Another Baby Name Frame

Tonight I am sharing another baby name frame. This one is an 8 x 20 inch frame and for the background I used the art paper I wrote about in the "Card Economics" post (here is a LINK in case you missed that post). This is a lovely heavy paper and I could cut a piece to exactly the right size for the frame with no seam in the background.

This little boy has a rather unusual name with five letters - ideal for large letters that center nicely in the space. I used the Mickey Font cartridge because it is nice and chunky with a playful "feel."



I cut the letters in a bright nautical blue on "shadow" and then cut the letters in regular size in some patterned paper that has a watery feel. I added three dots to each letter to give them a bit of "punch."



I used foam squares to lift the letters slightly for a shadow effect.



The name is framed with lines and dots with waves along the bottom border. The waves are from the "Going Places" cartridge - I welded together as many as would fit on a 12 inch paper and then adhered two sets of waves together to make them fit the width of the frame.



In the gaps between the lines that frame the design I hand wrote the birth date and time and the "statistics" of birth weight and height.



The parents of this boy serve in the Navy, so I added a few boats for a "nautical" touch. His full name is written on the three boats (I blurred out the surname on the third boat for this post). I used a blue pen to highlight the cuts for the mast.



Of course I had to make a matching card to go with the gift. I used a few of the scraps with words that I cut from the Cuttlebug "Welcome Baby" A2 combination cut and emboss set.



You may remember the Abigail name frame (here is a LINK to that entry if you missed it). Here are the two frames together - they are not for siblings, I just happened to do them around the same time and like the way the two look together(!).

I spent most of the day working on revising the directions for one of my designs for publication - very exciting but time consuming! I have several other interesting projects in the works but haven't had time to do the photos and directions to post here yet - new .cut files will be here soon...in the meanwhile - here is another "sneak peek"