Recently I was asked to make favors for a baby shower!  I had complete creative control…I could make anything!  There are lots of fabulous ideas to use for baby showers so it was fun to consider what exactly to make! Here is the final project!  Those are little teddie grahams in a cello bag that fit perfectly in the box.

The stamp set with the baby is a retired one, "Baby Firsts"…one of those that nothing else can quite replace it.  Of course you can use other images and create an equally cute favor.

Before settling on the final project with the hostess, I used the same stamps, colors and materials several other ways:

This is just card stock wrapped around a small candy bar.  So easy!

Here is the Top Note Die #113463 used as a bag topper on the small cello bags with the Hershey Nuggets wrapped in stamped address labels (one of my favorite things to do!).

And here is the same box with chocolate nuggets wrapped in the stamped address labels:

I used the Matchbox die #114890 to easily make this box with Bashful Blue and Chocolate Chip card stock.  The lid is embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder #117335.

See how handy the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine #113439 is for lots of projects?  It's my go-to machine, that's for sure!

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A few weeks ago I was asked to make some centerpieces for a baby shower.  As I was about to go on vacation, it became a "rush" job, but I knew it would be fun to tackle this project!  Since it was a teddy bear theme, I knew the Stampin' Up! Build-A-Bear would be perfect!

After getting some ideas, I decided to make a "diaper cake" for the main centerpiece.  I suppose there are several ways of making diaper cakes and this was my first, but I just added the diapers sideways around in a circle to make the layers of the cake and then decorated with "Build-A-Bear".  For the cake, I used the boy bear in the stamp set Beary Best Friends and cut him out.  The teddy on top of the cake is smaller than he looks in the photo and just a cute little one I picked up to fit on top of the cake.

And then for the table centerpieces, I just used new paint cans, filled with a diaper, a bib, and baby wash cloths and decorated with bears from the Stampin' Up! Bear die in the Build-a-Bear Collection.  If I'd had more time I probably would have done them up even a little more, but I think they turned out pretty cute as is.

If you are interested in starting or adding to your Stampin' Up! Build-A-Bear Collection, just email me and I'll help you decide what you'd like to start with!  Of course, you need it all!