Kim contacted me and asked how to make the onesie card like I posted a little while back. I thought perhaps others would like to know as well. It really is a fairly easy card to make and everyone loves it!
The first step is to cut a piece of cardstock in half long way. The cardstock should measure 4 1/4″ x 11″. Fold it in half.
You want to use a 1 3/8″ circle punch (or one very similar in size) to cut the neck out of the folded endof the cardstock. Cut just a half circle.
Use that same circle punch to punch out the leg holes (bottom corners of the card).
For the arms, measure down from the fold approx. 1 1/4″ and cut straight into the card about an inch. Be sure you are cutting through both the top and bottom of the card. From there, cut diagonally down to the corner where you punched the leg hole. For the second arm I like to take the piece cut away from the first side and trace it on the second side to make sure they are the same size.
To make the lace around the arm and leg holes you’ll need to once again use that circle punch. Punch a circle out of the white cardstock making sure there is plenty of cardstock on all sides of the hole.
Forget about the circle you punched out, you need the cardstock that you punched the circle out of. Turn your Scallop Circle punch upside down so you can position the circle in the middle of the scallop and punch.
Position the lace around the neck and leg holes and adhere. For the arms you can use the Scallop edge punch on some white cardstock and glue to the arms. Stamp and decorate your card as you like.
I hope this has helped you. If you have questions please feel free to leave them under the comments and I will answer them ASAP. Thank you Kim for asking – I’m happy to be able to help you out!
I wish I could give credit to the person who originally came up with this idea but I’m afraid I don’t know who that was as there are many variations out there.
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Thanks so much for posting! My sister-in-law just had a baby girl and I can’t wait to send this to her!!! She has been living in Germany for the last year working with Campus Crusade and was not able to take all her craft/stampin “stuff” along. I know she will appreciate this home-made card!
Thanks again!
Kim
Congratualtions on your new niece! I’m sure your sister-in-law will love the card. Thank you for stopping by my blog!
Thanks so much, my sister is having a surprise baby shower and I decided to make her invitations like this, thanks for the instructions its so helpful. Mahalo,
Melanie
Hi Becky,
Did I do something wrong? can you successfully punch through two pieces of paper? Maybe your circle punch isn’t SU? I’d love some help because it is such a cute card…
When I tried to punch through two pieces of paper (to make the “neck hole”), I ruined my circle punch.
Hi Jennifer,
I’m sorry to hear about your punch breaking! I do use a Stampin’ Up! punch and I have not had any trouble (although it does take a little muscle work). The only recommendation I can make is to make sure that within the half circle that you are punching you are using the part of the punch that goes down first. That probably isn’t clear. . . . I’ll try to explain. If you look at the bottom of your punch and more specifically the “blade” you’ll see the “points” of the blade that cut into the paper first. Make sure one of these points is going into the neckline (the more toward the center probably the better). The points are what get the whole cutting process started, without them the paper is likely to get jammed in your punch.
I hope that makes sense and I hope you’ll be able to make your card! If I can be of further help feel free to ask.
Thanks for the tutorial.
I love to learn new things…especially if the results are this beautiful.
The original design came from Lauren Meader.
I think this is a great idea, if I can’t find the scalloped round punch I am going to use real lace. My daughter will love this for her PINK shower.
I love your invitation idea, but my sister is having a baby boy how can I make it, to look adequate for a baby boy invitation.
Hi Mary!
For a baby boy I would go with Bashful Blue cardstock. I think the scalloped collar and legs and buttons down the front would still be fine but you might want to leave off the bow. Another option would be to stamp something like baseballs or little puppies or something boyish all over the onsie in the same or similar color to the cardstock. I hope this helps!
Thanks for creating a great site to browse!
I made a really cute centerpiece out of this invitation for my daughters baby shower. I would be happy to share it.
What did you use for the snaps and what did you use for the buttons? What length did you use for the bows and do you have a quick and easy way to tie the bows?
Hi Becky, I love your invitation idea, but we don’t know if my sister-in-law is having a baby boy or a girl. how can I make it, to look adequate for a natural invitation.
Hi, Just wondering what size scallop punch did you use ???
Hi Sarita!
You could do the same basic card but use Certainly Celery and Whisper White or Barely Banana and Whisper White to make it safe for either a boy or a girl. Of course you could always make it a white onesie too and then make the scallops around the neck and legs be the green or yellow. I hope that helps! I’d love to see your final product!
Hi Lynne,
I used the scallop circle punch from Stampin’ Up! I’m making a rough estimate here but it’s about 1 3/8″ in diameter I believe. (I’m not actually looking at the punch but I know it’s pretty close in size to our 1 3/8″ circle punch. I hope that helps!
LOVE this. Makes me so excited about my baby shower coming up. I love doing things like this and to find this was so exciting. But I was wondering if you went and just bought envelopes? or I mean I guess I wouldn’t just write the address on the back and put a stamp; they’d probably get dirty. So you just bought envelopes?
Hi Ashlyn,
Yes, you’ll want to put the onsies into envelopes. If you want to have envelopes, keep your invitations clean, and have them be seen, I highly recommend our clear translucent envelopes. These are A2 size so the onsies fit perfectly! You can find the clear translucent envelopes on page 168 of the Idea Book & Catalog. They are item number 102619 and it only costs $4.95 for 50 envelopes.
I noticed you mentioned using the clear envelopes. Just a word of caution in that the postage is more to mail them.
Actually Diane, there should be no extra cost to mail plastic envelopes unless they are bulky. I have mailed 100s of cards in plastic envelopes at no additional charge (and no, people aren’t paying extra on the other end.) Here are a couple pointers, don’t got to the PO and ask them how much it costs to mail them, they seem to automatically charge more just for you asking. Just stick them in your mailbox. If you’re having trouble with one post office mailing them then take them to a drop box elsewhere. Sometimes there are grouchy postmasters that don’t allow things they should. Sounds funny but I’ve heard many stories to prove it.
Hi,
I was wondering if the embellished card stock (I’m looking for sage and yellow) featured in the pink onesie above was available on this website? Or where I can find it?
Thanks