Fabscraps new Zooty Cuties collection!

Zooty Cuties is just that , CUTE!  It's the perfect collection for crafting cards and layuts for your favorite little ones!

I'm doing a series of cards for a one year old through 6 year old.  Today I'm sharing my one and two year old birthday cards.

For This Project You Will Need:

Fabscraps C81 Zooty Cuties Collection:

MC81 001A Carder's Pack

C81 001 Best Friends 

 Other:

1 Sheet pink Cardstock

Embellishments, sentiment, flowers, ribbon etc.

Instructions:

1. Cut a card base from pink cardstock 6 x 12".  Score at the 6" mark and fold card in half.
2. Trim  the 003 Craft Giraffe 6 x 6"  paper from the Carder's pack to a 5 5/8" square.  Adhere to the front of the card base with the plain print side up (the side without giraffes).
3. Cut the border from the bottom of C81 001 Best Friends and trim to 5 5/8" wide.
4. Cut a piece of pink cardstock 1 7/8 x 5 5/8" and adhere the border from step 3 to the cardstock.
5. Adhere the cardstock and border from step 4 to the card about .5" from the bottom of the patterned paper as shown in the photo.
6. Remove the 1 die-cut from the Carder's Pack.  Use foam to pop it up and adhere to the left side of the card above the border. 
7. Fussy cut a small giraffe and two butterflies from the giraffe paper in the Carder's Pack and adhere to the card as shown.
8. Add a sentiment to the right of the giraffes and some flowers for embellishment.

I really love this cute 2 year old step card.  I have a template you can use to cut this.   Here's the link.

View of the card lying flat.

For This Project You Will Need:

Fabscraps C81 Zooty Cuties Collection:

C81 007 All Ears

MC81 001A Carder's Pack

Other:

1 Sheet white cardstock

1 Sheet blue cardstock

Mint green cardstock at least 5" square

Embellishments - flowers, ribbon,  etc.

Instructions:

1. Cut a step card following the template from white cardstock.  The card will be 4.75 x 7".
2. Cut two pieces from 007 All Ears 1 5/16 x 1 3/4".  Cut the pieces so that an elephant is at the top and the elephants on each piece when arranged, will face each other.  See the photo.  Clip the corners if desired.
3. Cut two pieces of blue cardstock 1.5 x 3" and clip the corners if desired.  Adhere the elephant prints from step 2 onto the cardstock.  Adhere to the sides of the step card.
4. Cut a 1 1/4 x 6 7/8" strip from 007 All Ears.  Fussy cut at the bottom along the wave as shown in the photo.  Adhere to the bottom of the card as shown.
5. Cut a 3.25 x 3.5" rectangle from the blue cardstock and clip the corners if desired.
6. Cut a 3 x 3.25" rectangle from the hippo/bubble paper in the 001A Carder's Pack and adhere to the blue cardstock from step 5 after clipping the corners.
7. Adhere the layers from step 6 to the center of the card as shown.
8. Cut a 4" circle and then cut our a 3.75" circle from the 4" circle leaving a 1/4" circle frame.  Adhere to the center of the card as shown.
9. Remove the die-cut 2 from the Carder's Pack.  Use foam to pop up and adhere to the front of the card as shown. 
10. Embellish with a sentiment, flowers, ribbon, etc.