Party Hardy

I have another masculine birthday card for you today. This card is for  my son who will turn 23 on Saturday.

I was actually working on a different project for today's post but when I received my new 6" X 6" paper pads from Cutters Creek from the paper club I am in, I had to use some. We received two new Bo Bunny paper pads, the one that these papers are from is Trail Mix and the other pad is called Key Lime. Don't these names just call out to you? They sure did to me. Interested? Join the Cutters Creek Yahoo group to find out more about the clubs or contact Kim through the customer service link in the store to ask about doing a special order.

On to my card. I started with a piece of kraft card stock cut and scored to make a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card base. I cut a brown mat at 4 1/8" X 5 3/8", I just wanted a little of the card base to show. I wanted the patterned papers to be the star. The green patterned paper was cut at 4" X 5 1/4". When I saw this herringbone wooden pattern, I thought it would be perfect to serve as an anchor for my mug, to act like a table top. That piece is cut at 2 1/2" X 4".

My mug is from the Silhouette store and was cut at the  default size. I adhered all the layers together using my Scotch Quick Dry adhesive. Before adding the foam to the top of the mug, I first added some white liquid applique and then lightly covered that with some clear glitter from my stash. I set it aside to dry. Once it was dry I used my heat tool to heat up the liquid applique which causes it to puff up. I thought it really brought the foam to life. I then added the foam to my mug using some clear foam tape. I then adhered my mug to my card from also using the clear foam tape. To finish my card I stamped my sentiment using some Memento Morocco ink. I received this particular color while in the Memento Ink Pad club through Cutters Creek.

I bought my son a couple of bottles of beer for his birthday along with a beer stein and then a gift certificate to a local restaurant so he and his girlfriend can go have dinner together. I am hoping to etch his name on the stein if I get a chance. I thought the card went along with the theme of his gifts.

Thanks for visiting today. I would love if you left a comment letting me know what you thought.

Cutters Creek Products Used:
Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive 
 Liquid Applique 
  Memento Ink Pad
ASI Kool Tak Foam Pads

Sentimental Birthday Card

I recently got the Cricut Sentimental cartridge. I wasn't too sure about it at first but once I had a chance to look at the handbook I realized this cartridge had a lot of great cuts on it. It has some great tags on the cartridge as well as cards and envelopes. I decided to make a card and envelope using the cartridge. I cut the envelope from page 66 of the handbook using the Fit to Page feature on my Expression. It cut the envelope at 4 1/2". I also cut the liner for the envelope at 4 1/2". I then cut the card from the same page also at 4 1/2". I used some Bazzill paper for the envelope and paper from the Die Cuts With View Sweets paper pack. I then cut the cupcake from the Doodlecharms cartridge at 3 1/2". I cut the cupcake out using the Blackout feature, and the shadow feature. I also cut the layers. I ran the white frosting through my cuttlebug and embossed it with the swirls folder. I then used some liquid applique in white to give the cupcake a frosted look. I applied the liquid applique and then used my heat embossing gun to plump up the "frosting" and sprinkled it with some pink and turquoise glitter. I want to thank the Bug Junkie for this technique. I saw a video on her blog about the liquid applique. To see her video go here to her blog.