Birthday Wishes

Happy Wednesday! Almost the weekend! Yay! Last night I was able to sit down and actually create something. Lately it seems like I haven't been able to create. I don't know if my mojo is gone or if it is life getting in the way. When I saw the challenge for Birthday Sundaes (Create a birthday card with at least 3 brads) and the sketch over at Mojo Monday (sketch 204), that seemed to help get my creative juices flowing again. Yay!

Here is the card I created for those challenges:



It felt good to create again. I cut my birthday hat out of the Celebrations cricut cartridge at 1.75". The scallop circles are from the Classic scallop nestabilities (large).

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look at my latest creation. I really appreciate it. I hope you have a great crafty day!


Supplies:
Cricut---Celebrations
Card Stock---Melon Mambo (SU!), Purple (Recollections), White (Georgia Pacific)
Patterned Paper---Summer days (Echo Park)
Stamp---Chelsea Sentiments (Inkadinkado)
Misc.---Xtra Large Photo Corner Punch (SU!), Brads (Making Memories), Large Classic Scallop Circles (Spellbinders), Melon Mambo Ink (SU!), Melon Mambo marker (SU!), White Signo Gel Pen, Black StazOn Ink

Polka Dot Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the Polka Dot Blog Hop! If you came here from Jenny at Crazy About Cricut, then you are in the right spot! If you just happened to stumble across my blog and found the hop today, you can find the complete list of stops at Inking It Up Crazy.

I love polka dots! For my project, I decided to make a little birthday gift. I altered a tiny paint can filled with bite-sized snickers, a matching 3x3 card and a matching gift bag for it all to fit in.

How cute is that? I love it!

For my bag, I just used a white lunch bag and used a border punch to create a scallop edge to the bottom of the fold. I cut out "It's Your Day" from Celebrations cricut cartridge at 3". Punched 2 holes in the top and tied a bow to keep the sack closed.

For the paint can, I wrapped some patterned paper around the can and then used some ribbons for the handle as well for the top and bottom of the patterned paper. On the top of the lid, I used my scallop circle nestabilites and stamped the sentiment. The sentiment that I used is from SU! and it says, "The More Candles, The Bigger The Wish".

For the gift card, I cut a piece of card stock 3 by 6 and folded it in half to make a 3x3 card. I then used the Celebrations cricut cartridge and cut out the party hat at 2".

That's it! So simple to do but I think it looks adorable!

What's a blog hop without a little bit of candy?

I am going to give one lucky follower the following prize:

One paper pack containing 80 sheets of paper

and one set of Button Dies from Sizzix

All you have to do to be eligible is:

1. Be a follower of my blog

&

2. Leave me a comment on this post

Make sure you leave me a way to contact you if you are the lucky winner.

I will have random.org pick a winner for me first thing Monday morning.

Your next stop on the hop is:

Jennifer

Make sure you hop on over to her blog to see her amazing project!

Thanks so much for hopping with us today. I hope you had fun and got a lot of great inspiration!

Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

Cricut--Celebrations

Card Stock--Pink (Recollections)

Patterned Paper--Doodlebug Designs

Punch--Scallop Sentiment Border Punch (Fiskars)

Stamp--Whimsical Words (Su!)

Ink--Whisper White Craft Ink (SU!)

Misc.--Offray Ribbon, White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, White Lunch Sack

Boo!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! Today's card was made for the challenge for the Cricut Cardz Challenge. The challenge was to make a card using scalloped circles, scalloped ovals, scalloped squares or scalloped rectangles, and any cartridges or colors you'd like. I decided to make a Halloween card.




I used the Celebrations cartridge for the scallop square as well as the square tag. The scallop square was cut at 4 3/4" and the tag was cut out at 5 1/4". I then used Paper Doll Dress Up to cut out my trick or treater at 2 3/4". Boo! was cut out at 1" with the All Mixed Up cartridge. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop in and take a look! I really appreciate it!


Supplies Used:
Cricut--Expression, Celebrations, Paper Doll Dress Up, All Mixed Up
Stampin' Up!--Peach Parfait Cardstock
Bazzill--Black Bazzill Bling Cardstock
Cuttlebug--Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Misc.--White Signo Gel Pen, Wal-Mart Ribbon

Happy Monday!

Hi! Today's card was made for the Card Challenge over at Paper Therapy. It is a color challenge this month using these colors:




I decided to make a waterfall card and this is what I came up with:







I didn't have these exact colors, so I just matched them up as best as I could. For the polka dots, I just used a new pencil eraser as a stamp. If this challenge sounds fun to you, pop on over to Paper Therapy and join us! We would love to have you! :)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!


Supplies Used:
Stampin' Up!--Whisper White Cardstock & Chocolate Chip Classic Ink
Cricut--Expression & Celebrations Cartridge
Misc.--White Signo Gel Pen, ATG, Sticky Tape, Making Memories Trimmer, Colored cardstock (unknown), Eyelets and Brads (unknown), Offray Ribbon

Throwback Thursday Challenge

Hi Everyone! Today's card was made for Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge over at My Creative Time with Emma. The challenge for this Thursday was to make a project using the Celebrations Cricut Cartridge (or any older cartridge) and having it be a birthday theme. This is only my 2nd time playing in her challenges, but I am loving them and find myself looking forward to Thursdays now. :) This is what I came up with:



The card base is a 5' square card. I used my gypsy and made the scallop square 4.75 x 4.75 and then used hide contour to hide the holes. I cut out the hat at 4" and the phrase at 2". The scallop square is popped up a little using dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look!


Supplies Used:

Cricut--Expression & Celebrations Cartridge
Stickles--Aqua
Paper and cardstock--DCWV
Stampin' Up!--Dimensionals
Misc.--White signo gel pen, atg and zig 2 way glue pen.