Lots of Birthday Cards

Hello,

My two best friends' birthdays are this week so I decided to show you 6 simple birthday cards I made.  For each of the cards I used the Sweet Treats cartridge.  Each card is a standard A2 card (4.25x5.5").  I bought this pack of cardstock from Michael's that has a cupcake pattern.  I have since bought the ribbon and two photo boxes that match the paper.  I just love the way the cupcakes look.  The paper pack came with other patterned paper that matches the patterns on the cupcakes.  So I used two different cupcakes from Sweet Treats to make cupcakes for the cards like those on the paper.

These are the first 2 cards.  The cupcake is from page 24.  It is my rendition of the cupcake on the paper that you can see the bottom and the top of on the card on the right.  The top is above the cupcake cut and the bottom is below the cupcake cut.  I cut a white shadow to help the cupcakes stand out.  I also doodled a little bit around them.  I didn't cut out all the layers just the base, cupcake liner and the swirl.  The cupcake is cut at 3.5"  I used my Corner Chomper (1/4" & 1/2" radius) to round the corners of the base and layers.  I used 1/4" radius on one card and the 1/2" radius on the other.  I did this for each pair of cards.  The measurements of all the layers will be at the end of this post.

The second pair of cards uses the cupcake cut from page 27.  I cut these at 3.5" as well.  You can kind of see the cupcake I modeled it after to the left of the cupcake on the card to the right.  It has the pink paisley pattern for the liner and brown with white polka dots for the top of the cupcake.  I also cut a white shadow for these cupcakes and doodled around the edges to help them stand out.

For my third set of cards I used the present cut from page 46.  They were cut at 4.5" with a black shadow.  I used to different patterned papers (black with white polka dots and the blue with black bows) to make these cards.  I doodled around and on the presents with white and black gel pens to add some dimension.

I simply stamped "Happy Birthday" inside each of the cards.  These cards were very simple and would be easy to mass produce plus everybody needs extra birthday cards.  Even though I'm only handing out 2 of them this week I wanted to have extras on hand in case.

Instructions:

White Base: A2 size; 4.25x5.5"

First Layer: 4x5.25" (light pink, brown with white polka dots & black with white polka dots)

Second Layer: 3.75x5" (cupcake pattern, blue with black bows)

Cupcake 1: 3.5"; page 24

Cupcake 2: 3.5"; page 27

Present: 4.5"; page 46

Brown, White & Black Gel Pens

Pop Dots

"Happy Birthday" Stamp & Ink

Hope you enjoyed my birthday cards. 

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica

12 Days of Christmas in July: Day 11

Hello,

Welcome to Day 11 of my 12 Days of Christmas in July 2012 series.  My project today is a favor box from the Sweet Treats cartridge.  I made one of the present favor boxes which could be easily mass produced for a party.

I cut my base (from page 47) in white cardstock and it is cut at 4.75" This cut fit within a 12x12" paper.   In this picture I've already scored and folded the tabs.

Next I cut two present images at 4.75" in order to put them on my box.  With this you have to remember to flip one set of images to place it correctly on the other side of the box.  I chose to go with a white, blues and silver wintery theme for my favor box.  The light blue and silver are shimmery cardstock that I got from Michael's. 

After gluing my presents together I glued them to my flat box.  It is much easier that way.  The one thing that bothers me about at least this box is that you get a gap on one side about a 1/4" wide.  You can see it better in the next picture.  Anyway I used some red tape to hold my box together.  I also used a couple little pieces of red tape on the bottom to hold it together.  It took me a little while to figure out how to get the bottom to stay together.  The box stands about 4.75" tall, 3" wide and 2.25" deep.

Well every present needs a tag and this one was no different.  This tag is a stamp from Studio G.  I just love the little penguin and he fit in well with my wintery theme.  I simply stamped the image in black ink on white cardstock.  Using my heat embosser I sped along the drying process.  After it was dry I colored in my penguin with a silver metallic marker and Zig Writers in Pure Orange and Blue Jay.  I also added some clear stickles on the penguin's hat.  I used a small hole punch to punch out the hole at the end of the tag.  It fit perfectly.  I strung some Sew Easy Fancy Floss (in Slate) through it.

Here's a close up of the cute little tag.

I used a white twist tie to pull the sides in.  From this view you can also see I popped up the tag with some pop dots.

I hope you enjoyed my Christmas project today.  Come back tomorrow for my last day of my 12 Days of Christmas in July 2012 series.  I will also be linking this to the Christmas in July challenge at Bitten by the Bug 2.

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica



Happy 51st!!

Hi,

My mom's birthday is this month and I just got the Sweet Treats cartridge that has the cute number candles.  I knew that I wanted to make a shape card using those number candle cuts.  This week's challenge at Celebrate the Occasion fit that perfectly.  Their #53 challenge is a Birthday Shape Card.

I used the shadow of the numbers to create the base of the card.  The numbers are cut at 5" and welded together using the Cricut Craft Room. I cut all the layers and pieced them together.  I added some Studio G glitter glue for a little something extra.

Recipes:
Number Candles: 5" (Sweet Treats)
Studio G glitter glue

Have a Magical Day!!

Happy Birthday!!

Hi,
This post is about the birthday card I made for 3 different challenges:

1) Celebrate the Occasion: #52 Birthday Bling Challenge -- In order to help build up your birthday card stash the challenge this week was to create a birthday card and you must use bling.
2) Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: #100 Color Challenge -- This challenge is all about color specifically the colors that make up the FCCB blog (purple, turquoise, and green).
3) Cardz TV: #103 You Take The Cake Challenge -- This challenge is for a birthday card with a cake or cupcake.

Okay now that that is out of the way on to my card.  I used a cartridge I just received, Sweet Treats.  I chose the cake on page 40 as my main image. 

Since I cut a bigger cake I decided to use a square card base (5.5 x 5.5").  I orginally hadn't cut a shadow but decided it needed something to help make the cake stand out.  The cake was cut at 5" and the shadow at 4.8".  I didn't want the shadow to be as large as it would have been if I would have cut it at 5".  I embossed the blue layer with the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.  The jewels I used are actually light purple so they matched the purple cardstock.  I used Studio G glitter glue in yellow to decorate the flame and Glossy Accents over the Happy Birthday cut.  I also added the green brads that I got from Hobby Lobby.

Here's a close up of the words and the jewels.  This is a bright, fun card.  I really loved how it turned out.

Recipe:
White Cardstock Base: 5.5 x 5.5"
Green Cardstock Layer: 5.25 x 5.25"
Blue Cardstock Layer: 5.25 x 2.5" (embossed with D'vine Swirls)
Purple Cardstock Layer: 5.25 x 1"
Cake: 5" (page 40 in Sweet Treats cartridge)
Cake Shadow: 4.8" (page 40 in Sweet Treats cartridge)
Studio G glitter glue, Glossy Accents, Light purple jewels

Have a Magical Day!!

Jessica