and stamped "st" directly onto the circle.  I added the sentiment to die cut stitched banners.  I think it turned out so fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:
Stamps: SU! "By Ones and By Twos"; PaperTrey Ink "Big Birthday Wishes" st; My Favorite Things "Essential Sentiments"
Dies: PaperTrey Ink "By The Numbers"; My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched banner; unbranded circle die from Amazon

Challenges:
Crafty Catz #710--anything goes
Creative Fingers #319--anything goes
Pixie's Snippets Playground #529--anything goes with snippets (3 of the onesies were left overs and the others were fussy cut from a scrap of paper, all the die cuts were cut from scraps as well)
Double Trouble Challenge #213--SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing (#1: 3 die cuts, 2 patterned papers, one number one!)
Little Red Wagon #852--M is for masculine
Die Cut Divas--anniversary or birthday card
Paper Funday #86--anything goes with the optional twist: die cut/punches
Word Power--sentiment as the focal point


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9 comments:

  1. Julia Sager - Julia Sue's StampingApril 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM

    What a sweet design! The die cut “1” really stands out on the vellum circle, and the stitched banner sentiments are a lovely touch. The onesie background is so creative and perfect for a first birthday!

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  2. Alyson MayoApril 3, 2026 at 10:04 AM

    Love all the onesies arranged on the front. The vellum adds a soft touch - so cute :)

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  3. Johanna April 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM

    Wonderful 1st birthday card with all those cute adorable onesies. Love it. Thanks for sharing at Double Trouble.

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  4. ChrisApril 4, 2026 at 5:36 AM

    A lovely design for a first birthday card, love all those sweet paper-pieced onesies. Thank you for joining in at Crafty Catz xx

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  5. SarnApril 4, 2026 at 9:37 AM

    Cute first birthday card.

    Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground Heather, but unfortunately, our challenge limit is 10 in total. xxx

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  6. ArleneApril 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM

    Such a fun card, so unique with the cute baby clothes. So unusual and exciting. So glad you joined Die Cut Divas' challenge this month.

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  7. DianeApril 5, 2026 at 5:01 AM

    Such a cute and sweet baby card!
    Thank you for joining our challenge at Word Power!
    Diane WP Co-Owner
    {Nellies Nest}
    {Word Power}

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  8. ImkeApril 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM

    Amazing masculine b-day card, Heather I like the use of the onesies. Maybe i will case your design....
    Thanks for joining us this week @ Little Red Wagon. Good luck in the TOP 3 draw !

    Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

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  9. Donna ScholzApril 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM

    Heather, what a super sweet 1st birthday card! I love how you did the onesies. Your use of the vellum circle to allow the "1" to stand out is so clever!! Thank you so much for sharing your card with us at Double Trouble for our "anything goes" challenge!!! -Donna

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