Another Birthday Card

I was watching some youtube videos yesterday and saw a project that someone did using a white card base and a white mat with just a little bit of color added as embellishments. I wanted to try making my own version of that card and this is what I came up with. My card base is white card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. My card is a portrait card, I cut a white card stock mat 4" X 4" and ran it through my eBosser and embossed it with the Script Texture Cuttlebug embossing folder. I love my eBosser, it does such a wonderful job embossing and die cutting and I love that it is all electric, no cranking to help my white mat stand out from the white card base a bit I laid it on a piece of paper and using my Cool Gray 1 Copic Marker I traced around the outside edge of the mat using the brush tip. This applied a faint line of the light gray marker around the outside edge. I used my Scotch Quick Dry adhesive to adhere my mat to my card base. Now for my pop of color. I wanted to add a flower to my card and found this one in the Silhouette store. I used the print and cut feature to color it and cut it out. The center of the flower was originally a heart which I didn't want, so I cut a small circle instead. Again, I adhered my layers together with Scotch Quick Dry adhesive. I added my flower to my card front with some Kool-Tak Clear foam adhesives. To finish my flower I used my Buttercup Liquid Pearls to add some tiny pearls around the outer edge of my green flower center. That is what I love about Liquid Pearls, I always have the right color and size of pearl I want because I can make whatever size I need. Finally I added a White Opal pearl using Liquid Pearls again, in each corner of my mat to help anchor it. My sentiment is stamped in Rose Bud Memento ink. This was a super quick card to put together but I am really happy how it turned out.

The Stockings Were Hung...

I  have a quick and easy card Christmas card today. It is not too early to start on yours as well. I started with a white card stock base scored and folded to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a dark green mat cut at 4" X 5 1/4" and then my patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". My patterned paper is from the Echo Park Holly Jolly 6"x 6" paper pad. I then cut a red mat at 4 3/4" X 3 1/2". I ran that through my eBosser (love this great machine!) and embossed all but the last inch or so of the paper using the Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug embossing folder. I then used a sponge dauber to sponge Black Soot and Fired Brick distress ink randomly over my "bricks". My stocking was cut from the Tis the Season cricut cartridge at 3". Again this paper is from the Echo Park Holly Jolly 6"x 6" paper pad. My sentiment was embossed using the WOW! Tea Garden Green embossing powder.  I attached my stocking to the front of the card with some foam tape and added an adhesive nail head from my stash. 

Birthday Card

I have a fun birthday card for you today! I made this for my son's girlfriend. Sure hope she likes it. My card base is white card stock and is cut and folded to make a 4" X 9" card. This card will fit in a regular #10 business envelope. I added a pink mat cut at 3 3/4" X 8 3/4". My next dilemma was that the paper pad I wanted to use was a 6" X 6" paper pad but I need an 8 1/2" tall paper for my card. So what I did is I took two different coordinating papers from the My Minds Eye "Life's A Party" paper pad. This paper has not been added to the store yet but if your interested in it, let Kim know. Here is a picture of the paper pad.

 I cut the blue patterned paper in the middle of my card at 3 1/2" X 4". I then found a piece of paper in the pad that had strips for borders and cut that at 3 1/2" X 2 1/2" and placed that at the top of bottom of the blue piece on my card. Then the reverse of the border print paper had the same pattern as the blue but it was pink so I cut a 1/2" X 3 1/2" piece of that paper to place over the seams, My birthday ice cream cone is cut at 6 1/2". I ran the cone part through my Cuttlebug and embossed it with a Sizzix Argyle embossing folder. (This Cuttlebug embossing folder is very similar and would work well.) To finish my ice cream cone I added some Key Lime Liquid Pearls for my sprinkles and some Orange Peel and Paprika stickles to my candle. I added my Ice Cream Cone with some foam tape to my card front.

4th of July Card

I have a quick 4th of July card for you today. Perfect to use as a party invitation or to just let someone know you were thinking of them. My card base is white Bazzill Simply Smooth card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I added a dark blue mat cut at 4" x 5 1/4" and a red mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". Both of these mats are Core' de nations Card stock (Cutter's Creek is out of this paper but Kim can likely order it for you). I then used a piece of the Whitewash Cut and Emboss card stock. I ran that through the Cuttlebug and embossed it with the Stars embossing folder and sanded it so that the red from the back side showed through. I cut the 4th of July image from the Stand and Salute cartridge at 2 1/2". I cut the shadow twice once out of white and once out of red and offset them just slightly. I cut the top layer out of a dark blue and added some Midnight Blue stickles to the blue layer. Popped up the sentiment with some foam tape. I also added some blue and white and red and white Doodlebug bakers twine to my card. Finally I added a couple of star buttons from my stash and threaded them both with more of the twine and tied a knot.

Celebrate Everything!

In honor of summer my project for you today is an ice cream cone card.  I started with some Kraft card and made my card a portrait card by cutting my paper at 4 1/4" X 11 and scored it at 5 1/2". I then grabbed a couple of pieces of card stock from my Echo Park Paper Pad Summer Days. I cut the red mat at 4" X 5 1/4" and the patterned paper with the ice cream cones at 3 3/4" X 5". I used my corner rounder to round the corners of all the layers and the card base. My cupcake is cut at 3" from the Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge. I used my Imagine to cut the image and the Bubblegum Stripes cartridge for the colors. For the shadow I used a black with tiny pink polka dots also from the Bubblegum Stripes cartridge. This cartridge is a special order cartridge from Cutter's Creek so if interested please be sure to contact Kim. I adhered my paper layers together and wrapped some yellow and white striped bakers twine around them and adhered the mats to my card with my ATG Gun (which I love by the way!!!) For my Ice Cream Cone I ran the cone part through my cuttlebug and embossed it with the Houndstooth Embossing Folder. I then used my Tea Dye Distress Ink to ink over the embossing to help it stand out. I layered my image and then added it to my card with some foam tape. To finish the card I added some iRock Hot Rocks Glitter Gems to add sprinkles to my cone.  To the drip I added some Glossy Accents to give it some dimension and shine so it looks wet. Finally added my sentiment stamped in some brown ink.

Octopus Birthday Card

I just love all the cuts on the Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge. Here is a child's birthday card I made this afternoon. The card base is 4 1/2" X 6". The patterned paper is from Stampin Up and is 4" X 6. I thought the colored circles looked like bubbles in water. The octopus and it's layers were all cut at 2 3/4" The Happy Birthday is also from the Create-a-Critter cartridge and was cut at 1 3/4". I used my Gypsy to enlarge the base cut slightly so I could create a small black shadow. I off set the word birthday slightly to also create a shadow. I used my tiny bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the top layer of the octopus. The buttons are from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Forever Young Flower Card

This flower card is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I started with a green card stock base. the patterned paper is from a K & Company paper stack. The flower is cut at 3" from the Forever Young cricut cartridge and is found on page 70 of the handbook. I used three different shades of pink for the flower and ran the flower center through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder to add some texture and dimension. The buttons are from a small pack I picked up at Michaels for $1 a few months ago. Ribbon is a scrap I had in my stash. The flowers are Prima flowers and I added a small pink brad to hold them together and attached them with a glue dot to each end of the ribbon. I made this card for the Jitterbuggin Challenge. You had to use complimentary colors, use a cricut flower cut, and use some ribbon as well as follow the sketch. Thanks for looking.

Baby Girl Card

Here is a quick card I whipped up last night for a former co-worker who had a baby girl over the weekend. The card is an A2 card made from white card stock. The patterned paper is from the K & Company Best of Brenda Walton paper pack. Ribbon is from a Martha Stewart pack that I picked up at Big Lots. The onesie was cut from the Straight From the Nest cartridge and was cut a 3 1/2" using the real dial size button on my cricut. This cut is on page 46 of the handbook. The cut is actually of three shirts/onesies hanging from a clothes line. To get the cut I wanted I set the cut up on Gypsy. Since we don't have Hide/Contour feature yet, I simply placed all the items I didn't want to cut off the side of the mat. The sentiment was cut at 1 1/2" cut from the Nursery Rhymes cartridge. The cut is from page 65 of handbook using the Font feature button. The shadow was cut using the Font Shadow feature button.  I embossed the onesie with my Sizzix three dots folder using my Cuttlebug. I adhered the cuts with foam tape to provide some dimension to the card. Once I had the card done I spritzed it with some Pear Glimmer Mist to give it some sparkle and added a small Prima flower in light pink and a darker pink pearl to the center of the flower.

Key to My Heart

Here is the Valentine's Day card I made for my DH. The card is 4 1/2" X 6. The black mat is X 4 1/4" X 5 3/4" and the white mat is 4" X 5 1/2" . I ran the white mat through my cuttlebug using the Victoria Embossing folder. I lightly inked all the edges in red. The key and lock are cut  from the Cricut Sentimental cartridge and are all cut at 2 1/2". I cut the lock and key in black using the shadow feature and the main layer in red and the top layer in white. I heat embossed the top layer using some silver metallic embossing powder. I love the look it gave the key and lock. The sentiment is also from the Sentimental cartridge cut at 1 1/2" and I cut the two layers. The paper is all paper I had in my stash. To add a little bling to the card without making it tor frilly for my husband I went over the sentiment with red stickles. Thanks for looking.

Valentines Day Treat Box

I found some brightly colored Jordan Almonds at the store today. My mom loves them so of course I had to buy some. I decided to make a little treat box to put them in for her. I used the box on the new Cricut Love Struck mini cartridge. I cut the box at 8" which made a 5" box when folded. The paper I used was some double sided K & Company Valentine paper I got in a paper pack from Michaels a while back. I layed out the box on my Gypsy. I then added a 2nd mat page to my file and did a layer of two simple hearts also from the Love Struck cartridge. The larger heart is 2.66" and the smaller heart is 1.73". I then welded them together and cut them out of some plain white cardstock. I embossed the white heart with the Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder. I inked around the edges of the heart with some Rosebud Memento ink. I cut a 3" x 3" square of clear acetate to place over the heart cut out on the box. I used some Beacons 3-in-1 glue to attach the embossed heart to the front of the box over the heart cut out.

I scored all the score lines on the box using my Scor-Pal (love it!). I used Scor-tape on the side flap to make sure the box didn't come apart. I also placed a small piece of Score-tape along the bottom flap as well because the almonds I was putting in the box have a little weight to them and I didn't want the bottom of the box falling out. Once I put the almonds in the box I closed it up and added some ribbon tied in a bow. The ribbon is by American Crafts and I got it at Craft Warehouse.

I am sure my Mom will love the box. She gets it Monday.  Thanks for looking.

Sympathy Card

I had to make a sympathy card for the wife of one our contractors at work. He was killed last weekend in a kayaking accident, he was just 31 years old. I did not know the man who died really well and have never met his wife. I decided I wanted a simple card with some elegance to it. The card will be sent out on behalf of our office. This is what I came up with. This is the 3rd sympathy card I have had to make in the last 3 months so I am hoping this trend ends soon.