Balloons and Sketch Challenge

I have my Card/Stamp group tomorrow.  This month we were to make Birthday Cards.

I used the Mojo Monday Challenge # 237 Sketch for my design.

I printed the background paper from the Berries and Cream Imagine cartridge. I cut it down for a 4.25 inch by 5.5 inch card.  I cut the "Happy" from the Cricut American Alphabet cartridge at 1 inch.  The Shimmer yellow paper from PaperTrey Ink is cut at 1.25 inches X 5.5 inches.

The label is from the Art Nouveau cartridge page 29, the Layer 2 shift image flipped on it side and cut at 1.75 inches.  The "Birthday" is from my favorite Happy Birthday Stamp from Close To My Heart.  I placed scotch tape over the "Happy" and ink the stamp, then remove the tape and get a nice image of just the "Birthday".  I used Memento's Rose Bud ink for the phrase.

I added the balloons in the corner for the Bitten By the Bug2  Challenge-

Balloons and Birthday Card Challenge

They were cut from the Just A Note cartridge.  They are on page 46 and are under the Card Layer feature key.  I think they are cut at 3 inches.  Then I added the Polka Dots with a Stampin' Up Stamp  called Dot, Dot, Dot with the Memento Rose Bud Ink.

For the inside I stamped the phrase from a Stampin' Up Stamp from a set called Heard from the Heart.  I used the same Memento ink. 

 My favorite part of this project was the pretty paper that I printed with my Imagine.  I think I may could get addicted to printing the pretty papers!
I made 7 of these for my group tomorrow.  I hope they like them.

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back again soon,

Cindy :)

Bunny Just Living...

Today's card is a 5.5 x 5.5 card, one of my favorite sizes.  The light blue layer is 5.25 x 5.25. My little "chocolate" bunny is from Kate's ABCs cartridge.  I love this cartridge, in fact, I made my little Granddaughter an ABC using this cartridge which you can see here if you want Katy's ABC Book.  Back to today's card, I used the bunny from page 34 cut at 4.25 inches along with all the coordinating layers. These layers go together very easily especially at this size.  I added some Stickles to the flower centers and the butterfly's wings. I added a black pearl for the bunny's eye.  I took some white pigment ink from Stampin' Up and blotted on very lightly to look like some wispy clouds.
The sentiment stamp is from Close to My Heart Sentiments and is stamped with PaperTrey Ink's Dark Chocolate ink.  I punched it out with Stampin' Up's Modern Label punch. (How is that for mixing brands!).

For the inside I used Kate's ABCs again to do the scalloped border.  It is the Baby Girl Font 1 shift image on page 58.  I cut it also at 4.25 inches.  The blue border is cut at 5 x 5.  I stamped the second part of the sentiment and added two more of the flowers that coordinated with the bunny. 

I made this card for the challenge at Bitten By The Bug2 to use a Bunny or Chick.

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back soon,

Cindy :)

Flowered Cupcake

Problem:  I love glitter and bling on my projects and yet I am not a good enough photographer to get it to turn out well in the picture.  This is one of those cards that just looks better in person.

For the 4.25 X 5.5 inch card, I chose this cupcake from The Sweet Treats cartridge page 26 cut at 3.5 inches.  There are 6 different cupcakes to choose from on this cartridge.  Not to mention several design options of ice cream, cake, presents, and flowers just to mention a few.

Instead of cutting out the dots for the sprinkles, I used a polka dot paper, Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds glitter and Stickles.  I used a couple of Doodlebug Design flowers instead of the cut on the cartridge. and a clear gem for the center.    The cupcake on the cartridge doesn't have a cherry on top, but it just seemed to need something, so I used the cherry for the cupcake on the next page and added some Dazzling Diamonds on it also.

The stamp is one I have used quite a few times from Close To My Heart.  And some purple satin ribbon for the finishing touch.

I made this card for two challenges...
Cardz TV Challenge 103 -  “You Take the Cake!” Make a birthday card with a cake or cupcake
Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge 54 -Recipe Challenge: Fabric, Feathers, and/or Flowers

Thanks for coming by and y'all come back again soon,

Cindy :)

A "Girl-y" Birthday

This is a feminine birthday card.  It is a standard 4.25" x 5.5" card.  The papers I used are from DCWV Taj Mahal stack and for the yellow base I used Paper Trey Ink. 

I used the Cindy Loo cartridge for the frame. It is on page 49 and cut at 3".  I stickled the layers and popped it up on the card.   I used a Martha Stewart Deep Edge punch for the bottom.  The "Happy Birthday" is the Close to My Heart Stamp that I have used a few times now stamped in pink!  I put a pink ribbon and some pink pearls to finish.

I am planning on entering this into these challenges :

Cardz TV Design Team Challenge #5

"Tickled Pink!"

and

Die Cuttin' Divas Challenge #50
and this week...
it's Anything Goes!

.Thanks for coming by and y'all come back again soon!

Cindy :)

Snowman like You

A card for my nephew who will be 19 on his birthday.  I used the Cricut Decals cartridge for my snowman.

My snow buddy is cut at 3.5 inches from page 44. The patterned snowflake paper is cut at 5.25" and placed on a blue 5.5" card base. The snowflakes are from a Martha Stewart punch in different colors and sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds glitter from Stampin' Up.  The bird is a little stamp.  The snow drifts were hand cut and inked and then I added some Stickles to the top for sparkle.

For the inside I punched out another snowflake.  "There's snowman like you" is a Close to My Heart stamp from a Sentiments set.  The "Happy Birthday" stamp is from My Pink Stamper's set called Family and Friends.


Thanks for coming by and ya'll come back again soon.

Cindy :)

Billy's Birthday Card

This is the card I made for my son's birthday.  The paper from DCWV The Guy Stack was inspirational.

This is a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" card. The 2nd layer is cut at 4" X 5 1/4".  I used the Close to My Heart Art Philosophy Cartridge for the tag. I cut the Tag from page 36 at 2" and the Decorative layer (shift feature) also at 2".  The "Happy Birthday" is a stamp from the CTMH Celebrations stamp set.  I have used this stamp MANY times cuz I just LUV it!! I used a couple of  stick on "gems" that look like brads and added it to the card with pop dots then added a ribbon for finishing touches.

Thanks for coming by.  Ya'll come back soon!

Cindy :)

Birthday Stripe Card

This is what I came up with for a masculine card.  I've had this stripe in my scraps.  I think it is from a DCWV Stack called Grade School.  The card base is cut from Art Philosophy page 63 using the Fit to Page function which turned out to be 5 1/2 inches.  The stripe layer is using the Square 5 shape on the same page and the black border is the Decorative Layer.

The label is from Art Philosophy also on page 25.  I used the basic shape and cut it in 2 sizes with the black one at 2 inches and red one being 1 3/4  inches.
The Happy Birthday is a stamp that I got with my Close to My Heart set.  I stamped it with my versa mark and embossed it.  Then I added a couple of gems in the corners.

For the inside I used the same base cut as I used for the stripe on the front. I cut the black layer at 4 3/4 inches and the stripe layer at 4 1/2 inches.  The white card stock is cut at  3 x 3 1/2 inches.  The stamp is from the same Close to My Heart set.
Simple masculine card.

Thanks for coming by,
Cindy :)

Fun Filled Birthday Card

This started out being a masculine card, but didn't end up that way.  The front is from DCWV Midnight Spell and is a sort of houndstooth pattern.  Then I cut the "Burst" from page 48 of Martha Stewart's All Occasions Cake Art cartridge in yellow, orange, tourquoise and lime in different sizes.  I was originally going to glue the different sizes on the front.   Then I decided I wanted to nest the smaller ones inside the larger ones.  Then I added a gem in the center. But then I had something that looked more  like flowers and needed an additional one to fill the space.  I ended up doing a purple one.

I used my new Close to My Hearts stamps from the Celebration set that came with my Art Philosophy set.  I stamped them with red ink on white card stock then I added a red border.

For the inside I used another pretty Close to My Heart Stamp for the "Happy Birthday".  The balloons were also from the All Occasions Art cartridge on page 39.

So the concensus is that this is too feminine for a male card.  But I love the way it turned out anyway.

Thanks for coming by,

Cindy :)