Diva Birthday

I just love using my Hello Kitty cartridges for any occasion. 

I used pop dots on Hello Kitty.

Materials Used

Cartridges: Hello Kitty Font (HK cut at 2 inches)

                  Lacy Labels (label cut at 5 inches)

                  Birthday Bash (banner cut at 2 1/2 inches)

                  Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (tag cut at 1/2 inches)

Stamp: Crikey by Pink by Design

Paper: Safari Untamed by the Paper Studio

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge # 56/ Kiddos Birthday Card Swap (Boys)

Here is the card I designed for the birthday swap for the boys. I used the card sketch from Peachy Keen Stamps.

Challenge

Create a card based on the layout provided (Peachy Keen Stamps are not required for this challenge, but if you've got them, we looooove seeing how you create with them!) 

Project must include basic elements from the sketch, but feel free to get creative and flip them. 

Materials Used:

Birthday Bash (Balloons cut at 3 ½ inches)

Create a Critter (Dinosaur cut at 3 ¾ inches)

Sweetest Cupcakes and Boy Crazy by My Pink Stamper (sentiments)

Check out the card I made for the girls for this swap.

I didn't get to play with my new cartridges yesterday because I had my cousin and niece came over nd they didn't want to leave my craftroom. I showed my cousin how to make a Birthday Explosion Box because her mom’s birthday is coming up. I’ll post pictures of her finished product soon. My lil niece thought that we were making a real cake and she kept wanting to eat it. Too cute!

It's a Wrap Blog Hop

Welcome to the second to last stop in It’s a Wrap Blog Hop hosted by Cool Beans By L.B. I first want to wish her a Happy 1 Year with her blog!!! She has created such wonderful projects this whole year.

You should have arrived here from, Robin, The Scrappin' Delta Diva, a fellow Texas Circle Sister. If you are just finding our hop in the middle you can go to the beginning at Cool Beans By L.B.

I hope that you have enjoyed looking at different ways of giving/wrapping gifts. For some reason I have found it hard to buy gifts for people, so I just started giving gift cards. I use to buy those really expensive cards that hold the gift card, until I saw a few youtube videos and realized that I can make my own gift card holders. I found two different videos and made these gift card holders. Enjoy!

I first made a Pop Up Gift Card Holder and I found this great video that explained everything step by step. It took some trial and error, but I loved the end result.

I used the Tinker Bell & Friends cartridge and I cut Tinker Bell at 4 inches. I printed out the sentiment from my computer. I also used the D'vine Swirl embossing folder to emboss the wings.

This next holder is called a Gift Card Holder and Bow Package and this is the tutorial video that I saw. This holder was so fast and easy to make. 

Cartridges used:

From My Kitchen (tab cut at 2 ½ inches)

Sugar and Spice (scallop & buggy both cut at 2 inches)

Birthday Bash (bow cut at 8 inches)

Thanks for stopping by and you are off to your next and last stop Paper Crafting Chic or if you wish to start from the top or visit other blogs again, here is the list…

Cool Beans By L.B.   (HOST)

Debbie from Deb’s Eclectic Thoughts http://www.debseclecticthoughts.blogspot.com/

Cindy from In Love With Paper http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/

Amy from Amy’s Digi-Scraps http://scrap-pix.blogspot.com/

Cindy from Scrap Obsessed http://www.scrap-obsessed.blogspot.com/

TX Scrapper Mom http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

Scrapalette from Around the Block with Scrapalette http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/

Suzelle from http://coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com/www.craftsandmorebysuzelle.blogspot.com

Confessions of a Scrapoholic http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/

Stephanie from onceuponapaper  http://onceuponapaper.blogspot.com/

Brenda from Random Thoughts of a Scrapbooker  http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

Maria from Stamp Cut Create http://stampcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Terri  from http://scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/

Lori Apgar from http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

I Came, I saw, I Created   http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/

Anabel aka cricutaddicted from  http://scrappingformorefun.blogspot.com/

Michele from Green Girl Scraps www.michelegreen.com

Alicat from http://scrappingwithalicat.blogspot.com/

Everything Digital Scrapbooking http://digipage-blog.everything-digital-scrapbooking.com/

Robin, The Scrappin' Delta Diva http://scrappindeltadiva.blogspot.com/

Gamma's Creative Corner  http://gammascreativecorner.blogspot.com/ (ME)

Paper Crafting Chic:  http://www.papercraftingchic.com/ (NEXT)

Explosion Cake Box

Robyn over at My Pink Stamper posted a challenge on Saturday to make anything with a birthday theme. My mom’s birthday is on Saturday so I figured that it would be a good idea to start on her birthday card, banner, etc. I have always wanted to make an explosion box/cake box (it has too many different names), but I thought that they were too hard.

I found a great video online and was able to finally make an explosion box :) It took me all weekend long, but now that I have the hang of it, I hope it doesn’t take this long next time.

I used a few different cartridges. I love using my gypsy because it allows me to search through all the images without having to look at every cartridge.

Birthday Bash (numbers 5 & 1 & the O’s to make the flower)

Birthday Cakes (Happy Birthday sentiment and the border underneath it)

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (tag-sentiment on tag from My Pink Stamper’s line of stamps, Everyday Life)

Twinkle Toes (elephant~My mom loves elephants!)

Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch Challenge #53: Take it easy.

I enjoyed creating a card for the sketch challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps blog, that I had to do another challenge. I was so excited to use my new Peachy Keen stamps that I purchased last week. I fell in love with the stamps and can’t wait to buy some more.

Sketch Challenge with a TWIST

• Create a card based on the layout AND twist provided (Peachy Keen Stamps are not required for this challenge, but if you got 'em, we always love to see what you create with them!)

• Project must include basic elements from provided sketch & a sponging technique
  

While typing up this post, I realized that I didn’t add the sponging technique to my card. I had never tried using the technique, but I liked it. As you can tell, I need practice :)

My card before adding the technique...

I think that adding the sponge technique made it look a little better.

You can’t really tell, but I added an Action Wobble to the card. First time using them and I love how the octopus wobbles.

Cricut Cartridges: Birthday Bash (octopus), elegant cake art (circle design behind the octopus), Elegant Cakes (accent), and Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (tag).

Stamps: Peachy Keen Stamps~Critter Faces (size medium) and My Pink Stamper~More Punny-licious.

Ink: Broken China Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

Graduation Cards

In 7 months I will be a college graduate, so that means student teaching in August! I had so much fun attending graduations and making cards for my friends and sisters who just graduated.

I made this card for my line sister. Her family pattern is zebra print, so I used the school colors on top and our sorority colors on the bottom.

I used the Hello Kitty Font cartridge for the numbers and the cap is from the Wrap It Up cartridge.

This a picture of my me with my line sisters and the graduates.

The cap is the same one I used from Wrap It Up and the numbers are from Birthday Bash.