More birthday cards

Here's another set of cards I made using the Thumbellina collection from Piggy Tales, the sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Punny-licious' and the twine from The Twinery.  I cut the bird from the Cricut Cake 'Birthday Cakes' cart.

 Here's the second one...

The inside stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Everyday Life', both card insides are the same...

I used the same sketch that I used on my cards yesterday...

I'm entering this into Birthday Sundaes challenge #48 - animal birthday card.

Happy Birthday!

I made this card for my dad's birthday tomorrow!

Once again I struggled with making a masculine card and not knowing where to start.  So I picked out the paper from Echo Park's 'A Boy's Life' and then picked the truck from Pop-Up Neighborhood cricut cart.  Then I got the idea to stamp the balloons, cut them out and then tie them to the truck with twine from The Twinery!  I really love the way this turned out!

The balloon stamps as well as the sentiment stamps were from The Stamps of Life 'greetings4birthday' and 'HappyBday2You' - I do love these stamps, they stamp perfectly and have fun sentiments!

Its hard to see in the picture but I used glossy accents on the truck's window to make it look more real!

I'm entering this into Challenge #46 at Birthday Sundaes:  Birthday card with sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!  I unfortunately, will be working the next 3 nights, so not much fun for me!  ;-)

Circle birthday card

I saw a card a long time ago that inspired my card today, I wish I knew who made it so I could give them proper credit!  I've always loved it and wanted to make one but hadn't yet - I'm glad I did because I love how this turned out!

I punched out a bunch of 1 inch circles using a punch and my new Jillibean Soup 'Blossom Soup' stack, then I adhered them onto a DCWV card base - simple but fun!!  I then used my Cricut and my CTMH 'Art Philosophy' cart to cut out the tag, used a couple of buttons to dress up the tag and then stamped a sentiment using Pink By Design 'Scripted Year'.  Viola!  A birthday card for my MIL!

I guess I forgot to take a picture of the inside because I can't find it anywhere (it was almost 2a and I was tired!) - but I used a strip of the floral paper on the bottom and then stamped a sentiment in the middle!

I'm entering this into Birthday Sundaes Challenge #38 - Birthday Card Challenge (create a birthday card and include a birthday sentiment on the front).

Have a great weekend!

Have the Hoppy-Est Birthday!

I made this card for my niece's 3rd birthday, thought it was perfect for her spunky personality! 

Instead of an envelope, I thought I would do something different and attach ribbon to the back and tie it to keep it closed, then she can untie it to read the inside! So it serves as his collar as well as an open/close on the card! :)

I used cardstock from my scrap pile and the ribbon I found in my stash - its hard to see in the picture but it has black, pink and green stripes, so it matched perfectly! 

The frog is from Create A Critter cricut cart, the sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper 'Buggy Punnies' and the inside sentiment is from Hero Arts.  I used my gypsy to weld two frogs together to form the card base then I cut another one in green to make the card front and another one in pink to make the inside pretty!

I'm entering this into the following challenges...
Bitten By The Bug 2 - Create A Critter frog challenge
Birthday Sundaes - Challenge #29: Ribbon birthday cards
You Had Me At Craft - Week #17: Made It Myself Mondays


Thanks to everyone who responded to my post about my Halloween blog hop - I have enough people now, its going to be fun!!  I will be in touch soon with more details!  :)

Have a great weekend!

Happy 1st Birthday - take two!

My sister has twins, a boy and a girl, who will turn 1 in October - I made his card last week and made hers on Sunday night!

I used two of my new carts - Baby Steps (cupcake) and CTMH Art Philosophy (card base and inside/outside layers).  The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper 'Sweet Baby' set.  The paper is all from my stash and the ribbon is from American Crafts.

The inside sentiment is from Hero Arts 'Cupcake' set.

I cut the flower twice to give it more dimension and adhered the top one with pop dots!

I stamped a cupcake on the envelope (also cut from CTMH Art Philosophy) from the same set as the inside sentiment Hero Arts 'Cupcake.'

I'm entering this card into some challenges...

Birthday Sundaes:  Challenge #23 - Color Challenge (Pink, Green, White)

Fantabulous Cricut:  Challenge #74 - Birthday Bash

You Had Me At Craft:  Week 12: Made It Myself Mondays

Don't forget about my friend Chris' 400 follower givaway on her blog and her School Time Challenge on her messageboard Chatter Scene - great prizes to be won on both!

Have a great day!

Horsin' Around 1st Birthday card

My nephew turns 1 in October, so I made this birthday card for him!  I just got B is for Boy when my friend Sarah found it at her Wal-Mart for $20 (I LOVE bargains!) and I love this hobby horse, so I wanted to use it for his card!

The '1' and curved tag are from Robotz and the other tag is from Gypsy Wanderings.  Both sentiment stamps are from My Pink Stamper ('Boy Crazy' & Everyday Occasions) and the paper and brads are all from my stash.

I'm entering this into a few challenges!
Challenge Yourself Monday at Imagine, Create, Share - boy's birthday
Challenge #7 at Cricut 360º - Old West
Challenge #22 at Birthday Sundaes - Its All About the Brads

Don't forget about my friend Chris' 400 follower giveaway at her blog Get Inspired with Chatterscene as well as her Back to School challenge on her messageboard Chatter Scene!

And tomorrow is the last day to enter my challenge/giveaway, so don't forget to submit your entry! I am giving away a Preserves cart and because I've surpassed 100 followers, I've added another giveaway!

Thanks for stopping by!

Couple of cupcake birthday cards

I made a couple of birthday cards yesterday, one for my aunt and a second for my card stash - very similar using the same paper but different - how's that for a description!!  :-)

I used Doodlecharms for the cupcake, its been awhile since I used that cart so it was fun to have it out again though I don't really like how the layers are on it, so I did it the way I wanted to and used the hide contour feature on my Gypsy so I didn't have to cut a bunch of unnecessary pieces and waste paper!  All the paper except the card bases and light purple solid card stock (they are from DCWV) is from Cosmo Cricket 'DeLovely' stack.  The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts 'Birthday Messages' set.  I used my i rock to put the sprinkles on the cupcakes and my Fiskars Corner Rounder punch on the second card.

I'm entering these into the Cakes and Cupcakes Birthday cards challenge this week at the Birthday Sundaes blog. 

I'm also entering them into the Made it Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me At Craft.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Snappy Birthday!

I made this card for my brother's birthday next month, I struggle with making cards for any man but him especially and I agonized over what to make.  Finally I threw my hands up and decided to go with cute/funny!  I really liked the way it came out, its exactly like I pictured it in my head, so hopefully he likes it!  :)

I used a DCWV card base, as well as the DCWV 'Baby Boy' stack and 'Neutrals' cardstock stack.  I embossed the brown with my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots, though its hard to see in the picture - I wanted it to look like sand!  ;)  I used my Cuttlebug again and D'vine Swirl for the frosting on the cupcake.  I used Create A Critter for the crab and cupcake and Gypsy Wanderings for the sentiment tag that I stamped with My Pink Stamper 'More Punny-licious'.

I'm entering this in the Birthday Sundaes blog challenge to create a project using this photo as inspiration.

I'm also entering it in the Made It Myself Mondays weekly linking party at You Had Me At Craft!
Have a great day!