Baby Girl Pop Up Crib Card

Seems many of my good friends are becoming grammas this year too...and all baby girls so far! To welcome the birth of a dear friend's grandbaby, I chose to do another crib pop up card. My first one last year was for a sweet baby boy, but I've been itching to make another in pink! 

To decorate the front of the card, I created a little shelf with baby blocks and a banner; all designed in Make the Cut design program. For the word "welcome" I used Ballerina font, also rendered into a cutfile in Make the Cut. The cute little elephant is a svg cut file from the Lori Whitlock Shop. Finished the front with an eyelet border cut with a Martha Stewart edge punch and a tulle bow.

Here's the inside of the card with the pop up box style crib. The crib itself was created in Make the Cut; it's actually just a rectangular shaped box with struts inside similar to the popular Card In A Box style cards.

Lots of paper piecing went into putting this card together, but it was so much fun! Little baby girl inside the crib comes from Cricut Baby Steps cartridge, and duckie is from Cricut New Arrival cartridge. Bunny and giraffe toys are Doodlebug cutting files from the Lori Whitlock Shop. I also added a flag banner with baby's name for a personalized touch using Make the Cut and Notepad font.

The chest of drawers was created simply by layering different sized rectangles together with brads added for the knobs. Teddy bear is also from Lori Whitlock, and the books are just rounded rectangles with titles added using the print and cut function.

A couple views from the top show the struts inside the crib that the baby and toys are attached to.

Finally, my sentiment was added to a fancy label; a svg file designed and generously shared by Heather M on her blog, Images By Heather M. The inspiration for this card is a combination of ideas from Chris Peterson of Calla Lily Studio and Traci Penrod 's tutorial on the Lori Whitlock blog.