Happy Birthday Aunt Carla

I wanted to make a fun and colorful card to celebrate my Aunt Carla's Birthday so I reached for one of my newer cartridges that I got for Christmas, Cricut Pack Your Bags. This cartridge is full of great images for summer, vacations and beachy related things.

 

The card base is a standard 4.25" x 5.5" card with the blue polka dotted paper measuring 4" x 5.25"

The postage stamps were cut from page 55. 3 were cut out of Kraft cardstock at 2" and 3 out of a patterned cardstock at 1.75"

Drink 1 is also found on page 55 and all layers were cut at 1.5"

Drink 2 is found on page 69 and all layers were cut at 1.5"

Drink 3 is found on page 70 and all layers were cut at 1.5"

Each of the drinks were adhered flat to the postage stamp and then the stamps are popped up on foam tape.

For the bottom I freehand cut a curved shape out of some kraft cardstock using scissors and punched a wave out of blue cardstock using the Fiskars Wave punch.

To finish off the card I stamped my sentiment in the bottom right and attached some seashell stickers that I had in my stash.

 

For the inside I simply stamped a sentiment and then added 2 strips of paper that match what was used on the front of the card. The blue polka dot strip is 1" and the multicolored strip is .75" The flip flops are stickers that came from the same set as the seashells used on the front.



Welcome baby Noah

Yesterday my cousin gave birth to a beautiful baby boy named Noah. Both mother and baby are happy and healthy and we are all so glad that Noah is finally here.

 

 

Below is the card that I made for my cousins baby shower back in June.

 

To make this card I cut 2 dark blue onesies from the Cricut Life is a Party Cartridge (pg. 29) on the BASE layer, and then using the BASE SHIFT I cut one layer in white and 2 in light blue .

 

I adhered the white layer to one of the dark blue pieces and then glued only the top edges (the shoulder pieces) together with the other blue piece to make a flip up card.

 

I ran the light blue piece through my swiss dots cuttlebug folder and adhered it to the front of the card.

 

I chose to use another image on the front of the onesie instead of the duck that cuts out with it. I found the boat on the Baby Steps Cartridge (pg. 55) and I only cut the Layer 1 pieces.

 

I then added 3 small buttons (from favorite findings) to the bottom for a more finished look.

 

On the inside I cut the remaining light blue onesie so that only a 'diaper' shape was left and added 2 pieces of washie tape to either side in a coordinating color. I placed so foam take along the sides and bottom of the 'diaper' piece so that a gift card would slide into the pocket.

My Best Friend's Wedding

Today my best friend got married and I was lucky enough to be able to be her maid of honor. Everything was beautiful and elegant especially the Bride! I am so happy that they have found each other and I wish them all the luck, wishes and happiness in the world. 

 

 

 I ended up making 2 different cards for her, one for the actual wedding gift and one for the bridal shower. The idea for both cards I found on Pintrest. And, both cards are super easy and can be whipped together in just minutes.

The hearts for this card were cut from the George and Basic Shapes Cartridge and the bow for the groom was cut from the Doodlecharms Cartridge. Pearls down the "back" of the dress help to establish that the white heart is the bride and a few black rhinestones really bring out the look of the tux.

This card was made from a phrase that came from the DCWV Everlasting Love Paper Stack, and it was placed on a background that I ran through my cuttlebug. With this card you can use just about any embossing folder and it would turn out elegant and gorgeous.

 

 CONGRATULATIONS HEATHER AND RYAN!!

 

Happy Birthday ME

Today is my BIRTHDAY!!

An entire day centered around eating cake and getting presents, what could be better!

 

This year I got some AMAZING gifts. I am so very blessed to have people who love me so much and are generous enough to spend their money on me. I truly can't thank them enough.

 

I revived a TON of scrapbooking and jewelry making supplies for my birthday so I thought I would share some of the pictures with you.

 

 

So lets break it down:

3 packs of beads

1 monogramed "A" charm

1 box of mixed jewelry findings

2 full TV series

6 movies

7 Cricut cartridges

3 gypsy stylus

1 plate of goodies

and 2 BIRTHDAY CAKES!!

 

I am so truly BLESSED!!

 

I also wanted to include with this post the thank you card that I sent out for these WONDERFUL presents.

 

 

 

 

 



Fast, Easy and Simple Thank You

Todays card is super FAST to put together, EASY to assemble and takes only a few SIMPLE items to make.

 

Items used:

Cardstock

Washi (or tissue) Tape

Thickers (or other Alpha stickers)

 

 

To start I found a piece of white cardstock in my scraps and SIMPLY added different stripes of washi tape directly to the piece of white cardstock. Then just tape your washi covered piece of cardstock to a card base and add thickers to spell out your sentiment.

 

For the inside just layer a few pieces of coordinating cardstock and stamp with final sentiment.

 

This card look great and takes less than 5 minutes to assemble!

 

Birthday Card Using Songbird Cartridge

I found this card on pintrest and fell in love with it. The images are all cut from the Songbird Cricut cartridge, and since I got that cartridge for Christmas (2013) I knew I had to recreate this adorable birthday card.
 



The flowerpot with the bird is found on page 73 of the handbook (under the perch creative feature) and was cut out at 2.5"
The flower was found on page 57 (using the shifted 'flower' feature key) and actually cut out with an asterisk in the center, I just added a decorative brad that I found in my stash and it easily covered the cutout and added a pretty center to the flower.
Using a oval punch by Marvy that I have in my supplies I stamped my birthday sentiment and added 3 homemade enamel dots to finish out the tag.
I used the EK Success Scalloped Scallop punch to add a decorative edge to on of the mats.

 

For the inside I just used to same paper that I used on the outside and again I punched one of them with the EK Success Scalloped Scallop punch.

I then stamped another birthday sentiment one the inside.

 

To see the original idea for this card go to: http://mrsbscraftroom.blogspot.com/2010/03/birthday-card-cricut-songbird-cart.html

 

I just LOVE how this card turned out!!

Side Step Birthday

I found the idea for this card at:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTomSR-OfXc&index=3&list=WL 

I made a few miner changes in my recreation but the idea is the same. This card is the first side step card that I have made, and it turned out a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. The great thing about a side step card is that it give you different 'levels' that you can work on within the same card.