Happy Birthday, with Cricut and CTMH

Good Morning Friends!  How are you all today?  I'm spending a few quiet minutes with my coffee and computer before everyone is up and about for thee craziness of the day :)

A good friend of mine's daughter has a birthday coming up next month.  She's turning 10 and I wanted to make something special for her.  I have the card done, but still brainstorming some gift ideas.

The card base is 5" square and is cut from Cricut Art Philosophy with slate cardstock.  I cut 2 square mats, one from twilight sized 4 1/4" and the other from white daisy sized 4".  (I used CCR to search for the images I wanted so I do not have page numbers to locate them in the handbooks) The banner is cut from Birthday Bash at 1", the balloons are cut from Creative Cards at 1 1/2".  The paper for the banner is from Fancy Pants Designs, a 6x6 paper pad called Time for Spring.  A super cute paper pad!  For the balloons, I covered them with the bonding memories glue pen and covered them with glitter.  I used bakers twine to make a bow for the banner and the strings for the balloons.  They are both adhered and raised with foam tape.

The owl is from Hoot n Holler at 2" out of scraps.  The sentiment is from Joyful Birthday, B1419 and is stamped in Hollyhock.

On the inside, I cut the same square mats as the front.  The sentiment is from The Party is On, C1568.  This is one of the exclusive Hostess Sets available when you host a gathering.  I stamped this with Hollyhock also.  Along the bottom I stamped a border with one of the Washi Wonder stamps, D1558 using second generation stamping.  This again is another Hostess Rewards sets available when you host a gathering.  This was stamped in twilight.  I wanted something a little extra so I used the tiny heart stamp from Lifting Spirits, C1570 and stamped it over the washi border in cotton candy.

I think it turned out super cute!  Hope you enjoyed today's project!

Be sure to check out the While Supplies Last and the Retiring Items sections!  When they are gone, they are gone forever!  New catalog coming Feb. 1st!

Specials available only in January:
January stamp of the month, only $5.00 with a qualifying purchase.
Cloud Nine cardmaking kit, only $15.00 with a qualifying purchase.

 Linking to:
Pause Dream Enjoy, balloons
Jo's Scrap Shack, anything goes
Friday Mashup, birthday theme with twine
Crafting by Designs, birthday
Fantabulous Cricut, use a sentiment

Bundle of Joy

Hi Everyone!  I have a sweet baby card to share today.

I started with a circular sketch

and here's my take on it...

 I used Birthday Bash for the card base at 5".  The circle layer was also cut from Birthday Bash.  I just eyeballed the size of the rectangles till I liked how it looked and rounded the corners. The solid pink rectangle I ran through the cuddlebug with the polka dot embossing folder.  The banner was cut from the Artiste cartridge and the moon and stars are from the Baby Shower cartridge.  The pattern papers are from the DCWV stack Nana's Nursery, Baby Girl.  Cardstock colors used are Blush, Buttercup, White Daisy and Slate.  The sentiment is a mini clear stamp I picked up at Joann's and I used Slate ink.  I added clear glitter glue to the stars and the ribbon and button are from my stash.

For the inside, I cut two more circles from the Birthday Bash cartridge.  One in Blush and one in White Daisy.  I picked up the sentiment stamp from an Ebay Store called PrairiePeddler.  The stars are from the CTMH set called Glory to God.  I  stamped the sentiment in Slate and the stars in Buttercup.

Hope you all are having a wonderful day!!

Linking to:
Crazy4Challenges - buttons and bows
Craftin Desert Divas - babies
Paper Playtime - use 3 pattern papers
Die Cuttin Divas - sketch

September Specials!
You are My Happy - National Stamping Month
Poster Tidings - Stamp of the Month

Party Like a Rockstar!

Happy Saturday!!  Today I have a card to share with you that I made for my husband's birthday.  I started looking for cuts that had guitars - he is a phenomenal guitar player!  I came across this one on the Birthday Bash cartridge and thought it was perfect!

The card base and star layer were cut at 5".  Both papers came from the DCWV premium stack called dots, stripes & plaids.  All the other papers used for the card came from my scrap bin.  The fox and all his layers were cut at 4".  The Rock Star stamp is from Studio G.

Inside I simply stamped Happy Birthday so I had enough room for my message.  This stamp is from Unity Stamp Co.

Happy Birthday Husband!!!!

Linking to Craftin Desert Divas

Tommy Circle card

Hi Friends, welcome back!

This afternoon I have a sketch card to share with you using the sketch from this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.  Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

I used Birthday Bash for the card base.  It's the card feature from button 18 sized at 5".  I used Honey cardstock for the base.  The pattern papers are from the Tommy paper pack - this will still be available in the new catalog that's effective Aug. 1st.   The smaller circles on top are cut from outdoor denim and white daisy.  The anchor is cut from Life is a Beach at 1 1/2" and I tied a small bow with red baker's twine.  The stamp set is Sail Away and I used outdoor denim and ruby inks.

I matted the inside with outdoor denim and white daisy and left blank.

Hope you're having a great day and a wonderful week!!

Linking to Mojo Monday

Hello Friend

I'm back!  Sorry for being gone for so long...things have been crazy busy at work and last Sunday I cut my finger pretty good and ended up in the ER for the afternoon.  Things are still crazy busy, but I've squeezed in some crafting time!

Today I have a card to share:

I used kraft cardstock and the Birthday Bash cartridge for the card base.  The circle layers are both sides of double sided paper, I inked the edges with Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.   The paper is My Mind's Eye, Miss Caroline, Fiddlesticks "Lucky" Tapestry paper. 

The flowers and brad were from my stash.  I'm not sure of the maker as they are all in a  bucket that I pick out of.  The stamp is a Papertrey Ink stamp.  I stamped it with Versamark and used white embossing powder, then lightly inked over that with a gold ink.

The bird and branch are cut from the Home Decor cartridge - another one I don't use very often but love!  I inked around the bird with the corduroy distress ink and added some accents with a white gel pen.  The bird is popped up with foam tape.

I left the inside blank for now.  I already have an idea who is getting this card and I may need all the writing space  :-)

I hope you enjoyed today's card, I'll be back tomorrow with an altered project that goes along with this card.

Also, wanted to bring you up to speed on some Close to My Heart specials going on!  

  - The Let's Get Patriotic campaign is still going on through the end of this month!  Click here for details.

-The July stamp of the month, Sweet Life is only $5.00 with a $50 purchase or $17.95 if purchased alone.  Click here for more details.

and I saved the best for last!

- Work the Workshop promotion!  50% off while supplies last, NO qualifying purchase necessary for the discount!!  Click here for more details. 

Also there are some really great items in the While Supplies Last category at deep discount!  New catalog starts Aug 1st and it is AMAZING!!!  Including a BRAND NEW EXCLUSIVE CRICUT CART!!!  Artbooking - this will be not only great for card-makers but especially scrapbookers too!!!!

Have a great day everyone!!!!

My first blog post and a Monster Birthday

Welcome to my first blog post!  We celebrated my son's 6th birthday yesterday. Here are some of the projects I made.  Sorry I don't have any sizings or anything, this was a spur of the moment decision to do this :-)

These are the invitations I made with my Cricut:

I used Mini Monsters in Cricut Craft Room and welded two together to make my card.  The top layer was embossed with the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder and my Cuddlebug.  I added some googly eyes for fun.  The tag was stamped with a Jaded Blossoms Monster Mash stamp.

The invitation stamp is one I had for long time, I'm not sure where it's from but probably picked it up at Michaels.

I also made some door signs and a birthday banner with my Cricut:

I used Craft Room Basics for the scalloped squares and circles.  I used the Cartoon Font from Cuttin' Up cartridge and Mini Monsters again to mimic the invitations.

Here's the banner all together:

I made two of these door signs.  I used Ribbons and Rosettes for the postage stamp shape

I think the boo and eek stamps are from a Studio G set I picked up at Walmart around Halloween.
I used fonts from a few different cartridges for the words.  I used Cake Basics for Warning, I used Birthday Bash for Birthday - this was from the phrase feature that says Birthday Wishes and I used the hide option in cricut craft room so only Birthday would cut out.  I faux stitched around it with a black gel pen for a little detail.  And I think I used A Frightful Affair for the Monster font, but I'm not sure about that one.  And again I used Mini Monsters to add the monster like the invitation and added googly eyes.

Here is the cake I made.  This is not the initial design I had in mind.  My son asked to design it himself so I let him design and I just did the work - I think he did a pretty good job!

I hope you enjoyed my projects. I'll be working on small Teacher Appreciation gifts for each day the next week.  I'll be back with these projects and more as I slowly learn about the world of blogging!