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A Baby Footprint Makes A Great Baby Shower
Invitation
By Sam Smith
If you are like many peo0le you can easily get
stuck when it comes to the baby shower invitation. Finding the location,
creating the guest lists and buying a cake can seem easy compared to picking the
right invitation. The baby shower invitation will be the first impression that
the guests will have of the event. It is therefore important to convey a message
through the baby shower invitation. One really fun and very popular way to do
this is use a baby footprint in the invitation. It is hard to resist the charm
of a tiny little baby footprint. Baby shower invitations with a footprint are so
irresistible be will just have to come to the shower.
So here are some creative ideas that you can use in creating your own baby
shower footprint invitation.
1. Printed - A simple printed baby footprint can be a ton of fun. You
can use a silhouette of a baby footprint to make the design. This will show the
heel, toes and side of the foot. It will look as if a baby stepped in ink and
then stamped the card with their feet. You can find clip art online by
searching, use a stamp, use a real baby or even just freehand draw your own.
To put a little action into the baby shower footprint invitation you can
make a series of footprints and make them decrease in size from large to
smaller. This will give the illusion that the person leaving the prints is
walking into the card. This is a great way to draw the attention of the viewer
into the card and then place your important text information right above this.
2. Stamps - Stamping has become a very popular craft and is use
widely among printers and crafters in the business of making invitations. You
can easily purchase baby footprint stamps of varying sizes from your local craft
store or on the Internet. These can make a fun and fancy decoration to the
invitation. There are so many things you can do by varying the colors, size of
the stamp and the paper the possibilities are really endless.
For example pick a cute pink (for girls) or a blue (for boys) ink pad and
stamp a tiny border made up of footprints all around the invitation. Don’t worry
to much about making them all straight or in line just have fun and stamp at
random. This will give the invitation a light fun feeling.
As an alternative you can purchase a large stamp and simply stamp a big
filled in silhouetted image smack dab in the middle of the invitation. Then you
can creatively with fun colored pens write all around the footprint following
the outline of it. This makes another fun creative and even whimsical
invitation.
3. Embossing - This is where the baby footprint is raised from the
page. There are two types of embossing. The first is by using a professional
printer and paying to have the cards done. A printer can actually emboss the
paper and have a raised footprint right in the paper. A baby footprint embossed
onto a beautifully textured pure white piece of paper can look very elegant!
If you are the do it yourself type it is very easy to purchase an embossing
powder in stamping or craft store. These come in all kinds of fun colors but
often gold or silver embossing powder can look very elegant! With embossing
powder you will need a stamp and some ink. You start by stamping the invitation
with the baby footprint stamp first. Then before the ink dries you poor some of
the embossing powder on the stamped area. The embossing powder will stick tot he
wet ink. You can then hold the piece of paper over a light bulb or use an
embossing gun to heat the powder. Once it gets hot it will melt and adhere to
the paper. This makes a fun and easy way to have a very elegant gold embossed
baby footprint shower invitation.
4. Cut Out - With this technique you will want to find some stiff
paper. Then you will pencil in an outline of a baby footprint and cut it out.
You can also make a simple stencil suing a file folder and then quickly trace
around the stencil and cut out to speed up the process and make the results more
uniform. Then on the baby of the cut out footprint you can write all of your
important baby shower details. Where it will take place, RSVP information and so
forth.
Either way that you choose the important thing to remember is to have fun in
creating the baby shower invitation footprint. Get some friends to help you if
you plan on making your own invitations as this will speed up the entire
process. It can also be more fun with a group of girlfriends around a table
talking and having a good time then cutting 25 baby shower footprint invitations
all by yourself.
As an addition to the fun, baby shower footprint invitation, it can be lots
of fun to continue with the footprint theme in decorating for the part. You can
use the same stamps and decorations that you used on the invitation in other
places to decorate for the shower.
About the Author: Have the best baby shower!
Baby Shower Guide: themes, invitations and more. For more info try
Baby Shower Footprint Invitations
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