18th Birthday Card

I wanted to share something different today.  Today I'm going to share the birthday card I made for my son's 18th birthday.  I can't take credit for the design ~ it's something I found on Pinterest.  If you want to see the original idea, you can see it HERE; it came from JulieH on the Cricut message board.

The card is a 6x6 square with the fold at the top.  The yellow mat is cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge exclusively from Close to my Heart at 5.87" wide.  The "happy birthday" mat is cut using the same cartridge but at 5.75" wide.

The "18" is cut from the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge and cut again using the shadow feature at 5.5" tall.  "Jonathan" was cut from the font on the Wild Card Cricut cartridge and welded using my Gypsy.  I played with the size until I was happy with the way it lay over the 18; I would make it a different size if using a different length name.  As JulieH explained in her original directions, I cut Jonathan three times, ran them through my Xyron, and attached them together to make it thicker.

On the inside, I cut a mat from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge at 5.75" wide.  The sentiment is cut at 5.5" wide from the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge.

Here are the supplies I used:
Cricut Expression
Xyron Creative Station
Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge from Close to my Heart
Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge
Wild Card Cricut cartridge
Create a Critter Cricut cartridge
Black cardstock (from my stash)
Yellow cardstock from Hobby Lobby
Multi Colored Bday Words from The Paper Studio
Solid Glitter - Silver from The Paper Studio
Solid Glitter - Turquoise from The Paper Studio
Clouds from Colorbok

Hope to see you back at my blog soon!  Stop back tomorrow as I'll have some more of my scrapbooking layouts. 

Graduation Card

I wanted to share with you today a card I made for a friend's daughter who recently graduated high school.  All of the papers were from my scrap stash.

The card is 5x7.  The graduations cap is cut from the Wild Card cricut cartridge at 4.5" wide.  I traced the cut edge of the cap with a silver pen to make the front edge more visible.  The "congratulations" is cut from Wild Card at 4.75" wide.  The frame is cut from Accent Essentials at 4.875" wide.  I used both the inside and outside of the frame.  The frame itself was glued to the card, and I inked the edges of the inside cut from the frame and attached it with foam tape to make it pop.

On the inside of the card, I simply put some of the paper that was used on the front so that I could handwrite a sentiment.  The sentiment I wrote before adding my own personal note was: "Don't live down to expectations.  Go out there and do something remarkable." 

Here are a few close-ups of some of the details:

I cut congratulations twice - once in white and once in black.  I lightly inked the white copy and offset it from the black.  I also added a little sparkle with some Sheer Shimmer Spritz.  The tassle was made with embroidery floss and attached with a shimmery brad.

The supplies used on this card:

• You Rock paper pack from Close To My Heart (discontinued)
• White and black cardstock
• Zebra Flocked Cardstock from The Paper Studio
• Outdoor Denim inkpad from Close To My Heart
• Goldrush inkpad from Close To My Heart
• Spare Parts clip from The Paper Studio
• Spare Parts black flower brad assortment from The Paper Studio
• Silver Pen
• Sheer Shimmer Spritz in Sparkle by Tsukineko
• Embroidery Floss

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you have a great, crafty day!

Congratulations Sign

We were asked to make "secret locker signs" to congratulate our fifth graders for completing elementary school.  The signs will be hung during the last week of school.

My daughter has a very bright and sparkly personality, so I knew I wanted to incorporate that in her sign.

The colors are not nearly as bright and vibrant in the photos.  The background is a neon green mounted on black and the graduation cap is hot pink with black flocked zebra stripes.

Materials:

• Cardstock (neon green and black)
• Glitter chipboard letters (DCWV)
• Assorted adhesive "bling" (The Paper Studio)
• Paper flowers with gem centers (Flora Doodles by Petaloo)
• Embroidery floss (tassle)
• Large rhinestone brad (The Paper Studio)
• Flocked cardstock (The Paper Studio)
• Cricut
• Wild Card cartridge
• Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz
• Foam squares (under graduation cap)

Happy Easter

Just a quick post to say Happy Easter to everyone.  Here's a card I made using the Wild Card and Easter 2010 Cricut cartridges.

Supplies used:

• Nana's Kitchen Stack by DCWV
• Scrap cardstock I had around
• Goldrush ink by Close To My Heart
• Garden Green ink by Close To My Heart
• Pastel Pink ink by Colorbok
• Eastertime stamp set by Close To My Heart

    

That's it for now.  Have a great Easter weekend!  Hope your weather is as wonderful as ours has turned out to be.

60th Birthday Card

My dad's 60th birthday is soon, so I've been working on a card for him.  Have you ever had one of those "well, duh" moments.  I had one of those while working on this card.  I used the car from the "enjoy the ride" button on Graphically Speaking, and I just couldn't figure out what some of the icons were.  Oh well, if I couldn't figure out what they were, I decided they must not be important.  Off I go, creating my card, putting the layers of my car together.  My husband came up to see my progress later and says, "Your car could really use some wheels".  Well, DUH - the light went on; the unknown icons.  We had a good laugh over that one.

On to the card, you already know I am using Graphically Speaking Cricut cartridge.  I cut everything on the front of the card using that cartridge.  The spotted paper on the front of the card comes from the Fall In Love Glitter Book by My Mind's Eye.  The red and black cardstock came from the Fun In the Sun stack by DCWV.  I inked the edges of the card and added some accents to the tires and the enjoy the ride using a white gel pen.

On the inside of the card, I cut Happy Birthday using the Wild Card cartridge onto the spotted paper from the front of the card.  I glued it onto some of the leftover black cardstock and cut a freehand cloud around the words.  I added 60th with my white gel pen and "stickled" around the edge using Black Diamond stickles by Ranger.

Hope you enjoy and maybe got a laugh at my "dense moment" with this card.  Have a great crafting day!

Wrestling Valentine

My nearly 16-year old son would rather die than admit he gets a Valentine from his mother, but he gets one just the same every year.  I decided to go with a "non-Valentine" Valentine for him this year.  I wanted to do something relating to wrestling, because he is nearing the post-season, and it is such a big part of his life. 

I was stumped on what to say though.  Happy Valentine's Day didn't seem to go with a picture of a wrestler.  I put out a "call for help" to my fellow "Cricuteers" on the Cricut message board and had several great responses.  I ended up going with KarenDKrafter's suggestion.  Thank you KarenDKrafter!!!

Here is what I created:

The orange diamond paper is from The Basics paper stack by The Paper Company.  The card is a 5x7" card.  The other cardstock is simply scraps I had laying around.  The hearts are cut on my Cricut using the Wild Card cartridge at 3-1/2".  The wrestlers are cut on the Cricut using Sports Mania at 3-1/2".  I cut the wrestlers, the blackout, and the layers.  I did end up inking the edges of the card black after I took the photo.

On the inside of the card, I used a computer to print most of the sentiment.  The "wrestling" is a Close To My Heart stamp from the new In The Game - Wrestling set.  The "I Love You" is cut at 2-1/2" using the Wild Card cartridge again.  I covered it with Faded Denim Stickles, because "mom's always gotta put in a bit of bling".

Thanks for stopping by to see my what I've been up to!