Baby Shower Cardstock
Baby Shower Cardstock
You have just become the proud parent of a baby boy. Whether this is your first child or not, youÂ’ll want to commemorate this special event by creating a baby scrapbook. ItÂ’s easy and fun to find creative ideas for scrapbooking your son.
The first thing that you need to think about when it come to making an album for your new baby boy is how detailed you would like the scrapbook to be. There are a variety of different sizes you can choose from when it comes to selecting albums, so make sure, if it is going to be detailed, that you consider a larger size, such as a 12 x 12 album.
Now, when you start organizing and planning all the scrapbooking ideas that you might have, you should really start from the very beginning – such as when you were pregnant. Now, some women go so far as to save every detail of their pregnancy, even the pregnancy stick that indicated they were going to have their child. Now, if you are the kind of person that has saved such a thing, start the scrapbook with a picture of the stick, rather than the actual stick.
Another interesting suggestion for a baby boy album that you can include is a page documenting how your stomach grew month by month as you were pregnant. This can actually be split up into nine different pages, and on each page you can document how you were feeling at that particular stage of your pregnancy, as well as any food cravings that you had.
Of course, you have to have pages of the actual delivery. While actual pictures of the event might or might not be included, things such as baby and mother hospital bracelets, as well as any other papers from that day, should be included.
Once the baby has been born, the birth announcement is released. Be sure to include a copy of that, as well as any cards that family and friends sent congratulating you on the news. This can also include cards that were sent along with flowers.
There are a variety of other ways that you can make pages for a baby boy scrapbook album. However, you need to define how long of a period the album should span. One idea is to have the scrapbook be about the babyÂ’s first year, or if you are one to take a lot of pictures and collect a lot of mementos, you might want to make a shorter period of time, like 6 months.
To personalize the album with a boyÂ’s personality, use blue shades of cardstock. Mat photos with varying shades of blue as well. There are lots of stickers and embellishments available with a baby boy theme as well. Finally, include his name often in your page titles. DonÂ’t forget to add a personal touch to the outside of the album cover. You might add a ribbon from a Baby Shower package or have his name embossed on the cover.
For more information, be sure to search the internet, since there are many scrapbooking sites that can give you interesting ideas for making a baby album. You can also consult friends and family who have done scrapbooks for their own children. There are lots of interesting and creative ideas for baby scrapbooks.
Christine Perry is an avid scrapbooker and has over 10 years of scrapbooking experience. Her favorite photography and scrapbooking subjects are her reluctant teenagers. She invites you to her website, http://www.intoscrapbooking.com for more scrapbooking ideas and circle journal themes.
How can I make this?
I am wanting to make my own Baby Shower invitations. I saw one that was made with card stock and had tissue paper on top of it with a bow. It also had the 3D ultrasound picture printed on the cardstock. How can I print the picture on cardstock if it has a print on it? Would the picture still show up againist the print of the cardstock? Also if I don’t buy a kit to make this kind of invitation how would I make my own if I bought the ribbon and the cardstock myself? Thanks!
If the cardstock that you already have has a print on it, then printing over it will probably make the image hard to see.
You can buy blank cards at the craft store. Scan your ultrasound picture into your computer and print them on the cards.
Choose and format your invitation wording and print on vellum paper (see through paper). Test the paper first because some printers have the ink that doesn’t set properly on vellum and the words will just fall off!
Now, line the vellum on the card and take a hole punch and make two holes at the top of the card and vellum. Take a pretty ribbon and string the two together. (You will have to trim the vellum to fit the card.)
You are all done!
It’s really that easy. There are tons of colors available in vellum. Since it’s see through, the ultrasound will be in the background under the wording. Very cute!
You can also reverse the card too…do the wording on the cardstock and the ultrasound on the vellum. Either way is cute.
Hope this helps with the instructions! 
