A non card welcome

I have something a little different to share today - a way to welcome a new baby without a card.  New parents get so many cards that I thought this was an interesting way to welcome the baby that will stand out from the crowd of cards.

I made a very simple 3D rattle using the new die from MFT along with a couple of shaker pouches which the die has been designed to fit.  

It's very easy to create - I simply die cut the rattle die 4 times - twice from 300gsm card for stability and twice from pretty paper for decoration.  Take 2 pouches, fill one with sequins - I used the new ombre blue ones from Hero Arts - these are much bigger packs of sequins than the Neat and Tangled ones so you could fill a lot of rattles with one pack!  I used a little strong wet glue on the rim of the other pouch then stuck them together.  I glued and sandwiched the 4 layers of rattles together around the pouches and then set them aside to dry - you need to leave them a good while as the wet glue in the plastic needs drying time so I went with the bulldog clip approach to drying for a good fix.

Once dry I added the welcome word using the Lil' Inker Designs die (die cut from white and coloured on both sides with copics to get the shade I wanted) and tied on a mini tag (MFT pierced tag die) with a little blue ribbon.   You could use a stamp to add the name but I went with freehand calligraphy.

NEWS FROM THE STORE

• We are expecting to get the Concord and 9th release this week - it was delayed as some of the products were delayed in manufacture but our order is now complete and in transit.
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